According to figures from Toronto-based marketing and analytical services company Environics Analytics, foot traffic in downtown Toronto still remains significantly below where it stood before the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted traditional office life. The data, provided exclusively to The Globe and Mail, measures anonymized cellphone movements to estimate the volume of office workers commuting into urban centres. The movements specifically focus on professional foot traffic and do not include retail customers or downtown residents. The months that followed saw the city centre hollowed out and foot traffic come to a standstill, leaving businesses relying on office workers in the lurch. Small recoveries aside, with nearly one in five office spaces still empty, it's clear that downtown Toronto is on a long road to recovery.