Does working remotely affect how much notice a fired employee is entitled to in Ontario?

Not directly. Working remotely is not itself treated as a distinct factor that courts add to the reasonable notice calculation, but it can influence some of the traditional factors in practice, particularly the availability of comparable employment, since a remote employee may have access to a wider or narrower pool of similar roles depending on their field and how common remote work genuinely is in that industry.

The core factors - age, length of service, the character of the position, and the availability of similar work - still apply the same way to remote and in-person employees alike. Remote work status is relevant only to the extent it genuinely affects how easily that specific employee could realistically find comparable new employment given their field and location. There is not yet a well-established, separate body of case law treating remote employees differently as a distinct category, so these claims should still be assessed under the same general reasonable notice framework rather than assuming remote work automatically shortens or lengthens the applicable notice period.