Photo: https://www.flickr.com/people/naturallight/ Leslie Philipp · CC BY 2.0Few Canadian towns have as few of their 15-to-64s in work as Taloyoak
When the 2021 census was taken, 12% of people in Taloyoak who wanted a job had none; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. Commutes from Taloyoak average 8.3 minutes, and 0% take an hour or more. Before tax, the typical household in Taloyoak brought in $91,700 in 2020, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns.
What Taloyoak’s work numbers say
Fewer people in work than most towns
Counting everyone 15 and over, 33% were in work at the 2021 census; among those aged 15 to 64 it was 36%, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. In work ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 8.3 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 0% last an hour or longer. The trip to work ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
The Jobs & income grade for Taloyoak: B+
Better than 66% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is trip times; its weakest, the share of 15-to-64s in work.
Graded against Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more; less unemployment and a shorter commute count in its favour.
How the grade works
Census 2021 measures, weighed equally against every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 people or more: the share of residents aged 15 to 64 in work, median household income (2020), the unemployment rate and the average commute. Each becomes a percentile; their average sets the letter.
Work for 36% of 15-to-64s in Taloyoak
Working or looking, 38% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. The figures are a snapshot of 11 May 2021, when pandemic rules still kept many people out of work or at home.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: people in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64, and the census unemployment rate (15 and over); the 25-to-54 rate is Statistics Canada’s own (98-10-0485). The Labour Force Survey and business counts are context, not grade inputs.
A smaller share in work than in almost any Canadian town.
How long the commute from Taloyoak takes
Timed exactly, the average is 9 minutes (Statistics Canada). Trips under 15 minutes: 94%, more than the 36% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: commuting duration in five bands; our average uses each band’s middle (75 minutes for an hour or more), so it runs about two minutes above Statistics Canada’s own.
Household income in Taloyoak
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 78% of Canadian towns.
The year is 2020: emergency benefits like CERB count in these incomes, and they raised the bottom of the range.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Leaving the car at home: 42% of commuters in Taloyoak
Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car takes 28% of commuters here, under the 89% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
EI claims in the Kitikmeot census division run 7% above their 2019 level
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4 receive EI. At its peak, in July 2021, 350 people were on EI, 2.1 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: the Kitikmeot census division. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Jobs near Taloyoak: the places around it
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taloyoak | 36% | 12% | $92K | 8.3 min | B+ | — |
| Gjoa Haven 137 km | 47% | 21% | $103K | 9 min | A− | A+ |
The people of each place: the share in work, unemployment, household income and the average commute, with both grades once they come. The nearest place to Taloyoak with figures is 137 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
What each figure measures for Taloyoak, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Trip times. The census asks how long the trip to work usually takes, in bands; our average uses each band’s middle, so it runs a little above Statistics Canada’s timed average.
- Employment Insurance. A monthly count of Employment Insurance beneficiaries for the whole census division. It tracks the local job market, but it is not an unemployment rate.
- In work. We divide the number of employed residents by the number aged 15 to 64. Workers past 64 still count on top, because the 2021 Census crosses work with age only for whole municipalities; in return, a retirement town’s pensioners don’t drag the rate down.
- Unemployment. The census-week jobless rate for residents 15 and over. Its base is the labour force, those employed plus those actively looking.
- Household income. Taken from the 2021 Census, which asked about 2020: wages, pensions, investment income and government transfers together, before income tax, for the median household.
- Which towns we compare. Any town of 2,500 or more counts, and so does any city neighbourhood that size; the city as a whole and First Nations reserves don’t. The middle is the median.
Questions about work in Taloyoak
What is the unemployment rate in Taloyoak?
The 2021 census found 12% of those working or looking without a job; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
What is the average household income in Taloyoak?
Taloyoak’s middle household had $91,700 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Taloyoak get to work?
28% of commuters go by car, 42% walk. On census day 0% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Taloyoak?
On average 8.3 minutes; 94% take under 15 minutes and 0% take an hour or longer.
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (Census Profile) · Statistics Canada, tables 98-10-0458 and 98-10-0459 (commuting) · Statistics Canada, table 14-10-0323 (EI beneficiaries) · Statistics Canada, Canadian Business Counts (33-10-1176) · grades: TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).