Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Angus earn more than those in 92% of Canadian towns
Angus had an unemployment rate of 11% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. An hour or more each way is the commute for 17% of workers in Angus; the average is 31.6 minutes. At the 2021 census, Angus sat at the middle of Canadian towns on work: 73% of 15-to-64s had a job.
The work numbers behind Angus
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household had $108,300 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 31.6 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 17% 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.
Angus grades C+ for jobs and income
Better than 43% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #372 of 866 in Ontario.
Its strongest measure is household income; its weakest, trip times.
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.
Angus households: $108,300 a year at the median
4 of the 17 other places of 2,500+ in the Simcoe census division have a higher median. That puts Angus 18% above the median of Ontario’s towns, $91,600. Pandemic benefits paid in 2020 lifted the incomes at the bottom, and they are counted here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
How long the commute from Angus takes
Timed exactly, the average is 29.3 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of Ontario’s towns, the average commute is 28.6 minutes. Only 27% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 31% in the middle of Ontario’s 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.
More workers leave Angus each day than arrive
It sends out some 2 workers for every one it takes in. Of those who commute, 30% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
70% of Angus’ residents in work leave it to work; Barrie takes the most
- Barrie1,030
- Wasaga Beach245
- Stayner230
- Alliston155
- Springwater145
- Innisfil120
- Adjala-Tosorontio95
- Toronto70
- Oro-Medonte65
- Orillia50
Coming the other way, Barrie sends the most (1,030).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
How many in Angus were working in 2021
Of the 17 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Simcoe census division, 11 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 64% in work in October 2026. Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 71%. The census caught the labour market on 11 May 2021, deep in the pandemic, so unemployment and working from home both ran above normal.
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.
Without a car, 2.4% of Angus’ commuters get to work
Few ride transit: 0.2%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 96% of commuters. Home was the workplace for 18%, under the 21% 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).
In the Simcoe census division, 38% more people receive EI than in 2019
Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 rose by 5%. The count topped out in February 2021 at 31,440 people, 3.2 times the 2019 average. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4.4 receive EI.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: one figure for all of the Simcoe 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).
Walking in Angus earns C
Better than 34% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #765 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Angus next to Canadian towns of 18,200 to 35,100: 155th of 331 on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yellowknife Northwest Territories | 22,858 | 80% | 5.8% | $148K | A+ |
| 2 | Whitehorse Yukon | 34,129 | 82% | 5.6% | $112K | A+ |
| 3 | Arcola East Saskatchewan | 33,823 | 79% | 7.7% | $123K | A+ |
| 4 | Woolwich Ontario | 31,382 | 82% | 6.2% | $115K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 10 | Wilmot Ontario | 22,890 | 81% | 6.8% | $115K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | Middlesex Centre Ontario | 21,689 | 79% | 7.7% | $125K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 153 | Sheldon Ontario | 25,488 | 70% | 12% | $104K | C+ |
| 154 | King Ontario | 29,077 | 74% | 11% | $141K | C+ |
| 155 | Essa Ontario | 26,036 | 73% | 11% | $108K | C+ |
| 156 | Lakeview Ontario | 21,789 | 73% | 12% | $102K | C+ |
| 157 | Prince Edward County Ontario | 27,544 | 73% | 9.2% | $81K | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 331 | Parc-Extension Quebec | 29,066 | 61% | 16% | $48K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Angus, and others among Ontario’s towns.
How the places next to Angus compare on work
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angus | 73% | 11% | $108K | 31.6 min | C+ | C |
| Barrie 14.9 km | 70% | 13% | $93K | 30 min | C | A− |
| Adjala-Tosorontio 18.6 km | 77% | 9% | $118K | 37.7 min | B− | C− |
| Springwater 19 km | 77% | 10% | $122K | 31 min | B | C+ |
The people of each place: the share in work, unemployment, household income and the average commute, with both grades once they come.
What this data can and can’t tell you
What each figure measures for Angus, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Employment Insurance. Statistics Canada counts EI beneficiaries each month by census division. Seasonal work makes it swing, so read it as a trend, not a jobless rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada surveys households every month; the results come out for metro areas and economic regions, never for single towns, and keep the rate current after 2021.
- 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. Of everyone 15 or older who was working or job-hunting in the census week, the part still looking. Someone not seeking work isn’t in it at all.
- Household income. What the median household took in during 2020 before tax, as the census recorded it; an estimate built from income groups when the place is a neighbourhood.
- Trip times. Built from banded answers: each commuter’s usual one-way trip counts as the midpoint of the band they chose, and the result tends to sit slightly higher than Statistics Canada’s average.
- Where people commute. Only people with a usual place of work are in it: those who work from home or have no fixed site are not. Home and work are both counted by municipality.
- Which towns we compare. Medians over towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents. Whole cities would swamp them and reserves sit outside the rankings, so neither is in.
- The municipality’s figures. Statistics Canada counts Angus as part of Essa, so every census figure on this page is the whole municipality’s.
Questions about work in Angus
Where do people in Angus work?
30% work in Angus itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Barrie (1,695), then Alliston (1,320).
How many jobs are there in Angus?
The 2021 census found about 4,965 people with their usual workplace in Angus, or 0.7 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 532 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Angus?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Kitchener-Waterloo-Barrie economic region at 6.5%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 11%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Angus?
The census puts Angus at $108,300 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Angus get to work?
96% of commuters drive, 0.2% take public transit, 2% walk and 0.2% cycle; 18% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Angus?
The average commute is 31.6 minutes; 27% of trips take under 15 minutes and 17% an hour or more.
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, Labour Force Survey (14-10-0459, 14-10-0462) · 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).