Photo: Ashtabula Archive · Public domainMost of Bayham works elsewhere: the town has 0.4 jobs for each resident in work
In Bayham, 68% of residents aged 15 to 64 were working in May 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. Commutes from Bayham average 31 minutes, and 11% take an hour or more. Median household income in Bayham was $82,300 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
Bayham and work: the main findings
Fewer people in work than most towns
At the 2021 census 68% of the 15-to-64s were in work (73% in the middle of Canadian towns); across all ages 15 and over, 54%. In work ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 31 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 11% 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.
Jobs and income in Bayham earn C−
Better than 17% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #676 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.
In and out of work in Bayham
None of the 7 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Elgin census division has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 54% of residents 15 and over were in work. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 58% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 61%. Statistics Canada counted on 11 May 2021, with much of the country under pandemic rules: more people were out of work or at home than usual.
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.
At 31 minutes, commutes from Bayham are longer than in the middle of Canadian towns
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 27.5 minutes. The middle of Ontario’s towns averages 28.6 minutes. Only 22% 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
More workers leave Bayham each day than arrive
1,750 residents of Bayham had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 655 people had theirs in Bayham, wherever they lived.
For every person who comes in to work, about 4 residents travel out. 16% of residents who commute work inside the municipality, against 70% in the middle of Canadian towns.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
84% of Bayham’s residents in work leave it to work; Tillsonburg takes the most
- Simcoe95
- Tillsonburg75
- Malahide75
- Aylmer60
- London35
- Perth East15
- Norwich10
- St. Thomas10
- Tillsonburg445
- Aylmer220
- Simcoe145
- St. Thomas140
- Malahide105
- London100
- Woodstock70
- Norwich60
- Paris40
- South-West Oxford40
Inbound, the leader is Simcoe (95).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
2021 Census, people with a usual place of work: where residents of Bayham work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
What households in Bayham earn
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 61% of Canadian towns.
Of the 7 other places of 2,500 or more in the Elgin census division, 4 have a higher median. That puts Bayham 10% below the median of Ontario’s towns, $91,600. That year, 2020, brought emergency benefits that count in these totals, before tax.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Bayham gets to work without a car for 3.6% of commuters
Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 95% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Only 17% worked at home on census day, against 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).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
EI claims in the Elgin census division run 31% above their 2019 level
The count topped out in February 2021 at 4,960 people, 2.7 times the 2019 average. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 4.7 are on EI. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 5%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100). For EI beneficiaries, the only official count covers all of the Elgin census division, Bayham included.
Everyday places on foot in Bayham: C
Better than 29% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #780 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Bayham is 605th of 680 Canadian towns of 5,600 to 10,700 people for jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | North River Heights Manitoba | 7,228 | 82% | 8.4% | $143K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 6 | Sioux Lookout Ontario | 6,122 | 79% | 5.7% | $103K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 18 | Alta Vista Ontario | 8,387 | 78% | 8.3% | $138K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 24 | New Edinburgh Ontario | 5,728 | 79% | 7.4% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 603 | Perth Ontario | 6,972 | 69% | 13% | $64K | C− |
| 604 | Burnaby Mountain British Columbia | 9,248 | 68% | 8.7% | $86K | C− |
| 605 | Bayham Ontario | 7,935 | 68% | 11% | $82K | C− |
| 606 | Rolston Ontario | 6,124 | 61% | 15% | $78K | C− |
| 607 | Val-David Quebec | 5,920 | 73% | 12% | $64K | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 680 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Bayham, and others among Ontario’s towns.
The work picture around Bayham
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayham | 68% | 11% | $82K | 31 min | C− | C |
| Malahide 12.9 km | 78% | 7.7% | $95K | 26.1 min | B+ | C− |
| Aylmer 14.3 km | 72% | 9.8% | $74K | 23.5 min | C+ | A− |
| Tillsonburg 16.6 km | 70% | 12% | $74K | 22 min | C+ | B+ |
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 Bayham, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Where people commute. Jobs count everyone whose usual workplace lies in the municipality, residents or commuters from elsewhere, from Statistics Canada’s home-by-workplace table.
- Employment Insurance. Beneficiaries of Employment Insurance, month by month, for the census division rather than the town. Many jobless people don’t qualify, so it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. The most recent unemployment rate on the page comes from this monthly survey, which covers the wider metro area or economic region, not the town.
- In work. Why 15 to 64? Otherwise retirees would pull the rate down in older towns. The census can’t say how old a neighbourhood’s workers are, so the count of people in work takes every age.
- Unemployment. It counts only people who wanted work and had none in May 2021, as a share of those working or searching; students and retirees who weren’t looking stay out of both sides.
- Household income. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. Every town and city neighbourhood with 2,500 residents or more; whole cities and First Nations reserves are left out. Each middle figure is a median.
Questions about work in Bayham
How long is the commute from Bayham?
31 minutes is the average trip, with 22% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 11% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Bayham work?
16% work in Bayham itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Tillsonburg (445), then Aylmer (220).
How many jobs are there in Bayham?
Statistics Canada counted 241 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Bayham?
The 2021 census found 11% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the London economic region, is 7.6% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Bayham?
At $82,300 before tax in 2020, the median household in Bayham compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Bayham get to work?
By car: 95% of commuters, 3.6% walk; on census day 17% of those in work worked from home.
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).