Photo: Xynorath · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Brampton earn more than those in 81% of Canadian towns
68% of people aged 15 to 64 in Brampton had a job at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. Most commutes from Brampton take well under an hour: the average is 33.1 minutes, and 11% take 60 minutes or longer. When the 2021 census was taken, 13% of people in Brampton who wanted a job had none, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns.
Where Brampton stands out on work
Fewer people in work than most towns
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 68% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 58%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 13% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 7.1% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $111,400 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 33.1 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.
The measures behind a Jobs & income Grade for Brampton
Once Canada is graded, the letter will come from four census figures read against Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more: employment of 15-to-64s, median household income, unemployment and the average trip to work.
In and out of work in Brampton
Of the 87 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Peel census division, 37 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Counting those looking for work too, 67% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. In October 2026, 62% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. 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.
Before tax, the median household in Brampton had $111,400
The middle of Ontario’s towns is $91,600, and Brampton is 22% above it. 50 of the 87 other places of 2,500+ in the Peel census division have a higher median. Incomes here are 2020’s and include the pandemic payments, CERB among them, that propped up the lower end.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Time on the road to work from Brampton
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 29.8 minutes. In the middle of Ontario’s towns, the average commute is 28.6 minutes. Only 14% 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 go out than come in: the working day in Brampton
About 2 residents leave for work for each person who comes in. 41% 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.
59% of Brampton’s residents in work leave it to work; Mississauga takes the most
- Mississauga12,495
- Toronto10,055
- Bolton4,175
- Vaughan2,920
- Georgetown2,255
- Milton1,870
- Orangeville1,470
- Oakville1,340
- Hamilton1,085
- Markham675
- Mississauga50,130
- Toronto29,350
- Vaughan12,130
- Bolton6,030
- Georgetown2,450
- Milton2,425
- Oakville2,270
- Markham975
- Burlington655
- Richmond Hill620
Coming the other way, Mississauga sends the most (12,495).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Incomes inside Brampton run from $74K to $179K
Median household income in each of Brampton’s 53 neighbourhoods: the highest is 2.4 times the lowest. The share of 15-to-64s in work runs from 61% in Sheridan to 79% in Castlemore Estates.
| Neighbourhood | People | Household income | In work, 15–64 | Average trip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alloa | 29,669 | $119,100 | 69% | 38.2 min |
| Sandalwood West (sunny Meadow) | 27,171 | $119,300 | 68% | 32.9 min |
| Ebenezer East | 27,031 | $128,700 | 65% | 32 min |
| Sandalwood East (mountainash) | 21,801 | $125,500 | 65% | 33.1 min |
| Mount Pleasant Village | 19,719 | $129,200 | 69% | 36.9 min |
| Heart Lake South | 19,573 | $116,900 | 69% | 32.7 min |
| Fletchers West | 18,552 | $117,900 | 67% | 34 min |
| Credit Valley | 18,078 | $145,700 | 70% | 33.8 min |
| Centre | 17,851 | $87,800 | 65% | 32.4 min |
| A-B-C-D-Section (bramalea) | 16,400 | $94,600 | 65% | 30.1 min |
| Downtown | 15,686 | $73,500 | 64% | 31.1 min |
| Royal Orchard | 15,006 | $104,900 | 69% | 32.8 min |
| Springbrook | 14,961 | $137,300 | 69% | 33 min |
| Vales of Castlemore | 14,894 | $146,000 | 67% | 32.6 min |
| Ridgehill / Armbro Heights | 14,321 | $87,100 | 66% | 31.2 min |
| Hickory Woods | 14,247 | $92,900 | 65% | 33.9 min |
| Fletchers Creek Village / Lundy Village | 13,934 | $124,200 | 68% | 34.6 min |
| E-F-K-Section (bramalea) | 13,596 | $81,300 | 65% | 33.2 min |
| Springdale | 13,221 | $122,800 | 67% | 33 min |
| Madoc | 13,160 | $99,400 | 68% | 30.1 min |
| Deerfield | 13,090 | $122,700 | 69% | 32.4 min |
| Peel Village | 13,037 | $91,700 | 64% | 29.2 min |
| New Springbrook | 12,804 | $140,100 | 72% | 32.2 min |
| Spring Valley | 12,564 | $130,900 | 70% | 36.1 min |
| Valley Creek | 11,986 | $124,000 | 65% | 30.7 min |
| Fletchers Meadow North | 11,870 | $127,000 | 66% | 37.8 min |
| Ebenezer West | 11,510 | $132,200 | 66% | 31.8 min |
| Sheridan | 11,110 | $89,400 | 61% | 32.9 min |
| Snelgrove | 11,109 | $146,100 | 72% | 32.2 min |
| Northwood Park | 10,402 | $111,500 | 65% | 34.2 min |
| Professors Lake | 10,335 | $113,700 | 71% | 31.8 min |
| Mount Pleasant North | 10,103 | $128,900 | 69% | 38.2 min |
| Van Kirk | 10,014 | $128,100 | 69% | 34.5 min |
| M-Section (bramalea) | 9,901 | $108,600 | 67% | 32.8 min |
| Lakelands Village | 9,636 | $119,100 | 68% | 31.9 min |
| Fletchers Meadow South | 9,214 | $127,000 | 69% | 35.9 min |
| Churchville | 9,043 | $141,500 | 71% | 29.7 min |
| H-Section (bramalea) | 9,040 | $90,700 | 68% | 30.9 min |
| Heart Lake North | 8,539 | $124,500 | 72% | 32 min |
| Wildfield | 8,511 | $149,700 | 64% | 31.8 min |
| Trinity Commons | 8,477 | $116,400 | 66% | 33.1 min |
| Norton Park | 8,402 | $74,300 | 66% | 29.8 min |
| G-Section (bramalea) | 8,224 | $106,500 | 70% | 31.6 min |
| N-Section (bramalea) | 7,513 | $126,100 | 69% | 32.1 min |
| Rivers Edge / Castlemore Crossing | 6,577 | $145,900 | 70% | 31.7 min |
| Bramalea Woods | 6,521 | $118,400 | 71% | 30.1 min |
| Mount Royal | 6,421 | $153,400 | 67% | 33.5 min |
| Woodhill | 6,386 | $124,000 | 66% | 34.1 min |
| Rosedale Village | 5,764 | $93,100 | 69% | 34.7 min |
| County Court | 5,726 | $108,800 | 68% | 28.7 min |
| Creditview | 5,598 | $120,600 | 69% | 38.2 min |
| Countryside | 5,595 | $117,500 | 67% | 33.5 min |
| Castlemore Estates | 2,587 | $178,900 | 79% | 28.1 min |
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: each neighbourhood summed from its dissemination areas; incomes are 2020’s.
Brampton gets to work without a car for 12% of commuters
The middle of Ontario’s towns has 5.6% on transit; here it is 10%. 86% drive to work, fewer than the 88% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. 22% of everyone in work 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).
51% more people are on EI in the Peel census division than in 2019
At its peak, in April 2021, 86,000 people were on EI, 3.7 times the 2019 average. That is about 4.2 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 rose by 1%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries published for the Peel census division, not by town. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Work in the places around Brampton
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brampton | 68% | 13% | $111K | 33.1 min | — | — |
| Lakelands Village 0.4 km | 68% | 12% | $119K | 31.9 min | C | A |
| N-Section (bramalea) 1.2 km | 69% | 13% | $126K | 32.1 min | C+ | A |
| Madoc 1.3 km | 68% | 14% | $99K | 30.1 min | C | A |
| Centre 1.6 km | 65% | 15% | $88K | 32.4 min | C− | A+ |
| Bramalea Woods 1.6 km | 71% | 15% | $118K | 30.1 min | C+ | A |
| Heart Lake South 2.1 km | 69% | 12% | $117K | 32.7 min | C | A+ |
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 Brampton, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Household income. The 2020 income of the household at the midpoint, all sources and before tax. Inside a city we rebuild it from the dissemination areas’ income bands, so there it is an estimate.
- 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.
- Where people commute. Built from the census table that pairs each worker’s home municipality with their workplace municipality. A job here means someone who usually works in the municipality, local or not.
- Employment Insurance. Monthly EI recipients across the census division: a pulse of the local job market rather than a measure of who is out of work.
- The Labour Force Survey. Sampled each month and released for regions rather than towns, so its rate describes the area around 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. The census-week jobless rate for residents 15 and over. Its base is the labour force, those employed plus those actively looking.
- 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 Brampton
What is the average household income in Brampton?
Brampton’s middle household had $111,400 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Brampton get to work?
Driving takes 86% of commuters to work, 10% take public transit, 1.4% walk and 0.1% cycle, and on census day 22% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Brampton?
About 33.1 minutes on average, with 14% under a quarter-hour and 11% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Brampton work?
41% work in Brampton itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Mississauga (50,130), then Toronto (29,350).
How many jobs are there in Brampton?
Some 126,220 people worked in Brampton at the 2021 census: 0.7 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 30,929 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Brampton?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Toronto metro area at 7.1%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 13%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
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). 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).