Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Few Canadian towns have household incomes as high as New Springbrook’s
Home was the workplace for 35% of its workers in May 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 21%. Residents of New Springbrook take 32.2 minutes to reach work on average; the middle of Canadian towns is 26. Jobs were held by 72% of people aged 15 to 64 in New Springbrook in 2021, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns.
What stands out about work in New Springbrook
Higher incomes than most towns
At $140,100 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 32.2 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Getting to work ↓
Many work from home
On census day, 35% of those in work were working at home; the middle of Canadian towns is 21%. Getting 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 New Springbrook: C+
Better than 42% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #393 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.
What households earned in New Springbrook: $140,100 in 2020
12 of the 86 other places of 2,500+ in the Peel census division have a higher median. Against the middle of Ontario’s towns ($91,600), New Springbrook’s median is 53% above. In 2020 emergency benefits topped up many low incomes, and the census counts them here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Before tax, 2020: higher than in almost any Canadian town.
Leaving the car at home: 7.1% of commuters in New Springbrook
Nearly everyone drives: 91% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Transit takes 5.3% of commuters, above the 3.5% 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.
How many in New Springbrook were working in 2021
Of the 86 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Peel census division, 78 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
A more recent figure, for the wider area: 62% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 71%. Pandemic rules were in force on census day, 11 May 2021; the Labour Force Survey shows how jobs have moved since.
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.
EI claims in the Peel census division run 51% above their 2019 level
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4.2 receive EI. Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 1%. In April 2021 it reached 86,000, the most in the series and 3.7 times the 2019 average.
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 Peel census division, New Springbrook included.
On getting around on foot, New Springbrook grades A−
Better than 82% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #471 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Ranked on jobs and income, New Springbrook is 335th among 606 Canadian towns of 9,000 to 17,300
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Saanich British Columbia | 12,986 | 85% | 5.9% | $121K | A+ |
| 2 | Sillery Quebec | 13,950 | 81% | 6.2% | $120K | A+ |
| 3 | Walsh Acres/Lakeridge/Garden Ridge Saskatchewan | 9,325 | 80% | 6.7% | $127K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 5 | Glebe-Dows Lake Ontario | 13,436 | 80% | 9.4% | $113K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 8 | Wellesley Ontario | 12,413 | 84% | 3.9% | $119K | A+ |
| 9 | Perth East Ontario | 13,423 | 86% | 3.9% | $96K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 333 | Barbertown Ontario | 9,209 | 71% | 13% | $148K | C+ |
| 334 | St.Andrew-Windfields Ontario | 17,005 | 71% | 11% | $123K | C+ |
| 335 | New Springbrook Ontario | 12,804 | 72% | 11% | $140K | C+ |
| 336 | Farnham Quebec | 11,315 | 80% | 5.6% | $68K | C+ |
| 337 | Edenbridge-Humber Valley Ontario | 15,480 | 74% | 12% | $101K | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 606 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of New Springbrook, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Work in and around New Springbrook
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Springbrook | 72% | 11% | $140K | 32.2 min | C+ | A− |
| Springbrook 2.5 km | 69% | 13% | $137K | 33 min | C | A |
| Credit Valley 3.3 km | 70% | 13% | $146K | 33.8 min | C+ | A |
| Churchville 3.3 km | 71% | 13% | $142K | 29.7 min | B− | A |
| Fletchers West 3.9 km | 67% | 14% | $118K | 34 min | C | A+ |
| Spring Valley 4 km | 70% | 13% | $131K | 36.1 min | C | A+ |
| Northwood Park 4.6 km | 65% | 14% | $112K | 34.2 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 New Springbrook, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada’s monthly survey, published for metro areas and economic regions rather than towns: it gives a current rate beside the census’s 2021 one.
- In work. How many residents held a job in May 2021, set against how many were 15 to 64. It reads a little high where many people work past 65, since below the municipality the census gives no breakdown of workers by age.
- Unemployment. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- 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.
- Trip times. One way, on a usual day, from the census’s travel-time bands. Band midpoints overstate it a little next to the figure Statistics Canada times.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. The comparison pool is places of 2,500 people or more, towns or neighbourhoods inside cities, without whole cities or reserves, and we compare with its median.
- Neighbourhood figures. The census reaches a neighbourhood only through its dissemination areas, and New Springbrook’s figures add those up. Brampton’s page has the commuting flows, which exist only for the whole municipality.
Questions about work in New Springbrook
How many jobs are there in New Springbrook?
The census places jobs by municipality, so the answer is in Brampton’s figures, with the flows of its commuters.
What is the unemployment rate in New Springbrook?
The 2021 census found 11% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Toronto metro area, is 7.1% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in New Springbrook?
Before tax, half the households in New Springbrook had more than $140,100 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in New Springbrook get to work?
91% of commuters go by car, 5.3% take public transit and 1.8% walk. On census day 35% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (Census Profile) · 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).