Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Burk's Falls have lower incomes than those in 97% of Canadian towns
Out of work in May 2021: 11% of Burk's Falls’ labour force, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. The census counted 505 people working in Burk's Falls and 250 residents commuting to a fixed workplace. In Burk's Falls, 77% of residents aged 15 to 64 were working in May 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%.
The work numbers behind Burk's Falls
Lower incomes than most towns
The median household had $53,900 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
A local job centre
With 505 jobs based in Burk's Falls and 250 working residents, the ratio compares with 0.8 in the middle of Canadian towns. The daily tide ↓
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 Burk's Falls: C−
Better than 22% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; its weakest, household income.
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.
$53,900 a year: the median household in Burk's Falls
Every other place of 2,500 or more in the Parry Sound census division has a higher median. Burk's Falls’ median is 41% below the middle of Ontario’s towns ($91,600). Because 2020 was the first year of the pandemic, emergency benefits make up part of these before-tax incomes.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Every working day, Burk's Falls’ workforce grows by 85%
Burk's Falls takes in some 3 workers for every resident it sends out. Of those who commute, 55% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
367 people come into Burk's Falls to work, most from Armour and Strong
- Armour85
- Strong60
- Huntsville40
- Ryerson30
- Magnetawan30
- Perry25
- McMurrich/Monteith20
- Kearney15
- Sundridge15
- Machar15
Outbound, Huntsville takes the most: 75 people.
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 Burk's Falls work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Work and the working-age population of Burk's Falls
Of the 7 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Parry Sound census division, 6 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 53%. In October 2026, 56% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. Working or looking, 60% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. 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.
9% of commuters from Burk's Falls go without a car
Fewer drive than in the middle of Ontario’s towns: 86% against 88%. Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%.
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.
Close to the middle of Canadian towns: commutes from Burk's Falls average 24.9 minutes
In the middle of Ontario’s towns, the average commute is 28.6 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 44%, more than the 31% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. An hour or more: 9% of commuters, above the 7.9% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 23.9 minutes (Statistics Canada).
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.
About as many people are on EI in the Parry Sound census division as in 2019
That is about 4 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 fell by 5%. In February 2021 it reached 3,090, the most in the series and 2.1 times the 2019 average.
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 Parry Sound 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).
On getting around on foot, Burk's Falls grades B+
Better than 72% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Burk's Falls and its neighbours: work and income
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burk's Falls | 77% | 11% | $54K | 24.9 min | C− | B+ |
| Armour 6.1 km | 62% | 18% | $71K | 29.8 min | D | C |
| Strong 12.9 km | 69% | 13% | $72K | 31.9 min | D | D |
| Perry 13.4 km | 69% | 8.8% | $73K | 29.3 min | D | D |
| Magnetawan 14.7 km | 60% | 11% | $66K | 28.4 min | D | C− |
| Sundridge 17.3 km | 61% | 13% | $60K | 25.4 min | D | B+ |
| Kearney 17.8 km | 62% | 9.8% | $70K | 34.3 min | D− | D− |
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 Burk's Falls, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. Our average assumes everyone in, say, the 15-to-29-minute band takes 22 minutes. Across all the bands that runs a shade above Statistics Canada’s measured 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. People receiving EI benefits each month, counted for the census division. It follows the local job market; it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- 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 Burk's Falls
How do people in Burk's Falls get to work?
86% of commuters go by car, 9% walk. On census day 11% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Burk's Falls?
On average 24.9 minutes; 44% take under 15 minutes and 9% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Burk's Falls work?
55% work in Burk's Falls itself; of those who leave, the most go to Huntsville (75), then Bracebridge (15).
How many jobs are there in Burk's Falls?
About 505 people had their usual place of work in Burk's Falls at the 2021 census, 2 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 52 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Burk's Falls?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 11% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Northeast economic region at 6% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Burk's Falls?
The median household in Burk's Falls had $53,900 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 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) · 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).