Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Dawn-Euphemia has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.5 for each
At the 2021 census, 80% of Dawn-Euphemia’s 15-to-64s were in work, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. An hour or more each way is the commute for 9.3% of workers in Dawn-Euphemia; the average is 30.5 minutes. Before tax, the typical household in Dawn-Euphemia brought in $81,500 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
Jobs and income in Dawn-Euphemia: what the figures say
More people in work than most towns
With 80% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 60% of all adults employed. In work ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 30.5 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 9.3% take an hour or more. 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 Jobs & income grade for Dawn-Euphemia: B−
Better than 48% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; 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.
Work and the working-age population of Dawn-Euphemia
Of the 8 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Lambton census division, 7 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
In October 2026, 57% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 65%. Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 60%. 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.
How long the commute from Dawn-Euphemia takes
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 29 minutes. The middle of Ontario’s towns averages 28.6 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 25%, fewer than the 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.
The daily tide in Dawn-Euphemia runs outward
About 3 residents leave for work for each person who comes in. Of those who commute, 15% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
85% of Dawn-Euphemia’s residents in work leave it to work; Chatham takes the most
Chatham sends the largest group the other way, 100 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
What households in Dawn-Euphemia earn
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 60% of Canadian towns.
Of the 8 other places of 2,500 or more in the Lambton census division, 5 have a higher median. The middle of Ontario’s towns is $91,600, and Dawn-Euphemia is 11% below it. The year is 2020: emergency benefits like CERB count in these incomes, and they raised the bottom of the range.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
2.3% of commuters from Dawn-Euphemia go without a car
Nearly everyone drives: 96% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Home was the workplace for 30%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 21%. Transit barely figures here, against 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).
In the Lambton census division, 20% more people receive EI than in 2019
Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 8%. The count topped out in February 2021 at 7,680 people, 2.9 times the 2019 average. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4.6 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 Lambton 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).
Dawn-Euphemia on foot: a D grade
Better than 9% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Jobs near Dawn-Euphemia: the places around it
Distances here run 19–28 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Dawn-Euphemia.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dawn-Euphemia | 80% | 7.8% | $82K | 30.5 min | B− | D |
| Brooke-Alvinston 19.2 km | 75% | 9.2% | $81K | 30 min | C | C− |
| Enniskillen 19.9 km | 82% | 5.2% | $105K | 23.5 min | A+ | C+ |
| Petrolia 21.5 km | 71% | 9.1% | $86K | 20.6 min | B | B |
| Glencoe 28.1 km | 74% | 9.8% | $80K | 31.5 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 Dawn-Euphemia, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Before-tax total income of the middle household for 2020, from the census. Neighbourhood medians are worked out from bracket counts, since Statistics Canada publishes none of their own.
- Trip times. Commuters picked a band for their usual trip (under 15 minutes, 15 to 29, and so on). We place each person at the middle of their band, which lands a little above Statistics Canada’s own timed average.
- 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. A monthly household survey by Statistics Canada, reported for metro areas and economic regions only. It supplies a recent rate next to the 2021 census figure.
- Which towns we compare. Towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500 people or more, never a whole city and never a First Nations reserve. Middles are medians.
Questions about work in Dawn-Euphemia
How long is the commute from Dawn-Euphemia?
30.5 minutes is the average trip, with 25% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 9.3% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Dawn-Euphemia work?
Only 15% work in Dawn-Euphemia itself; the rest go first to Chatham (170) and Petrolia (65).
How many jobs are there in Dawn-Euphemia?
Statistics Canada counted 36 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Dawn-Euphemia?
At the 2021 census 7.8% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Windsor-Sarnia economic region, gives 7.9% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Dawn-Euphemia?
Dawn-Euphemia’s middle household had $81,500 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Dawn-Euphemia get to work?
By car: 96% of commuters, 2.3% walk; on census day 30% 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).