Photo: Jodie Wilson from Mountain View, USA · CC BY 2.0Douro-Dummer has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.4 for each
Commutes from Douro-Dummer average 30.9 minutes, and 10% take an hour or more. In 2020, a household at the middle of Douro-Dummer had $96,200 before tax, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900. Jobs were held by 75% of people aged 15 to 64 in Douro-Dummer in 2021, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns.
Where Douro-Dummer stands out on work
Work near the middle
At the 2021 census 75% of the 15-to-64s were in work (73% in the middle of Canadian towns); across all ages 15 and over, 55%. In work ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 30.9 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 10% 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.
Douro-Dummer earns C+ for jobs and income
Better than 45% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #355 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.
Commuting times in Douro-Dummer
The middle of Ontario’s towns averages 28.6 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 18%, fewer than the 31% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 28.6 minutes.
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 Douro-Dummer each day than arrive
2,095 residents of Douro-Dummer had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 850 people had theirs in Douro-Dummer, wherever they lived.
For every person who comes in to work, about 3 residents travel out. The job is inside the municipality for 9.9% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
90% of Douro-Dummer’s residents in work leave it to work; Peterborough takes the most
Inbound, the leader is Lindsay (210).
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 Douro-Dummer work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Who in Douro-Dummer has a job
Of the 8 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Peterborough census division, 6 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
A more recent figure, for the wider area: 58% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 60% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. Counting retirees, 55% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. 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.
Earnings at home in Douro-Dummer: households
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 82% of Canadian towns.
One of the 8 other places of 2,500+ in the Peterborough census division has a higher median. That puts Douro-Dummer 5% above the median of Ontario’s towns, $91,600. Pandemic support paid in 2020, CERB first among it, is 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).
Douro-Dummer gets to work without a car for 2.6% of commuters
Nearly everyone drives: 96% of commuters go by car, truck or van. 23% of everyone in work worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. 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).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
25% more people are on EI in the Peterborough census division than in 2019
Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 4%. At its peak, in January 2021, 7,670 people were on EI, 2.9 times the 2019 average. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4.2 receive EI.
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). Behind EI beneficiaries sits data gathered across the Peterborough census division, with Douro-Dummer one part of it.
Everyday places on foot in Douro-Dummer: C−
Better than 22% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #807 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
387th of 673: where Douro-Dummer ranks among Canadian towns of 5,900 to 11,300
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 15 | Alta Vista Ontario | 8,387 | 78% | 8.3% | $138K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 24 | West Perth Ontario | 10,080 | 88% | 5% | $92K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 385 | Fatima Quebec | 6,213 | 82% | 6.6% | $69K | B− |
| 386 | Wainfleet Ontario | 7,329 | 74% | 9.2% | $96K | B− |
| 387 | Douro-Dummer Ontario | 8,379 | 75% | 9% | $96K | C+ |
| 388 | Dysart et al Ontario | 8,100 | 72% | 9% | $78K | C+ |
| 389 | Hamptons Alberta | 7,342 | 66% | 14% | $141K | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 673 | Beasley Ontario | 6,338 | 49% | 17% | $47K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Douro-Dummer, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Work in and around Douro-Dummer
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douro-Dummer | 75% | 9% | $96K | 30.9 min | C+ | C− |
| Bridgenorth 15.5 km | 75% | 11% | $96K | 28.3 min | B− | C+ |
| Norwood 15.7 km | 72% | 10% | $81K | 31.1 min | C− | B |
| Curve Lake First Nation 35 17.1 km | 49% | 21% | $51K | 29.4 min | D− | D |
| Peterborough 18 km | 66% | 15% | $72K | 21.1 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 Douro-Dummer, 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. People receiving EI benefits each month, counted for the census division. It follows the local job market; 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.
- In work. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- 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. 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.
- Which towns we compare. Medians over towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents. Whole cities would swamp them and reserves sit outside the rankings, so neither is in.
Questions about work in Douro-Dummer
What is the unemployment rate in Douro-Dummer?
The 2021 census found 9% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Peterborough metro area, is 7.1% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Douro-Dummer?
At $96,200 before tax in 2020, the median household in Douro-Dummer compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Douro-Dummer get to work?
By car: 96% of commuters, 2.2% walk and 0.4% cycle; on census day 23% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Douro-Dummer?
30.9 minutes is the average trip, with 18% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 10% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Douro-Dummer work?
9.9% work in Douro-Dummer itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Peterborough (1,090), then Bridgenorth (290).
How many jobs are there in Douro-Dummer?
In June 2026, 194 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
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).