Photo: J. H. Field · Public domainThere are 1.8 jobs in Englehart for every resident in work
7% of the labour force in Englehart was out of work at the 2021 census, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. The median household in Englehart had $66,700 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Of Englehart’s residents aged 15 to 64, 72% were employed when the 2021 census was taken; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%.
What the numbers say about work in Englehart
Less unemployment than most towns
7% of the labour force was out of work at the 2021 census (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns); the Labour Force Survey had the area at 6% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $66,700 before tax in 2020, where the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
A local job centre
760 people work in Englehart and 430 residents commute to a fixed workplace; the middle of Canadian towns has 0.8 jobs per working resident. 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 Englehart: C
Better than 27% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is trip times; 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.
The share of 15-to-64s in work in Englehart: 72%
Of the 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Timiskaming census division, one has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Counting those looking for work too, 56% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. Counting retirees, 51% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 56% in work in October 2026. May 2021, when the census was taken, was a pandemic spring; unemployment has come down since, as the Labour Force Survey records.
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 Englehart’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Englehart’s median is 27% below the middle of Ontario’s towns ($91,600). Of the 3 other places of 2,500 or more in the Timiskaming census division, 2 have a higher median. Read the incomes as 2020’s, before tax: pandemic benefits such as CERB are in them, and they raised many low incomes for that year.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
On a working day Englehart gains 68% in workers
Inbound commuters outnumber outbound ones about 2 to 1 in Englehart. The job is inside the municipality for 46% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
564 people come into Englehart to work, most from Charlton and Dack and Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part
- Charlton and Dack135
- Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part105
- Temiskaming Shores90
- Evanturel70
- Armstrong55
- Kirkland Lake30
- Chamberlain25
- Cobalt15
- North Bay10
- Hudson10
- Temiskaming Shores80
- Kirkland Lake55
- Armstrong40
- James30
- Matachewan10
- Thunder Bay10
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
13% of commuters in Englehart walk, cycle or take transit
The car takes 84% of commuters here, under the 88% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. Home was the workplace for 9.2%, under the 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).
23.7 minutes from Englehart to work, under the middle of Canadian towns
An hour or more: 6.5% of commuters, under the 7.9% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 20.7 minutes. The middle of Ontario’s towns averages 28.6 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 51% of commuters, 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.
EI claims in the Timiskaming census division run 8% below their 2019 level
The count topped out in July 2021 at 1,690 people, 1.9 times the 2019 average. That works out to around 4.7 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 10%.
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). Nobody publishes EI beneficiaries for Englehart alone, so this card uses the figure for the Timiskaming census division.
Englehart earns A+ for walkability
Better than 97% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Around Englehart: jobs, pay and the commute
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Englehart | 72% | 7% | $67K | 23.7 min | C | A+ |
| Armstrong 13.1 km | 72% | 6.7% | $75K | 21.7 min | B− | C+ |
| Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part 17.3 km | 76% | 9.3% | $80K | 29.5 min | C | C− |
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 Englehart, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- Household income. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- Trip times. How long getting to work normally takes, averaged from the census’s time bands at their middles; expect it to read slightly high against the timed figure.
- Where people commute. Counts of workers with a fixed workplace, by where they live and where they work, both taken as whole municipalities; the jobs figure takes everyone who works here, wherever home is.
- Employment Insurance. Statistics Canada counts EI beneficiaries each month by census division. Seasonal work makes it swing, so read it as a trend, not a jobless rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. The most recent unemployment rate on the page comes from this monthly survey, which covers the wider metro area or economic region, not 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.
- Which towns we compare. Comparisons are with the median of Canadian towns and city neighbourhoods counting 2,500 people or more, reserves and entire cities excluded.
Questions about work in Englehart
How many jobs are there in Englehart?
Some 760 people worked in Englehart at the 2021 census: 1.8 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 53 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Englehart?
At the 2021 census 7% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Northeast economic region, gives 6% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Englehart?
Englehart’s middle household had $66,700 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Englehart get to work?
Driving takes 84% of commuters to work, 13% walk, and on census day 9.2% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Englehart?
About 23.7 minutes on average, with 51% under a quarter-hour and 6.5% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Englehart work?
Only 46% work in Englehart itself; the rest go first to Temiskaming Shores (80) and Kirkland Lake (55).
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).