Photo: P199 · Public domainFewer of Faraday’s 15-to-64s are in work than in 94% of Canadian towns
Before tax, the typical household in Faraday brought in $65,400 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Faraday is the usual workplace of 215 people, and 300 of its own residents commute to a job. The 2021 census put unemployment in Faraday at 18%, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns.
The work numbers behind Faraday
Fewer people in work than most towns
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 59% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 39%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 18% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 6.8% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $65,400 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 22.8 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 8.4% 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.
On jobs and income, Faraday grades D
Better than 14% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is trip times; its weakest, the share of 15-to-64s in work.
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.
Faraday at work: 59% of people aged 15 to 64
Of the 9 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Hastings census division, one has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Counting retirees, 39% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 55% in October 2026. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 47% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. 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 Faraday: households
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 77% of Canadian towns.
Of the 9 other places of 2,500 or more in the Hastings census division, 7 have a higher median. Set beside Ontario’s towns, where the median is $91,600, Faraday sits 29% below. 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).
22.8 minutes from Faraday to work, under the middle of Canadian towns
An hour or more: 8.4% of commuters, close to the middle of Ontario’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 21.9 minutes. The middle of Ontario’s towns averages 28.6 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 45% 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.
The daily tide in Faraday runs outward
11% of residents who commute work inside the municipality, against 70% in the middle of Canadian towns.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
89% of Faraday’s residents in work leave it to work; Bancroft takes the most
- Bancroft90
- Hastings Highlands40
- Highlands East20
- Tudor and Cashel15
- Wollaston10
Coming the other way, Bancroft sends the most (90).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Leaving the car at home: 3.6% of commuters in Faraday
Working at home: 25% here, 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).
EI claims in the Hastings census division run 26% above their 2019 level
Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 1%. At its peak, in April 2021, 7,740 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). Faraday doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from the Hastings census division.
Walking in Faraday earns C−
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Work in the places around Faraday
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faraday | 59% | 18% | $65K | 22.8 min | D | C− |
| Bancroft 11.1 km | 63% | 12% | $57K | 19.6 min | C− | B |
| Hastings Highlands 18.7 km | 64% | 15% | $69K | 28.7 min | D | 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 Faraday, 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. 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. Built from banded answers: each commuter’s usual one-way trip counts as the midpoint of the band they chose, and the result tends to sit slightly higher than Statistics Canada’s average.
- 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. 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. Sampled each month and released for regions rather than towns, so its rate describes the area around 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. 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 Faraday
How do people in Faraday get to work?
Driving takes 94% of commuters to work, 3.6% walk, and on census day 25% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Faraday?
About 22.8 minutes on average, with 45% under a quarter-hour and 8.4% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Faraday work?
11% work in Faraday itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Bancroft (215), then Belleville (15).
How many jobs are there in Faraday?
Some 215 people worked in Faraday at the 2021 census: 0.7 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 56 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Faraday?
Two figures answer it: 18% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 6.8% for the Kingston-Pembroke economic region in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Faraday?
Faraday’s middle household had $65,400 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
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).