Households in Barnstown earn more than those in 96% of Canadian towns
Of everyone in Barnstown working or looking for work in May 2021, 14% were unemployed, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. At the 2021 census, 63% of Barnstown’s 15-to-64s were in work; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. Workers in Barnstown spend 26.2 minutes on the way to work on average (26 in the middle of Canadian towns).
Jobs and income in Barnstown: what the figures say
Fewer people in work than most towns
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 63% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 52%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
14% 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 7.6% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household had $119,000 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Jobs and income in Barnstown earn C+
Better than 43% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #372 of 866 in Ontario.
Its strongest measure is household income; 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.
Who in Barnstown has a job
Of the 105 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Hamilton census division, 20 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 61% of the wider area’s adults in work. The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 61%. 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.
Median household income in Barnstown: $119,000 in 2020
23 of the 105 other places of 2,500+ in the Hamilton census division have a higher median. Against the middle of Ontario’s towns ($91,600), Barnstown’s median is 30% above. Incomes here are 2020’s and include the pandemic payments, CERB among them, that propped up the lower end.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Without a car, 7.9% of Barnstown’s commuters get to work
Driving takes 89% of commuters to work; the middle of Ontario’s towns has 88%. 23% of everyone in work worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit takes 5.7% of commuters, above the 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 Hamilton census division, 38% more people receive EI than in 2019
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4.1 receive EI. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 rose by 1%. In January 2021 it reached 30,560, the most in the series and 3.3 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 Hamilton 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).
Walkability in Barnstown: graded A
Better than 88% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #424 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
407th of 700: where Barnstown ranks among Canadian towns of 4,600 to 8,900
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 3 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 6 | Sioux Lookout Ontario | 6,122 | 79% | 5.7% | $103K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 8 | Island Park-Wellington Village Ontario | 5,486 | 81% | 7% | $161K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 22 | Alta Vista Ontario | 8,387 | 78% | 8.3% | $138K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 405 | Kapuskasing Ontario | 8,825 | 68% | 7.7% | $69K | C+ |
| 406 | Heart Lake North Ontario | 8,539 | 72% | 11% | $125K | C+ |
| 407 | Barnstown Ontario | 6,603 | 63% | 14% | $119K | C+ |
| 408 | Woodstock New Brunswick | 6,260 | 74% | 9.2% | $60K | C+ |
| 409 | Remington Park Ontario | 5,783 | 55% | 22% | $76K | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 700 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Barnstown, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Jobs and income in the places around Barnstown
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnstown | 63% | 14% | $119K | 26.2 min | C+ | A |
| Butler 0.9 km | 66% | 12% | $98K | 25.9 min | C+ | A |
| Crerar 1.1 km | 67% | 16% | $93K | 31 min | C− | A− |
| Jerome 1.6 km | 63% | 17% | $114K | 23.6 min | B− | B |
| Rushdale 1.8 km | 67% | 12% | $117K | 27 min | B− | A |
| Eleanor 1.9 km | 66% | 14% | $119K | 27 min | C+ | A− |
| Sheldon 2 km | 70% | 12% | $104K | 27.4 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 Barnstown, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- In work. People in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64 (2021 Census). The census doesn’t cross work with age below the municipality, so this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood has; retirees don’t weigh on it.
- Unemployment. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- 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. 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.
- Employment Insurance. A monthly count of Employment Insurance beneficiaries for the whole census division. It tracks the local job market, but it is not an unemployment rate.
- 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.
- 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.
- Neighbourhood figures. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages stop at the municipality, so Hamilton’s page carries them; Barnstown’s own figures sum its dissemination areas.
Questions about work in Barnstown
What is the unemployment rate in Barnstown?
Two figures answer it: 14% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 7.6% for the Hamilton metro area in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Barnstown?
The median household in Barnstown had $119,000 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Barnstown get to work?
89% of commuters drive, 5.7% take public transit and 2.2% walk; 23% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How many jobs are there in Barnstown?
Jobs are counted by municipality, not neighbourhood: the page for Hamilton has the jobs based there and where its commuters go.
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (Census Profile) · 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).