Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHousehold incomes in Binbrook top those of 96% of Canadian towns
Commutes from Binbrook average 32.2 minutes, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. At the 2021 census, 74% of Binbrook’s 15-to-64s were in work; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. Binbrook had an unemployment rate of 10% at the 2021 census, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
Jobs and income in Binbrook: what the figures say
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household had $120,500 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 32.2 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Getting 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 Binbrook: B−
Better than 46% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #340 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.
Median household income in Binbrook: $120,500 in 2020
21 of the 105 other places of 2,500+ in the Hamilton census division have a higher median. Binbrook’s median is 32% above the middle of Ontario’s towns ($91,600). That year, 2020, brought emergency benefits that count in these totals, before tax.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Binbrook gets to work without a car for 3.5% of commuters
Nearly everyone drives: 95% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Home was the workplace for 23%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 21%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
How many in Binbrook were working in 2021
Of the 105 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Hamilton census division, 81 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 70%. In October 2026, 61% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. 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.
38% more people are on EI in the Hamilton census division than in 2019
Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 1%. January 2021 was the busiest month, with 30,560 people on EI, 3.3 times 2019’s average. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4.1 receive EI.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: 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).
On getting around on foot, Binbrook grades B−
Better than 53% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #671 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Binbrook next to Canadian towns of 15,700 to 30,400: 168th of 389 on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yellowknife Northwest Territories | 22,858 | 80% | 5.8% | $148K | A+ |
| 2 | Central Saanich British Columbia | 18,184 | 85% | 4.9% | $103K | A+ |
| 3 | Cap-Rouge Quebec | 17,139 | 81% | 4.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 15 | Wilmot Ontario | 22,890 | 81% | 6.8% | $115K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 23 | North Perth Ontario | 18,168 | 83% | 5.7% | $84K | A |
| 24 | Kenora Ontario | 15,892 | 76% | 7.2% | $86K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 166 | Strathmore Alberta | 16,416 | 74% | 9.8% | $91K | B− |
| 167 | Woodbridge Ontario | 18,835 | 73% | 13% | $96K | B− |
| 168 | Binbrook Ontario | 22,497 | 74% | 10% | $121K | B− |
| 169 | Panorama Hills Alberta | 25,494 | 69% | 15% | $113K | B− |
| 170 | Maple Ontario | 20,122 | 71% | 13% | $125K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 389 | Parc-Extension Quebec | 29,066 | 61% | 16% | $48K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Binbrook, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Binbrook and its neighbours: work and income
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binbrook | 74% | 10% | $121K | 32.2 min | B− | B− |
| Trinity 4 km | 77% | 10% | $115K | 29.4 min | B | B+ |
| Highland 4.1 km | 69% | 12% | $124K | 26.4 min | B− | B+ |
| Valley Park 5.1 km | 73% | 11% | $118K | 28.3 min | B | B− |
| Felker 5.2 km | 70% | 11% | $120K | 30.2 min | C+ | B |
| Templemead 5.9 km | 68% | 13% | $106K | 26.8 min | C+ | A |
| Albion 6 km | 70% | 12% | $103K | 29.5 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 Binbrook, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- In work. We divide the number of employed residents by the number aged 15 to 64. Workers past 64 still count on top, because the 2021 Census crosses work with age only for whole municipalities; in return, a retirement town’s pensioners don’t drag the rate down.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- Household income. What the median household took in during 2020 before tax, as the census recorded it; an estimate built from income groups when the place is a neighbourhood.
- 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.
- 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. Monthly, and only for metro areas and economic regions. It is the up-to-date rate we set beside the census’s 2021 snapshot.
- Which towns we compare. The comparison pool is places of 2,500 people or more, towns or neighbourhoods inside cities, without whole cities or reserves, and we compare with its median.
- Neighbourhood figures. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages stop at the municipality, so Hamilton’s page carries them; Binbrook’s own figures sum its dissemination areas.
Questions about work in Binbrook
What is the average household income in Binbrook?
The census puts Binbrook at $120,500 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Binbrook get to work?
95% of commuters drive, 1.4% take public transit, 2% walk and 0.1% cycle; 23% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How many jobs are there in Binbrook?
Jobs are counted by municipality, not neighbourhood: the page for Hamilton has the jobs based there and where its commuters go.
What is the unemployment rate in Binbrook?
Two figures answer it: 10% 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.
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).