Working-age people in Bruleville are less likely to have a job than in 91% of Canadian towns
At 26.6 minutes on average, the trip to work from Bruleville compares with 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Median household income in Bruleville was $71,300 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
Work in Bruleville: the figures worth knowing
Fewer people in work than most towns
In work at the 2021 census: 62% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 47% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 16% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 7.6% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $71,300 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Bruleville grades D for jobs and income
Better than 12% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #731 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.
Work for 62% of 15-to-64s in Bruleville
Of the 105 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Hamilton census division, 16 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 61% in October 2026. Counting those looking for work too, 55% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. Counting retirees, 47% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. The census caught the labour market on 11 May 2021, deep in the pandemic, so unemployment and working from home both ran above normal.
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.
What households in Bruleville earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 63% of Canadian towns.
Set beside Ontario’s towns, where the median is $91,600, Bruleville sits 22% below. Of the 105 other places of 2,500 or more in the Hamilton census division, 81 have a higher median. 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).
16% of commuters from Bruleville go without a car
The car takes 81% of commuters here, under the 88% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 15% against 21%. By transit: 11% of commuters, well above the 5.6% in the middle of Ontario’s 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.
38% more people are on EI in the Hamilton census division than in 2019
For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 4.1 are on EI. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 rose by 1%. At its peak, in January 2021, 30,560 people were on EI, 3.3 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Data for EI beneficiaries covers 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).
Everyday places on foot in Bruleville: A+
Better than almost every Canadian town on two measures together, #204 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Out of 746 Canadian towns of 3,000 to 5,800, Bruleville comes 656th on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| 2 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 3 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 7 | Red Lake Ontario | 4,285 | 77% | 5.1% | $111K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 9 | Perth South Ontario | 4,055 | 87% | 7.3% | $102K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 11 | Island Park-Wellington Village Ontario | 5,486 | 81% | 7% | $161K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 654 | Percé Quebec | 3,137 | 63% | 17% | $57K | D |
| 655 | Grenville-sur-la-Rouge Quebec | 3,040 | 75% | 10% | $62K | D |
| 656 | Bruleville Ontario | 4,310 | 62% | 16% | $71K | D |
| 657 | Carbonear Newfoundland and Labrador | 5,041 | 56% | 20% | $58K | D |
| 658 | Madawaska Valley Ontario | 4,151 | 65% | 9.4% | $63K | D |
| … | ||||||
| 746 | Saint-Alexis-des-Monts Quebec | 3,190 | 61% | 11% | $50K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Bruleville, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Neighbouring places to Bruleville, compared
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruleville | 62% | 16% | $71K | 26.6 min | D | A+ |
| Greeningdon 0.9 km | 57% | 15% | $69K | 29.5 min | D− | A+ |
| Hill Park 1.1 km | 63% | 11% | $79K | 28.8 min | D | A+ |
| Crerar 1.1 km | 67% | 16% | $93K | 31 min | C− | A− |
| Jerome 1.2 km | 63% | 17% | $114K | 23.6 min | B− | B |
| Lawfield 1.2 km | 64% | 14% | $78K | 26.8 min | C− | A |
| Burkholme 1.3 km | 69% | 15% | $76K | 25.9 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 Bruleville, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Trip times. The census asks how long the trip to work usually takes, in bands; our average uses each band’s middle, so it runs a little above Statistics Canada’s timed average.
- 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. 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.
- 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. It counts only people who wanted work and had none in May 2021, as a share of those working or searching; students and retirees who weren’t looking stay out of both sides.
- 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.
- 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.
- Neighbourhood figures. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages stop at the municipality, so Hamilton’s page carries them; Bruleville’s own figures sum its dissemination areas.
Questions about work in Bruleville
What is the average household income in Bruleville?
The median household in Bruleville had $71,300 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Bruleville get to work?
81% of commuters drive, 11% take public transit and 5.6% walk; 15% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How many jobs are there in Bruleville?
Jobs and commuting flows exist only for Hamilton as a whole, and its page carries them.
What is the unemployment rate in Bruleville?
The census put unemployment at 16% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Hamilton metro area at 7.6%.
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).