Fifty Point has some of the highest household incomes of any Canadian town
34% of its workers worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. At 31.7 minutes on average, the trip to work from Fifty Point compares with 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. The 2021 census found 75% of working-age people in Fifty Point employed, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%.
Where Fifty Point stands out on work
Higher incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $139,200 before tax in 2020, where the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 31.7 minutes; the middle of Canadian towns is 26. Getting to work ↓
Many work from home
34% of workers worked at home on census day, against 21% 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.
Fifty Point grades B− for jobs and income
Better than 54% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #278 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 Fifty Point: $139,200 in 2020
Fifty Point’s median is 52% above the middle of Ontario’s towns ($91,600). 7 of the 105 other places of 2,500+ in the Hamilton census division 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).
Before tax, 2020: higher than in almost any Canadian town.
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 0.8% of Fifty Point’s commuters
The car is the way to work for 96% of commuters.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
Work and the working-age population of Fifty Point
Of the 105 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Hamilton census division, 87 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
74% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 61% of the wider area’s adults in work. The figures are a snapshot of 11 May 2021, when pandemic rules still kept many people out of work or at home.
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.
In the Hamilton census division, 38% more people receive EI than in 2019
The count topped out in January 2021 at 30,560 people, 3.3 times the 2019 average. Roughly 4.1 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number rose by 1%.
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). Fifty Point doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from the Hamilton census division.
The Walkability grade for Fifty Point: B−
Better than 53% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #667 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Among Canadian towns of 2,600 to 5,000, Fifty Point ranks 367th of 769 for jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Mount Royal Alberta | 2,758 | 83% | 12% | $188K | A+ |
| 2 | Central River Heights Manitoba | 2,736 | 84% | 5.4% | $137K | A+ |
| 3 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 12 | Red Lake Ontario | 4,285 | 77% | 5.1% | $111K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 14 | Perth South Ontario | 4,055 | 87% | 7.3% | $102K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 32 | McDougall Ontario | 3,002 | 82% | 9.6% | $93K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 365 | Leslie Park - Bruce Farm Ontario | 3,056 | 71% | 11% | $100K | B− |
| 366 | Adstock Quebec | 3,203 | 77% | 5.8% | $72K | B− |
| 367 | Fifty Point Ontario | 3,690 | 75% | 9.8% | $139K | B− |
| 368 | Caraquet New Brunswick | 4,572 | 74% | 12% | $66K | B− |
| 369 | Bellerive Quebec | 4,393 | 77% | 9.1% | $82K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 769 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,724 | 43% | 30% | $51K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Fifty Point, and others among Ontario’s towns.
The work picture around Fifty Point
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fifty Point | 75% | 9.8% | $139K | 31.7 min | B− | B− |
| Industrial 1.9 km | 76% | 9.9% | $121K | 28.2 min | B+ | B− |
| Trillium 3.9 km | 74% | 13% | $117K | 29.1 min | B | D |
| Westmeria 6 km | 79% | 12% | $113K | 27 min | A− | B |
| Grimsby 6.3 km | 76% | 10% | $104K | 28 min | B | B |
| Guernsey 6.5 km | 66% | 9.5% | $108K | 28 min | C+ | B+ |
| Lakeshore 7.3 km | 77% | 11% | $80K | 29.9 min | C+ | D |
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 Fifty Point, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Everyone with a job, whatever their age, divided by the residents aged 15 to 64 at the 2021 Census: below the municipality the census doesn’t split work by age, and this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood can be given.
- 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. One way, on a usual day, from the census’s travel-time bands. Band midpoints overstate it a little next to the figure Statistics Canada times.
- 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. Everything here sums the dissemination areas inside Fifty Point’s lines, since the census has no neighbourhood profile; where people commute is on Hamilton’s page.
Questions about work in Fifty Point
How do people in Fifty Point get to work?
Driving takes 96% of commuters to work, 0.8% take public transit, and on census day 34% of those in work were at home.
How many jobs are there in Fifty Point?
Jobs and commuting flows exist only for Hamilton as a whole, and its page carries them.
What is the unemployment rate in Fifty Point?
The census put unemployment at 9.8% 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%.
What is the average household income in Fifty Point?
The median household in Fifty Point had $139,200 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
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).