A smaller share of people aged 15 to 64 are in work in Lisgar than in 79% of Canadian towns
Residents of Lisgar take 27.1 minutes to reach work on average; the middle of Canadian towns is 26. In 2020, a household at the middle of Lisgar had $86,700 before tax, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900. Census day 2021 found 12% of Lisgar’s labour force without a job, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Work in Lisgar, in a few figures
Fewer people in work than most towns
68% of people aged 15 to 64 had a job at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; counting everyone 15 and over, retirees included, it was 47%. In work ↓
Unemployment near the middle
The Labour Force Survey had the area at 7.6% in October 2026; on census day in 2021 the town’s own rate was 12%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
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 Lisgar earn C
Better than 30% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #541 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.
In Lisgar, 68% of the working-age population has a job
Of the 105 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Hamilton census division, 54 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 47%: many residents are past working age. In October 2026, 61% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 54% of residents that age. 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.
Earnings at home in Lisgar: households
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 69% of Canadian towns.
58 of the 105 other places of 2,500+ in the Hamilton census division have a higher median. The middle of Ontario’s towns is $91,600, and Lisgar is 5% below it. 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).
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 6.8% of Lisgar’s commuters
By car, truck or van: 89% of commuters, much as in the middle of Ontario’s towns. Only 19% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit takes 5.3% 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).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
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%. The count topped out in January 2021 at 30,560 people, 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: 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).
The walkability of Lisgar: A−
Better than 82% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #472 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Lisgar next to Canadian towns of 2,800 to 5,300: 519th of 747 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 25 | McDougall Ontario | 3,002 | 82% | 9.6% | $93K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 517 | Port Hawkesbury Nova Scotia | 3,442 | 63% | 18% | $65K | C |
| 518 | Northern Bruce Peninsula Ontario | 5,018 | 70% | 12% | $70K | C |
| 519 | Lisgar Ontario | 3,945 | 68% | 12% | $87K | C |
| 520 | Weinlos Alberta | 3,243 | 63% | 16% | $89K | C |
| 521 | Downtown Saskatchewan | 4,282 | 71% | 12% | $43K | C |
| … | ||||||
| 747 | Saint-Côme Quebec | 2,810 | 58% | 14% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Lisgar, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Work next door to Lisgar
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisgar | 68% | 12% | $87K | 27.1 min | C | A− |
| Berrisfield 0.6 km | 67% | 13% | $86K | 27.1 min | C | A |
| Quinndale 1.2 km | 67% | 15% | $87K | 24.6 min | C+ | B+ |
| Huntington 1.3 km | 64% | 14% | $82K | 27.1 min | C− | A |
| Hampton Heights 1.5 km | 62% | 12% | $72K | 28.1 min | D | A |
| Lawfield 1.8 km | 64% | 14% | $78K | 26.8 min | C− | A |
| Templemead 1.8 km | 68% | 13% | $106K | 26.8 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 Lisgar, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. How many residents held a job in May 2021, set against how many were 15 to 64. It reads a little high where many people work past 65, since below the municipality the census gives no breakdown of workers by age.
- Unemployment. The share of people 15 and over in the labour force, working or looking for work, who had no job on census day in May 2021.
- 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. 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. Monthly EI recipients across the census division: a pulse of the local job market rather than a measure of who is out of work.
- 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. We add up Lisgar’s dissemination areas for its census figures. Flows between places and timed averages exist only for the whole municipality: see Hamilton’s page.
Questions about work in Lisgar
How do people in Lisgar get to work?
89% of commuters go by car, 5.3% take public transit and 1.5% walk. On census day 19% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How many jobs are there in Lisgar?
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 Lisgar?
At the 2021 census 12% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Hamilton metro area, gives 7.6% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Lisgar?
Lisgar’s middle household had $86,700 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
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).