Household incomes in Macassa are lower than in 61% of Canadian towns
Workers in Macassa spend 28.7 minutes on the way to work on average (26 in the middle of Canadian towns). Of Macassa’s residents aged 15 to 64, 75% were employed when the 2021 census was taken, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns. Out of work in May 2021: 9.2% of Macassa’s labour force, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Where Macassa stands out on work
Work near the middle
75% 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 50%. In work ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $72,100 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Macassa: C−
Better than 25% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #605 of 866 in Ontario.
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; 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.
What households earned in Macassa: $72,100 in 2020
The middle of Ontario’s towns is $91,600, and Macassa is 21% below it. Of the 105 other places of 2,500 or more in the Hamilton census division, 78 have a higher median. In 2020 emergency benefits topped up many low incomes, and the census counts them here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
In Macassa, 75% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
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.
Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 56% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. Counting retirees, 50% 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.
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 7.6% of Macassa’s commuters
Only 20% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit takes 6.4% of commuters, above the 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. The car is the way to work for 91% of commuters.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
38% more people are on EI in the Hamilton census division than in 2019
At its peak, in January 2021, 30,560 people were on EI, 3.3 times the 2019 average. That works out to around 4.1 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 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). Figures for EI beneficiaries are published for the Hamilton census division as a whole, not for Macassa alone.
Macassa on foot: a A grade
Better than 88% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #412 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 3,500, Macassa ranks 308th of 424 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 22 | McDougall Ontario | 3,002 | 82% | 9.6% | $93K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 31 | Adelaide-Metcalfe Ontario | 3,196 | 86% | 5.9% | $107K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 33 | Enniskillen Ontario | 3,174 | 82% | 5.2% | $105K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 306 | Sakaw Alberta | 3,453 | 68% | 13% | $82K | C− |
| 307 | Vernon River Prince Edward Island | 2,779 | 70% | 11% | $82K | C− |
| 308 | Macassa Ontario | 2,584 | 75% | 9.2% | $72K | C− |
| 309 | Luxton Manitoba | 3,047 | 65% | 14% | $77K | C− |
| 310 | Valhalla Manitoba | 3,153 | 80% | 9.6% | $49K | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 424 | 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 Macassa, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Macassa and its neighbours: work and income
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macassa | 75% | 9.2% | $72K | 28.7 min | C− | A |
| Hampton Heights 0.4 km | 62% | 12% | $72K | 28.1 min | D | A |
| Burkholme 0.9 km | 69% | 15% | $76K | 25.9 min | C− | A |
| Raleigh 1 km | 66% | 14% | $74K | 26.6 min | C− | A+ |
| Lawfield 1.3 km | 64% | 14% | $78K | 26.8 min | C− | A |
| Eastmount 1.5 km | 65% | 14% | $78K | 26.9 min | C− | A+ |
| Berrisfield 1.5 km | 67% | 13% | $86K | 27.1 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 Macassa, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. 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. How many people in the census division drew Employment Insurance each month; it moves with layoffs and hiring, yet people who don’t qualify are absent from it.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. Everything here sums the dissemination areas inside Macassa’s lines, since the census has no neighbourhood profile; where people commute is on Hamilton’s page.
Questions about work in Macassa
What is the unemployment rate in Macassa?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 9.2% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Hamilton metro area at 7.6% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Macassa?
At $72,100 before tax in 2020, the median household in Macassa compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Macassa get to work?
91% of commuters go by car, 6.4% take public transit and 1.2% walk. On census day 20% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How many jobs are there in Macassa?
There is no count for a neighbourhood: the jobs figure, and where commuters go, are published for Hamilton as one municipality.
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).