Households in Marritt earn more than in almost any other Canadian town
74% of people aged 15 to 64 in Marritt had a job at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. Working at home: 35% of its workers, where the middle of Canadian towns has 21%. Residents of Marritt take 27.3 minutes to reach work on average; the middle of Canadian towns is 26.
The work figures that set Marritt apart
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household had $135,700 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Many work from home
On census day, 35% of those in work were working at home; the middle of Canadian towns is 21%. 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.
On jobs and income, Marritt grades B
Better than 64% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #198 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.
The median household in Marritt had $135,700 in 2020
The middle of Ontario’s towns is $91,600, and Marritt is 48% above it. Of the 105 other places of 2,500 or more in the Hamilton census division, 8 have a higher median. The year is 2020: emergency benefits like CERB count in these incomes, and they raised the bottom of the range.
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.
Without a car, 3.5% of Marritt’s commuters get to work
Nearly everyone drives: 95% of commuters go by car, truck or van.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
In and out of work in Marritt
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%. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 61% in October 2026. 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.
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. Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 1%. The highest month was January 2021: 30,560 people, 3.3 times the 2019 level.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries published for the Hamilton census division, not by town. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Walking in Marritt earns C+
Better than 45% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #705 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 3,700, Marritt ranks 187th of 497 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 23 | McDougall Ontario | 3,002 | 82% | 9.6% | $93K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 33 | Adelaide-Metcalfe Ontario | 3,196 | 86% | 5.9% | $107K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 35 | Enniskillen Ontario | 3,174 | 82% | 5.2% | $105K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 185 | Hanna Alberta | 2,665 | 73% | 10% | $75K | B |
| 186 | Crawford Plains Alberta | 3,075 | 76% | 13% | $101K | B |
| 187 | Marritt Ontario | 2,759 | 74% | 8.9% | $136K | B |
| 188 | Eastman Quebec | 2,706 | 82% | 4% | $87K | B |
| 189 | Athabasca Alberta | 2,887 | 71% | 8.2% | $81K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 497 | 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 Marritt, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Jobs and income in the places around Marritt
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marritt | 74% | 8.9% | $136K | 27.3 min | B | C+ |
| Oakes 0.9 km | 67% | 14% | $143K | 28.5 min | C+ | C+ |
| Garner 1.4 km | 75% | 8.4% | $140K | 25.4 min | A− | C+ |
| Horning 1.9 km | 75% | 14% | $121K | 27.8 min | B+ | B |
| Lampman 2.1 km | 65% | 13% | $129K | 30.2 min | C | B |
| Sulphur Springs 2.5 km | 79% | 10% | $146K | 25.7 min | A | B |
| Leeming 2.8 km | 79% | 8.7% | $142K | 26.1 min | A | 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 Marritt, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Statistics Canada’s monthly survey, published for metro areas and economic regions rather than towns: it gives a current rate beside the census’s 2021 one.
- 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. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- 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. Our average assumes everyone in, say, the 15-to-29-minute band takes 22 minutes. Across all the bands that runs a shade above Statistics Canada’s measured average.
- 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. The census reaches a neighbourhood only through its dissemination areas, and Marritt’s figures add those up. Hamilton’s page has the commuting flows, which exist only for the whole municipality.
Questions about work in Marritt
How do people in Marritt get to work?
95% of commuters go by car, 2.3% take public transit and 1.2% walk. On census day 35% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How many jobs are there in Marritt?
Statistics Canada counts jobs for whole municipalities only; Hamilton has the total and the commuting flows.
What is the unemployment rate in Marritt?
Two figures answer it: 8.9% 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.
What is the average household income in Marritt?
The census puts Marritt at $135,700 for 2020, before tax and at the median, 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).