Households in Mountview earn more than those in 77% of Canadian towns
In May 2021, unemployment in Mountview reached 12%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The 2021 census found 69% of working-age people in Mountview employed, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns. At 26.2 minutes on average, the trip to work from Mountview compares with 26 in the middle of Canadian towns.
The short version on work in Mountview
Work near the middle
Counting everyone 15 and over, 52% were in work at the 2021 census; among those aged 15 to 64 it was 69%, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. In work ↓
Unemployment near the middle
Unemployment was 12% 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 ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Mountview grades C+ for jobs and income
Better than 40% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #418 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 and the working-age population of Mountview
Of the 105 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Hamilton census division, 59 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 52% were working. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 61% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. Counting those looking for work too, 59% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. 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.
Before tax, the median household in Mountview had $91,100
That puts Mountview 1% below the median of Ontario’s towns, $91,600. 50 of the 105 other places of 2,500+ in the Hamilton census division have a higher median. Incomes here are 2020’s and include the pandemic payments, CERB among them, that propped up the lower end.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Without a car, 7.4% of Mountview’s commuters get to work
By car, truck or van: 89% of commuters, against 88% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. Working at home: 26% here, 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit takes 4.6% 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).
38% more people are on EI in the Hamilton census division than in 2019
The count topped out in January 2021 at 30,560 people, 3.3 times the 2019 average. That is about 4.1 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. Over the year to August 2026, the count 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). Mountview doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from the Hamilton census division.
The Walkability grade for Mountview: A−
Better than 83% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #468 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Among Canadian towns of 5,400 to 10,500, Mountview ranks 452nd of 704 for jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | North River Heights Manitoba | 7,228 | 82% | 8.4% | $143K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 6 | Sioux Lookout Ontario | 6,122 | 79% | 5.7% | $103K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 8 | Island Park-Wellington Village Ontario | 5,486 | 81% | 7% | $161K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | Alta Vista Ontario | 8,387 | 78% | 8.3% | $138K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 450 | Sackville New Brunswick | 6,572 | 69% | 12% | $68K | C+ |
| 451 | Hanover Ontario | 8,723 | 73% | 9.5% | $69K | C+ |
| 452 | Mountview Ontario | 7,752 | 69% | 12% | $91K | C+ |
| 453 | Leeds and the Thousand Islands Ontario | 10,185 | 75% | 11% | $91K | C+ |
| 454 | Sherwood Alberta | 6,537 | 69% | 11% | $113K | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 704 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Mountview, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Around Mountview: jobs, pay and the commute
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountview | 69% | 12% | $91K | 26.2 min | C+ | A− |
| Fessenden 0.8 km | 70% | 12% | $88K | 26.3 min | C+ | A |
| Westcliffe East 1.2 km | 75% | 12% | $109K | 24.8 min | B+ | A− |
| Gilbert 1.4 km | 60% | 17% | $88K | 26.3 min | C | A |
| Gurnett 1.6 km | 69% | 12% | $108K | 28.5 min | C+ | A− |
| Ainslie Wood East 2 km | 60% | 16% | $58K | 31.8 min | D− | A+ |
| Gilkson 2 km | 71% | 13% | $96K | 27.9 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 Mountview, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Commuters picked a band for their usual trip (under 15 minutes, 15 to 29, and so on). We place each person at the middle of their band, which lands a little above Statistics Canada’s own 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.
- 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. People in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64 (2021 Census). The census doesn’t cross work with age below the municipality, so this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood has; retirees don’t weigh on it.
- Unemployment. The census-week jobless rate for residents 15 and over. Its base is the labour force, those employed plus those actively looking.
- Which towns we compare. Comparisons are with the median of Canadian towns and city neighbourhoods counting 2,500 people or more, reserves and entire cities excluded.
- Neighbourhood figures. We add up Mountview’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 Mountview
What is the unemployment rate in Mountview?
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 Mountview?
The census puts Mountview at $91,100 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Mountview get to work?
89% of commuters go by car, 4.6% take public transit and 2.8% walk. On census day 26% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How many jobs are there in Mountview?
Statistics Canada counts jobs for whole municipalities only; Hamilton has the total and the commuting flows.
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).