Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainShaver’s household incomes are higher than in 97% of Canadian towns
Of everyone in Shaver working or looking for work in May 2021, 14% were unemployed, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns. A typical one-way commute from Shaver lasts 28 minutes, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. 73% of people aged 15 to 64 in Shaver had a job at the 2021 census, right at the middle of Canadian towns.
Work in Shaver: the figures worth knowing
More unemployment than most towns
The Labour Force Survey had the area at 7.6% in October 2026; on census day in 2021 the town’s own rate was 14%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $123,400 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 Shaver: B
Better than 59% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #233 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.
Work and the working-age population of Shaver
Of the 105 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Hamilton census division, 76 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
In October 2026, 61% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 75%. 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.
$123,400 a year: the median household in Shaver
15 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 Shaver is 35% above it. Because 2020 was the first year of the pandemic, emergency benefits make up part of these before-tax incomes.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Leaving the car at home: 1.9% of commuters in Shaver
Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 96% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Working at home: 29% here, 21% 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).
EI claims in the Hamilton census division run 38% above their 2019 level
That works out to around 4.1 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. 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 counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100). Nobody publishes EI beneficiaries for Shaver alone, so this card uses the figure for the Hamilton census division.
Getting around Shaver on foot earns C+
Better than 37% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #751 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
For jobs and income, Shaver is 231st of 553 Canadian towns of 2,500 to 3,900
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 229 | Bisset Alberta | 3,049 | 77% | 10% | $92K | B |
| 230 | Horton Ontario | 3,550 | 75% | 8% | $91K | B |
| 231 | Shaver Ontario | 2,882 | 73% | 14% | $123K | B |
| 232 | Saint-Pascal Quebec | 3,516 | 78% | 6% | $61K | B |
| 233 | L'Islet Quebec | 3,874 | 78% | 6.2% | $65K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 553 | 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 Shaver, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Jobs near Shaver: the places around it
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaver | 73% | 14% | $123K | 28 min | B | C+ |
| Leeming 1 km | 79% | 8.7% | $142K | 26.1 min | A | B− |
| Spring Valley 1.3 km | 79% | 11% | $142K | 25.3 min | A | C+ |
| Garner 2.5 km | 75% | 8.4% | $140K | 25.4 min | A− | C+ |
| Marritt 3.6 km | 74% | 8.9% | $136K | 27.3 min | B | C+ |
| Oakes 4.2 km | 67% | 14% | $143K | 28.5 min | C+ | C+ |
| Sulphur Springs 4.3 km | 79% | 10% | $146K | 25.7 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 Shaver, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- 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. How long getting to work normally takes, averaged from the census’s time bands at their middles; expect it to read slightly high against the timed figure.
- Employment Insurance. Beneficiaries of Employment Insurance, month by month, for the census division rather than the town. Many jobless people don’t qualify, so it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. Towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500 people or more, never a whole city and never a First Nations reserve. Middles are medians.
- Neighbourhood figures. The census reaches a neighbourhood only through its dissemination areas, and Shaver’s figures add those up. Hamilton’s page has the commuting flows, which exist only for the whole municipality.
Questions about work in Shaver
How do people in Shaver get to work?
96% of commuters go by car, 1.9% walk. On census day 29% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How many jobs are there in Shaver?
Statistics Canada counts jobs for whole municipalities only; Hamilton has the total and the commuting flows.
What is the unemployment rate in Shaver?
At the 2021 census 14% 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 Shaver?
At $123,400 before tax in 2020, the median household in Shaver compares with $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).