St. Clair has a smaller share of its working-age people in jobs than 82% of Canadian towns
Buses, trains and subways take 24% of its commuters to work. At 32 minutes on average, the trip to work from St. Clair compares with 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. The median household in St. Clair had $68,000 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
The short version on work in St. Clair
Fewer people in work than most towns
Counting everyone 15 and over, 58% were in work at the 2021 census; among those aged 15 to 64 it was 67%, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. In work ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
At $68,000 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 32 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Getting to work ↓
Many work from home
On census day, 33% 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.
St. Clair grades D− for jobs and income
Better than 5% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #815 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.
In St. Clair, 67% 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, 46 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 61% in October 2026. 65% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. 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.
What households in St. Clair earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 71% of Canadian towns.
86 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 St. Clair is 26% below it. Incomes are for 2020, the first pandemic year, so CERB and other emergency payments are part of them.
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: 29% of St. Clair’s commuters
66% drive to work, fewer than the 88% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. 33% of everyone in work worked at home on census day, against 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).
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
In January 2021 it reached 30,560, the most in the series and 3.3 times the 2019 average. Roughly 4.1 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. 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). St. Clair doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from the Hamilton census division.
On getting around on foot, St. Clair grades A+
Better than almost every Canadian town on two measures together, #66 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
St. Clair and other Canadian towns of 2,500 to 4,300
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 11 | Red Lake Ontario | 4,285 | 77% | 5.1% | $111K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Perth South Ontario | 4,055 | 87% | 7.3% | $102K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 26 | McDougall Ontario | 3,002 | 82% | 9.6% | $93K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 636 | Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap British Columbia | 3,475 | 67% | 13% | $66K | D |
| 637 | Downtown East Village Alberta | 3,524 | 59% | 7.4% | $59K | D |
| 638 | St. Clair Ontario | 3,201 | 67% | 10% | $68K | D− |
| 639 | Sables-Spanish Rivers Ontario | 3,412 | 62% | 11% | $71K | D− |
| 640 | Greeningdon Ontario | 3,296 | 57% | 15% | $69K | D− |
| … | ||||||
| 666 | 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 St. Clair, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Neighbouring places to St. Clair, compared
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Clair | 67% | 10% | $68K | 32 min | D− | A+ |
| Stinson 0.7 km | 60% | 14% | $55K | 30.9 min | D− | A+ |
| Gibson 0.8 km | 50% | 21% | $55K | 30.4 min | D− | A+ |
| Blakeley 1.1 km | 58% | 15% | $56K | 29.3 min | D− | A+ |
| Eastmount 1.1 km | 65% | 14% | $78K | 26.9 min | C− | A+ |
| Inch Park 1.1 km | 75% | 11% | $89K | 27.9 min | B− | A+ |
| Landsdale 1.1 km | 58% | 14% | $57K | 29.9 min | D− | 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 St. Clair, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. 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.
- 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 St. Clair’s lines, since the census has no neighbourhood profile; where people commute is on Hamilton’s page.
Questions about work in St. Clair
What is the average household income in St. Clair?
St. Clair’s middle household had $68,000 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in St. Clair get to work?
66% of commuters go by car, 24% take public transit, 3.4% walk and 1% cycle. On census day 33% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How many jobs are there in St. Clair?
There is no count for a neighbourhood: the jobs figure, and where commuters go, are published for Hamilton as one municipality.
What is the unemployment rate in St. Clair?
Two figures answer it: 10% 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.
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).