Photo: Jim Charlton · CC BY-SA 4.0Stipeley has a smaller share of its working-age people in jobs than 90% of Canadian towns
A typical one-way commute from Stipeley lasts 31.7 minutes, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit is the way to work for 18% of commuters here. Half the households in Stipeley had more than $67,600 in 2020, before tax, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900.
What Stipeley’s work numbers say
Fewer people in work than most towns
Counting everyone 15 and over, 56% were in work at the 2021 census; among those aged 15 to 64 it was 63%, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
13% of the labour force was out of work at the 2021 census (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns); the Labour Force Survey had the area at 7.6% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
At $67,600 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 31.7 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. 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.
Jobs & income in Stipeley: graded D−
Better than 4% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #830 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.
In Stipeley, 63% 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, 23 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. Statistics Canada counted on 11 May 2021, with much of the country under pandemic rules: more people were out of work or at home than usual.
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 Stipeley earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 72% of Canadian towns.
Of the 105 other places of 2,500 or more in the Hamilton census division, 87 have a higher median. The middle of Ontario’s towns is $91,600, and Stipeley 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).
Walking, cycling or transit: 25% of Stipeley’s commuters
Fewer drive than in the middle of Ontario’s towns: 73% against 88%.
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
At its peak, in January 2021, 30,560 people were on EI, 3.3 times the 2019 average. Roughly 4.1 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Compared with a year earlier, 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). For EI beneficiaries, the only official count covers all of the Hamilton census division, Stipeley included.
How walkable Stipeley is: A+
Better than almost every Canadian town on two measures together, #106 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Where Stipeley sits among Canadian towns of 4,600 to 8,900
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 3 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 6 | Sioux Lookout Ontario | 6,122 | 79% | 5.7% | $103K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 8 | Island Park-Wellington Village Ontario | 5,486 | 81% | 7% | $161K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 22 | Alta Vista Ontario | 8,387 | 78% | 8.3% | $138K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 682 | Callingwood South Alberta | 7,844 | 62% | 18% | $60K | D− |
| 683 | Electoral Area L, Cariboo British Columbia | 5,358 | 58% | 12% | $61K | D− |
| 684 | Stipeley Ontario | 6,572 | 63% | 13% | $68K | D− |
| 685 | West Broadway Manitoba | 6,537 | 60% | 16% | $37K | D− |
| 686 | Riverdale West Ontario | 6,804 | 54% | 19% | $58K | D− |
| … | ||||||
| 700 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Stipeley, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Stipeley and its neighbours: work and income
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stipeley | 63% | 13% | $68K | 31.7 min | D− | A+ |
| Gibson 0.7 km | 50% | 21% | $55K | 30.4 min | D− | A+ |
| Blakeley 0.8 km | 58% | 15% | $56K | 29.3 min | D− | A+ |
| Crown Point West 1 km | 64% | 16% | $72K | 28.5 min | D | A+ |
| St. Clair 1.2 km | 67% | 10% | $68K | 32 min | D− | A+ |
| Industrial Sector A and Keith 1.3 km | 59% | 16% | $68K | 28 min | D | A+ |
| Landsdale 1.6 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 Stipeley, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. The share of people 15 and over in the labour force, working or looking for work, who had no job on census day in May 2021.
- 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. The census asks how long the trip to work usually takes, in bands; our average uses each band’s middle, so it runs a little above Statistics Canada’s timed 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.
- 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. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages stop at the municipality, so Hamilton’s page carries them; Stipeley’s own figures sum its dissemination areas.
Questions about work in Stipeley
What is the average household income in Stipeley?
At $67,600 before tax in 2020, the median household in Stipeley compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Stipeley get to work?
73% of commuters go by car, 18% take public transit, 6.9% walk and 0.4% cycle. On census day 25% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How many jobs are there in Stipeley?
Jobs and commuting flows exist only for Hamilton as a whole, and its page carries them.
What is the unemployment rate in Stipeley?
Two figures answer it: 13% 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).