Households in Trinity earn more than those in 95% of Canadian towns
At 29.4 minutes on average, the trip to work from Trinity compares with 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Home was the workplace for 31% of its workers in May 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 21%. Trinity counted 77% of its 15-to-64s in jobs at the 2021 census, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns.
Trinity and work: the main findings
Higher incomes than most towns
At $115,000 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 29.4 minutes; the middle of Canadian towns is 26. 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 and income in Trinity earn B
Better than 65% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #193 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.
$115,000 a year: the median household in Trinity
That puts Trinity 26% above the median of Ontario’s towns, $91,600. 29 of the 105 other places of 2,500+ in the Hamilton census division have a higher median. Pandemic support paid in 2020, CERB first among it, is 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).
9% of commuters from Trinity go without a car
Transit takes 7.9% of commuters, above the 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Driving to work is about as common as in the middle of Ontario’s towns, at 88%.
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 Trinity
Of the 105 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Hamilton census division, 93 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 61% in work in October 2026. The census caught the labour market on 11 May 2021, deep in the pandemic, so unemployment and working from home both ran above normal.
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.
38% more people are on EI in the Hamilton census division than in 2019
For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 4.1 are on EI. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 rose by 1%. The count topped out in January 2021 at 30,560 people, 3.3 times the 2019 average.
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). Figures for EI beneficiaries are published for the Hamilton census division as a whole, not for Trinity alone.
Trinity earns B+ for walkability
Better than 70% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #565 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Ranked on jobs and income, Trinity is 181st among 497 Canadian towns of 2,500 to 3,700
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 179 | Sunnyside Alberta | 2,976 | 81% | 10% | $74K | B |
| 180 | Cap-Pelé New Brunswick | 3,092 | 74% | 14% | $76K | B |
| 181 | Trinity Ontario | 2,708 | 77% | 10% | $115K | B |
| 182 | Normandin Quebec | 3,065 | 82% | 6.1% | $67K | B |
| 183 | Saint-Prime Quebec | 2,808 | 74% | 6.3% | $75K | 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 Trinity, and others among Ontario’s towns.
How Trinity compares with the places nearby
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity | 77% | 10% | $115K | 29.4 min | B | B+ |
| Valley Park 1.4 km | 73% | 11% | $118K | 28.3 min | B | B− |
| Albion 2.4 km | 70% | 12% | $103K | 29.5 min | C+ | B |
| Highland 2.5 km | 69% | 12% | $124K | 26.4 min | B− | B+ |
| Felker 2.8 km | 70% | 11% | $120K | 30.2 min | C+ | B |
| Templemead 3.1 km | 68% | 13% | $106K | 26.8 min | C+ | A |
| Lisgar 3.2 km | 68% | 12% | $87K | 27.1 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 Trinity, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Employment Insurance. Statistics Canada counts EI beneficiaries each month by census division. Seasonal work makes it swing, so read it as a trend, not a jobless rate.
- 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. 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. 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 Trinity’s figures add those up. Hamilton’s page has the commuting flows, which exist only for the whole municipality.
Questions about work in Trinity
What is the unemployment rate in Trinity?
The census put unemployment at 10% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Hamilton metro area at 7.6%.
What is the average household income in Trinity?
The census puts Trinity at $115,000 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Trinity get to work?
88% of commuters go by car, 7.9% take public transit and 1.1% walk. On census day 31% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How many jobs are there in Trinity?
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).