Turnball’s household incomes are higher than in 98% of Canadian towns
77% of people aged 15 to 64 in Turnball had a job at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. 34% of its workers worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. At 27.7 minutes on average, the trip to work from Turnball compares with 26 in the middle of Canadian towns.
What stands out about work in Turnball
Higher incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $126,400 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
Many work from home
On census day, 34% 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.
Jobs and income in Turnball earn B+
Better than 74% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #124 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.
What households earned in Turnball: $126,400 in 2020
The middle of Ontario’s towns is $91,600, and Turnball is 38% above it. 13 of the 105 other places of 2,500+ in the Hamilton census division have a higher median. Read the incomes as 2020’s, before tax: pandemic benefits such as CERB are in them, and they raised many low incomes for that year.
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, 6.4% of Turnball’s commuters get to work
Driving takes 90% of commuters to work; the middle of Ontario’s towns has 88%. Few ride transit: 1.3%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
Who in Turnball has a job
Of the 105 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Hamilton census division, 95 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 52% were working. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 61% in October 2026. 57% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. 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.
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. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 rose by 1%. In January 2021 it reached 30,560, the most in the series and 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). Turnball doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from the Hamilton census division.
Walkability in Turnball: graded B
Better than 64% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #593 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Turnball is 180th of 707 Canadian towns of 4,400 to 8,500 people 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 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 3 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 7 | Sioux Lookout Ontario | 6,122 | 79% | 5.7% | $103K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 9 | Island Park-Wellington Village Ontario | 5,486 | 81% | 7% | $161K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 23 | Alta Vista Ontario | 8,387 | 78% | 8.3% | $138K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 178 | Eastview Saskatchewan | 7,536 | 76% | 8.6% | $79K | B+ |
| 179 | Saint Marys New Brunswick | 5,701 | 75% | 7% | $92K | B+ |
| 180 | Turnball Ontario | 6,312 | 77% | 8.6% | $126K | B+ |
| 181 | Electoral Area D, Peace River British Columbia | 5,100 | 79% | 6.5% | $102K | B+ |
| 182 | Cougar Ridge Alberta | 7,101 | 77% | 9.6% | $158K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 707 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Turnball, and others among Ontario’s towns.
How the places next to Turnball compare on work
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnball | 77% | 8.6% | $126K | 27.7 min | B+ | B |
| Golf Course 0.8 km | 75% | 10% | $129K | 25.3 min | A− | A− |
| Central Business Dis 2.7 km | 64% | 15% | $65K | 27.2 min | D | A+ |
| Sulphur Springs 2.9 km | 79% | 10% | $146K | 25.7 min | A | B |
| Colborne 3.1 km | 77% | 9.1% | $121K | 27.3 min | A− | B |
| Ainslie Wood West 3.5 km | 70% | 13% | $57K | 28.8 min | D | A+ |
| York Road 4.3 km | 80% | 11% | $109K | 25.9 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 Turnball, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Trip times. One way, on a usual day, from the census’s travel-time bands. Band midpoints overstate it a little next to the figure Statistics Canada times.
- 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. 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. We divide the number of employed residents by the number aged 15 to 64. Workers past 64 still count on top, because the 2021 Census crosses work with age only for whole municipalities; in return, a retirement town’s pensioners don’t drag the rate down.
- Unemployment. The census-week jobless rate for residents 15 and over. Its base is the labour force, those employed plus those actively looking.
- Household income. Half of households had more than this before tax in 2020, half less, counting every source of income. For a neighbourhood we estimate the median from the income brackets of its dissemination areas.
- Which towns we compare. The comparison pool is places of 2,500 people or more, towns or neighbourhoods inside cities, without whole cities or reserves, and we compare with its median.
- Neighbourhood figures. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages stop at the municipality, so Hamilton’s page carries them; Turnball’s own figures sum its dissemination areas.
Questions about work in Turnball
How many jobs are there in Turnball?
The census places jobs by municipality, so the answer is in Hamilton’s figures, with the flows of its commuters.
What is the unemployment rate in Turnball?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Hamilton metro area at 7.6%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 8.6%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Turnball?
The census puts Turnball at $126,400 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Turnball get to work?
90% of commuters go by car, 1.3% take public transit, 2.7% walk and 2.4% cycle. On census day 34% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
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).