Vincent has a smaller share of its working-age people in jobs than 84% of Canadian towns
Half the households in Vincent had more than $87,000 in 2020, before tax; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. A typical one-way commute from Vincent lasts 30.5 minutes, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. The 2021 census put unemployment in Vincent at 14%, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns.
Vincent at work: what stands out
Fewer people in work than most towns
66% of people aged 15 to 64 had a job at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; counting everyone 15 and over, retirees included, it was 52%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 14% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 7.6%. Unemployment ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 30.5 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.
Vincent earns C− for jobs and income
Better than 19% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #652 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.
66% of working-age people in Vincent have jobs
Of the 105 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Hamilton census division, 41 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 52% of residents 15 and over were in work. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 61% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 60%. These are census figures from May 2021, during COVID’s third wave; jobs have recovered since, which the Labour Force Survey shows.
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.
Without a car, 9.2% of Vincent’s commuters get to work
21% worked at home on census day, about the same as in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit takes 8% of commuters, above the 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. 88% drive to work, about the same as in the middle of Ontario’s towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
How Vincent’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 70% of Canadian towns.
Vincent’s median is 5% below the middle of Ontario’s towns ($91,600). Of the 105 other places of 2,500 or more in the Hamilton census division, 55 have a higher median. The year is 2020: emergency benefits like CERB count in these incomes, and they raised the bottom of the range.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
38% more people are on EI in the Hamilton census division than in 2019
In the twelve months to August 2026 the number rose by 1%. In January 2021 it reached 30,560, the most in the series and 3.3 times the 2019 average. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 4.1 are on EI.
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, Vincent included.
Vincent earns B+ for walkability
Better than 71% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #553 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Vincent places 564th of 657 on jobs and income among Canadian towns of 7,000 to 13,500
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | North River Heights Manitoba | 7,228 | 82% | 8.4% | $143K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 9 | Glebe-Dows Lake Ontario | 13,436 | 80% | 9.4% | $113K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 14 | Wellesley Ontario | 12,413 | 84% | 3.9% | $119K | A+ |
| 15 | Perth East Ontario | 13,423 | 86% | 3.9% | $96K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 562 | Saint-Robert Quebec | 9,186 | 75% | 8.3% | $71K | C− |
| 563 | Humber Heights-Westmount Ontario | 10,427 | 70% | 13% | $87K | C− |
| 564 | Vincent Ontario | 10,011 | 66% | 14% | $87K | C− |
| 565 | South Dundas Ontario | 11,943 | 72% | 10% | $78K | C− |
| 566 | Caledonia-Fairbank Ontario | 10,037 | 69% | 13% | $90K | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 657 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Vincent, and others among Ontario’s towns.
The places around Vincent, side by side
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent | 66% | 14% | $87K | 30.5 min | C− | B+ |
| Red Hill 1.1 km | 65% | 13% | $77K | 27.4 min | C− | B |
| Corman 1.4 km | 64% | 15% | $70K | 26.3 min | D | A |
| Albion 1.5 km | 70% | 12% | $103K | 29.5 min | C+ | B |
| Battlefield 1.7 km | 69% | 14% | $62K | 27.1 min | D | A |
| Glenview West 2.4 km | 72% | 11% | $77K | 27 min | C | A |
| Rosedale 2.4 km | 73% | 11% | $97K | 26 min | B− | 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 Vincent, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Employment Insurance. A monthly count of Employment Insurance beneficiaries for the whole census division. It tracks the local job market, but it is not an unemployment 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. 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. 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. 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.
- Which towns we compare. Comparisons are with the median of Canadian towns and city neighbourhoods counting 2,500 people or more, reserves and entire cities excluded.
- Neighbourhood figures. We add up Vincent’s dissemination areas for its census figures. Flows between places and timed averages exist only for the whole municipality: see Hamilton’s page.
Questions about work in Vincent
How many jobs are there in Vincent?
Statistics Canada counts jobs for whole municipalities only; Hamilton has the total and the commuting flows.
What is the unemployment rate in Vincent?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 14% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Hamilton metro area at 7.6% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Vincent?
The census puts Vincent at $87,000 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Vincent get to work?
88% of commuters go by car, 8% take public transit, 0.9% walk and 0.3% cycle. On census day 21% 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).