Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Working-age people in Havelock have jobs less often than in 86% of Canadian towns
Out of work in May 2021: 14% of Havelock’s labour force, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. Workers in Havelock spend 36.4 minutes on the way to work on average, and 15% need an hour or more. The median household in Havelock had $70,700 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
What sets Havelock apart on jobs and income
Fewer people in work than most towns
With 65% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 43% of all adults employed. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
14% 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 5.1% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $70,700 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 36.4 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 15% last an hour or longer. The trip to work ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Havelock earns D− for jobs and income
Better than 5% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #822 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 Havelock, 65% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
Of the 8 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Peterborough census division, one has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 53% in October 2026. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 50% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. Counting retirees, 43% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. 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 Havelock earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 65% of Canadian towns.
The middle of Ontario’s towns is $91,600, and Havelock is 23% below it. Every other place of 2,500 or more in the Peterborough census division has a higher median. In 2020 emergency benefits topped up many low incomes, and the census counts them here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
The length of the trip to work in Havelock
The middle of Ontario’s towns averages 28.6 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 22%, fewer than the 31% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 35.8 minutes.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: commuting duration in five bands; our average uses each band’s middle (75 minutes for an hour or more), so it runs about two minutes above Statistics Canada’s own.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
More of Havelock’s workers leave each day than arrive
1,190 residents of Havelock had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 730 people had theirs in Havelock, wherever they lived.
Outbound commuters outnumber inbound ones about 2 to 1. Of those who commute, 25% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
75% of Havelock’s residents in work leave it to work; Peterborough takes the most
Of those coming in, Campbellford supplies the most: 105.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
2021 Census, people with a usual place of work: where residents of Havelock work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Havelock gets to work without a car for 3.3% of commuters
Nearly everyone drives: 95% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Home was the workplace for 19%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% 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.
25% more people are on EI in the Peterborough census division than in 2019
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4.2 receive EI. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 rose by 4%. The highest month was January 2021: 7,670 people, 2.9 times the 2019 level.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Not measured by town: EI beneficiaries (the Peterborough census division). EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Havelock earns C+ for walkability
Better than 37% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #748 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Where Havelock sits among Canadian towns of 4,000 to 7,600
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 2 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | North River Heights Manitoba | 7,228 | 82% | 8.4% | $143K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 5 | Sioux Lookout Ontario | 6,122 | 79% | 5.7% | $103K | A+ |
| 6 | Red Lake Ontario | 4,285 | 77% | 5.1% | $111K | A+ |
| 7 | Perth South Ontario | 4,055 | 87% | 7.3% | $102K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 660 | Crown Point East Ontario | 5,215 | 62% | 11% | $68K | D |
| 661 | Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay British Columbia | 5,390 | 71% | 13% | $58K | D− |
| 662 | Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Ontario | 5,663 | 65% | 14% | $71K | D− |
| 663 | Vanier South Ontario | 7,259 | 62% | 16% | $56K | D− |
| 664 | Boyle Street Alberta | 5,862 | 51% | 22% | $45K | D− |
| … | ||||||
| 687 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Havelock, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Around Havelock: jobs, pay and the commute
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Havelock | 65% | 14% | $71K | 36.4 min | D− | C+ |
| Norwood 11.3 km | 72% | 10% | $81K | 31.1 min | C− | B |
| Campbellford 15.8 km | 71% | 10% | $73K | 30.7 min | D | B |
| Marmora 16 km | 58% | 14% | $63K | 36.8 min | D− | 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 Havelock, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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.
- Where people commute. Jobs count everyone whose usual workplace lies in the municipality, residents or commuters from elsewhere, from Statistics Canada’s home-by-workplace table.
- 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. Sampled each month and released for regions rather than towns, so its rate describes the area around the town.
- In work. Why 15 to 64? Otherwise retirees would pull the rate down in older towns. The census can’t say how old a neighbourhood’s workers are, so the count of people in work takes every 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. Before-tax total income of the middle household for 2020, from the census. Neighbourhood medians are worked out from bracket counts, since Statistics Canada publishes none of their own.
- Which towns we compare. Every town and city neighbourhood with 2,500 residents or more; whole cities and First Nations reserves are left out. Each middle figure is a median.
- The municipality’s figures. Statistics Canada counts Havelock as part of Havelock-Belmont-Methuen, so every census figure on this page is the whole municipality’s.
Questions about work in Havelock
How many jobs are there in Havelock?
The 2021 census counted about 730 people working in Havelock: 0.6 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 111 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Havelock?
At the 2021 census 14% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Muskoka-Kawarthas economic region, gives 5.1% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Havelock?
At $70,700 before tax in 2020, the median household in Havelock compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Havelock get to work?
By car: 95% of commuters, 3.3% walk; on census day 19% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Havelock?
36.4 minutes is the average trip, with 22% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 15% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Havelock work?
25% work in Havelock itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Peterborough (310), then Campbellford (125).
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (Census Profile) · Statistics Canada, tables 98-10-0458 and 98-10-0459 (commuting) · 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).