Photo: JustSomePics · CC BY-SA 3.0Huron-Kinloss has 0.5 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out
The median household in Huron-Kinloss had $90,800 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. In May 2021, unemployment in Huron-Kinloss reached 6.7%, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns. On census day, 33% of workers here were at home, next to 21% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What Huron-Kinloss’ work numbers say
Less unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 6.7% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 3.8% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Many work from home
On census day, 33% 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Huron-Kinloss: B+
Better than 69% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #158 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.
How many in Huron-Kinloss have a job: 78% of 15-to-64s
Of the 7 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Bruce census division, 4 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 55% were working. In October 2026, 54% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. Counting those looking for work too, 59% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. 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.
4.9% of commuters from Huron-Kinloss go without a car
The car is the way to work for 93% of commuters. Few ride transit: 0.4%, 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).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
Huron-Kinloss is quieter on a working day than at night
1,910 residents of Huron-Kinloss had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 925 people had theirs in Huron-Kinloss, wherever they lived.
It sends out some 3 workers for every one it takes in. The job is inside the municipality for 24% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
76% of Huron-Kinloss’ residents in work leave it to work; Kincardine takes the most
- Kincardine970
- Wingham120
- Goderich70
- Walkerton65
- Mildmay50
- London25
- Clinton25
- Waterloo20
- Cambridge15
- Morris-Turnberry15
Inbound, the leader is Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh (135).
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 Huron-Kinloss work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
What households in Huron-Kinloss earn
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 76% of Canadian towns.
Of the 7 other places of 2,500 or more in the Bruce census division, 2 have a higher median. The middle of Ontario’s towns is $91,600, and Huron-Kinloss is 1% below it. Pandemic benefits paid in 2020 lifted the incomes at the bottom, and they are counted here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
A commute like the middle of Canadian towns: 26 minutes from Huron-Kinloss
Timed exactly, the average is 24.5 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of Ontario’s towns, the average commute is 28.6 minutes. Only 30% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 31% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. An hour or more: 4.5% of commuters, under the 7.9% in the middle of Ontario’s towns.
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.
Employment Insurance in the Bruce census division since 2019
In the twelve months to August 2026 the number rose by 3%. At its peak, in February 2021, 3,510 people were on EI, 2.4 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. Not measured by town: EI beneficiaries (the Bruce 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).
Walkability in Huron-Kinloss: graded B−
Better than 46% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #698 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Huron-Kinloss places 210th of 686 on jobs and income among Canadian towns of 5,900 to 11,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 6 | Sioux Lookout Ontario | 6,122 | 79% | 5.7% | $103K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 16 | Alta Vista Ontario | 8,387 | 78% | 8.3% | $138K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 25 | West Perth Ontario | 10,080 | 88% | 5% | $92K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 208 | Muskoka Lakes Ontario | 8,463 | 82% | 9.9% | $89K | B+ |
| 209 | Tamarack Alberta | 6,860 | 75% | 9.7% | $113K | B+ |
| 210 | Huron-Kinloss Ontario | 8,445 | 78% | 6.7% | $91K | B+ |
| 211 | Bonnyville Alberta | 7,366 | 72% | 10% | $85K | B+ |
| 212 | Beaver Bank Nova Scotia | 9,157 | 75% | 8.9% | $108K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 686 | Beasley Ontario | 6,338 | 49% | 17% | $47K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Huron-Kinloss, and others among Ontario’s towns.
How the places next to Huron-Kinloss compare on work
No closer places have figures: these lie 19–28 km from Huron-Kinloss.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huron-Kinloss | 78% | 6.7% | $91K | 26 min | B+ | B− |
| Kincardine 19.1 km | 75% | 8.3% | $102K | 19.7 min | A | B |
| Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh 24 km | 82% | 5.1% | $78K | 26 min | B+ | D |
| Wingham 28 km | 80% | 8.1% | $77K | 23.9 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 Huron-Kinloss, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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.
- Where people commute. Built from the census table that pairs each worker’s home municipality with their workplace municipality. A job here means someone who usually works in the municipality, local or not.
- Employment Insurance. Beneficiaries of Employment Insurance, month by month, for the census division rather than the town. Many jobless people don’t qualify, so it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada surveys households every month; the results come out for metro areas and economic regions, never for single towns, and keep the rate current after 2021.
- In work. People in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64 (2021 Census). The census doesn’t cross work with age below the municipality, so this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood has; retirees don’t weigh on it.
- Unemployment. Of everyone 15 or older who was working or job-hunting in the census week, the part still looking. Someone not seeking work isn’t in it at all.
- 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.
Questions about work in Huron-Kinloss
How many jobs are there in Huron-Kinloss?
The 2021 census found about 925 people with their usual workplace in Huron-Kinloss, or 0.5 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. Statistics Canada counted 192 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Huron-Kinloss?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula economic region at 3.8%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 6.7%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Huron-Kinloss?
The census puts Huron-Kinloss at $90,800 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Huron-Kinloss get to work?
93% of commuters drive, 0.4% take public transit and 4.5% walk; 33% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Huron-Kinloss?
The average commute is 26 minutes; 30% of trips take under 15 minutes and 4.5% an hour or more.
Where do people in Huron-Kinloss work?
24% work in Huron-Kinloss itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Kincardine (970), then Wingham (120).
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).