Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Keswick has 0.5 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out
Most commutes from Keswick take well under an hour: the average is 37.2 minutes, and 20% take 60 minutes or longer. Half the households in Keswick had more than $97,800 in 2020, before tax, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900. In Keswick, 72% of residents aged 15 to 64 were working in May 2021, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns.
The short version on work in Keswick
Work near the middle
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 72% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 58%. In work ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 37.2 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 20% take an hour or more. 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Keswick: C
Better than 29% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #576 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.
The length of the trip to work in Keswick
Timed exactly, the average is 33.4 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of Ontario’s towns averages 28.6 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 Keswick’s workers leave each day than arrive
13,960 residents of Keswick had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 6,310 people had theirs in Keswick, wherever they lived.
For every person who comes in to work, about 6 residents travel out. Of those who commute, 34% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
66% of Keswick’s residents in work leave it to work; Newmarket takes the most
- Newmarket2,395
- Toronto1,280
- Aurora895
- Markham785
- East Gwillimbury775
- Vaughan580
- Richmond Hill540
- Stouffville450
- Mississauga215
- Uxbridge195
In the other direction the biggest source is Beaverton, with 235.
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 Keswick work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
How many in Keswick were working in 2021
Of the 52 other places of 2,500 people or more in the York census division, 39 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 66%. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 58% were working. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 62% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. May 2021, when the census was taken, was a pandemic spring; unemployment has come down since, as the Labour Force Survey records.
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.
How Keswick’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 83% of Canadian towns.
Keswick’s median is 7% above the middle of Ontario’s towns ($91,600). Of the 52 other places of 2,500 or more in the York census division, 43 have a higher median. Incomes are for 2020, the first pandemic year, so CERB and other emergency payments are part of them.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
4.4% of commuters in Keswick walk, cycle or take transit
Few ride transit: 1.7%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. Nearly everyone drives: 94% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Working at home: 22% here, 21% 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.
In the York census division, 39% more people receive EI than in 2019
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 3.5 receive EI. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 rose by 2%. At its peak, in April 2021, 58,380 people were on EI, 3.7 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: one figure for all of the York 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).
On getting around on foot, Keswick grades B
Better than 56% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #646 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How Keswick ranks: 66th of 80 Canadian towns of 37,500 to 72,400
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boucherville Quebec | 41,910 | 82% | 5.2% | $111K | A |
| 2 | Langford British Columbia | 59,664 | 81% | 6.2% | $93K | A |
| 3 | Grande Prairie Alberta | 71,160 | 73% | 12% | $103K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 11 | Brant Ontario | 45,565 | 78% | 8.8% | $107K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 16 | Lakeshore Ontario | 45,954 | 71% | 13% | $114K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | Timmins Ontario | 45,569 | 71% | 8.6% | $82K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 64 | Newton British Columbia | 51,222 | 72% | 8.6% | $94K | C |
| 65 | Innisfil Ontario | 50,686 | 72% | 12% | $101K | C |
| 66 | Georgina Ontario | 53,630 | 72% | 11% | $98K | C |
| 67 | Côte-Saint-Luc Quebec | 37,901 | 76% | 12% | $73K | C |
| 68 | Pierrefonds-Est Quebec | 38,928 | 73% | 11% | $81K | C |
| … | ||||||
| 80 | Port-Maurice Quebec | 45,720 | 69% | 12% | $69K | D |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Keswick, and others among Ontario’s towns.
The work picture around Keswick
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keswick | 72% | 11% | $98K | 37.2 min | C | B |
| Innisfil 11.8 km | 72% | 12% | $101K | 40.3 min | C | C+ |
| East Gwillimbury 17.8 km | 72% | 12% | $119K | 35 min | C+ | 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 Keswick, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. It counts only people who wanted work and had none in May 2021, as a share of those working or searching; students and retirees who weren’t looking stay out of both sides.
- 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. 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.
- Where people commute. Counts of workers with a fixed workplace, by where they live and where they work, both taken as whole municipalities; the jobs figure takes everyone who works here, wherever home is.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. Towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500 people or more, never a whole city and never a First Nations reserve. Middles are medians.
- The municipality’s figures. Statistics Canada counts Keswick as part of Georgina, so every census figure on this page is the whole municipality’s.
Questions about work in Keswick
What is the average household income in Keswick?
The median household in Keswick had $97,800 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Keswick get to work?
94% of commuters drive, 1.7% take public transit, 2.5% walk and 0.2% cycle; 22% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Keswick?
The average commute is 37.2 minutes; 20% of trips take under 15 minutes and 20% an hour or more.
Where do people in Keswick work?
Only 34% work in Keswick itself; the rest go first to Newmarket (2,395) and Toronto (1,280).
How many jobs are there in Keswick?
The 2021 census found about 6,310 people with their usual workplace in Keswick, or 0.5 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. Statistics Canada counted 1,189 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Keswick?
The 2021 census found 11% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Toronto metro area, is 7.1% (October 2026).
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).