Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHousehold incomes in Kettle Point 44 trail those of 97% of Canadian towns
Jobs located in Kettle Point 44: 120, for 240 residents with a usual workplace. At the 2021 census, 45% of Kettle Point 44’s 15-to-64s were in work, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. Kettle Point 44 had an unemployment rate of 19% at the 2021 census, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns.
What sets Kettle Point 44 apart on jobs and income
Fewer people in work than most towns
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 45% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 33%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
The Labour Force Survey had the area at 7.9% in October 2026; on census day in 2021 the town’s own rate was 19%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
At $54,000 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Kettle Point 44 grades D− for jobs and income
Better than 5% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is trip times; 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.
In Kettle Point 44, 45% of the working-age population has a job
None of the 8 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Lambton census division has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 41%. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 57% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. The census was taken on 11 May 2021, mid-pandemic, when lockdowns had pushed unemployment up and sent many to work from home.
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.
$54,000 a year: the median household in Kettle Point 44
Kettle Point 44’s median is 41% below the middle of Ontario’s towns ($91,600). Every other place of 2,500 or more in the Lambton census division has 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).
Kettle Point 44 is quieter on a working day than at night
For every person who comes in to work, about 10 residents travel out.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
55% of Kettle Point 44’s residents in work leave it to work; Forest takes the most
Forest sends the largest group the other way, 15 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 5.1% of Kettle Point 44’s commuters
Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 12% against 21%. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 92% of commuters go by car, truck or van.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
The trip to work from Kettle Point 44 runs about as long as the middle of Canadian towns: 24.6 minutes
An hour or more: 12% of commuters, above the 7.9% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 22.1 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of Ontario’s towns averages 28.6 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 54% of commuters, against 31% 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.
EI claims in the Lambton census division run 20% above their 2019 level
Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 8%. At its peak, in February 2021, 7,680 people were on EI, 2.9 times the 2019 average. That works out to around 4.6 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries published for the Lambton census division, not by town. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
The Walkability grade for Kettle Point 44: C
Better than 30% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Around Kettle Point 44: jobs, pay and the commute
Distances here run 12–28 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Kettle Point 44.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kettle Point 44 | 45% | 19% | $54K | 24.6 min | D− | C |
| Forest 12.3 km | 73% | 9.6% | $80K | 27.7 min | C | B+ |
| Plympton-Wyoming 23.8 km | 75% | 7.5% | $109K | 23.9 min | A− | C |
| Parkhill 27.5 km | 84% | 6.7% | $89K | 29.3 min | B+ | B− |
| Watford 28 km | 78% | 9.2% | $87K | 24.9 min | B+ | 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 Kettle Point 44, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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’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. How many residents held a job in May 2021, set against how many were 15 to 64. It reads a little high where many people work past 65, since below the municipality the census gives no breakdown of workers by age.
- 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.
- 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.
- Trip times. Commuters picked a band for their usual trip (under 15 minutes, 15 to 29, and so on). We place each person at the middle of their band, which lands a little above Statistics Canada’s own timed average.
- 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.
- A First Nations reserve. Kettle Point 44’s figures are its own, though Statistics Canada rounds or suppresses some for small communities. A reserve has no overall grade and sits in no ranked list.
Questions about work in Kettle Point 44
Where do people in Kettle Point 44 work?
Only 45% work in Kettle Point 44 itself; the rest go first to Forest (55) and Sarnia (20).
How many jobs are there in Kettle Point 44?
The 2021 census found about 120 people with their usual workplace in Kettle Point 44, or 0.5 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 21 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Kettle Point 44?
The 2021 census found 19% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Windsor-Sarnia economic region, is 7.9% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Kettle Point 44?
The median household in Kettle Point 44 had $54,000 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Kettle Point 44 get to work?
92% of commuters drive, 5.1% walk; 12% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Kettle Point 44?
The average commute is 24.6 minutes; 54% of trips take under 15 minutes and 12% an hour or more.
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).