Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Auditorium has higher household incomes than 63% of Canadian towns
At the 2021 census, Auditorium sat at the middle of Canadian towns on work: 73% of 15-to-64s had a job. Home was the workplace for 33% of its workers in May 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 21%. Of everyone in Auditorium working or looking for work in May 2021, 11% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What the numbers say about work in Auditorium
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 22.9 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Getting to work ↓
Many work from home
33% of workers worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. 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.
Jobs & income in Auditorium: graded B
Better than 57% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #246 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.
Leaving the car at home: 10% of commuters in Auditorium
By bus, train or subway: 5%, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Fewer drive than in the middle of Ontario’s towns: 84% against 88%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
How many in Auditorium were working in 2021
Of the 42 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Waterloo census division, 22 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 67% of residents that age. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 60%: many residents are past working age. For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 65% in work in October 2026. Pandemic rules were in force on census day, 11 May 2021; the Labour Force Survey shows how jobs have moved since.
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.
The median household in Auditorium had $83,200 in 2020
The middle of Ontario’s towns is $91,600, and Auditorium is 9% below it. Of the 42 other places of 2,500 or more in the Waterloo census division, 22 have a higher median. That year, 2020, brought emergency benefits that count in these totals, before tax.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
47% more people are on EI in the Waterloo census division than in 2019
In April 2021 it reached 28,950, the most in the series and 3 times the 2019 average. Roughly 4.3 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 2%.
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). Figures for EI beneficiaries are published for the Waterloo census division as a whole, not for Auditorium alone.
Auditorium grades A for walkability
Better than 92% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #358 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Among Canadian towns of 2,700 to 5,300, Auditorium ranks 337th of 798 for jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Mount Royal Alberta | 2,758 | 83% | 12% | $188K | A+ |
| 2 | Central River Heights Manitoba | 2,736 | 84% | 5.4% | $137K | A+ |
| 3 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 10 | Red Lake Ontario | 4,285 | 77% | 5.1% | $111K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 12 | Perth South Ontario | 4,055 | 87% | 7.3% | $102K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 28 | McDougall Ontario | 3,002 | 82% | 9.6% | $93K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 335 | Leila North Manitoba | 3,966 | 77% | 8.3% | $86K | B |
| 336 | Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs Quebec | 4,080 | 81% | 6.6% | $94K | B |
| 337 | Auditorium Ontario | 3,918 | 73% | 11% | $83K | B |
| 338 | Canossa Alberta | 3,246 | 71% | 9.8% | $125K | B |
| 339 | Amaranth Ontario | 4,808 | 78% | 9% | $128K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 798 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,724 | 43% | 30% | $51K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Auditorium, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Auditorium and its neighbours: work and income
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auditorium | 73% | 11% | $83K | 22.9 min | B | A |
| Central Frederick 0.8 km | 76% | 12% | $71K | 22.3 min | B− | A+ |
| City Commercial Core 1 km | 78% | 8.6% | $68K | 22.6 min | B− | A+ |
| Cedar Hill 1 km | 67% | 11% | $51K | 25.4 min | D | A+ |
| Mill Courtland Woodside Park 1.4 km | 72% | 13% | $71K | 24.1 min | C | A+ |
| Rosemount 1.7 km | 75% | 11% | $78K | 22.5 min | B | A |
| Mt. Hope Huron Park 2 km | 74% | 10% | $75K | 23.7 min | C+ | 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 Auditorium, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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.
- 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. Sampled each month and released for regions rather than towns, so its rate describes the area around the town.
- In work. Everyone with a job, whatever their age, divided by the residents aged 15 to 64 at the 2021 Census: below the municipality the census doesn’t split work by age, and this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood can be given.
- 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. 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. The comparison pool is places of 2,500 people or more, towns or neighbourhoods inside cities, without whole cities or reserves, and we compare with its median.
- Neighbourhood figures. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages stop at the municipality, so Kitchener’s page carries them; Auditorium’s own figures sum its dissemination areas.
Questions about work in Auditorium
What is the unemployment rate in Auditorium?
The 2021 census found 11% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo metro area, is 7.1% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Auditorium?
Before tax, half the households in Auditorium had more than $83,200 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Auditorium get to work?
By car: 84% of commuters, 5% take public transit, 4.2% walk and 0.8% cycle; on census day 33% of those in work worked from home.
How many jobs are there in Auditorium?
There is no count for a neighbourhood: the jobs figure, and where commuters go, are published for Kitchener as one municipality.
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).