Photo: Julius177 · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Cedar Hill trail those of 98% of Canadian towns
At the 2021 census, 67% of Cedar Hill’s 15-to-64s were in work, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%. Buses, trains and subways take 18% of its commuters to work. In May 2021, unemployment in Cedar Hill reached 11%; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
What stands out about work in Cedar Hill
Fewer people in work than most towns
With 67% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 56% of all adults employed. In work ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $51,300 before tax in 2020, where the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
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.
The Jobs & income grade for Cedar Hill: D
Better than 7% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #794 of 866 in Ontario.
Its strongest measure is trip times; its weakest, household income.
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.
Work and the working-age population of Cedar Hill
Of the 42 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Waterloo census division, 5 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 65% in October 2026. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 63% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. 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.
What households earned in Cedar Hill: $51,300 in 2020
Every other place of 2,500 or more in the Waterloo census division has a higher median. That puts Cedar Hill 44% below the median of Ontario’s towns, $91,600. These are 2020 incomes, before tax, and they include pandemic benefits such as CERB, which lifted many lower incomes that year.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Leaving the car at home: 27% of commuters in Cedar Hill
Working at home: 33% here, 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. The car takes 69% of commuters here, under the 88% in the middle of Ontario’s towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
In the Waterloo census division, 47% more people receive EI than in 2019
Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 2%. April 2021 was the busiest month, with 28,950 people on EI, 3 times 2019’s average. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4.3 receive EI.
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). Cedar Hill doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from the Waterloo census division.
Walkability in Cedar Hill: graded A+
Better than almost every Canadian town on two measures together, #66 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Cedar Hill and other Canadian towns of 2,500 to 4,300
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 11 | Red Lake Ontario | 4,285 | 77% | 5.1% | $111K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Perth South Ontario | 4,055 | 87% | 7.3% | $102K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 26 | McDougall Ontario | 3,002 | 82% | 9.6% | $93K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 622 | Division No. 19, Unorganized Manitoba | 3,324 | 50% | 15% | $61K | D |
| 623 | Industrial Sector A and Keith Ontario | 3,723 | 59% | 16% | $68K | D |
| 624 | Cedar Hill Ontario | 3,190 | 67% | 11% | $51K | D |
| 625 | Thurso Quebec | 3,439 | 72% | 10% | $63K | D |
| 626 | Chase British Columbia | 2,591 | 70% | 9.4% | $61K | D |
| … | ||||||
| 666 | 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 Cedar Hill, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Around Cedar Hill: jobs, pay and the commute
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Hill | 67% | 11% | $51K | 25.4 min | D | A+ |
| Mill Courtland Woodside Park 0.4 km | 72% | 13% | $71K | 24.1 min | C | A+ |
| City Commercial Core 0.6 km | 78% | 8.6% | $68K | 22.6 min | B− | A+ |
| Auditorium 1 km | 73% | 11% | $83K | 22.9 min | B | A |
| Victoria Park 1.1 km | 68% | 13% | $65K | 23.1 min | C− | A+ |
| Southdale 1.3 km | 68% | 11% | $62K | 24.8 min | D | A |
| Central Frederick 1.3 km | 76% | 12% | $71K | 22.3 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 Cedar Hill, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Household income. The 2020 income of the household at the midpoint, all sources and before tax. Inside a city we rebuild it from the dissemination areas’ income bands, so there it is an estimate.
- 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.
- Employment Insurance. How many people in the census division drew Employment Insurance each month; it moves with layoffs and hiring, yet people who don’t qualify are absent from it.
- 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. The census-week jobless rate for residents 15 and over. Its base is the labour force, those employed plus those actively looking.
- Which towns we compare. Medians over towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents. Whole cities would swamp them and reserves sit outside the rankings, so neither is in.
- Neighbourhood figures. The census reaches a neighbourhood only through its dissemination areas, and Cedar Hill’s figures add those up. Kitchener’s page has the commuting flows, which exist only for the whole municipality.
Questions about work in Cedar Hill
How many jobs are there in Cedar Hill?
Jobs are counted by municipality, not neighbourhood: the page for Kitchener has the jobs based there and where its commuters go.
What is the unemployment rate in Cedar Hill?
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 Cedar Hill?
At $51,300 before tax in 2020, the median household in Cedar Hill compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Cedar Hill get to work?
By car: 69% of commuters, 18% take public transit, 7.2% walk and 1% cycle; on census day 33% of those in work worked from home.
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).