Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 3.0Cherry Hill’s household incomes are lower than in 75% of Canadian towns
Cherry Hill had an unemployment rate of 11% at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. 40% of its workers worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Jobs were held by 70% of people aged 15 to 64 in Cherry Hill in 2021, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%.
Work in Cherry Hill, in a few figures
Lower incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $66,500 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
Many work from home
40% 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.
Cherry Hill grades C− for jobs and income
Better than 22% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #631 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.
Before tax, the median household in Cherry Hill had $66,500
The middle of Ontario’s towns is $91,600, and Cherry Hill is 27% below it. 39 of the 42 other places of 2,500+ in the Waterloo census division have a higher median. 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).
19% of commuters from Cherry Hill go without a car
The middle of Ontario’s towns has 3.2% walking; here, 10% do. Fewer drive than in the middle of Ontario’s towns: 77% against 88%. By bus, train or subway: 8.4%, against 3.5% 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 many in Cherry Hill were working in 2021
Of the 42 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Waterloo census division, 11 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 65% in October 2026. Counting those looking for work too, 67% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. The census caught the labour market on 11 May 2021, deep in the pandemic, so unemployment and working from home both ran above normal.
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.
EI claims in the Waterloo census division run 47% above their 2019 level
In April 2021 it reached 28,950, the most in the series and 3 times the 2019 average. That is about 4.3 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 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 Cherry Hill alone.
Walking in Cherry Hill earns A+
Better than almost every Canadian town on two measures together, #175 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Among Canadian towns of 4,400 to 8,500, Cherry Hill ranks 580th of 707 for jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 3 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 7 | Sioux Lookout Ontario | 6,122 | 79% | 5.7% | $103K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 9 | Island Park-Wellington Village Ontario | 5,486 | 81% | 7% | $161K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 23 | Alta Vista Ontario | 8,387 | 78% | 8.3% | $138K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 578 | Rosedale Village Ontario | 5,764 | 69% | 13% | $93K | C− |
| 579 | Huntington Ontario | 5,024 | 64% | 14% | $82K | C− |
| 580 | Cherry Hill Ontario | 6,304 | 70% | 11% | $67K | C− |
| 581 | Hillview Alberta | 5,473 | 67% | 14% | $78K | C− |
| 582 | Sussex New Brunswick | 4,994 | 68% | 11% | $55K | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 707 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Cherry Hill, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Next to Cherry Hill: how nearby places compare
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Hill | 70% | 11% | $67K | 23.8 min | C− | A+ |
| Victoria Park 1.1 km | 68% | 13% | $65K | 23.1 min | C− | A+ |
| Westmount 1.2 km | 76% | 9.2% | $88K | 24.7 min | B+ | A+ |
| Victoria Hills 1.5 km | 63% | 15% | $69K | 28.2 min | D | A+ |
| Mt. Hope Huron Park 1.6 km | 74% | 10% | $75K | 23.7 min | C+ | A+ |
| City Commercial Core 1.8 km | 78% | 8.6% | $68K | 22.6 min | B− | A+ |
| Mill Courtland Woodside Park 1.9 km | 72% | 13% | $71K | 24.1 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 Cherry Hill, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Unemployment. The census-week jobless rate for residents 15 and over. Its base is the labour force, those employed plus those actively looking.
- 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.
- 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.
- Employment Insurance. A monthly count of Employment Insurance beneficiaries for the whole census division. It tracks the local job market, but it is not 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. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- 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. We add up Cherry Hill’s dissemination areas for its census figures. Flows between places and timed averages exist only for the whole municipality: see Kitchener’s page.
Questions about work in Cherry Hill
How many jobs are there in Cherry Hill?
The census places jobs by municipality, so the answer is in Kitchener’s figures, with the flows of its commuters.
What is the unemployment rate in Cherry Hill?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 11% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo metro area at 7.1% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Cherry Hill?
The median household in Cherry Hill had $66,500 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Cherry Hill get to work?
By car: 77% of commuters, 8.4% take public transit, 10% walk and 0.5% cycle; on census day 40% 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).