Household incomes in Westmount are higher than in 72% of Canadian towns
On census day, 35% of workers here were at home, next to 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Of Westmount’s residents aged 15 to 64, 76% were employed when the 2021 census was taken, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. Westmount had an unemployment rate of 9.2% at the 2021 census, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns.
Westmount and work: the main findings
Work near the middle
76% of people aged 15 to 64 had a job at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; counting everyone 15 and over, retirees included, it was 60%. In work ↓
Many work from home
On census day, 35% of those in work were working at home; the middle of Canadian towns is 21%. 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.
Westmount earns B+ for jobs and income
Better than 66% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #179 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.
Leaving the car at home: 17% of commuters in Westmount
More people walk to work here than in the middle of Ontario’s towns: 7.6% against 3.2%. Fewer drive than in the middle of Ontario’s towns: 83% against 88%. Transit takes 8% of commuters, above the 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).
In Westmount, 76% of the working-age population has a job
Of the 42 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Waterloo census division, 34 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 66% of residents that age. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 60% were working. For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 65% in work in October 2026. Census day was 11 May 2021, in the pandemic’s third wave: unemployment ran high and many worked from home, so these figures describe that spring rather than today.
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 Westmount had $88,100 in 2020
Of the 42 other places of 2,500 or more in the Waterloo census division, 18 have a higher median. Westmount’s median is 4% below the middle of Ontario’s towns ($91,600). Read the incomes as 2020’s, before tax: pandemic benefits such as CERB are in them, and they raised many low incomes for 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).
EI claims in the Waterloo census division run 47% above their 2019 level
Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 rose by 2%. The count topped out in April 2021 at 28,950 people, 3 times the 2019 average. Roughly 4.3 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Not measured by town: EI beneficiaries (the Waterloo 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).
Everyday places on foot in Westmount: A+
Better than 98% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #250 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Ranked on jobs and income, Westmount is 237th among 739 Canadian towns of 3,500 to 6,800
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 2 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | South Tuxedo Manitoba | 3,629 | 85% | 6.8% | $110K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 5 | Sioux Lookout Ontario | 6,122 | 79% | 5.7% | $103K | A+ |
| 6 | Red Lake Ontario | 4,285 | 77% | 5.1% | $111K | A+ |
| 7 | Perth South Ontario | 4,055 | 87% | 7.3% | $102K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 235 | Pineview Ontario | 6,346 | 69% | 11% | $101K | B+ |
| 236 | Saint-Étienne-des-Grès Quebec | 4,675 | 79% | 6.4% | $82K | B+ |
| 237 | Westmount Ontario | 5,048 | 76% | 9.2% | $88K | B+ |
| 238 | Parkridge Saskatchewan | 4,518 | 68% | 9.9% | $97K | B+ |
| 239 | Rapperswill Alberta | 3,639 | 74% | 11% | $131K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 739 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Westmount, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Jobs near Westmount: the places around it
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westmount | 76% | 9.2% | $88K | 24.7 min | B+ | A+ |
| Victoria Hills 0.7 km | 63% | 15% | $69K | 28.2 min | D | A+ |
| Cherry Hill 1.2 km | 70% | 11% | $67K | 23.8 min | C− | A+ |
| Victoria Park 2 km | 68% | 13% | $65K | 23.1 min | C− | A+ |
| Highland West 2.2 km | 72% | 12% | $109K | 24.6 min | B | A− |
| Forest Hill 2.3 km | 66% | 13% | $86K | 25.6 min | C | A+ |
| Meinzinger Park-Lakeside 2.3 km | 71% | 14% | $74K | 22.9 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 Westmount, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- The Labour Force Survey. Monthly, and only for metro areas and economic regions. It is the up-to-date rate we set beside the census’s 2021 snapshot.
- 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. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- 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. The census asks how long the trip to work usually takes, in bands; our average uses each band’s middle, so it runs a little above Statistics Canada’s timed 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.
- 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 Westmount’s figures add those up. Kitchener’s page has the commuting flows, which exist only for the whole municipality.
Questions about work in Westmount
How do people in Westmount get to work?
83% of commuters go by car, 8% take public transit, 7.6% walk and 0.9% cycle. On census day 35% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How many jobs are there in Westmount?
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 Westmount?
The census put unemployment at 9.2% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo metro area at 7.1%.
What is the average household income in Westmount?
The census puts Westmount at $88,100 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
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).