Photo: Adam Bishop · CC BY-SA 4.0Working-age people in Leamington have jobs less often than in 85% of Canadian towns
In 2020, a household at the middle of Leamington had $78,700 before tax; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. The average trip to work from Leamington is 18.9 minutes; 2.7% of commuters spend an hour or more getting there. 10% of the labour force in Leamington was out of work at the 2021 census, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns.
Work in Leamington, in a few figures
Fewer people in work than most towns
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 65% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 52%. In work ↓
A local job centre
With 11,705 jobs based in Leamington and 8,930 working residents, the ratio compares with 0.8 in the middle of Canadian towns. The daily tide ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 18.9 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 2.7% last an hour or longer. The trip 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 Leamington: graded B−
Better than 45% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #347 of 866 in Ontario.
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.
Work for 65% of 15-to-64s in Leamington
Of the 22 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Essex census division, 15 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 58% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 52% of residents 15 and over were in work. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 59% 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.
Workers pour into Leamington: 27% more on a working day
Inbound commuters outnumber outbound ones about 2 to 1 in Leamington. Of those who commute, 66% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
Time on the road to work from Leamington
Timed exactly, the average is 16.6 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of Ontario’s towns, the average commute is 28.6 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 56% 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.
5,838 people come into Leamington to work, most from Kingsville and Chatham
- Kingsville1,765
- Chatham1,340
- Windsor1,255
- Lakeshore565
- Essex450
- Amherstburg155
- LaSalle140
- Tecumseh90
- New Hamburg15
- Waterloo10
- Kingsville1,285
- Windsor515
- Chatham375
- Lakeshore325
- Tecumseh205
- Essex185
- Amherstburg35
- LaSalle35
- Toronto20
- London20
50% of the people who work in Leamington live outside it, 1,765 of them in Kingsville, 12 km away. Of residents who leave for work, most head to Kingsville (1,285).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
How Leamington’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 53% of Canadian towns.
12 of the 22 other places of 2,500+ in the Essex census division have a higher median. Set beside Ontario’s towns, where the median is $91,600, Leamington sits 14% below. CERB and the other emergency payments of 2020 are counted in these incomes, which lifted the lower ones 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).
7.8% of commuters from Leamington go without a car
Few ride transit: 2.3%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 90% of commuters.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
EI claims in the Essex census division run 37% above their 2019 level
April 2021 was the busiest month, with 30,890 people on EI, 4.1 times 2019’s average. That works out to around 4.5 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 counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100). Nobody publishes EI beneficiaries for Leamington alone, so this card uses the figure for the Essex census division.
On getting around on foot, Leamington grades B+
Better than 73% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #547 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Ranked on jobs and income, Leamington is 94th among 191 Canadian towns of 24,300 to 46,800
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whitehorse Yukon | 34,129 | 82% | 5.6% | $112K | A+ |
| 2 | Arcola East Saskatchewan | 33,823 | 79% | 7.7% | $123K | A+ |
| 3 | Woolwich Ontario | 31,382 | 82% | 6.2% | $115K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 16 | Bridlewood - Emerald Meadows Ontario | 25,824 | 77% | 8.9% | $136K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 21 | Centre Wellington Ontario | 34,565 | 81% | 7.2% | $101K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 92 | Pierrefonds-Ouest Quebec | 30,978 | 74% | 9.5% | $96K | B− |
| 93 | Panorama Hills Alberta | 25,494 | 69% | 15% | $113K | B− |
| 94 | Leamington Ontario | 34,653 | 65% | 10% | $79K | B− |
| 95 | Orangeville Ontario | 33,070 | 75% | 11% | $104K | C+ |
| 96 | Sheldon Ontario | 25,488 | 70% | 12% | $104K | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 191 | Parc-Extension Quebec | 29,066 | 61% | 16% | $48K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Leamington, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Jobs near Leamington: the places around it
No closer places have figures: these lie 12–28 km from Leamington.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leamington | 65% | 10% | $79K | 18.9 min | B− | B+ |
| Kingsville 12 km | 72% | 9.7% | $94K | 23.2 min | B | C+ |
| Essex 25.1 km | 70% | 13% | $87K | 25.3 min | C+ | C+ |
| Lakeshore 28.5 km | 71% | 13% | $114K | 24.4 min | B+ | C |
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 Leamington, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- In work. People in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64 (2021 Census). The census doesn’t cross work with age below the municipality, so this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood has; retirees don’t weigh on it.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- 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. Built from banded answers: each commuter’s usual one-way trip counts as the midpoint of the band they chose, and the result tends to sit slightly higher than Statistics Canada’s average.
- Where people commute. Built from the census table that pairs each worker’s home municipality with their workplace municipality. A job here means someone who usually works in the municipality, local or not.
- Employment Insurance. Statistics Canada counts EI beneficiaries each month by census division. Seasonal work makes it swing, so read it as a trend, not a jobless rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada surveys households every month; the results come out for metro areas and economic regions, never for single towns, and keep the rate current after 2021.
- 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.
Questions about work in Leamington
What is the average household income in Leamington?
The median household in Leamington had $78,700 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Leamington get to work?
90% of commuters drive, 2.3% take public transit, 4.3% walk and 1.2% cycle; 10% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Leamington?
The average commute is 18.9 minutes; 56% of trips take under 15 minutes and 2.7% an hour or more.
Where do people in Leamington work?
66% work in Leamington itself; of those who leave, the most go to Kingsville (1,285), then Windsor (515).
How many jobs are there in Leamington?
The 2021 census found about 11,705 people with their usual workplace in Leamington, or 1.3 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 926 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Leamington?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Windsor metro area at 7.5%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 10%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
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).