Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Lucan’s household incomes are higher than in 90% of Canadian towns
7.2% of the labour force in Lucan was out of work at the 2021 census, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. The census counted 1,050 people working in Lucan and 1,720 residents commuting to a fixed workplace. At the 2021 census, 82% of Lucan’s 15-to-64s were in work; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%.
Jobs and income in Lucan: what the figures say
More people in work than most towns
At the 2021 census 82% of the 15-to-64s were in work (73% in the middle of Canadian towns); across all ages 15 and over, 68%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
The Labour Force Survey had the area at 7.6% in October 2026; on census day in 2021 the town’s own rate was 7.2%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $105,300 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 30.2 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 6.3% 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 and income in Lucan earn A−
Better than 77% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #105 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.
In and out of work in Lucan
Of the 35 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Middlesex census division, 33 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 68%. By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 58% of the wider area’s adults in work. Statistics Canada counted on 11 May 2021, with much of the country under pandemic rules: more people were out of work or at home than usual.
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 Lucan had $105,300 in 2020
13 of the 35 other places of 2,500+ in the Middlesex census division have a higher median. Lucan’s median is 15% above the middle of Ontario’s towns ($91,600). Because 2020 was the first year of the pandemic, emergency benefits make up part of these before-tax incomes.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Longer than the middle of Canadian towns: commutes from Lucan average 30.2 minutes
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 27.1 minutes. The middle of Ontario’s towns averages 28.6 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 21%, fewer than the 31% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. Long trips are rarer than in the middle of Ontario’s towns: 6.3% take an hour or more, against 7.9%.
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.
A commuter town: Lucan sends out more workers than it takes in
For every person who comes in to work, about 2 residents travel out. The job is inside the municipality for 23% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
77% of Lucan’s residents in work leave it to work; London takes the most
- London235
- Parkhill115
- Middlesex Centre65
- Exeter40
- St. Marys35
- Perth South25
- Forest25
- Thamesford20
- Bayfield15
- Seaforth15
- London700
- Exeter155
- Stratford80
- St. Marys80
- Strathroy60
- Middlesex Centre50
- Bayfield35
- Dorchester20
- Parkhill15
- Clinton15
Inbound, the leader is London (235).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Without a car, 4.4% of Lucan’s commuters get to work
Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 95% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Home was the workplace for 25%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 21%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
In the Middlesex census division, 43% more people receive EI than in 2019
Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 3%. At its peak, in April 2021, 26,630 people were on EI, 3.5 times the 2019 average. Roughly 4 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. 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 Middlesex census division as a whole, not for Lucan alone.
The walkability of Lucan: B+
Better than 65% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #585 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
For jobs and income, Lucan is 157th of 696 Canadian towns of 4,800 to 9,200
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | North River Heights Manitoba | 7,228 | 82% | 8.4% | $143K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 5 | Sioux Lookout Ontario | 6,122 | 79% | 5.7% | $103K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 7 | Island Park-Wellington Village Ontario | 5,486 | 81% | 7% | $161K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | Alta Vista Ontario | 8,387 | 78% | 8.3% | $138K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 155 | Webber Greens Alberta | 5,035 | 75% | 10% | $129K | A− |
| 156 | Saint-Paul Quebec | 7,208 | 82% | 3.9% | $86K | A− |
| 157 | Lucan Biddulph Ontario | 6,827 | 82% | 7.2% | $105K | A− |
| 158 | Garner Ontario | 5,456 | 75% | 8.4% | $140K | A− |
| 159 | Drayton Valley Alberta | 8,047 | 73% | 11% | $87K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 696 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Lucan, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Neighbouring places to Lucan, compared
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucan | 82% | 7.2% | $105K | 30.2 min | A− | B+ |
| Exeter 18.1 km | 79% | 7.9% | $77K | 23.2 min | B+ | B+ |
| Sunningdale 18.6 km | 70% | 11% | $114K | 25 min | B | B− |
| Uplands 19.3 km | 68% | 11% | $114K | 22.6 min | B+ | B+ |
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 Lucan, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Unemployment. The share of people 15 and over in the labour force, working or looking for work, who had no job on census day in May 2021.
- 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. 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.
- Where people commute. Counts of workers with a fixed workplace, by where they live and where they work, both taken as whole municipalities; the jobs figure takes everyone who works here, wherever home is.
- 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. The most recent unemployment rate on the page comes from this monthly survey, which covers the wider metro area or economic region, not 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.
- Which towns we compare. Every town and city neighbourhood with 2,500 residents or more; whole cities and First Nations reserves are left out. Each middle figure is a median.
- The municipality’s figures. Statistics Canada counts Lucan as part of Lucan Biddulph, so every census figure on this page is the whole municipality’s.
Questions about work in Lucan
What is the unemployment rate in Lucan?
At the 2021 census 7.2% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the London economic region, gives 7.6% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Lucan?
Lucan’s middle household had $105,300 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Lucan get to work?
By car: 95% of commuters, 3.9% walk and 0.5% cycle; on census day 25% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Lucan?
30.2 minutes is the average trip, with 21% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 6.3% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Lucan work?
23% work in Lucan itself. Of those who leave, the most go to London (700), then Exeter (155).
How many jobs are there in Lucan?
The 2021 census counted about 1,050 people working in Lucan: 0.6 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 181 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
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).