Photo: Francine Pallister · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.4 jobs for each resident in work, most of Malahide commutes out
Of Malahide’s residents aged 15 to 64, 78% were employed when the 2021 census was taken; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. Median household income in Malahide was $95,100 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Out of work in May 2021: 7.7% of Malahide’s labour force, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
What stands out about work in Malahide
Work near the middle
With 78% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 63% of all adults employed. In work ↓
Unemployment near the middle
The Labour Force Survey had the area at 7.6% in October 2026; on census day in 2021 the town’s own rate was 7.7%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
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 Malahide: graded B+
Better than 71% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #140 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.
Each working day, more people leave Malahide for work than come in
Each person commuting in is matched by about 3 residents going out. 11% of residents who commute work inside the municipality, against 70% in the middle of Canadian towns.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
89% of Malahide’s residents in work leave it to work; Aylmer takes the most
- Aylmer855
- London485
- St. Thomas365
- Tillsonburg190
- Central Elgin105
- Bayham75
- Simcoe65
- Dorchester65
- South-West Oxford50
- Woodstock40
Of those coming in, Aylmer supplies the most: 205.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
The share of 15-to-64s in work in Malahide: 78%
Of the 7 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Elgin census division, 5 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 63% of residents 15 and over were in work. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 58% in October 2026. 68% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. 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.
Household income in Malahide
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 81% of Canadian towns.
Malahide’s median is 4% above the middle of Ontario’s towns ($91,600). Of the 7 other places of 2,500 or more in the Elgin census division, 2 have a higher median. 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).
Without a car, 3.3% of Malahide’s commuters get to work
Nearly everyone drives: 93% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 18% against 21%. Transit barely figures here, 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).
A commute like the middle of Canadian towns: 26.1 minutes from Malahide
The middle of Ontario’s towns averages 28.6 minutes. Within a quarter-hour: 31% of commuters, much as in the middle of Ontario’s towns. An hour or more: 6.2% of commuters, under the 7.9% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 23.3 minutes.
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.
31% more people are on EI in the Elgin census division than in 2019
Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 5%. In February 2021 it reached 4,960, the most in the series and 2.7 times the 2019 average. That works out to around 4.7 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. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: the Elgin 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).
Malahide earns C− for walkability
Better than 15% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #833 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
186th of 657: where Malahide ranks among Canadian towns of 7,000 to 13,500
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 9 | Glebe-Dows Lake Ontario | 13,436 | 80% | 9.4% | $113K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 14 | Wellesley Ontario | 12,413 | 84% | 3.9% | $119K | A+ |
| 15 | Perth East Ontario | 13,423 | 86% | 3.9% | $96K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 184 | Stittsville East Ontario | 10,482 | 76% | 9.3% | $130K | B+ |
| 185 | Saint-Joseph-du-Lac Quebec | 7,391 | 82% | 5.3% | $94K | B+ |
| 186 | Malahide Ontario | 9,995 | 78% | 7.7% | $95K | B+ |
| 187 | Delson Quebec | 8,802 | 81% | 5.2% | $87K | B+ |
| 188 | The Blue Mountains Ontario | 11,162 | 76% | 11% | $101K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 657 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Malahide, and others among Ontario’s towns.
How the places next to Malahide compare on work
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malahide | 78% | 7.7% | $95K | 26.1 min | B+ | C− |
| Aylmer 1.7 km | 72% | 9.8% | $74K | 23.5 min | C+ | A− |
| Bayham 12.9 km | 68% | 11% | $82K | 31 min | C− | C |
| Central Elgin 14.7 km | 77% | 9.4% | $103K | 24.9 min | A− | C− |
| St. Thomas 16.5 km | 69% | 11% | $75K | 20.9 min | C+ | 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 Malahide, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- 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. Monthly EI recipients across the census division: a pulse of the local job market rather than a measure of who is out of work.
- 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.
Questions about work in Malahide
Where do people in Malahide work?
11% work in Malahide itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Aylmer (855), then London (485).
How many jobs are there in Malahide?
Statistics Canada counted 341 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Malahide?
The 2021 census found 7.7% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the London economic region, is 7.6% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Malahide?
The median household in Malahide had $95,100 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Malahide get to work?
By car: 93% of commuters, 3.3% walk; on census day 18% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Malahide?
26.1 minutes is the average trip, with 31% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 6.2% taking an hour or more.
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).