Photo: Silver Dovelet · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Box Grove top those of 98% of Canadian towns
33% of its workers worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. A typical one-way commute from Box Grove lasts 33.8 minutes, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Of Box Grove’s residents aged 15 to 64, 65% were employed when the 2021 census was taken, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%.
The short version on work in Box Grove
Fewer people in work than most towns
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 65% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 55%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 14% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 7.1% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $127,800 before tax in 2020, where the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 33.8 minutes; the middle of Canadian towns is 26. Getting to work ↓
Many work from home
33% 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.
On jobs and income, Box Grove grades C
Better than 28% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #582 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 Box Grove, 65% of the working-age population has a job
Of the 52 other places of 2,500 people or more in the York census division, 9 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Counting those looking for work too, 64% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 62% 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.
$127,800 a year: the median household in Box Grove
Set beside Ontario’s towns, where the median is $91,600, Box Grove sits 40% above. Of the 52 other places of 2,500 or more in the York census division, 20 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).
8.1% of commuters in Box Grove walk, cycle or take transit
By bus, train or subway: 6.8%, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Driving takes 90% of commuters to work; the middle of Ontario’s towns has 88%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
EI claims in the York census division run 39% above their 2019 level
Roughly 3.5 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 rose by 2%. The highest month was April 2021: 58,380 people, 3.7 times the 2019 level.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: the York 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).
Box Grove on foot: a A− grade
Better than 82% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #477 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
219th of 341: where Box Grove ranks among Canadian towns of 17,800 to 34,400
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yellowknife Northwest Territories | 22,858 | 80% | 5.8% | $148K | A+ |
| 2 | Whitehorse Yukon | 34,129 | 82% | 5.6% | $112K | A+ |
| 3 | Arcola East Saskatchewan | 33,823 | 79% | 7.7% | $123K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 5 | Woolwich Ontario | 31,382 | 82% | 6.2% | $115K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Wilmot Ontario | 22,890 | 81% | 6.8% | $115K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 20 | North Perth Ontario | 18,168 | 83% | 5.7% | $84K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 217 | Taradale Alberta | 17,911 | 66% | 14% | $102K | C |
| 218 | West Rouge Ontario | 20,915 | 69% | 14% | $114K | C |
| 219 | Box Grove Ontario | 25,496 | 65% | 14% | $128K | C |
| 220 | Sandalwood East (mountainash) Ontario | 21,801 | 65% | 15% | $126K | C |
| 221 | Renfrew-Collingwood British Columbia | 23,392 | 71% | 10% | $87K | C |
| … | ||||||
| 341 | Parc-Extension Quebec | 29,066 | 61% | 16% | $48K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Box Grove, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Next to Box Grove: how nearby places compare
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Box Grove | 65% | 14% | $128K | 33.8 min | C | A− |
| Vinegar Hill 1.8 km | 63% | 15% | $114K | 32.9 min | C− | A |
| Markham Village 3.2 km | 72% | 10% | $107K | 30.6 min | C+ | A |
| Cornell 4 km | 70% | 11% | $118K | 35 min | C | B+ |
| Mount Joy 4.1 km | 69% | 15% | $129K | 33.8 min | C | A |
| Hagerman's Corners 4.3 km | 61% | 17% | $88K | 31.6 min | C− | A |
| Morningside Heights 4.6 km | 65% | 15% | $121K | 36.3 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 Box Grove, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- 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.
- 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.
- Neighbourhood figures. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages stop at the municipality, so Markham’s page carries them; Box Grove’s own figures sum its dissemination areas.
Questions about work in Box Grove
What is the unemployment rate in Box Grove?
The census put unemployment at 14% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Toronto metro area at 7.1%.
What is the average household income in Box Grove?
The census puts Box Grove at $127,800 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Box Grove get to work?
Driving takes 90% of commuters to work, 6.8% take public transit, 1.1% walk and 0.2% cycle, and on census day 33% of those in work were at home.
How many jobs are there in Box Grove?
Jobs are counted by municipality, not neighbourhood: the page for Markham has the jobs based there and where its commuters go.
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).