Photo: ChadPerez49 · CC BY-SA 3.0Buttonville ranks among the highest-earning Canadian towns by household income
Buttonville counted 67% of its 15-to-64s in jobs at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. At 29.8 minutes on average, the trip to work from Buttonville compares with 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Working at home: 46% of its workers, where the middle of Canadian towns has 21%.
Buttonville at work: what stands out
Fewer people in work than most towns
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 67% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 52%. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $133,900 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 29.8 minutes; the middle of Canadian towns is 26. Getting to work ↓
Many work from home
46% 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Buttonville: C+
Better than 39% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #434 of 866 in Ontario.
Its strongest measure is household income; 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.
How many in Buttonville were working in 2021
Of the 52 other places of 2,500 people or more in the York census division, 13 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 52% of residents 15 and over were in work. By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 62% of the wider area’s adults in work. Working or looking, 59% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. 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.
What households earned in Buttonville: $133,900 in 2020
17 of the 52 other places of 2,500+ in the York census division have a higher median. 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).
Before tax, 2020: higher than in almost any Canadian town.
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 4.2% of Buttonville’s commuters
Transit takes 3.6% of commuters, close to the middle of Canadian towns. The car is the way to work for 91% 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 York census division run 39% above their 2019 level
The count topped out in April 2021 at 58,380 people, 3.7 times the 2019 average. 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%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries published for the York census division, not by town. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Walkability in Buttonville: graded B+
Better than 68% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #570 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Ranked on jobs and income, Buttonville is 313th among 555 Canadian towns of 10,500 to 20,300
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Saanich British Columbia | 12,986 | 85% | 5.9% | $121K | A+ |
| 2 | Sillery Quebec | 13,950 | 81% | 6.2% | $120K | A+ |
| 3 | Central Saanich British Columbia | 18,184 | 85% | 4.9% | $103K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 5 | Glebe-Dows Lake Ontario | 13,436 | 80% | 9.4% | $113K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 7 | Wellesley Ontario | 12,413 | 84% | 3.9% | $119K | A+ |
| 8 | Perth East Ontario | 13,423 | 86% | 3.9% | $96K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 311 | Ingersoll Ontario | 14,911 | 69% | 14% | $88K | C+ |
| 312 | Clearwater County Alberta | 11,856 | 76% | 13% | $83K | C+ |
| 313 | Buttonville Ontario | 15,001 | 67% | 11% | $134K | C+ |
| 314 | Mont-Tremblant Quebec | 11,879 | 72% | 13% | $67K | C+ |
| 315 | Lavaltrie Quebec | 15,996 | 78% | 6% | $83K | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 555 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Buttonville, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Buttonville and its neighbours: work and income
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buttonville | 67% | 11% | $134K | 29.8 min | C+ | B+ |
| Brown's Corners 1.8 km | 64% | 16% | $66K | 28.6 min | D | A |
| Cachet 2.6 km | 67% | 11% | $145K | 30.2 min | C+ | B− |
| Unionville 3 km | 66% | 13% | $113K | 31.3 min | C | A |
| Cathedraltown 3.7 km | 71% | 9.9% | $124K | 33.2 min | C+ | A− |
| Berczy Village 4.3 km | 62% | 15% | $113K | 34.1 min | C− | A |
| Quantztown 5 km | 66% | 12% | $120K | 33.7 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 Buttonville, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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.
- 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. 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.
- Unemployment. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- Which towns we compare. Any town of 2,500 or more counts, and so does any city neighbourhood that size; the city as a whole and First Nations reserves don’t. The middle is the median.
- Neighbourhood figures. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages stop at the municipality, so Markham’s page carries them; Buttonville’s own figures sum its dissemination areas.
Questions about work in Buttonville
How do people in Buttonville get to work?
Driving takes 91% of commuters to work, 3.6% take public transit and 0.6% walk, and on census day 46% of those in work were at home.
How many jobs are there in Buttonville?
Statistics Canada counts jobs for whole municipalities only; Markham has the total and the commuting flows.
What is the unemployment rate in Buttonville?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 11% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Toronto metro area at 7.1% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Buttonville?
The median household in Buttonville had $133,900 before tax in 2020, 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).