Photo: Jean7031 · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Cachet earn more than in almost any other Canadian town
At the 2021 census, 67% of Cachet’s 15-to-64s were in work; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. On average, people in Cachet spend 30.2 minutes getting to work, next to 26 for the middle of Canadian towns. Working at home: 41% of its workers, where the middle of Canadian towns has 21%.
What Cachet’s work numbers say
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
Household income at the median was $145,200 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 30.2 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Getting to work ↓
Many work from home
41% 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, Cachet grades C+
Better than 37% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #460 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.
In and out of work in Cachet
Of the 52 other places of 2,500 people or more in the York census division, 12 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
In October 2026, 62% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. Working or looking, 59% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 52% of residents 15 and over were in work. May 2021, when the census was taken, was a pandemic spring; unemployment has come down since, as the Labour Force Survey records.
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.
Before tax, the median household in Cachet had $145,200
Against the middle of Ontario’s towns ($91,600), Cachet’s median is 59% above. Of the 52 other places of 2,500 or more in the York census division, 8 have a higher median. Incomes here are 2020’s and include the pandemic payments, CERB among them, that propped up the lower end.
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.
Without a car, 6% of Cachet’s commuters get to work
By bus, train or subway: 3.9%, much as in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 92% of commuters go by car, truck or van.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
39% more people are on EI in the York census division than in 2019
The highest month was April 2021: 58,380 people, 3.7 times the 2019 level. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 3.5 receive EI. Compared with a year earlier, 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 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 York census division as a whole, not for Cachet alone.
Walking in Cachet earns B−
Better than 52% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #679 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
466th of 700: where Cachet ranks among Canadian towns of 4,500 to 8,600
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 3 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 6 | Sioux Lookout Ontario | 6,122 | 79% | 5.7% | $103K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 8 | Island Park-Wellington Village Ontario | 5,486 | 81% | 7% | $161K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 23 | Alta Vista Ontario | 8,387 | 78% | 8.3% | $138K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 464 | Kildare-Redonda Manitoba | 8,294 | 75% | 8.8% | $78K | C+ |
| 465 | Crowsnest Pass Alberta | 6,011 | 72% | 8.6% | $80K | C+ |
| 466 | Cachet Ontario | 6,361 | 67% | 11% | $145K | C+ |
| 467 | Casselman Alberta | 5,795 | 68% | 12% | $92K | C+ |
| 468 | St. Stephen New Brunswick | 4,876 | 72% | 9.6% | $56K | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 700 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Cachet, and others among Ontario’s towns.
The work picture around Cachet
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cachet | 67% | 11% | $145K | 30.2 min | C+ | B− |
| Berczy Village 1.8 km | 62% | 15% | $113K | 34.1 min | C− | A |
| Unionville 2.2 km | 66% | 13% | $113K | 31.3 min | C | A |
| Buttonville 2.6 km | 67% | 11% | $134K | 29.8 min | C+ | B+ |
| Quantztown 3.1 km | 66% | 12% | $120K | 33.7 min | C | A− |
| Brown's Corners 3.4 km | 64% | 16% | $66K | 28.6 min | D | A |
| Cathedraltown 3.9 km | 71% | 9.9% | $124K | 33.2 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 Cachet, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. A monthly household survey by Statistics Canada, reported for metro areas and economic regions only. It supplies a recent rate next to the 2021 census figure.
- 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. 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. 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.
- 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; Cachet’s own figures sum its dissemination areas.
Questions about work in Cachet
What is the unemployment rate in Cachet?
The 2021 census found 11% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Toronto metro area, is 7.1% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Cachet?
Cachet’s middle household had $145,200 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Cachet get to work?
Driving takes 92% of commuters to work, 3.9% take public transit and 2.1% walk, and on census day 41% of those in work were at home.
How many jobs are there in Cachet?
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).