Photo: Transportfan70 · CC0Cathedraltown’s household incomes are higher than in 97% of Canadian towns
On census day, 48% of workers here were at home, next to 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Commutes from Cathedraltown average 33.2 minutes, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. At the 2021 census, 71% of Cathedraltown’s 15-to-64s were in work, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Jobs and income in Cathedraltown: what the figures say
Higher incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $123,700 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 33.2 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Getting to work ↓
Many work from home
48% 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, Cathedraltown grades C+
Better than 38% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #443 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.
What households earned in Cathedraltown: $123,700 in 2020
Set beside Ontario’s towns, where the median is $91,600, Cathedraltown sits 35% above. Of the 52 other places of 2,500 or more in the York census division, 23 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).
Without a car, 7.7% of Cathedraltown’s commuters get to work
88% drive to work, about the same as in the middle of Ontario’s towns. By bus, train or subway: 5.8%, 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).
Who in Cathedraltown has a job
Of the 52 other places of 2,500 people or more in the York census division, 28 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Counting those looking for work too, 65% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 58%. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 62% in October 2026. 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.
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. That is about 3.5 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. 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). Cathedraltown shares its EI beneficiaries numbers with the rest of the York census division.
The walkability of Cathedraltown: A−
Better than 84% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #463 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
For jobs and income, Cathedraltown is 436th of 661 Canadian towns of 7,700 to 14,900
| # | 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 Saanich British Columbia | 12,986 | 85% | 5.9% | $121K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 7 | Glebe-Dows Lake Ontario | 13,436 | 80% | 9.4% | $113K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 12 | Wellesley Ontario | 12,413 | 84% | 3.9% | $119K | A+ |
| 13 | Perth East Ontario | 13,423 | 86% | 3.9% | $96K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 434 | Quesnel British Columbia | 10,253 | 65% | 11% | $68K | C+ |
| 435 | La Tuque Quebec | 11,309 | 71% | 6.9% | $60K | C+ |
| 436 | Cathedraltown Ontario | 11,029 | 71% | 9.9% | $124K | C+ |
| 437 | Shelburne Ontario | 10,767 | 75% | 10% | $99K | C+ |
| 438 | Professors Lake Ontario | 10,335 | 71% | 13% | $114K | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 661 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Cathedraltown, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Neighbouring places to Cathedraltown, compared
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cathedraltown | 71% | 9.9% | $124K | 33.2 min | C+ | A− |
| Buttonville 3.7 km | 67% | 11% | $134K | 29.8 min | C+ | B+ |
| Cachet 3.9 km | 67% | 11% | $145K | 30.2 min | C+ | B− |
| Richmond Hill 5.1 km | 68% | 13% | $103K | 33.6 min | C | A |
| Berczy Village 5.4 km | 62% | 15% | $113K | 34.1 min | C− | A |
| Brown's Corners 5.5 km | 64% | 16% | $66K | 28.6 min | D | A |
| Unionville 5.8 km | 66% | 13% | $113K | 31.3 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 Cathedraltown, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Unemployment. It counts only people who wanted work and had none in May 2021, as a share of those working or searching; students and retirees who weren’t looking stay out of both sides.
- Household income. The 2020 income of the household at the midpoint, all sources and before tax. Inside a city we rebuild it from the dissemination areas’ income bands, so there it is an estimate.
- Trip times. Commuters picked a band for their usual trip (under 15 minutes, 15 to 29, and so on). We place each person at the middle of their band, which lands a little above Statistics Canada’s own timed average.
- Employment Insurance. Beneficiaries of Employment Insurance, month by month, for the census division rather than the town. Many jobless people don’t qualify, so it isn’t 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. Comparisons are with the median of Canadian towns and city neighbourhoods counting 2,500 people or more, reserves and entire cities excluded.
- Neighbourhood figures. Everything here sums the dissemination areas inside Cathedraltown’s lines, since the census has no neighbourhood profile; where people commute is on Markham’s page.
Questions about work in Cathedraltown
How many jobs are there in Cathedraltown?
Statistics Canada counts jobs for whole municipalities only; Markham has the total and the commuting flows.
What is the unemployment rate in Cathedraltown?
At the 2021 census 9.9% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Toronto metro area, gives 7.1% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Cathedraltown?
At $123,700 before tax in 2020, the median household in Cathedraltown compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Cathedraltown get to work?
Driving takes 88% of commuters to work, 5.8% take public transit and 1.9% walk, and on census day 48% of those in work were at home.
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).