Photo: Silver Dovelet · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Langstaff top those of 79% of Canadian towns
Workers in Langstaff spend 32.2 minutes on the way to work on average (26 in the middle of Canadian towns). On census day, 41% of workers here were at home, next to 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Langstaff counted 68% of its 15-to-64s in jobs at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns.
The short version on work in Langstaff
Fewer people in work than most towns
At the 2021 census 68% of the 15-to-64s were in work (73% in the middle of Canadian towns); across all ages 15 and over, 48%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
The Labour Force Survey had the area at 7.1% in October 2026; on census day in 2021 the town’s own rate was 14%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 32.2 minutes; the middle of Canadian towns is 26. 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.
Langstaff earns C− for jobs and income
Better than 23% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #626 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.
Who in Langstaff has a job
Of the 52 other places of 2,500 people or more in the York census division, 16 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
A more recent figure, for the wider area: 62% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 56% of residents that age. Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 48%. 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.
Langstaff gets to work without a car for 16% of commuters
By transit: 11% of commuters, well above the 5.6% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. The car takes 83% of commuters here, under the 88% in the middle of Ontario’s towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
Half the households in Langstaff had more than $93,000 in 2020
Of the 52 other places of 2,500 or more in the York census division, 46 have a higher median. That puts Langstaff 2% above the median of Ontario’s towns, $91,600. 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).
In the York census division, 39% more people receive EI than in 2019
Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 rose by 2%. At its peak, in April 2021, 58,380 people were on EI, 3.7 times the 2019 average. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 3.5 receive EI.
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). For EI beneficiaries, the only official count covers all of the York census division, Langstaff included.
The walkability of Langstaff: A+
Better than almost every Canadian town on two measures together, #215 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Ranked on jobs and income, Langstaff is 567th among 686 Canadian towns of 5,700 to 11,000
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 6 | Sioux Lookout Ontario | 6,122 | 79% | 5.7% | $103K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 17 | Alta Vista Ontario | 8,387 | 78% | 8.3% | $138K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 23 | New Edinburgh Ontario | 5,728 | 79% | 7.4% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 565 | Abbeydale Alberta | 6,561 | 66% | 15% | $86K | C− |
| 566 | Sainte-Anne-des-Monts Quebec | 6,099 | 63% | 14% | $55K | C− |
| 567 | Langstaff Ontario | 8,147 | 68% | 14% | $93K | C− |
| 568 | Dunluce Alberta | 6,079 | 62% | 17% | $84K | C− |
| 569 | Pictou County, Subdivision C Nova Scotia | 8,847 | 67% | 14% | $72K | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 686 | Beasley Ontario | 6,338 | 49% | 17% | $47K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Langstaff, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Langstaff and its neighbours: work and income
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langstaff | 68% | 14% | $93K | 32.2 min | C− | A+ |
| Steeles Corners 1.9 km | 63% | 17% | $71K | 33.9 min | D− | A+ |
| Thornlea 2.3 km | 75% | 11% | $97K | 30.7 min | B− | A+ |
| Thornhill 2.4 km | 71% | 14% | $119K | 30.5 min | C+ | A+ |
| Beverley Glen 3.6 km | 74% | 14% | $110K | 31.1 min | B− | A+ |
| Newtonbrook East 3.8 km | 67% | 13% | $84K | 34.9 min | D | A+ |
| Thornhill Woods 3.9 km | 69% | 11% | $151K | 32.6 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 Langstaff, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. Statistics Canada counts EI beneficiaries each month by census division. Seasonal work makes it swing, so read it as a trend, not a jobless 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. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- Which towns we compare. Medians over towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents. Whole cities would swamp them and reserves sit outside the rankings, so neither is in.
- Neighbourhood figures. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages stop at the municipality, so Markham’s page carries them; Langstaff’s own figures sum its dissemination areas.
Questions about work in Langstaff
What is the average household income in Langstaff?
The census puts Langstaff at $93,000 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Langstaff get to work?
By car: 83% of commuters, 11% take public transit, 4.3% walk and 0.5% cycle; on census day 41% of those in work worked from home.
How many jobs are there in Langstaff?
The census places jobs by municipality, so the answer is in Markham’s figures, with the flows of its commuters.
What is the unemployment rate in Langstaff?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 14% 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.
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).