Photo: Silver Dovelet · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Mount Joy are higher than in 98% of Canadian towns
Of Mount Joy’s residents aged 15 to 64, 69% were employed when the 2021 census was taken, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%. A typical one-way commute from Mount Joy lasts 33.8 minutes, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. 39% of its workers worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns.
The work figures that set Mount Joy apart
More unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 15% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 7.1% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $128,500 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
39% 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 Mount Joy: C
Better than 32% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #504 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 Mount Joy, 69% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
Of the 52 other places of 2,500 people or more in the York census division, 19 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. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 61% of residents that age. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 52% of residents 15 and over were in work. 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.
$128,500 a year: the median household in Mount Joy
The middle of Ontario’s towns is $91,600, and Mount Joy is 40% above it. 19 of the 52 other places of 2,500+ in the York census division have a higher median. Pandemic benefits paid in 2020 lifted the incomes at the bottom, and they are counted here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
9.8% of commuters in Mount Joy walk, cycle or take transit
By transit: 8.9% of commuters, well above the 5.6% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. 86% drive to work, fewer than 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).
Employment Insurance in the York census division since 2019
Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 rose by 2%. The count topped out in April 2021 at 58,380 people, 3.7 times the 2019 average. That works out to around 3.5 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division.
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). Nobody publishes EI beneficiaries for Mount Joy alone, so this card uses the figure for the York census division.
How walkable Mount Joy is: A
Better than 86% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #446 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Out of 688 Canadian towns of 5,800 to 11,300, Mount Joy comes 502nd on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 16 | Alta Vista Ontario | 8,387 | 78% | 8.3% | $138K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 25 | West Perth Ontario | 10,080 | 88% | 5% | $92K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 500 | La Sarre Quebec | 7,199 | 75% | 6% | $60K | C |
| 501 | Saint-Jean-Baptiste Quebec | 8,882 | 76% | 12% | $53K | C |
| 502 | Mount Joy Ontario | 8,345 | 69% | 15% | $129K | C |
| 503 | Laurentian Hills Ontario | 10,026 | 65% | 13% | $80K | C |
| 504 | Tay Valley Ontario | 6,171 | 70% | 11% | $90K | C |
| … | ||||||
| 688 | Beasley Ontario | 6,338 | 49% | 17% | $47K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Mount Joy, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Work in the places around Mount Joy
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Joy | 69% | 15% | $129K | 33.8 min | C | A |
| Markham Village 0.9 km | 72% | 10% | $107K | 30.6 min | C+ | A |
| Greensborough 1.2 km | 69% | 13% | $122K | 34.9 min | C | A− |
| Wismer Commons 1.6 km | 65% | 14% | $111K | 35.1 min | C− | A |
| Quantztown 2.4 km | 66% | 12% | $120K | 33.7 min | C | A− |
| Upper Cornell 2.7 km | 71% | 12% | $130K | 33.7 min | C+ | B+ |
| Cornell 2.9 km | 70% | 11% | $118K | 35 min | C | B+ |
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 Mount Joy, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. How long getting to work normally takes, averaged from the census’s time bands at their middles; expect it to read slightly high against the timed figure.
- Employment Insurance. How many people in the census division drew Employment Insurance each month; it moves with layoffs and hiring, yet people who don’t qualify are absent from it.
- Which towns we compare. The comparison pool is places of 2,500 people or more, towns or neighbourhoods inside cities, without whole cities or reserves, and we compare with its median.
- Neighbourhood figures. We add up Mount Joy’s dissemination areas for its census figures. Flows between places and timed averages exist only for the whole municipality: see Markham’s page.
Questions about work in Mount Joy
What is the unemployment rate in Mount Joy?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Toronto metro area at 7.1%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 15%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Mount Joy?
Mount Joy’s middle household had $128,500 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Mount Joy get to work?
By car: 86% of commuters, 8.9% take public transit and 0.9% walk; on census day 39% of those in work worked from home.
How many jobs are there in Mount Joy?
Statistics Canada counts jobs for whole municipalities only; Markham has the total and the commuting flows.
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).