Photo: Enoch Leung from Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Household incomes in Quantztown are higher than in 96% of Canadian towns
41% of its workers worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. On average, people in Quantztown spend 33.7 minutes getting to work, next to 26 for the middle of Canadian towns. Of Quantztown’s residents aged 15 to 64, 66% were employed when the 2021 census was taken, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%.
The work numbers behind Quantztown
Fewer people in work than most towns
At the 2021 census 66% of the 15-to-64s were in work (73% in the middle of Canadian towns); across all ages 15 and over, 50%. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $119,900 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 33.7 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, Quantztown grades C
Better than 28% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #587 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 Quantztown, 66% of the working-age population has a job
Of the 52 other places of 2,500 people or more in the York census division, 10 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Counting retirees, 50% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. In October 2026, 62% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. Working or looking, 57% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. 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.
Household income in Quantztown: $119,900 at the median
Of the 52 other places of 2,500 or more in the York census division, 27 have a higher median. Against the middle of Ontario’s towns ($91,600), Quantztown’s median is 31% above. 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).
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 6.2% of Quantztown’s commuters
By bus, train or subway: 4.5%, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 91% 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
Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 rose by 2%. April 2021 was the busiest month, with 58,380 people on EI, 3.7 times 2019’s 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. Data for EI beneficiaries covers the York census division. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
The walkability of Quantztown: A−
Better than 82% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #476 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
For jobs and income, Quantztown is 444th of 601 Canadian towns of 9,200 to 17,700
| # | 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 | Walsh Acres/Lakeridge/Garden Ridge Saskatchewan | 9,325 | 80% | 6.7% | $127K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 5 | Glebe-Dows Lake Ontario | 13,436 | 80% | 9.4% | $113K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 8 | Wellesley Ontario | 12,413 | 84% | 3.9% | $119K | A+ |
| 9 | Perth East Ontario | 13,423 | 86% | 3.9% | $96K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 442 | Greenwood-Coxwell Ontario | 14,146 | 70% | 12% | $98K | C |
| 443 | Rideau Lakes Ontario | 12,148 | 73% | 9% | $84K | C |
| 444 | Quantztown Ontario | 13,146 | 66% | 12% | $120K | C |
| 445 | Vieux-Longueuil Quebec | 15,414 | 77% | 8.4% | $63K | C |
| 446 | Laval-Ouest Quebec | 11,034 | 73% | 8.6% | $87K | C |
| … | ||||||
| 601 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Quantztown, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Work next door to Quantztown
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantztown | 66% | 12% | $120K | 33.7 min | C | A− |
| Berczy Village 1.7 km | 62% | 15% | $113K | 34.1 min | C− | A |
| Wismer Commons 2 km | 65% | 14% | $111K | 35.1 min | C− | A |
| Unionville 2.3 km | 66% | 13% | $113K | 31.3 min | C | A |
| Mount Joy 2.4 km | 69% | 15% | $129K | 33.8 min | C | A |
| Markham Village 2.7 km | 72% | 10% | $107K | 30.6 min | C+ | A |
| Cachet 3.1 km | 67% | 11% | $145K | 30.2 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 Quantztown, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- Unemployment. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- 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. One way, on a usual day, from the census’s travel-time bands. Band midpoints overstate it a little next to the figure Statistics Canada times.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. Towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500 people or more, never a whole city and never a First Nations reserve. Middles are medians.
- Neighbourhood figures. Quantztown’s census figures are summed from its dissemination areas. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages are published only for the whole municipality, so they are on Markham’s page.
Questions about work in Quantztown
How do people in Quantztown get to work?
By car: 91% of commuters, 4.5% take public transit and 1.7% walk; on census day 41% of those in work worked from home.
How many jobs are there in Quantztown?
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 Quantztown?
Two figures answer it: 12% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 7.1% for the Toronto metro area in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Quantztown?
The census puts Quantztown at $119,900 for 2020, before tax and at the median, 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).