Photo: ChadPerez49 · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Upper Cornell are higher than in 98% of Canadian towns
At 33.7 minutes on average, the trip to work from Upper Cornell compares with 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Home was the workplace for 43% of its workers in May 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 21%. 71% of people aged 15 to 64 in Upper Cornell had a job at the 2021 census, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns.
Work in Upper Cornell: the figures worth knowing
Higher incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $130,200 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. 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
43% 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 Upper Cornell: C+
Better than 37% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #462 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.
The median household in Upper Cornell had $130,200 in 2020
Of the 52 other places of 2,500 or more in the York census division, 18 have a higher median. That puts Upper Cornell 42% above the median of Ontario’s towns, $91,600. 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).
Upper Cornell gets to work without a car for 8.1% of commuters
Driving takes 89% of commuters to work; the middle of Ontario’s towns has 88%. By bus, train or subway: 7.4%, 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).
How many in Upper Cornell were working in 2021
Of the 52 other places of 2,500 people or more in the York census division, 25 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 67% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 62% of the wider area’s adults in work. The census was taken on 11 May 2021, mid-pandemic, when lockdowns had pushed unemployment up and sent many to work from home.
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.
39% more people are on EI in the York census division than in 2019
That works out to around 3.5 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 2%. In April 2021 it reached 58,380, the most in the series and 3.7 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Not measured by town: EI beneficiaries (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).
Upper Cornell grades B+ for walkability
Better than 69% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #567 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Upper Cornell next to Canadian towns of 5,800 to 11,200: 473rd of 683 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 471 | Cachet Ontario | 6,361 | 67% | 11% | $145K | C+ |
| 472 | Aylmer Ontario | 8,371 | 72% | 9.8% | $74K | C+ |
| 473 | Upper Cornell Ontario | 8,304 | 71% | 12% | $130K | C+ |
| 474 | Northeast Saskatchewan | 9,670 | 68% | 13% | $65K | C+ |
| 475 | Crescent Heights British Columbia | 9,033 | 69% | 8% | $131K | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 683 | Beasley Ontario | 6,338 | 49% | 17% | $47K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Upper Cornell, and others among Ontario’s towns.
How Upper Cornell compares with the places nearby
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Cornell | 71% | 12% | $130K | 33.7 min | C+ | B+ |
| Cornell 1.2 km | 70% | 11% | $118K | 35 min | C | B+ |
| Greensborough 1.8 km | 69% | 13% | $122K | 34.9 min | C | A− |
| Mount Joy 2.7 km | 69% | 15% | $129K | 33.8 min | C | A |
| Markham Village 2.8 km | 72% | 10% | $107K | 30.6 min | C+ | A |
| Wismer Commons 3.6 km | 65% | 14% | $111K | 35.1 min | C− | A |
| Box Grove 5 km | 65% | 14% | $128K | 33.8 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 Upper Cornell, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Unemployment. Of everyone 15 or older who was working or job-hunting in the census week, the part still looking. Someone not seeking work isn’t in it at all.
- Household income. Before-tax total income of the middle household for 2020, from the census. Neighbourhood medians are worked out from bracket counts, since Statistics Canada publishes none of their own.
- 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. 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. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- 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. Upper Cornell’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 Upper Cornell
How many jobs are there in Upper Cornell?
Jobs are counted by municipality, not neighbourhood: the page for Markham has the jobs based there and where its commuters go.
What is the unemployment rate in Upper Cornell?
The 2021 census found 12% 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 Upper Cornell?
At $130,200 before tax in 2020, the median household in Upper Cornell compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Upper Cornell get to work?
By car: 89% of commuters, 7.4% take public transit and 0.7% walk; on census day 43% of those in work worked from 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).