Photo: ChadPerez49 · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Wismer Commons earn more than those in 93% of Canadian towns
42% of its workers worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. On average, people in Wismer Commons spend 35.1 minutes getting to work, next to 26 for the middle of Canadian towns. Jobs were held by 65% of people aged 15 to 64 in Wismer Commons in 2021, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%.
Where Wismer Commons stands out on work
Fewer people in work than most towns
With 65% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 55% of all adults employed. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 14% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 7.1%. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $110,900 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 35.1 minutes; the middle of Canadian towns is 26. Getting to work ↓
Many work from home
42% 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.
Wismer Commons earns C− for jobs and income
Better than 24% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #618 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 Wismer Commons has a job
Of the 52 other places of 2,500 people or more in the York census division, 8 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
64% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 62% in October 2026. The figures are a snapshot of 11 May 2021, when pandemic rules still kept many people out of work or at 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.
$110,900 a year: the median household in Wismer Commons
Set beside Ontario’s towns, where the median is $91,600, Wismer Commons sits 21% above. 36 of the 52 other places of 2,500+ in the York census division have a higher median. Pandemic support paid in 2020, CERB first among it, is part of these before-tax incomes.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Wismer Commons gets to work without a car for 9.3% of commuters
88% drive to work, about the same as in the middle of Ontario’s towns. By bus, train or subway: 8.2%, 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 residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
In the York census division, 39% more people receive EI than in 2019
Roughly 3.5 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number rose by 2%. The count topped out in April 2021 at 58,380 people, 3.7 times the 2019 average.
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 Wismer Commons alone, so this card uses the figure for the York census division.
The Walkability grade for Wismer Commons: A
Better than 90% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #387 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Out of 448 Canadian towns of 14,400 to 27,800, Wismer Commons comes 324th on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yellowknife Northwest Territories | 22,858 | 80% | 5.8% | $148K | A+ |
| 2 | Central Saanich British Columbia | 18,184 | 85% | 4.9% | $103K | A+ |
| 3 | Cap-Rouge Quebec | 17,139 | 81% | 4.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 16 | Wilmot Ontario | 22,890 | 81% | 6.8% | $115K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 25 | Thames Centre Ontario | 15,475 | 80% | 7.7% | $113K | A |
| 26 | North Perth Ontario | 18,168 | 83% | 5.7% | $84K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 322 | Saint-Sauveur Quebec | 16,104 | 73% | 9.7% | $49K | C− |
| 323 | Du College/Hodge Quebec | 22,329 | 72% | 12% | $78K | C− |
| 324 | Wismer Commons Ontario | 20,591 | 65% | 14% | $111K | C− |
| 325 | Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines Quebec | 15,904 | 75% | 6.2% | $80K | C− |
| 326 | Pembroke Ontario | 15,479 | 63% | 12% | $63K | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 448 | South Parkdale Ontario | 21,663 | 64% | 17% | $57K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Wismer Commons, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Jobs near Wismer Commons: the places around it
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wismer Commons | 65% | 14% | $111K | 35.1 min | C− | A |
| Mount Joy 1.6 km | 69% | 15% | $129K | 33.8 min | C | A |
| Greensborough 1.8 km | 69% | 13% | $122K | 34.9 min | C | A− |
| Quantztown 2 km | 66% | 12% | $120K | 33.7 min | C | A− |
| Berczy Village 2.3 km | 62% | 15% | $113K | 34.1 min | C− | A |
| Markham Village 2.4 km | 72% | 10% | $107K | 30.6 min | C+ | A |
| Upper Cornell 3.6 km | 71% | 12% | $130K | 33.7 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 Wismer Commons, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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.
- 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. Why 15 to 64? Otherwise retirees would pull the rate down in older towns. The census can’t say how old a neighbourhood’s workers are, so the count of people in work takes every age.
- Unemployment. The census-week jobless rate for residents 15 and over. Its base is the labour force, those employed plus those actively looking.
- 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. Our average assumes everyone in, say, the 15-to-29-minute band takes 22 minutes. Across all the bands that runs a shade above Statistics Canada’s measured average.
- 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. Wismer Commons’ 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 Wismer Commons
How do people in Wismer Commons get to work?
By car: 88% of commuters, 8.2% take public transit, 0.9% walk and 0.2% cycle; on census day 42% of those in work worked from home.
How many jobs are there in Wismer Commons?
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 Wismer Commons?
The census put unemployment at 14% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Toronto metro area at 7.1%.
What is the average household income in Wismer Commons?
Before tax, half the households in Wismer Commons had more than $110,900 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
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).