Photo: P199 · Public domainHouseholds in Millbrook earn more than those in 93% of Canadian towns
For 12% of commuters in Millbrook, the trip to work lasts an hour or more; the average is 30.7 minutes. 76% of people aged 15 to 64 in Millbrook had a job at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. In May 2021, unemployment in Millbrook reached 9.2%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Millbrook at work: what stands out
Higher incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $109,800 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 30.7 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 12% last an hour or longer. The trip to work ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Millbrook grades B for jobs and income
Better than 55% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #257 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.
Millbrook households: $109,800 a year at the median
Millbrook’s median is 20% above the middle of Ontario’s towns ($91,600). No other place of 2,500 or more in the Peterborough census division has a higher median. The year is 2020: emergency benefits like CERB count in these incomes, and they raised the bottom of the range.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Commuting times in Millbrook
Timed exactly, the average is 28.8 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of Ontario’s towns, the average commute is 28.6 minutes. Only 24% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 31% in the middle of Ontario’s towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: commuting duration in five bands; our average uses each band’s middle (75 minutes for an hour or more), so it runs about two minutes above Statistics Canada’s own.
More workers leave Millbrook each day than arrive
19% of residents who commute work inside the municipality, against 70% in the middle of Canadian towns.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
81% of Millbrook’s residents in work leave it to work; Peterborough takes the most
- Peterborough1,010
- Bowmanville260
- Lindsay165
- Toronto120
- Whitby95
- Oshawa95
- Otonabee-South Monaghan80
- Port Hope70
- Cobourg60
- Pickering45
Of those coming in, Peterborough supplies the most: 770.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
How many in Millbrook were working in 2021
All 8 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Peterborough census division have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 58% in work in October 2026. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 64% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 58%: many residents are past working age. 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.
Millbrook gets to work without a car for 3.2% of commuters
Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 95% of commuters. Working at home: 25% here, 21% 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).
EI claims in the Peterborough census division run 25% above their 2019 level
The highest month was January 2021: 7,670 people, 2.9 times the 2019 level. That works out to around 4.2 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number rose by 4%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: the Peterborough 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).
Millbrook on foot: a C+ grade
Better than 39% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #739 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Millbrook is 277th of 645 Canadian towns of 8,100 to 15,500 people for jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| 2 | North Saanich British Columbia | 12,986 | 85% | 5.9% | $121K | A+ |
| 3 | Sillery Quebec | 13,950 | 81% | 6.2% | $120K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 5 | Glebe-Dows Lake Ontario | 13,436 | 80% | 9.4% | $113K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 10 | Wellesley Ontario | 12,413 | 84% | 3.9% | $119K | A+ |
| 11 | Perth East Ontario | 13,423 | 86% | 3.9% | $96K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 275 | Westminster Ontario | 10,794 | 65% | 14% | $89K | B |
| 276 | Varsity Alberta | 12,605 | 70% | 13% | $91K | B |
| 277 | Cavan Monaghan Ontario | 11,507 | 76% | 9.2% | $110K | B |
| 278 | Temiskaming Shores Ontario | 10,144 | 75% | 6.8% | $71K | B |
| 279 | Fish Creek Park Alberta | 9,045 | 69% | 12% | $121K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 645 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Millbrook, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Jobs and income in the places around Millbrook
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millbrook | 76% | 9.2% | $110K | 30.7 min | B | C+ |
| Otonabee-South Monaghan 15.9 km | 74% | 9.2% | $96K | 28.7 min | B− | C− |
| Peterborough 16.1 km | 66% | 15% | $72K | 21.1 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 Millbrook, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- In work. We divide the number of employed residents by the number aged 15 to 64. Workers past 64 still count on top, because the 2021 Census crosses work with age only for whole municipalities; in return, a retirement town’s pensioners don’t drag the rate down.
- 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. What the median household took in during 2020 before tax, as the census recorded it; an estimate built from income groups when the place is a neighbourhood.
- Trip times. The census asks how long the trip to work usually takes, in bands; our average uses each band’s middle, so it runs a little above Statistics Canada’s timed average.
- Where people commute. Who travels where, from the census: workers with a regular workplace, sorted by the municipality they live in and the one they work in.
- Employment Insurance. Beneficiaries of Employment Insurance, month by month, for the census division rather than the town. Many jobless people don’t qualify, so it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada surveys households every month; the results come out for metro areas and economic regions, never for single towns, and keep the rate current after 2021.
- Which towns we compare. Every town and city neighbourhood with 2,500 residents or more; whole cities and First Nations reserves are left out. Each middle figure is a median.
- The municipality’s figures. Statistics Canada counts Millbrook as part of Cavan Monaghan, so every census figure on this page is the whole municipality’s.
Questions about work in Millbrook
How many jobs are there in Millbrook?
About 2,130 people had their usual place of work in Millbrook at the 2021 census, 0.8 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 320 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Millbrook?
The census put unemployment at 9.2% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Peterborough metro area at 7.1%.
What is the average household income in Millbrook?
Millbrook’s middle household had $109,800 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Millbrook get to work?
95% of commuters go by car, 3.2% walk. On census day 25% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Millbrook?
On average 30.7 minutes; 24% take under 15 minutes and 12% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Millbrook work?
19% work in Millbrook itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Peterborough (1,010), then Bowmanville (260).
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (Census Profile) · Statistics Canada, tables 98-10-0458 and 98-10-0459 (commuting) · 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).