Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Few Canadian towns have household incomes as high as Mono’s
The average trip to work from Mono is 35.7 minutes; 18% of commuters spend an hour or more getting there. 29% of its workers worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Jobs were held by 78% of people aged 15 to 64 in Mono in 2021, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%.
The short version on work in Mono
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household had $140,200 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 35.7 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 18% take an hour or more. 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.
Mono grades B for jobs and income
Better than 58% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #243 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.
Half the households in Mono had more than $140,200 in 2020
That puts Mono 53% above the median of Ontario’s towns, $91,600. No other place of 2,500 or more in the Dufferin 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).
Before tax, 2020: higher than in almost any Canadian town.
Commuting times in Mono
Timed exactly, the average is 32.2 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of Ontario’s towns, the average commute is 28.6 minutes. Only 28% 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
More workers leave Mono each day than arrive
2,550 residents of Mono had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 1,415 people had theirs in Mono, wherever they lived.
For every person who comes in to work, about 2 residents travel out.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
82% of Mono’s residents in work leave it to work; Orangeville takes the most
- Orangeville270
- Shelburne110
- Bolton85
- Melancthon50
- Grand Valley40
- Dundalk40
- Toronto35
- Brampton35
- Amaranth35
- Mulmur35
- Orangeville680
- Brampton360
- Mississauga220
- Toronto170
- Bolton140
- Alliston80
- Vaughan70
- Shelburne60
- Erin40
- Georgetown35
Inbound, the leader is Orangeville (270).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
2021 Census, people with a usual place of work: where residents of Mono work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
How many in Mono were working in 2021
Of the 7 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Dufferin census division, 3 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 62% of the wider area’s adults in work. Counting those looking for work too, 66% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 59% were working. 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.
Without a car, 4.9% of Mono’s commuters get to work
Few ride transit: 0.9%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 93% of commuters.
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.
25% more people are on EI in the Dufferin census division than in 2019
Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 5%. At its peak, in April 2021, 3,740 people were on EI, 3 times the 2019 average. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4.4 receive EI.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Data for EI beneficiaries covers the Dufferin 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).
Everyday places on foot in Mono: C+
Better than 41% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #728 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
For jobs and income, Mono is 283rd of 657 Canadian towns of 7,000 to 13,500
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 9 | Glebe-Dows Lake Ontario | 13,436 | 80% | 9.4% | $113K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 14 | Wellesley Ontario | 12,413 | 84% | 3.9% | $119K | A+ |
| 15 | Perth East Ontario | 13,423 | 86% | 3.9% | $96K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 281 | Hunt Club Park Ontario | 8,556 | 65% | 14% | $107K | B |
| 282 | Walker Alberta | 13,388 | 74% | 11% | $111K | B |
| 283 | Mono Ontario | 10,036 | 78% | 10% | $140K | B |
| 284 | Castlegar British Columbia | 9,465 | 71% | 11% | $81K | B |
| 285 | Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Ontario | 8,484 | 74% | 13% | $109K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 657 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Mono, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Neighbouring places to Mono, compared
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mono | 78% | 10% | $140K | 35.7 min | B | C+ |
| Orangeville 6.9 km | 75% | 11% | $104K | 33.2 min | C+ | A− |
| Amaranth 12.1 km | 78% | 9% | $128K | 38.8 min | B | D |
| Shelburne 17.1 km | 75% | 10% | $99K | 39.6 min | C+ | B+ |
| East Garafraxa 17.9 km | 81% | 8.7% | $134K | 37.1 min | B+ | C |
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 Mono, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- In work. How many residents held a job in May 2021, set against how many were 15 to 64. It reads a little high where many people work past 65, since below the municipality the census gives no breakdown of workers by age.
- Unemployment. It counts only people who wanted work and had none in May 2021, as a share of those working or searching; students and retirees who weren’t looking stay out of both sides.
- Household income. Taken from the 2021 Census, which asked about 2020: wages, pensions, investment income and government transfers together, before income tax, for the median household.
- 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.
- 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. 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. Statistics Canada’s monthly survey, published for metro areas and economic regions rather than towns: it gives a current rate beside the census’s 2021 one.
- 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.
Questions about work in Mono
Where do people in Mono work?
Only 18% work in Mono itself; the rest go first to Orangeville (680) and Brampton (360).
How many jobs are there in Mono?
About 1,415 people had their usual place of work in Mono at the 2021 census, 0.6 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 429 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Mono?
The census put unemployment at 10% 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 Mono?
Before tax, half the households in Mono had more than $140,200 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Mono get to work?
93% of commuters go by car, 0.9% take public transit, 3.5% walk and 0.5% cycle. On census day 29% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Mono?
On average 35.7 minutes; 28% take under 15 minutes and 18% take an hour or longer.
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).