Photo: Michael from Calgary, AB, Canada · CC BY 2.0Households in Mulmur earn more than those in 95% of Canadian towns
For 31% of commuters in Mulmur, the trip to work lasts an hour or more; the average is 44.5 minutes. 76% of people aged 15 to 64 in Mulmur had a job at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. 315 people have their usual place of work in Mulmur, against 1,035 residents who travel to a job.
The work figures that set Mulmur apart
Higher incomes than most towns
At $117,300 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 44.5 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 31% 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Mulmur: B−
Better than 47% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #325 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 Mulmur had $117,300 in 2020
Of the 7 other places of 2,500 or more in the Dufferin census division, 3 have a higher median. Mulmur’s median is 28% above the middle of Ontario’s towns ($91,600). Because 2020 was the first year of the pandemic, emergency benefits make up 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).
How long the commute from Mulmur takes
Timed exactly, the average is 42.9 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of Ontario’s towns averages 28.6 minutes.
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.
A commuter town: Mulmur sends out more workers than it takes in
Each person commuting in is matched by about 5 residents going out. Of those who commute, 13% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
87% of Mulmur’s residents in work leave it to work; Alliston takes the most
- Alliston135
- Orangeville110
- Mississauga105
- Toronto95
- Brampton85
- Bolton50
- Shelburne50
- Stayner45
- Vaughan40
- Mono35
Of those coming in, Shelburne supplies the most: 40.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Work and the working-age population of Mulmur
Of the 7 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Dufferin census division, 2 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
65% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 58% of residents 15 and over were in work. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 64% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. 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.
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 2.6% of Mulmur’s commuters
Home was the workplace for 25%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 21%. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 96% 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).
EI claims in the Dufferin census division run 25% above their 2019 level
Roughly 4.4 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Compared with a year earlier, 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.
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). Mulmur shares its EI beneficiaries numbers with the rest of the Dufferin census division.
Everyday places on foot in Mulmur: C−
Better than 24% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #799 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Among Canadian towns of 2,700 to 5,100, Mulmur ranks 395th of 748 for jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Mount Royal Alberta | 2,758 | 83% | 12% | $188K | A+ |
| 2 | Central River Heights Manitoba | 2,736 | 84% | 5.4% | $137K | A+ |
| 3 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 10 | Red Lake Ontario | 4,285 | 77% | 5.1% | $111K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 12 | Perth South Ontario | 4,055 | 87% | 7.3% | $102K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 27 | McDougall Ontario | 3,002 | 82% | 9.6% | $93K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 393 | Anderson Walk British Columbia | 4,210 | 75% | 7.8% | $99K | B− |
| 394 | Bathurst New Brunswick | 4,840 | 71% | 11% | $73K | B− |
| 395 | Mulmur Ontario | 3,813 | 76% | 9.9% | $117K | B− |
| 396 | Bells Corners West Ontario | 4,422 | 74% | 9.9% | $85K | B− |
| 397 | Waterridge Village Ontario | 2,737 | 69% | 6.6% | $89K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 748 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,724 | 43% | 30% | $51K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Mulmur, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Work in and around Mulmur
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mulmur | 76% | 9.9% | $117K | 44.5 min | B− | C− |
| Adjala-Tosorontio 10 km | 77% | 9% | $118K | 37.7 min | B− | C− |
| Shelburne 16.3 km | 75% | 10% | $99K | 39.6 min | C+ | B+ |
| Melancthon 18.8 km | 78% | 7.8% | $100K | 35 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 Mulmur, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. Jobs count everyone whose usual workplace lies in the municipality, residents or commuters from elsewhere, from Statistics Canada’s home-by-workplace table.
- 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. 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.
- 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. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- 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.
Questions about work in Mulmur
What is the average household income in Mulmur?
The census puts Mulmur at $117,300 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Mulmur get to work?
96% of commuters go by car, 2.6% walk. On census day 25% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Mulmur?
On average 44.5 minutes; 11% take under 15 minutes and 31% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Mulmur work?
13% work in Mulmur itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Alliston (135), then Orangeville (110).
How many jobs are there in Mulmur?
About 315 people had their usual place of work in Mulmur at the 2021 census, 0.3 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 106 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Mulmur?
At the 2021 census 9.9% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Kitchener-Waterloo-Barrie economic region, gives 6.5% in October 2026.
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).