Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes put Carp near the very top of Canadian towns
In Carp, 81% of residents aged 15 to 64 were working in May 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. Working at home: 48% of its workers, where the middle of Canadian towns has 21%. On average, people in Carp spend 26.9 minutes getting to work, next to 26 for the middle of Canadian towns.
What sets Carp apart on jobs and income
More people in work than most towns
Counting everyone 15 and over, 63% were in work at the 2021 census; among those aged 15 to 64 it was 81%, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household had $157,500 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Many work from home
On census day, 48% of those in work were working at home; the middle of Canadian towns is 21%. 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.
Jobs and income in Carp earn A
Better than 90% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #37 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.
In and out of work in Carp
Of the 102 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Ottawa census division, 98 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 67%. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 63% of residents 15 and over were in work. For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 61% in work in October 2026. 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.
The median household in Carp had $157,500 in 2020
Of the 102 other places of 2,500 or more in the Ottawa census division, 5 have a higher median. Against the middle of Ontario’s towns ($91,600), Carp’s median is 72% above. Incomes here are 2020’s and include the pandemic payments, CERB among them, that propped up the lower end.
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.
Leaving the car at home: 3.6% of commuters in Carp
Nearly everyone drives: 91% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Few ride transit: 2.3%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%.
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.
EI claims in the Ottawa census division run 55% above their 2019 level
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 3.7 receive EI. Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 6%. The highest month was April 2021: 42,900 people, 3.3 times the 2019 level.
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). For EI beneficiaries, the only official count covers all of the Ottawa census division, Carp included.
Carp grades C+ for walkability
Better than 42% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #719 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
For jobs and income, Carp is 74th of 712 Canadian towns of 3,900 to 7,600
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 2 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | North River Heights Manitoba | 7,228 | 82% | 8.4% | $143K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 5 | Sioux Lookout Ontario | 6,122 | 79% | 5.7% | $103K | A+ |
| 6 | Red Lake Ontario | 4,285 | 77% | 5.1% | $111K | A+ |
| 7 | Perth South Ontario | 4,055 | 87% | 7.3% | $102K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 72 | Rhatigan Ridge Alberta | 7,066 | 77% | 9.7% | $161K | A |
| 73 | Westmount Alberta | 4,961 | 80% | 11% | $89K | A |
| 74 | Carp Ontario | 5,621 | 81% | 7.8% | $158K | A |
| 75 | Southwold Ontario | 5,473 | 78% | 12% | $105K | A |
| 76 | Sparwood British Columbia | 4,486 | 79% | 7.1% | $111K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 712 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Carp, and others among Ontario’s towns.
How the places next to Carp compare on work
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carp | 81% | 7.8% | $158K | 26.9 min | A | C+ |
| Brookside - Briarbrook - Morgans Grant 7.4 km | 73% | 9.3% | $139K | 26.3 min | B+ | A |
| Kanata Lakes 8.4 km | 72% | 9.9% | $132K | 24 min | B+ | A |
| Dunrobin 9.4 km | 76% | 7.6% | $168K | 28.4 min | B+ | D |
| Corkery 9.5 km | 83% | 4.7% | $158K | 29.5 min | A | D |
| Beaverbrook 10.4 km | 73% | 11% | $107K | 24 min | B+ | A+ |
| Stittsville North 10.7 km | 78% | 8.3% | $133K | 25.1 min | A | 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 Carp, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Trip times. Built from banded answers: each commuter’s usual one-way trip counts as the midpoint of the band they chose, and the result tends to sit slightly higher than Statistics Canada’s 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. 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.
- In work. People in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64 (2021 Census). The census doesn’t cross work with age below the municipality, so this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood has; retirees don’t weigh on it.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- 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.
- 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. We add up Carp’s dissemination areas for its census figures. Flows between places and timed averages exist only for the whole municipality: see Ottawa’s page.
Questions about work in Carp
How do people in Carp get to work?
91% of commuters go by car, 2.3% take public transit and 1.3% walk. On census day 48% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How many jobs are there in Carp?
Statistics Canada counts jobs for whole municipalities only; Ottawa has the total and the commuting flows.
What is the unemployment rate in Carp?
Two figures answer it: 7.8% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 7.3% for the Ottawa-Gatineau, Ontario part metro area in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Carp?
At $157,500 before tax in 2020, the median household in Carp compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
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).