Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Dunrobin has some of the highest household incomes of any Canadian town
On average, people in Dunrobin spend 28.4 minutes getting to work, next to 26 for the middle of Canadian towns. Working at home: 50% of its workers, where the middle of Canadian towns has 21%. Jobs were held by 76% of people aged 15 to 64 in Dunrobin in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%.
What the numbers say about work in Dunrobin
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household had $168,100 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Many work from home
On census day, 50% 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.
Dunrobin earns B+ for jobs and income
Better than 68% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #164 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 Dunrobin had $168,100 in 2020
No other place of 2,500 or more in the Ottawa census division has a higher median. Set beside Ontario’s towns, where the median is $91,600, Dunrobin sits 84% above. 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).
Before tax, 2020: higher than in almost any Canadian town.
0% of commuters in Dunrobin walk, cycle or take transit
Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 96% 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.
Who in Dunrobin has a job
Of the 102 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Ottawa census division, 66 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 61% in October 2026. Counting those looking for work too, 65% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 60% 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.
In the Ottawa census division, 55% more people receive EI than in 2019
Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 rose by 6%. The highest month was April 2021: 42,900 people, 3.3 times the 2019 level. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 3.7 are on EI.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries published for the Ottawa census division, not by town. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Walkability in Dunrobin: graded D
Better than 12% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #841 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Dunrobin is 212th of 699 Canadian towns of 4,000 to 7,700 people for jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 210 | Carlton Alberta | 5,502 | 73% | 9.7% | $120K | B+ |
| 211 | Oliver Paipoonge Ontario | 6,524 | 74% | 8% | $108K | B+ |
| 212 | Dunrobin Ontario | 5,724 | 76% | 7.6% | $168K | B+ |
| 213 | Altona Manitoba | 4,989 | 74% | 5.2% | $72K | B+ |
| 214 | Plessisville Quebec | 6,774 | 83% | 3.4% | $54K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 699 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Dunrobin, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Work next door to Dunrobin
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunrobin | 76% | 7.6% | $168K | 28.4 min | B+ | D |
| Pontiac 7.4 km | 75% | 6.8% | $98K | 37.5 min | C+ | C− |
| Brookside - Briarbrook - Morgans Grant 9 km | 73% | 9.3% | $139K | 26.3 min | B+ | A |
| Carp 9.4 km | 81% | 7.8% | $158K | 26.9 min | A | C+ |
| Des Explorateurs 10.5 km | 77% | 8.6% | $97K | 29.5 min | B | A |
| Kanata Lakes 12.6 km | 72% | 9.9% | $132K | 24 min | B+ | A |
| Beaverbrook 13 km | 73% | 11% | $107K | 24 min | B+ | 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 Dunrobin, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. How long getting to work normally takes, averaged from the census’s time bands at their middles; expect it to read slightly high against the timed figure.
- Employment Insurance. People receiving EI benefits each month, counted for the census division. It follows the local job market; it isn’t 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. 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.
- Which towns we compare. The comparison pool is places of 2,500 people or more, towns or neighbourhoods inside cities, without whole cities or reserves, and we compare with its median.
- Neighbourhood figures. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages stop at the municipality, so Ottawa’s page carries them; Dunrobin’s own figures sum its dissemination areas.
Questions about work in Dunrobin
How do people in Dunrobin get to work?
96% of commuters go by car. On census day 50% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How many jobs are there in Dunrobin?
Jobs and commuting flows exist only for Ottawa as a whole, and its page carries them.
What is the unemployment rate in Dunrobin?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 7.6% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Ottawa-Gatineau, Ontario part metro area at 7.3% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Dunrobin?
The census puts Dunrobin at $168,100 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $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).