Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Greely are among the highest of any Canadian town
41% of its workers worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Residents of Greely take 27.4 minutes to reach work on average; the middle of Canadian towns is 26. Greely counted 77% of its 15-to-64s in jobs at the 2021 census, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%.
What the numbers say about work in Greely
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household had $157,200 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Many work from home
On census day, 41% 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.
Greely earns A− for jobs and income
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.
Median household income in Greely: $157,200 in 2020
That puts Greely 72% above the median of Ontario’s towns, $91,600. 6 of the 102 other places of 2,500+ in the Ottawa census division have a higher median. Incomes are for 2020, the first pandemic year, so CERB and other emergency payments are part of them.
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.
Walking, cycling or transit: 0.3% of Greely’s commuters
Hardly anyone takes transit to work, 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).
Who in Greely has a job
Of the 102 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Ottawa census division, 76 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 63% of residents 15 and over were in work. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 61% in October 2026. Working or looking, 68% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. 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.
EI claims in the Ottawa census division run 55% above their 2019 level
Roughly 3.7 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 rose by 6%. In April 2021 it reached 42,900, the most in the series and 3.3 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). Nobody publishes EI beneficiaries for Greely alone, so this card uses the figure for the Ottawa census division.
Getting around Greely on foot earns C−
Better than 17% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #824 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Out of 645 Canadian towns of 7,300 to 14,000, Greely comes 146th on jobs and income
| # | 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 Saanich British Columbia | 12,986 | 85% | 5.9% | $121K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 8 | Glebe-Dows Lake Ontario | 13,436 | 80% | 9.4% | $113K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Wellesley Ontario | 12,413 | 84% | 3.9% | $119K | A+ |
| 14 | Perth East Ontario | 13,423 | 86% | 3.9% | $96K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 144 | Cardinal Creek Ontario | 11,676 | 78% | 8.6% | $137K | A− |
| 145 | Pont-Rouge Quebec | 11,339 | 82% | 3.9% | $87K | A− |
| 146 | Greely Ontario | 10,359 | 77% | 7.7% | $157K | A− |
| 147 | Drayton Valley Alberta | 8,047 | 73% | 11% | $87K | A− |
| 148 | Canterbury Park Manitoba | 8,744 | 78% | 7.5% | $114K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 645 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Greely, and others among Ontario’s towns.
The places around Greely, side by side
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greely | 77% | 7.7% | $157K | 27.4 min | A− | C− |
| Manotick 7.4 km | 80% | 10% | $159K | 27.2 min | A | C+ |
| Findlay Creek 7.4 km | 72% | 11% | $133K | 25.3 min | B+ | A− |
| Riverside South - Leitrim 7.9 km | 77% | 8.6% | $142K | 26.4 min | A− | A− |
| Metcalfe 9.9 km | 79% | 6.6% | $133K | 27.4 min | A− | C+ |
| Rideaucrest - Davidson Heights 10 km | 73% | 9.3% | $139K | 26.1 min | B+ | A |
| Chapman Mills 10.8 km | 72% | 11% | $121K | 29 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 Greely, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- The Labour Force Survey. Monthly, and only for metro areas and economic regions. It is the up-to-date rate we set beside the census’s 2021 snapshot.
- 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. 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. Half of households had more than this before tax in 2020, half less, counting every source of income. For a neighbourhood we estimate the median from the income brackets of its dissemination areas.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. Any town of 2,500 or more counts, and so does any city neighbourhood that size; the city as a whole and First Nations reserves don’t. The middle is the median.
- Neighbourhood figures. The census reaches a neighbourhood only through its dissemination areas, and Greely’s figures add those up. Ottawa’s page has the commuting flows, which exist only for the whole municipality.
Questions about work in Greely
What is the unemployment rate in Greely?
The census put unemployment at 7.7% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Ottawa-Gatineau, Ontario part metro area at 7.3%.
What is the average household income in Greely?
The median household in Greely had $157,200 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Greely get to work?
93% of commuters drive, 0.3% walk; 41% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How many jobs are there in Greely?
Jobs and commuting flows exist only for Ottawa as a whole, and its page carries them.
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).