Photo: Annichou · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer of Overbrook’s 15-to-64s are in work than in 94% of Canadian towns
Median household income in Overbrook was $70,900 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Buses, trains and subways take 20% of its commuters to work. In May 2021, unemployment in Overbrook reached 15%, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns.
Where Overbrook stands out on work
Fewer people in work than most towns
The 2021 census found 58% of 15-to-64s with a job (73% in the middle of Canadian towns). Count every adult, retirees too, and the figure is 48%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 15% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 7.3% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $70,900 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
Many work from home
31% of workers worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Overbrook: D
Better than 13% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #713 of 866 in Ontario.
Its strongest measure is trip times; its weakest, the share of 15-to-64s in work.
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 Overbrook, 58% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
Of the 102 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Ottawa census division, 2 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
A more recent figure, for the wider area: 61% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. Counting those looking for work too, 57% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. Pandemic rules were in force on census day, 11 May 2021; the Labour Force Survey shows how jobs have moved since.
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.
What households in Overbrook earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 64% of Canadian towns.
93 of the 102 other places of 2,500+ in the Ottawa census division have a higher median. Against the middle of Ontario’s towns ($91,600), Overbrook’s median is 23% below. 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).
28% of commuters from Overbrook go without a car
Fewer drive than in the middle of Ontario’s towns: 67% against 88%. 31% of everyone in work worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns.
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
Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 6%. At its peak, in April 2021, 42,900 people were on EI, 3.3 times the 2019 average. That is about 3.7 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: one figure for all of the Ottawa 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).
How walkable Overbrook is: A+
Better than almost every Canadian town on two measures together, #106 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Among Canadian towns of 14,000 to 26,900, Overbrook ranks 378th of 456 for jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yellowknife Northwest Territories | 22,858 | 80% | 5.8% | $148K | A+ |
| 2 | Central Saanich British Columbia | 18,184 | 85% | 4.9% | $103K | A+ |
| 3 | Cap-Rouge Quebec | 17,139 | 81% | 4.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 17 | Wilmot Ontario | 22,890 | 81% | 6.8% | $115K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 26 | Thames Centre Ontario | 15,475 | 80% | 7.7% | $113K | A |
| 27 | North Perth Ontario | 18,168 | 83% | 5.7% | $84K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 376 | DT Fairview Ontario | 18,209 | 67% | 15% | $80K | D |
| 377 | Joliette Quebec | 22,408 | 67% | 8.4% | $53K | D |
| 378 | Overbrook Ontario | 19,953 | 58% | 15% | $71K | D |
| 379 | Guildford British Columbia | 14,663 | 69% | 10% | $81K | D |
| 380 | Downtown Yonge East Ontario | 18,251 | 69% | 14% | $71K | D |
| … | ||||||
| 456 | South Parkdale Ontario | 21,663 | 64% | 17% | $57K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Overbrook, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Overbrook and its neighbours: work and income
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overbrook | 58% | 15% | $71K | 25.3 min | D | A+ |
| Vanier South 1 km | 62% | 16% | $56K | 26.4 min | D− | A+ |
| Carson Grove - Carson Meadows 1.4 km | 70% | 9.9% | $87K | 25.5 min | C+ | A+ |
| Vanier North 1.8 km | 70% | 11% | $69K | 25.1 min | C− | A+ |
| Manor Park 2.4 km | 72% | 11% | $82K | 24.4 min | B− | A+ |
| Waterridge Village 2.4 km | 69% | 6.6% | $89K | 23.9 min | B− | A |
| Riverview 2.5 km | 69% | 12% | $76K | 23.5 min | C | 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 Overbrook, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. A monthly household survey by Statistics Canada, reported for metro areas and economic regions only. It supplies a recent rate next to the 2021 census figure.
- In work. Why 15 to 64? Otherwise retirees would pull the rate down in older towns. The census can’t say how old a neighbourhood’s workers are, so the count of people in work takes every 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. The 2020 income of the household at the midpoint, all sources and before tax. Inside a city we rebuild it from the dissemination areas’ income bands, so there it is an estimate.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. Every town and city neighbourhood with 2,500 residents or more; whole cities and First Nations reserves are left out. Each middle figure is a median.
- Neighbourhood figures. Overbrook’s census figures are summed from its dissemination areas. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages are published only for the whole municipality, so they are on Ottawa’s page.
Questions about work in Overbrook
What is the average household income in Overbrook?
The median household in Overbrook had $70,900 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Overbrook get to work?
Driving takes 67% of commuters to work, 20% take public transit, 6.7% walk and 1.1% cycle, and on census day 31% of those in work were at home.
How many jobs are there in Overbrook?
Jobs are counted by municipality, not neighbourhood: the page for Ottawa has the jobs based there and where its commuters go.
What is the unemployment rate in Overbrook?
The 2021 census found 15% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Ottawa-Gatineau, Ontario part metro area, is 7.3% (October 2026).
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).