Photo: Benjamin Pickles · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in Paris have higher incomes than those in 91% of Canadian towns
In May 2021, unemployment in Paris reached 8.8%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. Workers in Paris spend 28 minutes on the way to work on average, and 8% need an hour or more. Of Paris’ residents aged 15 to 64, 78% were employed when the 2021 census was taken, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns.
Paris at work: what stands out
Work near the middle
Counting everyone 15 and over, 60% were in work at the 2021 census; among those aged 15 to 64 it was 78%, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $107,100 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
On jobs and income, Paris grades B+
Better than 71% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #143 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.
What households earned in Paris: $107,100 in 2020
Against the middle of Ontario’s towns ($91,600), Paris’ median is 17% 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).
Paris is quieter on a working day than at night
28% of residents who commute work inside the municipality, against 70% in the middle of Canadian towns.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
72% of Paris’ residents in work leave it to work; Brantford takes the most
Inbound, the leader is Brantford (2,950).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
78% of working-age people in Paris have jobs
A larger share in work than in 63% of Canadian towns.
An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 60% of residents 15 and over were in work. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 63% in October 2026. Working or looking, 66% 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.
3.5% of commuters in Paris walk, cycle or take transit
The car is the way to work for 95% of commuters. Working at home: 22% here, 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).
28 minutes from Paris to work, over the middle of Canadian towns
Timed exactly, the average is 25 minutes (Statistics Canada). Only 27% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 31% in the middle of Ontario’s towns.
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.
In the Brant census division, 38% more people receive EI than in 2019
Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 5%. At its peak, in April 2021, 8,950 people were on EI, 3.1 times the 2019 average. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 5.1 receive EI.
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 Brant census division, Paris included.
Everyday places on foot in Paris: C+
Better than 43% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #716 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Paris next to Canadian towns of 31,900 to 61,500: 21st of 113 on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whitehorse Yukon | 34,129 | 82% | 5.6% | $112K | A+ |
| 2 | Arcola East Saskatchewan | 33,823 | 79% | 7.7% | $123K | A+ |
| 3 | Dieppe New Brunswick | 35,986 | 79% | 6.7% | $87K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 10 | Centre Wellington Ontario | 34,565 | 81% | 7.2% | $101K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 12 | LaSalle Ontario | 36,452 | 69% | 13% | $119K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | Victoriaville Quebec | 49,863 | 82% | 4.4% | $61K | B+ |
| 20 | Stratford Ontario | 36,097 | 76% | 11% | $77K | B+ |
| 21 | Brant Ontario | 45,565 | 78% | 8.8% | $107K | B+ |
| 22 | Duvernay Quebec | 37,460 | 80% | 6.3% | $111K | B+ |
| 23 | Spruce Grove Alberta | 44,575 | 75% | 10% | $107K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 28 | Lakeshore Ontario | 45,954 | 71% | 13% | $114K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 113 | Savane Quebec | 32,028 | 68% | 12% | $61K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Paris, and others among Ontario’s towns.
The work picture around Paris
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paris | 78% | 8.8% | $107K | 28 min | B+ | C+ |
| Brantford 9.6 km | 69% | 12% | $79K | 24.9 min | C | A− |
| Ayr 13.9 km | 81% | 7.4% | $127K | 26.5 min | A | B− |
| Plattsville 16.4 km | 81% | 6.9% | $107K | 29.4 min | A− | 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 Paris, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Who travels where, from the census: workers with a regular workplace, sorted by the municipality they live in and the one they work in.
- 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. 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. 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.
- 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.
- The municipality’s figures. Statistics Canada counts Paris as part of Brant, so every census figure on this page is the whole municipality’s.
Questions about work in Paris
What is the unemployment rate in Paris?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 8.8% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Brantford metro area at 6% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Paris?
Before tax, half the households in Paris had more than $107,100 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Paris get to work?
95% of commuters go by car, 0.2% take public transit, 3.2% walk and 0.1% cycle. On census day 22% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Paris?
On average 28 minutes; 27% take under 15 minutes and 8% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Paris work?
28% work in Paris itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Brantford (3,435), then Cambridge (1,145).
How many jobs are there in Paris?
About 9,720 people had their usual place of work in Paris at the 2021 census, 0.8 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 1,629 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
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).