Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Plattsville’s household incomes are higher than in 91% of Canadian towns
Plattsville is the usual workplace of 870 people, and 2,325 of its own residents commute to a job. Jobs were held by 81% of people aged 15 to 64 in Plattsville in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. Of everyone in Plattsville working or looking for work in May 2021, 6.9% were unemployed, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
Jobs and income in Plattsville: what the figures say
More people in work than most towns
Counting everyone 15 and over, 64% 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 ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
6.9% of the labour force was out of work at the 2021 census (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns); the Labour Force Survey had the area at 7.6% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $107,300 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 29.4 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 7.1% last an hour or longer. The trip 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 Plattsville: A−
Better than 78% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #95 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.
Work and the working-age population of Plattsville
Of the 7 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Oxford census division, 5 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Counting those looking for work too, 69% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 64% were working. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 58% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. May 2021, when the census was taken, was a pandemic spring; unemployment has come down since, as the Labour Force Survey records.
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.
Before tax, the median household in Plattsville had $107,300
The middle of Ontario’s towns is $91,600, and Plattsville is 17% above it. No other place of 2,500 or more in the Oxford census division has a higher median. CERB and the other emergency payments of 2020 are counted in these incomes, which lifted the lower ones that year.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
At 29.4 minutes, commutes from Plattsville are longer than in the middle of Canadian towns
Timed exactly, the average is 27.1 minutes (Statistics Canada). Only 20% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 31% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. An hour or more: 7.1% of commuters, close to 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
Plattsville empties a little on a working day
It sends out some 4 workers for every one it takes in. 13% 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.
87% of Plattsville’s residents in work leave it to work; Cambridge takes the most
In the other direction the biggest source is Paris, with 125.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
2021 Census, people with a usual place of work: where residents of Plattsville work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Leaving the car at home: 1.7% of commuters in Plattsville
Nearly everyone drives: 97% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Working at home: 25% here, 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% 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.
34% more people are on EI in the Oxford census division than in 2019
April 2021 was the busiest month, with 6,560 people on EI, 3.1 times 2019’s average. Roughly 4.5 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 10%.
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). Plattsville doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from the Oxford census division.
Plattsville on foot: a C grade
Better than 30% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #777 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
141st of 673: where Plattsville ranks among Canadian towns of 5,800 to 11,100
| # | 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 River Heights Manitoba | 7,228 | 82% | 8.4% | $143K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 6 | Sioux Lookout Ontario | 6,122 | 79% | 5.7% | $103K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 16 | Alta Vista Ontario | 8,387 | 78% | 8.3% | $138K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 25 | West Perth Ontario | 10,080 | 88% | 5% | $92K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 139 | Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval Quebec | 9,084 | 86% | 4.5% | $103K | A− |
| 140 | Coteau-du-Lac Quebec | 7,839 | 82% | 5% | $91K | A− |
| 141 | Blandford-Blenheim Ontario | 8,251 | 81% | 6.9% | $107K | A− |
| 142 | Whitecourt Alberta | 10,708 | 71% | 14% | $100K | A− |
| 143 | Hillhurst Alberta | 8,435 | 72% | 8.6% | $106K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 673 | Beasley Ontario | 6,338 | 49% | 17% | $47K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Plattsville, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Work in and around Plattsville
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plattsville | 81% | 6.9% | $107K | 29.4 min | A− | C |
| Ayr 13.4 km | 81% | 7.4% | $127K | 26.5 min | A | B− |
| Paris 16.4 km | 78% | 8.8% | $107K | 28 min | B+ | C+ |
| Rosenberg 17.9 km | 70% | 9.4% | $112K | 27.7 min | B− | A− |
| Huron South 18 km | 80% | 9% | $120K | 28.2 min | A− | C+ |
| Woodstock 18.4 km | 72% | 12% | $82K | 22.7 min | B− | B+ |
| Doon South 18.7 km | 72% | 9.4% | $136K | 28.4 min | B− | B− |
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 Plattsville, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Our average assumes everyone in, say, the 15-to-29-minute band takes 22 minutes. Across all the bands that runs a shade above Statistics Canada’s measured average.
- Where people commute. Jobs count everyone whose usual workplace lies in the municipality, residents or commuters from elsewhere, from Statistics Canada’s home-by-workplace table.
- 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. Monthly, and only for metro areas and economic regions. It is the up-to-date rate we set beside the census’s 2021 snapshot.
- 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.
- The municipality’s figures. Statistics Canada counts Plattsville as part of Blandford-Blenheim, so every census figure on this page is the whole municipality’s.
Questions about work in Plattsville
Where do people in Plattsville work?
13% work in Plattsville itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Cambridge (345), then Kitchener (325).
How many jobs are there in Plattsville?
About 870 people had their usual place of work in Plattsville at the 2021 census, 0.4 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 250 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Plattsville?
At the 2021 census 6.9% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the London economic region, gives 7.6% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Plattsville?
Plattsville’s middle household had $107,300 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Plattsville get to work?
97% of commuters go by car, 1.7% walk. On census day 25% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Plattsville?
On average 29.4 minutes; 20% take under 15 minutes and 7.1% take an hour or longer.
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).