Photo: Laslovarga · CC BY-SA 4.0Puslinch has some of the highest household incomes of any Canadian town
Jobs were held by 80% of people aged 15 to 64 in Puslinch in 2021, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%. Puslinch is the usual workplace of 3,445 people, and 2,205 of its own residents commute to a job. 31% of its workers worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What Puslinch’s work numbers say
More people in work than most towns
In work at the 2021 census: 80% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 59% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
At $134,100 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
A local job centre
With 3,445 jobs based in Puslinch and 2,205 working residents, the ratio compares with 0.8 in the middle of Canadian towns. The daily tide ↓
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, Puslinch grades A
Better than 86% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #60 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.
In and out of work in Puslinch
Of the 7 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Wellington census division, 4 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 70% in October 2026. Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 65%. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 59% of residents 15 and over were in work. 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.
Half the households in Puslinch had more than $134,100 in 2020
No other place of 2,500 or more in the Wellington census division has a higher median. Set beside Ontario’s towns, where the median is $91,600, Puslinch sits 46% above. That year, 2020, brought emergency benefits that count in these totals, before tax.
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.
A working day adds 36% to the people at work in Puslinch
For every resident who leaves Puslinch for work, about 2 people come in. Of those who commute, 18% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
3,046 people come into Puslinch to work, most from Guelph and Cambridge
88% of the people who work in Puslinch live outside it, 875 of them in Guelph, 10 km away. Outbound, Guelph takes the most: 785 people.
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 Puslinch work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Leaving the car at home: 2.9% of commuters in Puslinch
Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 96% of commuters go by car, truck or van.
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.
A commute like the middle of Canadian towns: 27.8 minutes from Puslinch
An hour or more: 7.4% of commuters, close to the middle of Ontario’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 24.6 minutes (Statistics Canada).
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.
34% more people are on EI in the Wellington census division than in 2019
The count topped out in April 2021 at 11,080 people, 3 times the 2019 average. Roughly 3.7 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 rose by 3%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Not measured by town: EI beneficiaries (the Wellington 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).
Walking in Puslinch earns D
Better than 12% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #838 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
For jobs and income, Puslinch is 95th of 690 Canadian towns of 6,000 to 11,600
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 93 | Portland Estates Nova Scotia | 10,164 | 77% | 8.9% | $87K | A |
| 94 | Casa Loma Ontario | 11,369 | 82% | 11% | $107K | A |
| 95 | Puslinch Ontario | 8,577 | 80% | 9.3% | $134K | A |
| 96 | Olds Alberta | 9,653 | 78% | 9.8% | $83K | A |
| 97 | Sargent Park Manitoba | 6,242 | 80% | 7.3% | $82K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 690 | Beasley Ontario | 6,338 | 49% | 17% | $47K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Puslinch, and others among Ontario’s towns.
How the places next to Puslinch compare on work
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puslinch | 80% | 9.3% | $134K | 27.8 min | A | D |
| Guelph 9.9 km | 74% | 11% | $93K | 24.2 min | B | A |
| Rockwood 13.1 km | 80% | 7.7% | $130K | 30.6 min | B+ | C+ |
| Freelton 15.2 km | 83% | 9.6% | $129K | 27.4 min | A | C+ |
| Cambridge 15.6 km | 72% | 12% | $93K | 26.3 min | B− | A− |
| Carlisle 16.6 km | 77% | 10% | $148K | 31.1 min | B | 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 Puslinch, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- Household income. Taken from the 2021 Census, which asked about 2020: wages, pensions, investment income and government transfers together, before income tax, for the median household.
- 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. Statistics Canada surveys households every month; the results come out for metro areas and economic regions, never for single towns, and keep the rate current after 2021.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about work in Puslinch
How do people in Puslinch get to work?
96% of commuters drive, 2.9% walk; 31% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Puslinch?
The average commute is 27.8 minutes; 28% of trips take under 15 minutes and 7.4% an hour or more.
Where do people in Puslinch work?
18% work in Puslinch itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Guelph (785), then Cambridge (305).
How many jobs are there in Puslinch?
The 2021 census found about 3,445 people with their usual workplace in Puslinch, or 1.6 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 475 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Puslinch?
At the 2021 census 9.3% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Guelph metro area, gives 6.1% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Puslinch?
Puslinch’s middle household had $134,100 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
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).