Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Ramara has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.3 for each
14% of the labour force in Ramara was out of work at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. An hour or more each way is the commute for 17% of workers in Ramara; the average is 34.2 minutes. In 2020, a household at the middle of Ramara had $85,000 before tax, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns.
The work numbers behind Ramara
More unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 14% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 6.5% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 34.2 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 17% 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.
Jobs & income in Ramara: graded C−
Better than 18% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #660 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.
How many in Ramara have a job: 70% of 15-to-64s
Of the 17 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Simcoe census division, 6 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 48% of residents 15 and over were in work. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 64% in October 2026. The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 56%. The census was taken on 11 May 2021, mid-pandemic, when lockdowns had pushed unemployment up and sent many to work from home.
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.
Commuting times in Ramara
The middle of Ontario’s towns averages 28.6 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 20%, fewer than the 31% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 32 minutes.
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.
More of Ramara’s workers leave each day than arrive
Each person commuting in is matched by about 5 residents going out.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
84% of Ramara’s residents in work leave it to work; Orillia takes the most
- Orillia150
- Lindsay95
- Severn60
- Oro-Medonte30
- Gravenhurst25
- Beaverton20
- Keswick15
- Barrie15
- Richmond Hill10
- Stayner10
In the other direction the biggest source is Orillia, with 150.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
How Ramara’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 66% of Canadian towns.
That puts Ramara 7% below the median of Ontario’s towns, $91,600. Of the 17 other places of 2,500 or more in the Simcoe census division, 11 have a higher median. 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).
Without a car, 2.7% of Ramara’s commuters get to work
Transit takes 0.4% of commuters, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 95% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Working at home: 21%, close to 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).
In the Simcoe census division, 38% more people receive EI than in 2019
Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 5%. February 2021 was the busiest month, with 31,440 people on EI, 3.2 times 2019’s average. Roughly 4.4 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw 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). Ramara doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from the Simcoe census division.
Walkability in Ramara: graded D
Better than 12% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #843 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Ramara places 557th of 649 on jobs and income among Canadian towns of 8,100 to 15,600
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| 2 | North Saanich British Columbia | 12,986 | 85% | 5.9% | $121K | A+ |
| 3 | Sillery Quebec | 13,950 | 81% | 6.2% | $120K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 5 | Glebe-Dows Lake Ontario | 13,436 | 80% | 9.4% | $113K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 10 | Wellesley Ontario | 12,413 | 84% | 3.9% | $119K | A+ |
| 11 | Perth East Ontario | 13,423 | 86% | 3.9% | $96K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 555 | South Dundas Ontario | 11,943 | 72% | 10% | $78K | C− |
| 556 | Caledonia-Fairbank Ontario | 10,037 | 69% | 13% | $90K | C− |
| 557 | Ramara Ontario | 11,551 | 70% | 14% | $85K | C− |
| 558 | Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Quebec | 15,194 | 73% | 8.4% | $75K | C− |
| 559 | Hickory Woods Ontario | 14,247 | 65% | 15% | $93K | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 649 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Ramara, and others among Ontario’s towns.
The work picture around Ramara
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramara | 70% | 14% | $85K | 34.2 min | C− | D |
| Chippewas of Rama First Nation 9.2 km | 48% | 28% | $68K | 19.4 min | C− | B |
| Orillia 15.6 km | 66% | 15% | $71K | 23 min | C− | A |
| Severn 17.9 km | 74% | 11% | $94K | 30.4 min | C+ | 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 Ramara, 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. Sampled each month and released for regions rather than towns, so its rate describes the area around the town.
- In work. Everyone with a job, whatever their age, divided by the residents aged 15 to 64 at the 2021 Census: below the municipality the census doesn’t split work by age, and this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood can be given.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- Household income. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- 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. Statistics Canada’s place-of-work table counts people with a usual place of work by the municipality they live in and the one they work in. Jobs here are people whose usual workplace is in the municipality, wherever they live.
- 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 Ramara
What is the average household income in Ramara?
Before tax, half the households in Ramara had more than $85,000 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Ramara get to work?
Driving takes 95% of commuters to work, 0.4% take public transit, 2% walk and 0.3% cycle, and on census day 21% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Ramara?
About 34.2 minutes on average, with 20% under a quarter-hour and 17% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Ramara work?
17% work in Ramara itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Orillia (970), then Barrie (285).
How many jobs are there in Ramara?
Statistics Canada counted 248 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Ramara?
Two figures answer it: 14% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 6.5% for the Kitchener-Waterloo-Barrie economic region in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
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).