Photo: Joe Mabel (on Flickr as Joe Mabel from Seattle, US) · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Stayner have higher incomes than those in 82% of Canadian towns
78% of people aged 15 to 64 in Stayner had a job at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. Jobs located in Stayner: 2,690, for 4,595 residents with a usual workplace. Of everyone in Stayner working or looking for work in May 2021, 9.4% were unemployed; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
The work figures that set Stayner apart
Work near the middle
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 78% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 61%. In work ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 30.2 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 13% 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 and income in Stayner earn B
Better than 59% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #233 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.
At 30.2 minutes, commutes from Stayner are longer than in the middle of Canadian towns
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 28.3 minutes. In the middle of Ontario’s towns, the average commute is 28.6 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 30%, fewer than the 31% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. An hour or more: 13% of commuters, above the 7.9% 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.
On a working day, Stayner loses more workers than it gains
Outbound commuters outnumber inbound ones about 2 to 1. 29% 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.
71% of Stayner’s residents in work leave it to work; Collingwood takes the most
- Collingwood1,080
- Alliston455
- Barrie445
- Angus230
- Wasaga Beach140
- Toronto120
- Springwater100
- Thornbury90
- Mississauga65
- Vaughan55
Wasaga Beach sends the largest group the other way, 350 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Who in Stayner has a job
All 17 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Simcoe census division have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 64% in work in October 2026. The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 67%. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 61%: many residents are past working age. The figures are a snapshot of 11 May 2021, when pandemic rules still kept many people out of work or at 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.
Household income in Stayner: $96,700 at the median
That puts Stayner 6% above the median of Ontario’s towns, $91,600. 7 of the 17 other places of 2,500+ in the Simcoe census division have a higher median. These are 2020 incomes, before tax, and they include pandemic benefits such as CERB, which lifted many lower incomes 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).
Leaving the car at home: 4.1% of commuters in Stayner
Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 20% against 21%. Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 95% of commuters.
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
Roughly 4.4 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number rose by 5%. February 2021 was the busiest month, with 31,440 people on EI, 3.2 times 2019’s average.
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 Simcoe 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 Stayner is: B−
Better than 48% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #691 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
For jobs and income, Stayner is 193rd of 536 Canadian towns of 11,600 to 22,400
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Saanich British Columbia | 12,986 | 85% | 5.9% | $121K | A+ |
| 2 | Sillery Quebec | 13,950 | 81% | 6.2% | $120K | A+ |
| 3 | Central Saanich British Columbia | 18,184 | 85% | 4.9% | $103K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 5 | Glebe-Dows Lake Ontario | 13,436 | 80% | 9.4% | $113K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 7 | Wellesley Ontario | 12,413 | 84% | 3.9% | $119K | A+ |
| 8 | Perth East Ontario | 13,423 | 86% | 3.9% | $96K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 191 | Côte-Saint-Antoine Quebec | 20,415 | 78% | 8.8% | $89K | B |
| 192 | Saint-Colomban Quebec | 19,080 | 80% | 5.4% | $100K | B |
| 193 | Clearview Ontario | 16,571 | 78% | 9.4% | $97K | B |
| 194 | Lower Sackville Nova Scotia | 20,171 | 73% | 10% | $84K | B |
| 195 | East Riverside Ontario | 15,758 | 64% | 17% | $96K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 536 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Stayner, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Stayner and its neighbours: work and income
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stayner | 78% | 9.4% | $97K | 30.2 min | B | B− |
| Wasaga Beach 10 km | 66% | 14% | $76K | 31.5 min | D | B− |
| Collingwood 13.1 km | 73% | 13% | $82K | 21.6 min | B | 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 Stayner, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Household income. Before-tax total income of the middle household for 2020, from the census. Neighbourhood medians are worked out from bracket counts, since Statistics Canada publishes none of their own.
- Trip times. Built from banded answers: each commuter’s usual one-way trip counts as the midpoint of the band they chose, and the result tends to sit slightly higher than Statistics Canada’s average.
- Where people commute. Only people with a usual place of work are in it: those who work from home or have no fixed site are not. Home and work are both counted by municipality.
- Employment Insurance. How many people in the census division drew Employment Insurance each month; it moves with layoffs and hiring, yet people who don’t qualify are absent from it.
- 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. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- Unemployment. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- 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 Stayner as part of Clearview, so every census figure on this page is the whole municipality’s.
Questions about work in Stayner
How do people in Stayner get to work?
Driving takes 95% of commuters to work, 3.8% walk and 0.3% cycle, and on census day 20% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Stayner?
About 30.2 minutes on average, with 30% under a quarter-hour and 13% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Stayner work?
29% work in Stayner itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Collingwood (1,080), then Alliston (455).
How many jobs are there in Stayner?
Some 2,690 people worked in Stayner at the 2021 census: 0.6 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 556 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Stayner?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 9.4% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Kitchener-Waterloo-Barrie economic region at 6.5% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Stayner?
Before tax, half the households in Stayner had more than $96,700 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
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).