Photo: Silver Dovelet · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Stouffville top those of 97% of Canadian towns
For 13% of commuters in Stouffville, the trip to work lasts an hour or more; the average is 33.7 minutes. Working at home: 38% of its workers, where the middle of Canadian towns has 21%. Of Stouffville’s residents aged 15 to 64, 75% were employed when the 2021 census was taken; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%.
The short version on work in Stouffville
Higher incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $122,100 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 33.7 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 13% last an hour or longer. The trip to work ↓
Many work from home
38% of workers worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Getting to work ↓
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, Stouffville grades B−
Better than 49% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #310 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.
Before tax, the median household in Stouffville had $122,100
Against the middle of Ontario’s towns ($91,600), Stouffville’s median is 33% above. 25 of the 52 other places of 2,500+ in the York census division have a higher median. Read the incomes as 2020’s, before tax: pandemic benefits such as CERB are in them, and they raised many low incomes for 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).
Time on the road to work from Stouffville
Only 22% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 31% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 30.7 minutes. The middle of Ontario’s towns averages 28.6 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.
5.8% of commuters in Stouffville walk, cycle or take transit
By bus, train or subway: 3.2%, much as in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 92% 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).
Stouffville empties a little on a working day
Of those who commute, 30% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
70% of Stouffville’s residents in work leave it to work; Toronto takes the most
- Markham945
- Toronto815
- Keswick450
- Uxbridge445
- East Gwillimbury355
- Richmond Hill345
- Newmarket280
- Aurora255
- Pickering200
- Whitby160
- Toronto2,820
- Markham2,380
- Richmond Hill695
- Vaughan590
- Newmarket370
- Aurora310
- Mississauga225
- Uxbridge210
- Pickering130
- Brampton110
In the other direction the biggest source is Markham, with 945.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Stouffville at work: 75% of people aged 15 to 64
Of the 52 other places of 2,500 people or more in the York census division, 51 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Counting retirees, 59% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 62% in October 2026. Working or looking, 66% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. Statistics Canada counted on 11 May 2021, with much of the country under pandemic rules: more people were out of work or at home than usual.
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.
39% more people are on EI in the York census division than in 2019
Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 rose by 2%. At its peak, in April 2021, 58,380 people were on EI, 3.7 times the 2019 average. That is about 3.5 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Not measured by town: EI beneficiaries (the York 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).
Stouffville grades B+ for walkability
Better than 70% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #562 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
31st of 64: where Stouffville ranks among Canadian towns of 40,600 to 78,300
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boucherville Quebec | 41,910 | 82% | 5.2% | $111K | A |
| 2 | Langford British Columbia | 59,664 | 81% | 6.2% | $93K | A |
| 3 | St. Albert Alberta | 74,621 | 77% | 9.1% | $118K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 11 | Brant Ontario | 45,565 | 78% | 8.8% | $107K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 15 | Lakeshore Ontario | 45,954 | 71% | 13% | $114K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 17 | Timmins Ontario | 45,569 | 71% | 8.6% | $82K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 29 | Woodstock Ontario | 55,572 | 72% | 12% | $82K | B− |
| 30 | West Vancouver British Columbia | 47,929 | 70% | 9.4% | $105K | B− |
| 31 | Whitchurch-Stouffville Ontario | 58,010 | 75% | 11% | $122K | B− |
| 32 | Port Coquitlam British Columbia | 67,724 | 76% | 8.1% | $102K | B− |
| 33 | Sullivan British Columbia | 42,135 | 75% | 7.8% | $116K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 64 | Port-Maurice Quebec | 45,720 | 69% | 12% | $69K | D |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Stouffville, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Next to Stouffville: how nearby places compare
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stouffville | 75% | 11% | $122K | 33.7 min | B− | B+ |
| Greensborough 8.5 km | 69% | 13% | $122K | 34.9 min | C | A− |
| Upper Cornell 8.6 km | 71% | 12% | $130K | 33.7 min | C+ | B+ |
| Wismer Commons 8.7 km | 65% | 14% | $111K | 35.1 min | C− | A |
| Mount Joy 9.6 km | 69% | 15% | $129K | 33.8 min | C | A |
| Cornell 9.7 km | 70% | 11% | $118K | 35 min | C | B+ |
| Berczy Village 9.9 km | 62% | 15% | $113K | 34.1 min | C− | 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 Stouffville, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Employment Insurance. Monthly EI recipients across the census division: a pulse of the local job market rather than a measure of who is out of work.
- The Labour Force Survey. The most recent unemployment rate on the page comes from this monthly survey, which covers the wider metro area or economic region, not the town.
- In work. Why 15 to 64? Otherwise retirees would pull the rate down in older towns. The census can’t say how old a neighbourhood’s workers are, so the count of people in work takes every age.
- Unemployment. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- 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. 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. Jobs count everyone whose usual workplace lies in the municipality, residents or commuters from elsewhere, from Statistics Canada’s home-by-workplace table.
- 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 Stouffville as part of Whitchurch-Stouffville, so every census figure on this page is the whole municipality’s.
Questions about work in Stouffville
How many jobs are there in Stouffville?
Some 9,075 people worked in Stouffville at the 2021 census: 0.8 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 1,996 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Stouffville?
Two figures answer it: 11% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 7.1% for the Toronto metro area in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Stouffville?
The census puts Stouffville at $122,100 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Stouffville get to work?
Driving takes 92% of commuters to work, 3.2% take public transit, 2.3% walk and 0.3% cycle, and on census day 38% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Stouffville?
About 33.7 minutes on average, with 22% under a quarter-hour and 13% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Stouffville work?
30% work in Stouffville itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Toronto (2,820), then Markham (2,380).
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).