Photo: Chris Woodrich · CC BY-SA 4.0Strathroy’s household incomes are higher than in 73% of Canadian towns
The average trip to work from Strathroy is 23.2 minutes; 4.5% of commuters spend an hour or more getting there. In Strathroy, 77% of residents aged 15 to 64 were working in May 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. Unemployment in Strathroy stood at 8.9% on census day 2021, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns.
Where Strathroy stands out on work
Work near the middle
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 77% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 58%. In work ↓
More jobs than the typical town
With 7,880 jobs based in Strathroy and 7,615 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Strathroy: A−
Better than 75% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #114 of 866 in Ontario.
Its strongest measure is household income; its weakest, the share of 15-to-64s in work.
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 Strathroy: the working day evens out
7,615 residents of Strathroy had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 7,880 people had theirs in Strathroy, wherever they lived.
52% 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.
3,928 people come into Strathroy to work, most from London and Adelaide-Metcalfe
- London1,390
- Adelaide-Metcalfe440
- Glencoe310
- Middlesex Centre305
- Parkhill230
- Watford190
- Sarnia155
- Forest145
- Brooke-Alvinston85
- Chatham80
- London2,120
- Middlesex Centre345
- Adelaide-Metcalfe270
- Sarnia125
- St. Thomas85
- Forest80
- Parkhill65
- Glencoe60
- Exeter60
- Watford55
50% of the people who work in Strathroy live outside it, 1,390 of them in London, 27 km away. Of residents who leave for work, most head to London (2,120).
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 Strathroy work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Work and the working-age population of Strathroy
Of the 35 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Middlesex census division, 29 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 58% of residents 15 and over were in work. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 57% in October 2026. Counting those looking for work too, 63% of people aged 15 and over were 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.
Strathroy households: $89,100 a year at the median
Of the 35 other places of 2,500 or more in the Middlesex census division, 19 have a higher median. The middle of Ontario’s towns is $91,600, and Strathroy is 3% below it. 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).
Without a car, 5% of Strathroy’s commuters get to work
Transit takes 0.1% of commuters, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 94% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Home was the workplace for 18%, under the 21% 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.
How long the commute from Strathroy takes
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 20.9 minutes. The middle of Ontario’s towns averages 28.6 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 44%, more than the 31% 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
In the Middlesex census division, 43% more people receive EI than in 2019
That is about 4 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 3%. The highest month was April 2021: 26,630 people, 3.5 times the 2019 level.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: the Middlesex 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).
Everyday places on foot in Strathroy: B
Better than 59% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #627 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Strathroy places 53rd of 324 on jobs and income among Canadian towns of 18,500 to 35,800
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yellowknife Northwest Territories | 22,858 | 80% | 5.8% | $148K | A+ |
| 2 | Whitehorse Yukon | 34,129 | 82% | 5.6% | $112K | A+ |
| 3 | Arcola East Saskatchewan | 33,823 | 79% | 7.7% | $123K | A+ |
| 4 | Woolwich Ontario | 31,382 | 82% | 6.2% | $115K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 10 | Wilmot Ontario | 22,890 | 81% | 6.8% | $115K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | Middlesex Centre Ontario | 21,689 | 79% | 7.7% | $125K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 51 | Kitsilano British Columbia | 27,320 | 83% | 7.4% | $84K | A− |
| 52 | Fort Saskatchewan Alberta | 30,575 | 74% | 11% | $113K | A− |
| 53 | Strathroy-Caradoc Ontario | 26,497 | 77% | 8.9% | $89K | A− |
| 54 | Parcours-du-Cerf - Du Tremblay Quebec | 21,776 | 79% | 4.5% | $104K | B+ |
| 55 | Grande Prairie County No. 1 Alberta | 25,883 | 78% | 9.6% | $120K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 324 | Parc-Extension Quebec | 29,066 | 61% | 16% | $48K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Strathroy, and others among Ontario’s towns.
How the places next to Strathroy compare on work
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strathroy | 77% | 8.9% | $89K | 23.2 min | A− | B |
| Adelaide-Metcalfe 5.6 km | 86% | 5.9% | $107K | 25.6 min | A+ | C+ |
| Middlesex Centre 17.2 km | 79% | 7.7% | $125K | 25.7 min | A | C |
| River Bend 18.2 km | 73% | 12% | $132K | 23.6 min | A− | 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 Strathroy, 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. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- 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. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- 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. 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. 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 Strathroy as part of Strathroy-Caradoc, so every census figure on this page is the whole municipality’s.
Questions about work in Strathroy
How many jobs are there in Strathroy?
Some 7,880 people worked in Strathroy at the 2021 census: 1 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 701 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Strathroy?
Two figures answer it: 8.9% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 8.1% for the London metro area in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Strathroy?
At $89,100 before tax in 2020, the median household in Strathroy compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Strathroy get to work?
Driving takes 94% of commuters to work, 0.1% take public transit, 4.2% walk and 0.7% cycle, and on census day 18% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Strathroy?
About 23.2 minutes on average, with 44% under a quarter-hour and 4.5% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Strathroy work?
52% work in Strathroy itself; of those who leave, the most go to London (2,120), then Middlesex Centre (345).
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).