Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 3.0A larger share of people aged 15 to 64 are in work in Tavistock than in 95% of Canadian towns
2,025 people have their usual place of work in Tavistock, against 2,635 residents who travel to a job. The median household in Tavistock had $99,700 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Of everyone in Tavistock working or looking for work in May 2021, 5.7% were unemployed, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
What stands out about work in Tavistock
More people in work than most towns
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 86% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 67%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 5.7% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 7.6% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household had $99,700 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
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 Tavistock: A+
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; 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 Tavistock, 86% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
All 7 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Oxford census division have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Counting retirees, 67% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 58% in work in October 2026. 71% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. 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.
How Tavistock’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 85% of Canadian towns.
Set beside Ontario’s towns, where the median is $91,600, Tavistock sits 9% above. 2 of the 7 other places of 2,500+ in the Oxford census division 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).
Tavistock empties a little on a working day
For every person who comes in to work, about 1 residents travel out. 30% 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.
70% of Tavistock’s residents in work leave it to work; Woodstock takes the most
- Woodstock515
- Stratford320
- Kitchener230
- New Hamburg125
- Cambridge120
- London80
- Waterloo45
- Plattsville45
- Ayr40
- Perth East35
Of those coming in, Woodstock supplies the most: 255.
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 Tavistock work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Tavistock gets to work without a car for 6.3% of commuters
24% of everyone in work worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. The middle of Ontario’s towns has 3.2% walking; here, 5.8% do. Nearly everyone drives: 91% 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.
At 24.9 minutes, commutes from Tavistock are close to the middle of Canadian towns
The middle of Ontario’s towns averages 28.6 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 34% of commuters, against 31% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. Long trips are rarer than in the middle of Ontario’s towns: 5.4% take an hour or more, against 7.9%. Timed exactly, the average is 22 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.
EI claims in the Oxford census division run 34% above their 2019 level
At its peak, in April 2021, 6,560 people were on EI, 3.1 times the 2019 average. That works out to around 4.5 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 10%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: the Oxford 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).
Tavistock grades A− for walkability
Better than 75% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #533 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
For jobs and income, Tavistock is 28th of 680 Canadian towns of 6,100 to 11,800
| # | 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+ |
| 26 | Oromocto New Brunswick | 9,451 | 77% | 4.6% | $91K | A+ |
| 27 | Peace River Alberta | 7,220 | 76% | 7.9% | $99K | A+ |
| 28 | East Zorra-Tavistock Ontario | 8,710 | 86% | 5.7% | $100K | A+ |
| 29 | Willowgrove Saskatchewan | 9,787 | 77% | 7% | $128K | A |
| 30 | Hautes-Plaines Quebec | 6,353 | 79% | 5.9% | $99K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 680 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Tavistock, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Neighbouring places to Tavistock, compared
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tavistock | 86% | 5.7% | $100K | 24.9 min | A+ | A− |
| Woodstock 12.2 km | 72% | 12% | $82K | 22.7 min | B− | B+ |
| Thamesford 17.1 km | 85% | 7.9% | $107K | 26.8 min | A | 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 Tavistock, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada’s monthly survey, published for metro areas and economic regions rather than towns: it gives a current rate beside the census’s 2021 one.
- In work. People in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64 (2021 Census). The census doesn’t cross work with age below the municipality, so this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood has; retirees don’t weigh on it.
- 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. What the median household took in during 2020 before tax, as the census recorded it; an estimate built from income groups when the place is a neighbourhood.
- 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. Counts of workers with a fixed workplace, by where they live and where they work, both taken as whole municipalities; the jobs figure takes everyone who works here, wherever home is.
- 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.
- 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 Tavistock as part of East Zorra-Tavistock, so every census figure on this page is the whole municipality’s.
Questions about work in Tavistock
What is the average household income in Tavistock?
Before tax, half the households in Tavistock had more than $99,700 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Tavistock get to work?
91% of commuters drive, 5.8% walk and 0.5% cycle; 24% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Tavistock?
The average commute is 24.9 minutes; 34% of trips take under 15 minutes and 5.4% an hour or more.
Where do people in Tavistock work?
30% work in Tavistock itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Woodstock (515), then Stratford (320).
How many jobs are there in Tavistock?
The 2021 census found about 2,025 people with their usual workplace in Tavistock, or 0.8 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 346 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Tavistock?
The 2021 census found 5.7% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the London economic region, is 7.6% (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).