Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Tecumseh top those of 92% of Canadian towns
Jobs were held by 70% of people aged 15 to 64 in Tecumseh in 2021, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns. 11,150 people have their usual place of work in Tecumseh, against 6,660 residents who travel to a job. The 2021 census put unemployment in Tecumseh at 13%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What the numbers say about work in Tecumseh
More unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 13% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 7.5%. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $109,000 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
A local job centre
With 11,150 jobs based in Tecumseh and 6,660 working residents, the ratio compares with 0.8 in the middle of Canadian towns. The daily tide ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 20.4 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 1.9% 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 Tecumseh: graded A−
Better than 79% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #92 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.
Work and the working-age population of Tecumseh
Of the 22 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Essex census division, 18 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
60% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 52%: many residents are past working age. In October 2026, 59% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. Pandemic rules were in force on census day, 11 May 2021; the Labour Force Survey shows how jobs have moved since.
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.
$109,000 a year: the median household in Tecumseh
Of the 22 other places of 2,500 or more in the Essex census division, 3 have a higher median. The middle of Ontario’s towns is $91,600, and Tecumseh is 19% above 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).
Every working day, Tecumseh’s workforce grows by 52%
About 2 people arrive to work in Tecumseh for each resident who goes out.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
A shorter commute than the middle of Canadian towns: 20.4 minutes from Tecumseh
An hour or more: 1.9% of commuters, under the 7.9% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 17.9 minutes. The middle of Ontario’s towns averages 28.6 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 35%, 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.
9,625 people come into Tecumseh to work, most from Windsor and Lakeshore
- Windsor5,335
- Lakeshore1,520
- Amherstburg695
- LaSalle660
- Essex645
- Kingsville430
- Leamington205
- Chatham125
- Windsor3,745
- Lakeshore780
- LaSalle200
- Essex120
- Leamington90
- Chatham55
- Kingsville50
- Amherstburg40
- Toronto25
- Kingston10
86% of the people who work in Tecumseh live outside it, 5,335 of them in Windsor, 9 km away. Outbound, Windsor takes the most: 3,745 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Leaving the car at home: 2.8% of commuters in Tecumseh
Only 19% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit takes 0.4% of commuters, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 96% 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).
37% more people are on EI in the Essex census division than in 2019
That is about 4.5 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. The highest month was April 2021: 30,890 people, 4.1 times the 2019 level.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: the Essex 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).
Tecumseh on foot: a C+ grade
Better than 44% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #707 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Tecumseh places 46th of 337 on jobs and income among Canadian towns of 17,900 to 34,500
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 5 | Woolwich Ontario | 31,382 | 82% | 6.2% | $115K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 12 | Wilmot Ontario | 22,890 | 81% | 6.8% | $115K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | North Perth Ontario | 18,168 | 83% | 5.7% | $84K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 44 | Auburn Bay Alberta | 18,296 | 77% | 9% | $126K | A− |
| 45 | Salmon Arm British Columbia | 20,891 | 78% | 7.9% | $75K | A− |
| 46 | Tecumseh Ontario | 25,554 | 70% | 13% | $109K | A− |
| 47 | Saint-Lambert Quebec | 23,355 | 83% | 6.8% | $88K | A− |
| 48 | Pelham Ontario | 19,980 | 76% | 8.6% | $110K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 337 | Parc-Extension Quebec | 29,066 | 61% | 16% | $48K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Tecumseh, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Tecumseh and its neighbours: work and income
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tecumseh | 70% | 13% | $109K | 20.4 min | A− | C+ |
| East Riverside 3.5 km | 64% | 17% | $96K | 20.8 min | B | C+ |
| Forest Glade 3.6 km | 56% | 20% | $76K | 19.2 min | C | B |
| Riverside 6.1 km | 64% | 18% | $74K | 19.9 min | C | B |
| Fontainebleau 6.8 km | 58% | 21% | $70K | 18.1 min | C | B |
| East Windsor 8.2 km | 57% | 21% | $64K | 19.6 min | C− | B+ |
| Devonshire 9.5 km | 60% | 18% | $89K | 18.3 min | B− | 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 Tecumseh, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. A monthly count of Employment Insurance beneficiaries for the whole census division. It tracks the local job market, but it is not an unemployment rate.
- 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. 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. The share of people 15 and over in the labour force, working or looking for work, who had no job on census day in May 2021.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about work in Tecumseh
How long is the commute from Tecumseh?
20.4 minutes is the average trip, with 35% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 1.9% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Tecumseh work?
23% work in Tecumseh itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Windsor (3,745), then Lakeshore (780).
How many jobs are there in Tecumseh?
The 2021 census counted about 11,150 people working in Tecumseh: 1.7 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 1,158 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Tecumseh?
Two figures answer it: 13% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 7.5% for the Windsor metro area in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Tecumseh?
Before tax, half the households in Tecumseh had more than $109,000 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Tecumseh get to work?
By car: 96% of commuters, 0.4% take public transit, 2% walk and 0.4% cycle; on census day 19% of those in work worked from home.
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).