Photo: Chicken4War · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.3 jobs for each resident in work, most of Tiny commutes out
Before tax, the typical household in Tiny brought in $88,000 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Jobs were held by 70% of people aged 15 to 64 in Tiny in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. From Tiny, the drive or ride to work averages 29.1 minutes, with 12% going an hour or longer.
The work figures that set Tiny apart
Work near the middle
With 70% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 48% of all adults employed. In work ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 29.1 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 12% take an hour or more. 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 Tiny earn C
Better than 30% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #550 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.
Time on the road to work from Tiny
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 27.7 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 26%, fewer 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.
Tiny empties a little on a working day
3,310 residents of Tiny had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 865 people had theirs in Tiny, wherever they lived.
It sends out some 8 workers for every one it takes in. The job is inside the municipality for 15% of its commuters.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
85% of Tiny’s residents in work leave it to work; Midland takes the most
- Midland1,215
- Penetanguishene515
- Barrie325
- Toronto125
- Springwater115
- Wasaga Beach100
- Oro-Medonte55
- Tay50
- Newmarket35
- Mississauga35
In the other direction the biggest source is Penetanguishene, with 85.
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 Tiny work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Who in Tiny has a job
Of the 17 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Simcoe census division, 5 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 54%. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 48% of residents 15 and over were in work. In October 2026, 64% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. 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.
How Tiny’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 72% of Canadian towns.
10 of the 17 other places of 2,500+ in the Simcoe census division have a higher median. Against the middle of Ontario’s towns ($91,600), Tiny’s median is 4% below. Incomes here are 2020’s and include the pandemic payments, CERB among them, that propped up the lower end.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
3.5% of commuters from Tiny go without a car
Home was the workplace for 20%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. 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).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
38% more people are on EI in the Simcoe census division 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%. The highest month was February 2021: 31,440 people, 3.2 times the 2019 level.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100). Figures for EI beneficiaries are published for the Simcoe census division as a whole, not for Tiny alone.
Getting around Tiny on foot earns C−
Better than 17% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #827 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
For jobs and income, Tiny is 395th of 581 Canadian towns of 9,900 to 19,200
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 393 | Unionville Ontario | 17,632 | 66% | 13% | $113K | C |
| 394 | Fontainebleau Ontario | 11,567 | 58% | 21% | $70K | C |
| 395 | Tiny Ontario | 14,195 | 70% | 12% | $88K | C |
| 396 | Mississauga Valleys Ontario | 11,799 | 68% | 13% | $95K | C |
| 397 | Kings County, Subdivision B Nova Scotia | 12,661 | 69% | 12% | $68K | C |
| … | ||||||
| 581 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Tiny, and others among Ontario’s towns.
How Tiny compares with the places nearby
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiny | 70% | 12% | $88K | 29.1 min | C | C− |
| Penetanguishene 9.5 km | 60% | 12% | $74K | 20.9 min | C | B+ |
| Midland 9.8 km | 66% | 13% | $70K | 21.8 min | C | A |
| Tay 17.7 km | 69% | 11% | $82K | 29.3 min | C− | 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 Tiny, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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 2020 income of the household at the midpoint, all sources and before tax. Inside a city we rebuild it from the dissemination areas’ income bands, so there it is an estimate.
- Trip times. How long getting to work normally takes, averaged from the census’s time bands at their middles; expect it to read slightly high against the timed figure.
- 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. People receiving EI benefits each month, counted for the census division. It follows the local job market; it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- Which towns we compare. The comparison pool is places of 2,500 people or more, towns or neighbourhoods inside cities, without whole cities or reserves, and we compare with its median.
Questions about work in Tiny
How many jobs are there in Tiny?
In June 2026, 333 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Tiny?
The census put unemployment at 12% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Kitchener-Waterloo-Barrie economic region at 6.5%.
What is the average household income in Tiny?
Tiny’s middle household had $88,000 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Tiny get to work?
By car: 95% of commuters, 0.8% take public transit, 2.5% walk and 0.2% cycle; on census day 20% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Tiny?
29.1 minutes is the average trip, with 26% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 12% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Tiny work?
Only 15% work in Tiny itself; the rest go first to Midland (1,215) and Penetanguishene (515).
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).