Photo: OldYorkGuy · CC BY-SA 3.0Danforth’s household incomes are higher than in 86% of Canadian towns
With 73% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, Danforth matches the middle of Canadian towns. A typical one-way commute from Danforth lasts 33.6 minutes, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Public transit carries 37% of its commuters.
What sets Danforth apart on jobs and income
Higher incomes than most towns
At $100,900 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 33.6 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Getting to work ↓
Many work from home
On census day, 54% of those in work were working at home; the middle of Canadian towns is 21%. 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, Danforth grades C
Better than 34% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #491 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.
Median household income in Danforth: $100,900 in 2020
Of the 157 other places of 2,500 or more in the Toronto census division, 34 have a higher median. That puts Danforth 10% above the median of Ontario’s towns, $91,600. 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).
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 44% of Danforth’s commuters
Fewer drive than in the middle of Ontario’s towns: 45% against 88%. Working at home: 54% here, 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.
In and out of work in Danforth
Of the 157 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Toronto census division, 110 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 65% of residents that age. Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 57%. By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 62% of the wider area’s adults in work. 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.
EI claims in the Toronto census division run 43% above their 2019 level
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 3.5 receive EI. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 rose by 1%. February 2021 was the busiest month, with 165,520 people on EI, 4 times 2019’s average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Data for EI beneficiaries covers the Toronto 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).
The Walkability grade for Danforth: A+
Better than almost every Canadian town on two measures together, #1 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
For jobs and income, Danforth is 464th of 641 Canadian towns of 6,600 to 12,600
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 12 | Wellesley Ontario | 12,413 | 84% | 3.9% | $119K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 16 | Alta Vista Ontario | 8,387 | 78% | 8.3% | $138K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 24 | West Perth Ontario | 10,080 | 88% | 5% | $92K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 462 | Gimli Manitoba | 6,914 | 76% | 11% | $71K | C |
| 463 | G-Section (bramalea) Ontario | 8,224 | 70% | 13% | $107K | C |
| 464 | Danforth Ontario | 9,364 | 73% | 12% | $101K | C |
| 465 | L'Épiphanie Quebec | 9,254 | 78% | 7% | $79K | C |
| 466 | Woodbine-Lumsden Ontario | 7,928 | 73% | 12% | $99K | C |
| … | ||||||
| 641 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Danforth, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Danforth and its neighbours: work and income
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danforth | 73% | 12% | $101K | 33.6 min | C | A+ |
| Danforth East York 0.4 km | 75% | 11% | $105K | 31.5 min | B− | A+ |
| Old East York 1.2 km | 72% | 12% | $100K | 29.5 min | C+ | A+ |
| Blake-Jones 1.4 km | 67% | 13% | $90K | 31.8 min | C− | A+ |
| Woodbine Corridor 1.4 km | 71% | 11% | $98K | 32.7 min | C | A+ |
| Greenwood-Coxwell 1.4 km | 70% | 12% | $98K | 33 min | C | A+ |
| Woodbine-Lumsden 1.7 km | 73% | 12% | $99K | 32.8 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 Danforth, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. 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.
- 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. Monthly, and only for metro areas and economic regions. It is the up-to-date rate we set beside the census’s 2021 snapshot.
- In work. We divide the number of employed residents by the number aged 15 to 64. Workers past 64 still count on top, because the 2021 Census crosses work with age only for whole municipalities; in return, a retirement town’s pensioners don’t drag the rate down.
- Which towns we compare. Every town and city neighbourhood with 2,500 residents or more; whole cities and First Nations reserves are left out. Each middle figure is a median.
- Neighbourhood figures. The census reaches a neighbourhood only through its dissemination areas, and Danforth’s figures add those up. Toronto’s page has the commuting flows, which exist only for the whole municipality.
Questions about work in Danforth
What is the unemployment rate in Danforth?
At the 2021 census 12% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Toronto metro area, gives 7.1% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Danforth?
Danforth’s middle household had $100,900 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Danforth get to work?
45% of commuters go by car, 37% take public transit, 5.7% walk and 2% cycle. On census day 54% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How many jobs are there in Danforth?
The census places jobs by municipality, so the answer is in Toronto’s figures, with the flows of its commuters.
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (Census Profile) · 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).