Photo: GTD Aquitaine · Public domainThe share of 15-to-64s with a job in Ionview trails that of 91% of Canadian towns
On average, people in Ionview spend 38.9 minutes getting to work, next to 26 for the middle of Canadian towns. Transit is the way to work for 38% of commuters here. In 2020, a household at the middle of Ionview had $76,900 before tax; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
What stands out about work in Ionview
Fewer people in work than most towns
Counting everyone 15 and over, 50% were in work at the 2021 census; among those aged 15 to 64 it was 62%, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 16% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 7.1% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 38.9 minutes; the middle of Canadian towns is 26. 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, Ionview grades D
Better than 6% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #807 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.
In Ionview, 62% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
Of the 157 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Toronto census division, 35 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 60% of residents that age. In October 2026, 62% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. Census day was 11 May 2021, in the pandemic’s third wave: unemployment ran high and many worked from home, so these figures describe that spring rather than today.
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.
Walking, cycling or transit: 40% of Ionview’s commuters
Working at home: 21%, close to the middle of Canadian towns. Fewer drive than in the middle of Ontario’s towns: 54% against 88%.
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.
Earnings at home in Ionview: households
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 50% of Canadian towns.
The middle of Ontario’s towns is $91,600, and Ionview is 16% below it. Of the 157 other places of 2,500 or more in the Toronto census division, 123 have a higher median. Read the incomes as 2020’s, before tax: pandemic benefits such as CERB are in them, and they raised many low incomes for 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).
In the Toronto census division, 43% more people receive EI than in 2019
For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 3.5 are on EI. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 rose by 1%. The highest month was February 2021: 165,520 people, 4 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). For EI beneficiaries, the only official count covers all of the Toronto census division, Ionview included.
Walkability in Ionview: graded A+
Better than almost every Canadian town on two measures together, #165 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Ionview next to Canadian towns of 9,400 to 18,100
| # | 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 | Cap-Rouge Quebec | 17,139 | 81% | 4.3% | $126K | A+ |
| 4 | Glebe-Dows Lake Ontario | 13,436 | 80% | 9.4% | $113K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 6 | Wellesley Ontario | 12,413 | 84% | 3.9% | $119K | A+ |
| 7 | Perth East Ontario | 13,423 | 86% | 3.9% | $96K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 566 | New Toronto Ontario | 11,502 | 68% | 13% | $69K | D |
| 567 | Humbermede Ontario | 16,959 | 60% | 16% | $78K | D |
| 568 | Ionview Ontario | 13,382 | 62% | 16% | $77K | D |
| 569 | Étienne Desmarteaux Quebec | 16,603 | 73% | 9.9% | $57K | D |
| 570 | DT Hospital Ontario | 12,384 | 64% | 15% | $70K | D− |
| … | ||||||
| 591 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Ionview, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Work in the places around Ionview
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ionview | 62% | 16% | $77K | 38.9 min | D | A+ |
| Kennedy Park 1.4 km | 57% | 18% | $71K | 39.7 min | D− | A+ |
| Clairlea-Birchmount 2.2 km | 63% | 15% | $92K | 36.9 min | D | A+ |
| Eglinton East 2.3 km | 60% | 17% | $74K | 38.1 min | D− | A+ |
| Bendale South 2.5 km | 61% | 15% | $93K | 36.3 min | D | A+ |
| Victoria Village 2.9 km | 63% | 17% | $69K | 34.9 min | D− | A+ |
| Cliffcrest 3 km | 64% | 15% | $96K | 35.7 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 Ionview, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Unemployment. Of everyone 15 or older who was working or job-hunting in the census week, the part still looking. Someone not seeking work isn’t in it at all.
- 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. The census asks how long the trip to work usually takes, in bands; our average uses each band’s middle, so it runs a little above Statistics Canada’s timed average.
- Employment Insurance. Statistics Canada counts EI beneficiaries each month by census division. Seasonal work makes it swing, so read it as a trend, not a jobless rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada surveys households every month; the results come out for metro areas and economic regions, never for single towns, and keep the rate current after 2021.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. Any town of 2,500 or more counts, and so does any city neighbourhood that size; the city as a whole and First Nations reserves don’t. The middle is the median.
- Neighbourhood figures. Ionview’s census figures are summed from its dissemination areas. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages are published only for the whole municipality, so they are on Toronto’s page.
Questions about work in Ionview
How do people in Ionview get to work?
54% of commuters go by car, 38% take public transit and 2.3% walk. On census day 21% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How many jobs are there in Ionview?
Statistics Canada counts jobs for whole municipalities only; Toronto has the total and the commuting flows.
What is the unemployment rate in Ionview?
The census put unemployment at 16% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Toronto metro area at 7.1%.
What is the average household income in Ionview?
At $76,900 before tax in 2020, the median household in Ionview compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
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).