Photo: Michael Gil from Calgary, AB, Canada · CC BY 2.0Households in Junction Area earn more than those in 82% of Canadian towns
Buses, trains and subways take 25% of its commuters to work. Workers in Junction Area spend 33.5 minutes on the way to work on average (26 in the middle of Canadian towns). With 73% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, Junction Area matches the middle of Canadian towns.
What stands out about work in Junction Area
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 33.5 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Getting to work ↓
Many work from home
On census day, 47% 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.
Junction Area grades C for jobs and income
Better than 34% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #488 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.
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 42% of Junction Area’s commuters
More people cycle to work here than in the middle of Ontario’s towns: 4.6% against 0.2%. The car takes 52% of commuters here, under the 88% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. Working at home: 47% 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.
How many in Junction Area were working in 2021
Of the 157 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Toronto census division, 122 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 62% in October 2026. May 2021, when the census was taken, was a pandemic spring; unemployment has come down since, as the Labour Force Survey records.
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.
Half the households in Junction Area had more than $96,600 in 2020
Junction Area’s median is 5% above the middle of Ontario’s towns ($91,600). 42 of the 157 other places of 2,500+ in the Toronto census division have a higher median. 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).
EI claims in the Toronto census division run 43% above their 2019 level
Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 rose by 1%. At its peak, in February 2021, 165,520 people were on EI, 4 times the 2019 average. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 3.5 receive EI.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: 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).
Junction Area earns A+ for walkability
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.
Junction Area places 360th of 581 on jobs and income among 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 358 | Borden Farm - Fisher Glen Ontario | 11,100 | 68% | 13% | $84K | C |
| 359 | Vieux-Moulin Quebec | 15,935 | 76% | 9.7% | $53K | C |
| 360 | Junction Area Ontario | 14,205 | 73% | 13% | $97K | C |
| 361 | Spring Valley Ontario | 12,564 | 70% | 13% | $131K | C |
| 362 | Wîhkwêntôwin Alberta | 19,050 | 76% | 12% | $64K | C |
| … | ||||||
| 581 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Junction Area, and others among Ontario’s towns.
The places around Junction Area, side by side
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junction Area | 73% | 13% | $97K | 33.5 min | C | A+ |
| High Park North 1.2 km | 76% | 13% | $85K | 35.1 min | C | A+ |
| Weston-Pelham Park 1.2 km | 62% | 15% | $89K | 39 min | D | A+ |
| Runnymede-Bloor West Village 1.5 km | 77% | 9.6% | $146K | 30.8 min | B | A+ |
| Junction-Wallace Emerson 2.1 km | 70% | 14% | $86K | 34 min | C− | A+ |
| Rockcliffe-Smythe 2.1 km | 62% | 14% | $71K | 38.3 min | D− | A+ |
| Lambton Baby Point 2.1 km | 69% | 13% | $110K | 31 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 Junction Area, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. How many residents held a job in May 2021, set against how many were 15 to 64. It reads a little high where many people work past 65, since below the municipality the census gives no breakdown of workers by age.
- Unemployment. The census-week jobless rate for residents 15 and over. Its base is the labour force, those employed plus those actively looking.
- Household income. Half of households had more than this before tax in 2020, half less, counting every source of income. For a neighbourhood we estimate the median from the income brackets of its dissemination areas.
- Trip times. One way, on a usual day, from the census’s travel-time bands. Band midpoints overstate it a little next to the figure Statistics Canada times.
- 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.
- Neighbourhood figures. We add up Junction Area’s dissemination areas for its census figures. Flows between places and timed averages exist only for the whole municipality: see Toronto’s page.
Questions about work in Junction Area
How many jobs are there in Junction Area?
The census places jobs by municipality, so the answer is in Toronto’s figures, with the flows of its commuters.
What is the unemployment rate in Junction Area?
The 2021 census found 13% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Toronto metro area, is 7.1% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Junction Area?
Junction Area’s middle household had $96,600 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Junction Area get to work?
52% of commuters go by car, 25% take public transit, 12% walk and 4.6% cycle. On census day 47% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
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).