Fewer of Maple Leaf’s 15-to-64s are in work than in 87% of Canadian towns
Transit is the way to work for 25% of commuters here. Residents of Maple Leaf take 32.3 minutes to reach work on average; the middle of Canadian towns is 26. Half the households in Maple Leaf had more than $86,100 in 2020, before tax; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
The work figures that set Maple Leaf apart
Fewer people in work than most towns
In work at the 2021 census: 65% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 51% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 15% 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
Commutes take 32.3 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. 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.
Jobs & income in Maple Leaf: graded D
Better than 15% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #695 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.
The share of 15-to-64s in work in Maple Leaf: 65%
Of the 157 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Toronto census division, 56 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. Counting those looking for work too, 59% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 51% were working. The census was taken on 11 May 2021, mid-pandemic, when lockdowns had pushed unemployment up and sent many to work from 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.
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 27% of Maple Leaf’s commuters
Home was the workplace for 19%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. The car takes 71% of commuters here, under the 88% in the middle of Ontario’s 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.
Earnings at home in Maple Leaf: households
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 68% of Canadian towns.
Against the middle of Ontario’s towns ($91,600), Maple Leaf’s median is 6% below. Of the 157 other places of 2,500 or more in the Toronto census division, 78 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).
In the Toronto census division, 43% more people receive EI than in 2019
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 3.5 receive EI. Over the year to August 2026, the count 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). Maple Leaf doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from the Toronto census division.
Everyday places on foot in Maple Leaf: A+
Better than almost every Canadian town on two measures together, #143 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Maple Leaf next to Canadian towns of 7,000 to 13,600: 591st of 664 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 9 | Glebe-Dows Lake Ontario | 13,436 | 80% | 9.4% | $113K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 14 | Wellesley Ontario | 12,413 | 84% | 3.9% | $119K | A+ |
| 15 | Perth East Ontario | 13,423 | 86% | 3.9% | $96K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 589 | Daniel McIntyre Manitoba | 9,584 | 65% | 11% | $65K | C− |
| 590 | Brownsburg-Chatham Quebec | 8,466 | 73% | 9% | $66K | D |
| 591 | Maple Leaf Ontario | 10,040 | 65% | 15% | $86K | D |
| 592 | North Central Saskatchewan | 9,124 | 49% | 22% | $55K | D |
| 593 | Falconridge Alberta | 10,218 | 61% | 17% | $82K | D |
| … | ||||||
| 664 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Maple Leaf, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Maple Leaf and its neighbours: work and income
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Leaf | 65% | 15% | $86K | 32.3 min | D | A+ |
| Downsview 1.7 km | 67% | 14% | $83K | 35.5 min | D | A+ |
| Rustic 1.8 km | 56% | 18% | $66K | 36.4 min | D− | A+ |
| Yorkdale-Glen Park 1.9 km | 64% | 16% | $81K | 32.9 min | D | A+ |
| Brookhaven-Amesbury 2 km | 58% | 17% | $75K | 37.4 min | D− | A+ |
| Oakdale-Beverley Heights 2.4 km | 62% | 17% | $75K | 36.6 min | D− | A+ |
| Beechborough-Greenbrook 2.5 km | 60% | 17% | $63K | 40 min | D− | 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 Maple Leaf, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. 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. 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. Beneficiaries of Employment Insurance, month by month, for the census division rather than the town. Many jobless people don’t qualify, so it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- 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.
- Neighbourhood figures. We add up Maple Leaf’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 Maple Leaf
How do people in Maple Leaf get to work?
71% of commuters drive, 25% take public transit, 1.5% walk and 0.3% cycle; 19% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How many jobs are there in Maple Leaf?
Jobs are counted by municipality, not neighbourhood: the page for Toronto has the jobs based there and where its commuters go.
What is the unemployment rate in Maple Leaf?
At the 2021 census 15% 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 Maple Leaf?
The census puts Maple Leaf at $86,100 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $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).