Photo: Jeff Hitchcock from Seattle, WA, USA · CC BY 2.0Morningside has a smaller share of its working-age people in jobs than 90% of Canadian towns
When the 2021 census was taken, 16% of people in Morningside who wanted a job had none; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. A typical one-way commute from Morningside lasts 35.8 minutes, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Half the households in Morningside had more than $85,900 in 2020, before tax, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns.
The work figures that set Morningside apart
Fewer people in work than most towns
In work at the 2021 census: 63% 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
On census day in 2021 16% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 7.1%. Unemployment ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 35.8 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.
Morningside grades D for jobs and income
Better than 11% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #740 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.
How many in Morningside have a job: 63% of 15-to-64s
Of the 157 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Toronto census division, 43 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
60% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 51%: many residents are past working age. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 62% in October 2026. 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.
27% of commuters from Morningside go without a car
69% drive to work, fewer than the 88% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. Working at home: 22% here, 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. By transit: 26% of commuters, well above the 5.6% 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).
What households in Morningside earn
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 67% of Canadian towns.
Set beside Ontario’s towns, where the median is $91,600, Morningside sits 6% below. Of the 157 other places of 2,500 or more in the Toronto census division, 80 have a higher median. The year is 2020: emergency benefits like CERB count in these incomes, and they raised the bottom of the range.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
43% more people are on EI in the Toronto census division than in 2019
February 2021 was the busiest month, with 165,520 people on EI, 4 times 2019’s average. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 3.5 are on EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number rose by 1%.
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). Nobody publishes EI beneficiaries for Morningside alone, so this card uses the figure for the Toronto census division.
Walkability in Morningside: graded A+
Better than almost every Canadian town on two measures together, #193 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Morningside places 452nd of 521 on jobs and income among Canadian towns of 12,400 to 23,900
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yellowknife Northwest Territories | 22,858 | 80% | 5.8% | $148K | A+ |
| 2 | North Saanich British Columbia | 12,986 | 85% | 5.9% | $121K | A+ |
| 3 | Sillery Quebec | 13,950 | 81% | 6.2% | $120K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 6 | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 450 | North Toronto Ontario | 16,007 | 74% | 13% | $71K | D |
| 451 | Pointe-Saint-Charles Quebec | 15,181 | 71% | 9.4% | $65K | D |
| 452 | Morningside Ontario | 17,708 | 63% | 16% | $86K | D |
| 453 | E-F-K-Section (bramalea) Ontario | 13,596 | 65% | 14% | $81K | D |
| 454 | Henry Farm Ontario | 19,953 | 68% | 14% | $80K | D |
| … | ||||||
| 521 | Oakridge Ontario | 13,913 | 51% | 21% | $60K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Morningside, and others among Ontario’s towns.
The work picture around Morningside
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morningside | 63% | 16% | $86K | 35.8 min | D | A+ |
| West Hill 2.5 km | 59% | 17% | $78K | 39.1 min | D− | A+ |
| Highland Creek 2.7 km | 67% | 15% | $127K | 34.9 min | C | A+ |
| Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn 2.7 km | 59% | 17% | $79K | 37.2 min | D | A+ |
| Malvern East 2.7 km | 63% | 16% | $88K | 36.9 min | D | A+ |
| Malvern West 2.8 km | 61% | 18% | $89K | 36.3 min | D | A+ |
| Woburn North 2.8 km | 62% | 16% | $77K | 36.4 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 Morningside, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Employment Insurance. How many people in the census division drew Employment Insurance each month; it moves with layoffs and hiring, yet people who don’t qualify are absent from it.
- 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. 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.
- Unemployment. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- 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. 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.
- Which towns we compare. Comparisons are with the median of Canadian towns and city neighbourhoods counting 2,500 people or more, reserves and entire cities excluded.
- Neighbourhood figures. Morningside’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 Morningside
What is the average household income in Morningside?
The census puts Morningside at $85,900 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Morningside get to work?
69% of commuters drive, 26% take public transit and 1.4% walk; 22% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How many jobs are there in Morningside?
Statistics Canada counts jobs for whole municipalities only; Toronto has the total and the commuting flows.
What is the unemployment rate in Morningside?
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%.
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).