A smaller share of people aged 15 to 64 are in work in Rustic than in 96% of Canadian towns
29% of its commuters take public transit. Commutes from Rustic average 36.4 minutes, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Before tax, the typical household in Rustic brought in $66,300 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
Jobs and income in Rustic: what the figures say
Fewer people in work than most towns
The 2021 census found 56% of 15-to-64s with a job (73% in the middle of Canadian towns). Count every adult, retirees too, and the figure is 43%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 18% 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 ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $66,300 before tax in 2020, where the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 36.4 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, Rustic grades D−
Better than 2% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #851 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.
Rustic at work: 56% of people aged 15 to 64
Of the 157 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Toronto census division, 5 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 43% were working. In October 2026, 62% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 53% of residents that age. These are census figures from May 2021, during COVID’s third wave; jobs have recovered since, which the Labour Force Survey shows.
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.
Household income in Rustic
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 75% of Canadian towns.
Rustic’s median is 28% below the middle of Ontario’s towns ($91,600). 146 of the 157 other places of 2,500+ in the Toronto census division have a higher median. That year, 2020, brought emergency benefits that count in these totals, before tax.
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: 32% of Rustic’s commuters
Only 16% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Fewer drive than in the middle of Ontario’s towns: 65% 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.
43% more people are on EI in the Toronto census division than in 2019
The count topped out in February 2021 at 165,520 people, 4 times the 2019 average. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 3.5 receive 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. 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).
Everyday places on foot in Rustic: A+
Better than almost every Canadian town on two measures together, #130 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Where Rustic sits among Canadian towns of 6,700 to 12,900
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 15 | Alta Vista Ontario | 8,387 | 78% | 8.3% | $138K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 23 | West Perth Ontario | 10,080 | 88% | 5% | $92K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 637 | Forest Lawn Alberta | 7,513 | 50% | 24% | $61K | D− |
| 638 | Regent Park Ontario | 12,797 | 57% | 18% | $65K | D− |
| 639 | Rustic Ontario | 9,543 | 56% | 18% | $66K | D− |
| 640 | Landsdale Ontario | 7,681 | 58% | 14% | $57K | D− |
| 641 | Corktown Ontario | 8,952 | 63% | 13% | $52K | D− |
| … | ||||||
| 644 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Rustic, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Work in the places around Rustic
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rustic | 56% | 18% | $66K | 36.4 min | D− | A+ |
| Brookhaven-Amesbury 1.4 km | 58% | 17% | $75K | 37.4 min | D− | A+ |
| Oakdale-Beverley Heights 1.5 km | 62% | 17% | $75K | 36.6 min | D− | A+ |
| Maple Leaf 1.8 km | 65% | 15% | $86K | 32.3 min | D | A+ |
| Weston 1.9 km | 60% | 17% | $65K | 36.5 min | D− | A+ |
| Pelmo Park-Humberlea 2.7 km | 65% | 14% | $104K | 33.5 min | C− | A |
| Downsview 2.7 km | 67% | 14% | $83K | 35.5 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 Rustic, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- In work. Everyone with a job, whatever their age, divided by the residents aged 15 to 64 at the 2021 Census: below the municipality the census doesn’t split work by age, and this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood can be given.
- 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. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- 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.
- 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. Sampled each month and released for regions rather than towns, so its rate describes the area around the town.
- Which towns we compare. Towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500 people or more, never a whole city and never a First Nations reserve. Middles are medians.
- Neighbourhood figures. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages stop at the municipality, so Toronto’s page carries them; Rustic’s own figures sum its dissemination areas.
Questions about work in Rustic
What is the unemployment rate in Rustic?
The census put unemployment at 18% 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 Rustic?
The census puts Rustic at $66,300 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Rustic get to work?
Driving takes 65% of commuters to work, 29% take public transit, 1.9% walk and 0.9% cycle, and on census day 16% of those in work were at home.
How many jobs are there in Rustic?
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).