Photo: andrewarchy from Toronto, Canada · CC BY 2.0The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Yonge-Doris trails that of 81% of Canadian towns
Commutes from Yonge-Doris average 34.7 minutes, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Public transit carries 33% of its commuters. In 2020, a household at the middle of Yonge-Doris had $73,600 before tax, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
Yonge-Doris and work: the main findings
Fewer people in work than most towns
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 67% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 55%. In work ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 34.7 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Getting to work ↓
Many work from home
On census day, 49% 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Yonge-Doris: D
Better than 7% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #792 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 Yonge-Doris have a job: 67% of 15-to-64s
Of the 157 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Toronto census division, 73 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 55%. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 62% in October 2026. The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 63%. Pandemic rules were in force on census day, 11 May 2021; the Labour Force Survey shows how jobs have moved since.
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.
43% of commuters from Yonge-Doris go without a car
Fewer drive than in the middle of Ontario’s towns: 54% against 88%. Working at home: 49% 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.
Earnings at home in Yonge-Doris: households
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 57% of Canadian towns.
Yonge-Doris’ median is 20% below the middle of Ontario’s towns ($91,600). 130 of the 157 other places of 2,500+ in the Toronto census division have a higher median. In 2020 emergency benefits topped up many low incomes, and the census counts them here.
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
Roughly 3.5 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 1%. The count topped out in February 2021 at 165,520 people, 4 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: 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).
How walkable Yonge-Doris is: A+
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.
Where Yonge-Doris sits among Canadian towns of 14,200 to 27,400
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yellowknife Northwest Territories | 22,858 | 80% | 5.8% | $148K | A+ |
| 2 | Central Saanich British Columbia | 18,184 | 85% | 4.9% | $103K | A+ |
| 3 | Cap-Rouge Quebec | 17,139 | 81% | 4.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 17 | Wilmot Ontario | 22,890 | 81% | 6.8% | $115K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 26 | Thames Centre Ontario | 15,475 | 80% | 7.7% | $113K | A |
| 27 | North Perth Ontario | 18,168 | 83% | 5.7% | $84K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 411 | O'Connor-Parkview Ontario | 18,746 | 62% | 17% | $79K | D |
| 412 | West London Ontario | 24,322 | 63% | 15% | $53K | D |
| 413 | Yonge-Doris Ontario | 20,298 | 67% | 13% | $74K | D |
| 414 | Dorset Park Ontario | 24,770 | 62% | 15% | $79K | D |
| 415 | La Visitation Quebec | 17,166 | 75% | 8.3% | $60K | D |
| … | ||||||
| 452 | South Parkdale Ontario | 21,663 | 64% | 17% | $57K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Yonge-Doris, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Next to Yonge-Doris: how nearby places compare
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yonge-Doris | 67% | 13% | $74K | 34.7 min | D | A+ |
| Willowdale West 0.8 km | 70% | 12% | $77K | 33.8 min | D | A+ |
| East Willowdale 0.9 km | 62% | 14% | $100K | 32.3 min | C− | A+ |
| Avondale 1.3 km | 71% | 11% | $84K | 33.1 min | C− | A+ |
| Lansing-Westgate 1.8 km | 73% | 11% | $103K | 33.3 min | C+ | A+ |
| Newtonbrook West 2.3 km | 67% | 14% | $80K | 36.5 min | D | A+ |
| Newtonbrook East 2.3 km | 67% | 13% | $84K | 34.9 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 Yonge-Doris, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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.
- 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. Monthly, and only for metro areas and economic regions. It is the up-to-date rate we set beside the census’s 2021 snapshot.
- 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. It counts only people who wanted work and had none in May 2021, as a share of those working or searching; students and retirees who weren’t looking stay out of both sides.
- 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.
- 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. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages stop at the municipality, so Toronto’s page carries them; Yonge-Doris’ own figures sum its dissemination areas.
Questions about work in Yonge-Doris
How do people in Yonge-Doris get to work?
54% of commuters drive, 33% take public transit and 9.8% walk; 49% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How many jobs are there in Yonge-Doris?
Statistics Canada counts jobs for whole municipalities only; Toronto has the total and the commuting flows.
What is the unemployment rate in Yonge-Doris?
Two figures answer it: 13% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 7.1% for the Toronto metro area in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Yonge-Doris?
Yonge-Doris’s middle household had $73,600 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
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).