Photo: Dillan Payne · CC BY-SA 4.0A larger share of people aged 15 to 64 are in work in Yonge-St.Clair than in 92% of Canadian towns
Median household income in Yonge-St.Clair was $96,000 in 2020, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900. Residents of Yonge-St.Clair take 29.9 minutes to reach work on average; the middle of Canadian towns is 26. 28% of its commuters take public transit.
What Yonge-St.Clair’s work numbers say
More people in work than most towns
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 85% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 62%. In work ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 29.9 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Getting to work ↓
Many work from home
On census day, 55% 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.
Jobs & income in Yonge-St.Clair: graded A−
Better than 78% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #95 of 866 in Ontario.
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; 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-St.Clair have a job: 85% of 15-to-64s
All 157 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Toronto census division have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 68% of residents that age. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 62%: many residents are past working age. For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 62% in work in October 2026. Statistics Canada counted on 11 May 2021, with much of the country under pandemic rules: more people were out of work or at home than usual.
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.
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 46% of Yonge-St.Clair’s commuters
On foot: 17% of commuters, well above the 3.2% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. 48% drive to work, fewer than the 88% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. 55% of everyone in work worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit takes 28% of commuters, above the 3.5% 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-St.Clair: households
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 82% of Canadian towns.
Of the 157 other places of 2,500 or more in the Toronto census division, 45 have a higher median. Set beside Ontario’s towns, where the median is $91,600, Yonge-St.Clair sits 5% above. 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).
EI claims in the Toronto census division run 43% above their 2019 level
Roughly 3.5 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 rose by 1%. In February 2021 it reached 165,520, the most in the series and 4 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Not measured by town: 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).
The walkability of Yonge-St.Clair: 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.
Among Canadian towns of 9,200 to 17,800, Yonge-St.Clair ranks 115th of 605 for jobs and income
| # | 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 | Walsh Acres/Lakeridge/Garden Ridge Saskatchewan | 9,325 | 80% | 6.7% | $127K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 5 | Glebe-Dows Lake Ontario | 13,436 | 80% | 9.4% | $113K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 8 | Wellesley Ontario | 12,413 | 84% | 3.9% | $119K | A+ |
| 9 | Perth East Ontario | 13,423 | 86% | 3.9% | $96K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 113 | Masonville Ontario | 10,359 | 72% | 11% | $108K | A− |
| 114 | Windermere Alberta | 14,922 | 79% | 9.2% | $126K | A− |
| 115 | Yonge-St.Clair Ontario | 13,177 | 85% | 8.6% | $96K | A− |
| 116 | Oakridge Ontario | 16,247 | 72% | 11% | $116K | A− |
| 117 | Whitecourt Alberta | 10,708 | 71% | 14% | $100K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 605 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Yonge-St.Clair, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Jobs near Yonge-St.Clair: the places around it
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yonge-St.Clair | 85% | 8.6% | $96K | 29.9 min | A− | A+ |
| Casa Loma 0.9 km | 82% | 11% | $107K | 27.6 min | A | A+ |
| Forest Hill South 1.4 km | 80% | 8.7% | $117K | 26 min | A | A+ |
| South Eglinton-Davisville 1.5 km | 77% | 11% | $80K | 33.1 min | C | A+ |
| Yonge-Eglinton 1.7 km | 77% | 12% | $95K | 30.8 min | B− | A+ |
| Rosedale-Moore Park 1.7 km | 78% | 9.3% | $129K | 25.6 min | A | A+ |
| Annex 2.1 km | 77% | 12% | $88K | 29 min | B− | 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-St.Clair, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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.
- Employment Insurance. People receiving EI benefits each month, counted for the census division. It follows the local job market; it isn’t an unemployment 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. People in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64 (2021 Census). The census doesn’t cross work with age below the municipality, so this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood has; retirees don’t weigh on it.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- 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-St.Clair’s own figures sum its dissemination areas.
Questions about work in Yonge-St.Clair
How do people in Yonge-St.Clair get to work?
48% of commuters drive, 28% take public transit, 17% walk and 1.6% cycle; 55% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How many jobs are there in Yonge-St.Clair?
Jobs and commuting flows exist only for Toronto as a whole, and its page carries them.
What is the unemployment rate in Yonge-St.Clair?
At the 2021 census 8.6% 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 Yonge-St.Clair?
The census puts Yonge-St.Clair at $96,000 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).