Photo: P199 · Public domainTyendinaga has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.2 for each
In 2020, a household at the middle of Tyendinaga had $97,900 before tax, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. For 5.9% of commuters in Tyendinaga, the trip to work lasts an hour or more; the average is 29.4 minutes. Jobs were held by 74% of people aged 15 to 64 in Tyendinaga in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%.
Work in Tyendinaga, in a few figures
Work near the middle
74% of people aged 15 to 64 had a job at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; counting everyone 15 and over, retirees included, it was 59%. In work ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 29.4 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 5.9% last an hour or longer. The trip 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 Tyendinaga: graded B−
Better than 46% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #343 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 long the commute from Tyendinaga takes
Trips under 15 minutes: 14%, fewer than the 31% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 27 minutes (Statistics Canada).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: commuting duration in five bands; our average uses each band’s middle (75 minutes for an hour or more), so it runs about two minutes above Statistics Canada’s own.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
More workers leave Tyendinaga each day than arrive
1,535 residents of Tyendinaga had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 285 people had theirs in Tyendinaga, wherever they lived.
About 7 residents leave for work for each person who comes in. The job is inside the municipality for 6% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
94% of Tyendinaga’s residents in work leave it to work; Belleville takes the most
In the other direction the biggest source is Belleville, with 85.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
2021 Census, people with a usual place of work: where residents of Tyendinaga work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
How many in Tyendinaga were working in 2021
All 8 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Hastings census division have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 59%: many residents are past working age. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 57% in October 2026. 65% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. 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.
What households in Tyendinaga earn
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 84% of Canadian towns.
No other place of 2,500 or more in the Hastings census division has a higher median. The middle of Ontario’s towns is $91,600, and Tyendinaga is 7% above it. CERB and the other emergency payments of 2020 are counted in these incomes, which lifted the lower ones 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).
Walking, cycling or transit: 1.9% of Tyendinaga’s commuters
Home was the workplace for 15%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Few ride transit: 0.8%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. Nearly everyone drives: 98% of commuters go by car, truck or van.
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.
In the Hastings census division, 26% more people receive EI than in 2019
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4.2 receive EI. Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 1%. The highest month was April 2021: 7,740 people, 2.9 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). Tyendinaga shares its EI beneficiaries numbers with the rest of the Hastings census division.
The walkability of Tyendinaga: D
Better than 7% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #858 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Tyendinaga places 407th of 739 on jobs and income among Canadian towns of 3,500 to 6,800
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 2 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | South Tuxedo Manitoba | 3,629 | 85% | 6.8% | $110K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 5 | Sioux Lookout Ontario | 6,122 | 79% | 5.7% | $103K | A+ |
| 6 | Red Lake Ontario | 4,285 | 77% | 5.1% | $111K | A+ |
| 7 | Perth South Ontario | 4,055 | 87% | 7.3% | $102K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 405 | Norwood East Manitoba | 3,881 | 77% | 8.2% | $67K | B− |
| 406 | Amqui Quebec | 6,059 | 73% | 6.9% | $60K | B− |
| 407 | Tyendinaga Ontario | 5,005 | 74% | 9.7% | $98K | B− |
| 408 | Vegreville Alberta | 6,153 | 71% | 9.8% | $70K | B− |
| 409 | Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges Quebec | 4,083 | 79% | 6.9% | $87K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 739 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Tyendinaga, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Jobs near Tyendinaga: the places around it
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyendinaga | 74% | 9.7% | $98K | 29.4 min | B− | D |
| Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory 12.2 km | 57% | 9% | $58K | 24.2 min | D | C− |
| Deseronto 13.9 km | 58% | 16% | $65K | 25.1 min | D | B+ |
| Greater Napanee 17 km | 68% | 9.4% | $78K | 25.6 min | C | B− |
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 Tyendinaga, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Where people commute. Counts of workers with a fixed workplace, by where they live and where they work, both taken as whole municipalities; the jobs figure takes everyone who works here, wherever home is.
- 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. 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.
- Household income. Taken from the 2021 Census, which asked about 2020: wages, pensions, investment income and government transfers together, before income tax, for the median household.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. Any town of 2,500 or more counts, and so does any city neighbourhood that size; the city as a whole and First Nations reserves don’t. The middle is the median.
Questions about work in Tyendinaga
How many jobs are there in Tyendinaga?
About 285 people had their usual place of work in Tyendinaga at the 2021 census, 0.2 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 116 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Tyendinaga?
At the 2021 census 9.7% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Belleville - Quinte West metro area, gives 6.7% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Tyendinaga?
At $97,900 before tax in 2020, the median household in Tyendinaga compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Tyendinaga get to work?
98% of commuters go by car, 0.8% take public transit and 1.1% walk. On census day 15% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Tyendinaga?
On average 29.4 minutes; 14% take under 15 minutes and 5.9% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Tyendinaga work?
6% work in Tyendinaga itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Belleville (775), then Greater Napanee (235).
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (Census Profile) · Statistics Canada, tables 98-10-0458 and 98-10-0459 (commuting) · 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).