Photo: Rick Harris from Toronto, Ontario, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Uxbridge has higher household incomes than 95% of Canadian towns
The 2021 census found 79% of working-age people in Uxbridge employed, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. Workers in Uxbridge spend 33.9 minutes on the way to work on average, and 15% need an hour or more. On census day, 32% of workers here were at home, next to 21% in the middle of Canadian towns.
The short version on work in Uxbridge
More people in work than most towns
The 2021 census found 79% of 15-to-64s with a job (73% in the middle of Canadian towns). Count every adult, retirees too, and the figure is 59%. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $117,400 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 33.9 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 15% last an hour or longer. The trip to work ↓
Many work from home
32% of workers worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. 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 Uxbridge: B
Better than 61% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #222 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 Uxbridge were working in 2021
All 7 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Durham census division have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 62% in October 2026. Working or looking, 65% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 59% of residents 15 and over were in work. 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.
Uxbridge households: $117,400 a year at the median
That puts Uxbridge 28% above the median of Ontario’s towns, $91,600. 3 of the 7 other places of 2,500+ in the Durham census division have a higher median. 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).
How long the commute from Uxbridge takes
In the middle of Ontario’s towns, the average commute is 28.6 minutes. Only 27% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 31% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 30.1 minutes.
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.
Uxbridge gets to work without a car for 5% of commuters
The car is the way to work for 94% of commuters. Transit takes 0.6% of commuters, against 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).
Uxbridge is quieter on a working day than at night
40% of residents who commute work inside the municipality, against 70% in the middle of Canadian towns.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
60% of Uxbridge’s residents in work leave it to work; Toronto takes the most
- Port Perry305
- Lindsay275
- Beaverton270
- Whitby210
- Stouffville210
- Oshawa205
- Keswick195
- Toronto190
- Markham110
- Bowmanville90
- Toronto715
- Markham545
- Stouffville445
- Newmarket260
- Port Perry170
- Richmond Hill160
- Aurora140
- Pickering125
- Vaughan125
- Whitby120
Port Perry sends the largest group the other way, 305 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
In the Durham census division, 44% more people receive EI than in 2019
In the twelve months to August 2026 the number rose by 3%. February 2021 was the busiest month, with 38,290 people on EI, 3.2 times 2019’s average. That works out to around 4.6 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division.
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). Behind EI beneficiaries sits data gathered across the Durham census division, with Uxbridge one part of it.
Uxbridge earns B for walkability
Better than 55% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #651 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Uxbridge places 116th of 384 on jobs and income among Canadian towns of 15,800 to 30,500
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 15 | Wilmot Ontario | 22,890 | 81% | 6.8% | $115K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 23 | North Perth Ontario | 18,168 | 83% | 5.7% | $84K | A |
| 24 | Kenora Ontario | 15,892 | 76% | 7.2% | $86K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 114 | Fort York-Liberty Village Ontario | 20,071 | 82% | 8.6% | $94K | B |
| 115 | Red Deer County Alberta | 22,076 | 77% | 8.5% | $94K | B |
| 116 | Uxbridge Ontario | 22,618 | 79% | 8.4% | $117K | B |
| 117 | Camrose Alberta | 20,800 | 73% | 13% | $77K | B |
| 118 | Sunningdale Ontario | 21,645 | 70% | 11% | $114K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 384 | Parc-Extension Quebec | 29,066 | 61% | 16% | $48K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Uxbridge, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Uxbridge and its neighbours: work and income
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uxbridge | 79% | 8.4% | $117K | 33.9 min | B | B |
| Port Perry 17.9 km | 78% | 8.5% | $107K | 35 min | B− | B− |
| Stouffville 18 km | 75% | 11% | $122K | 33.7 min | B− | 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 Uxbridge, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Household income. The 2020 income of the household at the midpoint, all sources and before tax. Inside a city we rebuild it from the dissemination areas’ income bands, so there it is an estimate.
- 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.
- Where people commute. Built from the census table that pairs each worker’s home municipality with their workplace municipality. A job here means someone who usually works in the municipality, local or not.
- Employment Insurance. A monthly count of Employment Insurance beneficiaries for the whole census division. It tracks the local job market, but it is not an unemployment rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. A monthly household survey by Statistics Canada, reported for metro areas and economic regions only. It supplies a recent rate next to the 2021 census figure.
- In work. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- Unemployment. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- Which towns we compare. Medians over towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents. Whole cities would swamp them and reserves sit outside the rankings, so neither is in.
Questions about work in Uxbridge
How long is the commute from Uxbridge?
About 33.9 minutes on average, with 27% under a quarter-hour and 15% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Uxbridge work?
40% work in Uxbridge itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Toronto (715), then Markham (545).
How many jobs are there in Uxbridge?
Some 5,025 people worked in Uxbridge at the 2021 census: 0.9 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 978 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Uxbridge?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 8.4% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Toronto metro area at 7.1% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Uxbridge?
At $117,400 before tax in 2020, the median household in Uxbridge compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Uxbridge get to work?
Driving takes 94% of commuters to work, 0.6% take public transit, 4.3% walk and 0.1% cycle, and on census day 32% of those in work were at home.
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).