Photo: Ryan Tir from Vaughan, ON, Canada · CC BY 2.0Households in Crossroads earn more than in almost any other Canadian town
The 2021 census found 76% of working-age people in Crossroads employed, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. A typical one-way commute from Crossroads lasts 33.1 minutes, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. On census day, 41% of workers here were at home, next to 21% in the middle of Canadian towns.
The work numbers behind Crossroads
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household had $138,700 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 33.1 minutes; the middle of Canadian towns is 26. Getting to work ↓
Many work from home
On census day, 41% 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.
On jobs and income, Crossroads grades B−
Better than 54% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #272 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.
Household income in Crossroads: $138,700 at the median
12 of the 52 other places of 2,500+ in the York census division have a higher median. The middle of Ontario’s towns is $91,600, and Crossroads is 51% above it. Pandemic benefits paid in 2020 lifted the incomes at the bottom, and they are counted here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Before tax, 2020: higher than in almost any Canadian town.
7.5% of commuters from Crossroads go without a car
Transit takes 6.4% of commuters, above the 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. The car is the way to work for 91% of commuters.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
Who in Crossroads has a job
All 52 other places of 2,500 people or more in the York census division have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 62% of the wider area’s adults in work. Working or looking, 70% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 63% were working. 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.
EI claims in the York census division run 39% above their 2019 level
The highest month was April 2021: 58,380 people, 3.7 times the 2019 level. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 3.5 are on EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number rose by 2%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries published for the York census division, not by town. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Crossroads earns A for walkability
Better than 88% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #412 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How Crossroads ranks: 311th of 715 Canadian towns of 3,200 to 6,100
| # | 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 | Hay River Northwest Territories | 3,317 | 78% | 6.5% | $129K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 6 | Red Lake Ontario | 4,285 | 77% | 5.1% | $111K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 8 | Perth South Ontario | 4,055 | 87% | 7.3% | $102K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 10 | Island Park-Wellington Village Ontario | 5,486 | 81% | 7% | $161K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 309 | Sturgeon Creek Manitoba | 3,202 | 72% | 7.5% | $82K | B− |
| 310 | Miller Alberta | 3,294 | 74% | 13% | $101K | B− |
| 311 | Crossroads Ontario | 4,525 | 76% | 10% | $139K | B− |
| 312 | Templeton-Sinclair Manitoba | 3,987 | 76% | 10% | $82K | B− |
| 313 | Electoral Area J, Central Kootenay British Columbia | 3,915 | 70% | 9% | $95K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 715 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Crossroads, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Around Crossroads: jobs, pay and the commute
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crossroads | 76% | 10% | $139K | 33.1 min | B− | A |
| Thornhill Woods 1.2 km | 69% | 11% | $151K | 32.6 min | C+ | A |
| Dufferin Hill 1.6 km | 71% | 12% | $136K | 32.3 min | C+ | A |
| Beverley Glen 2.7 km | 74% | 14% | $110K | 31.1 min | B− | A+ |
| The Valleys of Thornhill 2.9 km | 73% | 10% | $140K | 34.3 min | C+ | B+ |
| Carrville Corners 3.1 km | 74% | 12% | $150K | 32.3 min | B− | A− |
| Thornhill 3.9 km | 71% | 14% | $119K | 30.5 min | C+ | 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 Crossroads, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- In work. We divide the number of employed residents by the number aged 15 to 64. Workers past 64 still count on top, because the 2021 Census crosses work with age only for whole municipalities; in return, a retirement town’s pensioners don’t drag the rate down.
- Unemployment. Of everyone 15 or older who was working or job-hunting in the census week, the part still looking. Someone not seeking work isn’t in it at all.
- 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. Our average assumes everyone in, say, the 15-to-29-minute band takes 22 minutes. Across all the bands that runs a shade above Statistics Canada’s measured average.
- 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. Statistics Canada surveys households every month; the results come out for metro areas and economic regions, never for single towns, and keep the rate current after 2021.
- 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.
- Neighbourhood figures. The census reaches a neighbourhood only through its dissemination areas, and Crossroads’ figures add those up. Vaughan’s page has the commuting flows, which exist only for the whole municipality.
Questions about work in Crossroads
What is the unemployment rate in Crossroads?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Toronto metro area at 7.1%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 10%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Crossroads?
The census puts Crossroads at $138,700 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Crossroads get to work?
91% of commuters drive, 6.4% take public transit and 1.1% walk; 41% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How many jobs are there in Crossroads?
The census places jobs by municipality, so the answer is in Vaughan’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).