Photo: Mathew Ingram · CC BY 2.0Household incomes in Maple are higher than in 97% of Canadian towns
30% of its workers worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. A typical one-way commute from Maple lasts 30.2 minutes, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Of Maple’s residents aged 15 to 64, 71% were employed when the 2021 census was taken, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%.
What sets Maple apart on jobs and income
Higher incomes than most towns
At $124,900 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 30.2 minutes; the middle of Canadian towns is 26. 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 Maple: B−
Better than 46% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #346 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.
Half the households in Maple had more than $124,900 in 2020
Against the middle of Ontario’s towns ($91,600), Maple’s median is 36% above. Of the 52 other places of 2,500 or more in the York census division, 22 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).
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 8.4% of Maple’s commuters
Transit takes 6.1% of commuters, above the 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. The car is the way to work for 90% of commuters.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
In Maple, 71% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
Of the 52 other places of 2,500 people or more in the York census division, 32 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 62% in October 2026. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 64% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 56%: many residents are past working age. 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.
In the York census division, 39% more people receive EI than in 2019
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%. The count topped out in April 2021 at 58,380 people, 3.7 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: one figure for all of the York 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).
Maple on foot: a A grade
Better than 90% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #386 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Among Canadian towns of 14,100 to 27,200, Maple ranks 207th of 457 for jobs and income
| # | 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 |
| … | ||||||
| 205 | Mont-Laurier Quebec | 14,598 | 76% | 6.9% | $58K | B− |
| 206 | Panorama Hills Alberta | 25,494 | 69% | 15% | $113K | B− |
| 207 | Maple Ontario | 20,122 | 71% | 13% | $125K | B− |
| 208 | Loyalist Ontario | 19,761 | 68% | 9.7% | $94K | B− |
| 209 | Heights British Columbia | 22,141 | 75% | 8.4% | $94K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 457 | South Parkdale Ontario | 21,663 | 64% | 17% | $57K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Maple, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Work in and around Maple
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple | 71% | 13% | $125K | 30.2 min | B− | A |
| Carrville Corners 2 km | 74% | 12% | $150K | 32.3 min | B− | A− |
| Teston 2.3 km | 69% | 12% | $150K | 32 min | C+ | B+ |
| Peace Village 2.4 km | 63% | 15% | $127K | 31.3 min | C | A− |
| Dufferin Hill 2.9 km | 71% | 12% | $136K | 32.3 min | C+ | A |
| Purpleville 3.6 km | 71% | 12% | $148K | 31.6 min | C+ | B+ |
| Vellore 3.8 km | 70% | 13% | $136K | 30.7 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 Maple, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Trip times. Commuters picked a band for their usual trip (under 15 minutes, 15 to 29, and so on). We place each person at the middle of their band, which lands a little above Statistics Canada’s own timed average.
- Employment Insurance. How many people in the census division drew Employment Insurance each month; it moves with layoffs and hiring, yet people who don’t qualify are absent from it.
- 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.
- 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. The census-week jobless rate for residents 15 and over. Its base is the labour force, those employed plus those actively looking.
- Household income. What the median household took in during 2020 before tax, as the census recorded it; an estimate built from income groups when the place is a neighbourhood.
- Which towns we compare. Comparisons are with the median of Canadian towns and city neighbourhoods counting 2,500 people or more, reserves and entire cities excluded.
- Neighbourhood figures. The census reaches a neighbourhood only through its dissemination areas, and Maple’s figures add those up. Vaughan’s page has the commuting flows, which exist only for the whole municipality.
Questions about work in Maple
What is the average household income in Maple?
Maple’s middle household had $124,900 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Maple get to work?
90% of commuters drive, 6.1% take public transit, 2.2% walk and 0.1% cycle; 30% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How many jobs are there in Maple?
Jobs and commuting flows exist only for Vaughan as a whole, and its page carries them.
What is the unemployment rate in Maple?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Toronto metro area at 7.1%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 13%, against 9.9% 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).