Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainFew Canadian towns have household incomes as high as Pine Grove’s
Working at home: 30% of its workers, where the middle of Canadian towns has 21%. Workers in Pine Grove spend 26.9 minutes on the way to work on average (26 in the middle of Canadian towns). With 73% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, Pine Grove matches the middle of Canadian towns.
Work in Pine Grove, in a few figures
Work near the middle
In work at the 2021 census: 73% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 52% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household had $136,700 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Pine Grove grades B for jobs and income
Better than 62% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #213 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 Pine Grove: $136,700 at the median
13 of the 52 other places of 2,500+ in the York census division have a higher median. That puts Pine Grove 49% above the median of Ontario’s towns, $91,600. Pandemic support paid in 2020, CERB first among it, is part of these before-tax incomes.
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.
Work and the working-age population of Pine Grove
Of the 52 other places of 2,500 people or more in the York census division, 40 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 59%. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 52%: many residents are past working age. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 62% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. The census caught the labour market on 11 May 2021, deep in the pandemic, so unemployment and working from home both ran above normal.
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.
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 3% of Pine Grove’s commuters
The car is the way to work for 94% of commuters. Transit takes 2.6% of commuters, close to 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.
EI claims in the York census division run 39% above their 2019 level
For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 3.5 are on EI. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 rose by 2%. At its peak, in April 2021, 58,380 people were on EI, 3.7 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Data for EI beneficiaries covers 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).
The walkability of Pine Grove: C+
Better than 43% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #715 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Out of 599 Canadian towns of 9,300 to 18,000, Pine Grove comes 213th on 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 7 | Wellesley Ontario | 12,413 | 84% | 3.9% | $119K | A+ |
| 8 | Perth East Ontario | 13,423 | 86% | 3.9% | $96K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 211 | Gander Newfoundland and Labrador | 12,707 | 67% | 14% | $80K | B |
| 212 | Minto Ontario | 10,029 | 81% | 5.5% | $83K | B |
| 213 | Pine Grove Ontario | 13,302 | 73% | 12% | $137K | B |
| 214 | Windsor Park Manitoba | 12,523 | 75% | 9% | $84K | B |
| 215 | Plateau Quebec | 14,176 | 80% | 7.6% | $67K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 599 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Pine Grove, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Around Pine Grove: jobs, pay and the commute
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Grove | 73% | 12% | $137K | 26.9 min | B | C+ |
| The Ravines of Rainbow Creek 2.1 km | 73% | 10% | $118K | 30.7 min | B− | C+ |
| Woodbridge 2.2 km | 73% | 13% | $96K | 28 min | B− | A− |
| Elder Mills 2.7 km | 72% | 12% | $146K | 29.7 min | B− | B+ |
| Woodbridge Meadows 2.8 km | 70% | 12% | $145K | 28.5 min | B− | B− |
| Vaughan Metropolitan Centre 2.8 km | 74% | 13% | $109K | 28.2 min | B | A |
| The Estates of Rainbow Creek 2.9 km | 68% | 15% | $122K | 27.8 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 Pine Grove, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- 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. 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. 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. 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.
- 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. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages stop at the municipality, so Vaughan’s page carries them; Pine Grove’s own figures sum its dissemination areas.
Questions about work in Pine Grove
How do people in Pine Grove get to work?
94% of commuters drive, 2.6% take public transit and 0.4% walk; 30% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How many jobs are there in Pine Grove?
The census places jobs by municipality, so the answer is in Vaughan’s figures, with the flows of its commuters.
What is the unemployment rate in Pine Grove?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Toronto metro area at 7.1%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 12%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Pine Grove?
The census puts Pine Grove at $136,700 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).