Photo: P199 · CC BY 3.0Wendover has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.5 for each
The 2021 census put unemployment in Wendover at 6.4%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. An hour or more each way is the commute for 15% of workers in Wendover; the average is 36.3 minutes. In 2020, a household at the middle of Wendover had $84,400 before tax, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900.
Jobs and income in Wendover: what the figures say
Less unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 6.4% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 8%. Unemployment ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 36.3 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 15% take an hour or more. 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 and income in Wendover earn C
Better than 29% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #562 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.
Wendover at work: 76% of people aged 15 to 64
Of the 7 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Prescott and Russell census division, 2 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 59% were working. In October 2026, 59% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 63%. The figures are a snapshot of 11 May 2021, when pandemic rules still kept many people out of work or at 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.
The length of the trip to work in Wendover
In the middle of Ontario’s towns, the average commute is 28.6 minutes. Only 20% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 31% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 32.1 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.
Wendover empties a little on a working day
Outbound commuters outnumber inbound ones about 4 to 1. Of those who commute, 27% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
73% of Wendover’s residents in work leave it to work; Ottawa takes the most
- Ottawa870
- Rockland450
- Hawkesbury250
- Vankleek Hill120
- Limoges115
- Casselman70
- Embrun55
- Gatineau45
- North Stormont20
- Alexandria20
Vankleek Hill sends the largest group the other way, 175 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Household income in Wendover
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 65% of Canadian towns.
Wendover’s median is 8% below the middle of Ontario’s towns ($91,600). Of the 7 other places of 2,500 or more in the Prescott and Russell census division, 4 have a higher median. These are 2020 incomes, before tax, and they include pandemic benefits such as CERB, which lifted many lower incomes 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).
Without a car, 4% of Wendover’s commuters get to work
The car is the way to work for 95% of commuters. Working at home: 20%, close to the middle of Canadian towns. Few ride transit: 1.4%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
37% more people are on EI in the Prescott and Russell census division than in 2019
January 2021 was the busiest month, with 4,460 people on EI, 2.4 times 2019’s average. That works out to around 5 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number rose by 7%.
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). For EI beneficiaries, the only official count covers all of the Prescott and Russell census division, Wendover included.
Wendover earns B− for walkability
Better than 55% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #655 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Wendover places 504th of 655 on jobs and income among Canadian towns of 7,600 to 14,700
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | North Saanich British Columbia | 12,986 | 85% | 5.9% | $121K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 8 | Glebe-Dows Lake Ontario | 13,436 | 80% | 9.4% | $113K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Wellesley Ontario | 12,413 | 84% | 3.9% | $119K | A+ |
| 14 | Perth East Ontario | 13,423 | 86% | 3.9% | $96K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 502 | Whitehorn Alberta | 11,273 | 63% | 15% | $90K | C |
| 503 | Peace Village Ontario | 14,598 | 63% | 15% | $127K | C |
| 504 | Alfred and Plantagenet Ontario | 10,896 | 76% | 6.4% | $84K | C |
| 505 | Penetanguishene Ontario | 11,141 | 60% | 12% | $74K | C |
| 506 | Highland Creek Ontario | 12,678 | 67% | 15% | $127K | C |
| … | ||||||
| 655 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Wendover, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Around Wendover: jobs, pay and the commute
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wendover | 76% | 6.4% | $84K | 36.3 min | C | B− |
| Papineauville 8.5 km | 77% | 9.3% | $65K | 26.2 min | C | B |
| Plaisance 12.3 km | 73% | 9.9% | $69K | 32.5 min | D | C |
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 Wendover, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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’s monthly survey, published for metro areas and economic regions rather than towns: it gives a current rate beside the census’s 2021 one.
- In work. How many residents held a job in May 2021, set against how many were 15 to 64. It reads a little high where many people work past 65, since below the municipality the census gives no breakdown of workers by age.
- Unemployment. The share of people 15 and over in the labour force, working or looking for work, who had no job on census day in May 2021.
- 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. 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.
- 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.
- The municipality’s figures. Statistics Canada counts Wendover as part of Alfred and Plantagenet, so every census figure on this page is the whole municipality’s.
Questions about work in Wendover
Where do people in Wendover work?
Only 27% work in Wendover itself; the rest go first to Ottawa (870) and Rockland (450).
How many jobs are there in Wendover?
The 2021 census found about 1,340 people with their usual workplace in Wendover, or 0.5 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. Statistics Canada counted 255 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Wendover?
The census put unemployment at 6.4% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Ottawa economic region at 8%.
What is the average household income in Wendover?
Before tax, half the households in Wendover had more than $84,400 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Wendover get to work?
95% of commuters drive, 1.4% take public transit and 2.6% walk; 20% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Wendover?
The average commute is 36.3 minutes; 20% of trips take under 15 minutes and 15% an hour or more.
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).