The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Devonshire trails that of 94% of Canadian towns
On average, people in Devonshire spend 18.3 minutes getting to work, next to 26 for the middle of Canadian towns. The median household in Devonshire had $88,800 before tax in 2020, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns. Census day 2021 found 18% of Devonshire’s labour force without a job; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
Devonshire at work: what stands out
Fewer people in work than most towns
In work at the 2021 census: 60% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 51% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 18% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 7.5%. Unemployment ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 18.3 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.
Devonshire grades B− for jobs and income
Better than 54% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #263 of 866 in Ontario.
Its strongest measure is trip times; its weakest, the share of 15-to-64s in work.
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.
In Devonshire, 60% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
Of the 22 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Essex census division, 10 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 59% in October 2026. Counting those looking for work too, 62% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. 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.
Walking, cycling or transit: 1.5% of Devonshire’s commuters
Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 15% against 21%. Few ride transit: 0.3%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 97% of commuters.
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.
Earnings at home in Devonshire: households
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 73% of Canadian towns.
Of the 22 other places of 2,500 or more in the Essex census division, 9 have a higher median. Against the middle of Ontario’s towns ($91,600), Devonshire’s median is 3% below. 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).
In the Essex census division, 37% more people receive EI than in 2019
The highest month was April 2021: 30,890 people, 4.1 times the 2019 level. That is about 4.5 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Not measured by town: EI beneficiaries (the Essex 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).
Devonshire earns C+ for walkability
Better than 41% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #726 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Devonshire places 296th of 650 on jobs and income among Canadian towns of 6,900 to 13,300
| # | 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 River Heights Manitoba | 7,228 | 82% | 8.4% | $143K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Wellesley Ontario | 12,413 | 84% | 3.9% | $119K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 16 | Alta Vista Ontario | 8,387 | 78% | 8.3% | $138K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 24 | West Perth Ontario | 10,080 | 88% | 5% | $92K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 294 | Craig Henry - Manordale Ontario | 8,758 | 69% | 11% | $109K | B− |
| 295 | Ladysmith British Columbia | 9,926 | 75% | 8% | $81K | B− |
| 296 | Devonshire Ontario | 9,852 | 60% | 18% | $89K | B− |
| 297 | West Springs Alberta | 11,632 | 71% | 12% | $168K | B− |
| 298 | Haysboro Alberta | 7,222 | 76% | 13% | $78K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 650 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Devonshire, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Jobs near Devonshire: the places around it
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devonshire | 60% | 18% | $89K | 18.3 min | B− | C+ |
| Remington Park 2.3 km | 55% | 22% | $76K | 15 min | C+ | B− |
| Roseland 2.5 km | 62% | 16% | $116K | 18.4 min | B+ | C |
| South Windsor 3.1 km | 65% | 15% | $106K | 15.9 min | A− | B− |
| South Walkerville 3.3 km | 67% | 18% | $86K | 16.5 min | B | A− |
| Fontainebleau 3.8 km | 58% | 21% | $70K | 18.1 min | C | B |
| South Cameron 5 km | 53% | 18% | $93K | 19.1 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 Devonshire, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- 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.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. Towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500 people or more, never a whole city and never a First Nations reserve. Middles are medians.
- Neighbourhood figures. Everything here sums the dissemination areas inside Devonshire’s lines, since the census has no neighbourhood profile; where people commute is on Windsor’s page.
Questions about work in Devonshire
How do people in Devonshire get to work?
97% of commuters drive, 0.3% take public transit and 1.2% walk; 15% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How many jobs are there in Devonshire?
The census places jobs by municipality, so the answer is in Windsor’s figures, with the flows of its commuters.
What is the unemployment rate in Devonshire?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Windsor metro area at 7.5%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 18%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Devonshire?
Before tax, half the households in Devonshire had more than $88,800 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
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).