Photo: Chris Woodrich · CC BY-SA 4.0A smaller share of people aged 15 to 64 are in work in Walkerville than in 97% of Canadian towns
The median household in Walkerville had $59,900 before tax in 2020, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900. Residents of Walkerville take 20.4 minutes to reach work on average; the middle of Canadian towns is 26. When the 2021 census was taken, 20% of people in Walkerville who wanted a job had none, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Walkerville and work: the main findings
Fewer people in work than most towns
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 54% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 45%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 20% 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 ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $59,900 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 20.4 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. 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.
Walkerville grades D for jobs and income
Better than 14% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #705 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 Walkerville, 54% 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, 3 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 56% of residents that age. By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 59% of the wider area’s adults in work. May 2021, when the census was taken, was a pandemic spring; unemployment has come down since, as the Labour Force Survey records.
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.
What households in Walkerville earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 89% of Canadian towns.
The middle of Ontario’s towns is $91,600, and Walkerville is 35% below it. 18 of the 22 other places of 2,500+ in the Essex census division 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).
9.1% of commuters from Walkerville go without a car
On foot: 5.2% of commuters, well above the 3.2% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. The car takes 85% of commuters here, under the 88% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. Only 17% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. By bus, train or subway: 3.6%, much as in 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).
37% more people are on EI in the Essex census division than in 2019
That is about 4.5 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. At its peak, in April 2021, 30,890 people were on EI, 4.1 times the 2019 average.
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). Walkerville doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from the Essex census division.
The Walkability grade for Walkerville: A
Better than 90% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #391 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Out of 466 Canadian towns of 13,700 to 26,400, Walkerville comes 383rd on 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 | Sillery Quebec | 13,950 | 81% | 6.2% | $120K | A+ |
| 3 | Central Saanich British Columbia | 18,184 | 85% | 4.9% | $103K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 18 | Wilmot Ontario | 22,890 | 81% | 6.8% | $115K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 27 | Thames Centre Ontario | 15,475 | 80% | 7.7% | $113K | A |
| 28 | North Perth Ontario | 18,168 | 83% | 5.7% | $84K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 381 | Briar Hill-Belgravia Ontario | 14,590 | 69% | 14% | $83K | D |
| 382 | Trent Hills Ontario | 15,103 | 71% | 10% | $73K | D |
| 383 | Walkerville Ontario | 19,541 | 54% | 20% | $60K | D |
| 384 | Oakwood Village Ontario | 20,830 | 71% | 13% | $80K | D |
| 385 | DT Fairview Ontario | 18,209 | 67% | 15% | $80K | D |
| … | ||||||
| 466 | Oakridge Ontario | 13,913 | 51% | 21% | $60K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Walkerville, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Work in and around Walkerville
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walkerville | 54% | 20% | $60K | 20.4 min | D | A |
| South Central 1.8 km | 54% | 20% | $54K | 19.6 min | D | A+ |
| City Centre 1.9 km | 45% | 23% | $37K | 20.3 min | D | A+ |
| South Walkerville 2.4 km | 67% | 18% | $86K | 16.5 min | B | A− |
| East Windsor 3.1 km | 57% | 21% | $64K | 19.6 min | C− | B+ |
| River West 3.3 km | 54% | 19% | $51K | 25.2 min | D− | A+ |
| Remington Park 3.4 km | 55% | 22% | $76K | 15 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 Walkerville, 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. 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. 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. One way, on a usual day, from the census’s travel-time bands. Band midpoints overstate it a little next to the figure Statistics Canada times.
- Employment Insurance. Beneficiaries of Employment Insurance, month by month, for the census division rather than the town. Many jobless people don’t qualify, so it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- 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. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages stop at the municipality, so Windsor’s page carries them; Walkerville’s own figures sum its dissemination areas.
Questions about work in Walkerville
What is the average household income in Walkerville?
At $59,900 before tax in 2020, the median household in Walkerville compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Walkerville get to work?
85% of commuters drive, 3.6% take public transit, 5.2% walk and 0.3% cycle; 17% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How many jobs are there in Walkerville?
Statistics Canada counts jobs for whole municipalities only; Windsor has the total and the commuting flows.
What is the unemployment rate in Walkerville?
The 2021 census found 20% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Windsor metro area, is 7.5% (October 2026).
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).