Living in Welland

In Welland, tenants pay an average rent of €946 a month (2025) and unemployment is 15% (2021).

The population of Welland totalled 58,491 at the end of 2022. Welland had an unemployment rate of 14.96% at the end of 2021. The foreign population count was 6,540 at the end of 2021.

Last checked 2026-10-1023 sources

Population58,491people31 Dec 2022Official source · Statistics Canada

Median gross salary3,050EUR/month31 Dec 2020Official source · Statistics Canada

Average rent945.7EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Average Rent by Bedroom Type by Census Subdivision

Unemployment rate14.96%country median 8.4% — 78% aboveOfficial source · Statistics Canada

Recorded crime4,296incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, Canada, provinces, territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Canadian Forces Military Police

PM2.5, annual mean6.07µg/m³31 Dec 2024Official source · data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca

Higher unemployment than 96% of Canadian cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 69% of Canadian cities that publish it.

Which Canada-wide rules apply when you move to Welland?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

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Housing and cost

In Welland, 21.8% of renter households spent at least 30% of income on housing at the end of 2021. The number of dwellings in Welland reached 24,530 at the end of 2021.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€50

Mobile plan, 10 GB€24

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	49.79 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Bell Fibe 500 home internet²Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	24.27 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Public Mobile 50GB plan⁸Official · national market
Households spending over 30% of income on rent	21.8 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹²Official
Dwellings	24,530 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁰Official
Main residence dwellings	23,656 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹³Official
Average monthly rent (two-bedroom)	897.4 EUR/month	31 Oct 2023	CMHC Urban Rental Market Survey — Average Rents in Urban Centres (CSD table), October 2023³Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	945.7 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Average Rent by Bedroom Type by Census Subdivision¹Official

Is Welland a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker44%strong on work, weak on safety · range 34–54%

Skilled employee52%strong on work, weak on education · range 43–61%

Student34%strong on cost, weak on education · range 23–45%

Family43%strong on family, weak on education · range 32–54%

Retirement53%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 40–66%

Work and income

The employment rate was 48.4% at the end of 2021. Welland recorded 56.9% in labour force participation at the end of 2021.

What is the typical salary in Welland?

The median gross salary is about 3,050 EUR/month (2020). The regional series (home-region basis, 2020) is a separate labelled row in the table.

City-scope median, gross, before tax and social contributions.

Median gross salary: 3,050 EUR/month · Statistics Canada¹⁴
Median gross salary (regional): 2,309 EUR/month · 2026-09-17 · www150.statcan.gc.ca¹⁸

What is the unemployment rate in Welland?

The unemployment rate is about 15 % (2021).

Unemployment rate: 14.96 % · Statistics Canada¹⁵

Unemployment across cities in CanadaUnemployment in Welland is 15.0%. Of 515 cities with data, 125 have unemployment of 6 to under 8%.

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Welland 15.0%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Employment rate	48.4 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹³Official
Median gross salary	3,050 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	Statistics Canada¹⁴Official
Median gross salary (regional)	2,309 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	www150.statcan.gc.ca¹⁸Official
Unemployment rate	14.96 %country median 8.4%	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁵Official

What does a salary buy in Welland?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€1,375of €2,395 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	€2,395
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · Average Rent by Bedroom Type by Census Subdivision · 2025-12-31	− €946
Internet€50 · official · Bell Fibe 500 home internet · 2026-09-30	− €50
Mobile plan€24 · official · Public Mobile 50GB plan · 2026-09-30	− €24
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€1,375

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Welland. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Job Bank and public employment services — Public employment service

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Safety

How safe is Welland?

Police recorded about 4,296 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, Canada, provinces, territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Canadian Forces Military Police⁵

Recorded crime across major citiesWelland highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Winnipeg7,894

Edmonton7,108

Halifax6,020

Vancouver5,438

Calgary4,796

London4,743

Québec4,630

Ottawa4,298

Hamilton4,257

Toronto4,177

Gatineau3,756

Montreal3,674

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	4,296 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, Canada, provinces, territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Canadian Forces Military Police⁵Official · county

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Distance to the nearest major airport	24 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	YCM	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Welland. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

IRCC newcomer language-learning services finder — State Language Course

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Welland?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 6.1 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

PM2.5 — annual mean: 6.07 µg/m³ · data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca⁴

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.56.1WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in CanadaAnnual PM2.5 in Welland is 6.1 µg/m³. Of 123 cities with data, 46 have annual PM2.5 of 3 to under 4 µg/m³.

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Welland 6.1

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	6.07 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca⁴Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 13.17 · Feb 14.98 · Mar 22.67 · Apr 23.06 · May 28.61 · Jun 32.9 · Jul 33.88 · Aug 32.57 · Sep 31.1 · Oct 27.84 · Nov 20.78 · Dec 15.58 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁶Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -18.95 · Feb -23.24 · Mar -20.01 · Apr -9.91 · May -0.98 · Jun 4.43 · Jul 8.35 · Aug 12.76 · Sep 6.22 · Oct -0.26 · Nov -7.56 · Dec -14.62 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁶Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -3.1 · Feb -3.08 · Mar 0.72 · Apr 6.18 · May 12.71 · Jun 18.69 · Jul 22.44 · Aug 22.09 · Sep 18.55 · Oct 11.67 · Nov 5.48 · Dec 0.32 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁶Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

The total area of Welland was 81.2 km² at the end of 2021. Welland counted 23,655 households at the end of 2021. Median age stood at 45.2 years at the end of 2021.

How many people live in Welland?

The published population was 58,491 people in 2022. Source: Statistics Canada¹¹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport88.8%
Foreign residents11.2%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Area	81.16 km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹³Official
City area	81.16 km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁶Official
Foreign-resident share	11.9 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada⁹Official
Foreign residents	6,540 people	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada⁹Official
Population density	686.9 people/km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁶Official
Population	58,491 people	31 Dec 2022	Statistics Canada¹¹Official

Population over time22 published observations, 2001–2022

49,688

52,840

55,991

59,143

58,49120012005200920152022

Population rose 16.2% between 2001 and 2022, from 50,340 to 58,491.

International community in Welland

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Total - Place of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total - Place of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data	6,540	100.0%
Europe	3,600	55.0%
Americas	1,465	22.4%
Asia	1,145	17.5%
Italy	910	13.9%
United Kingdom	885	13.5%
United States of America	475	7.3%
Other places of birth in Europe	330	5.0%
Africa	305	4.7%
Poland	285	4.4%
Netherlands	270	4.1%

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Published group	People	Share
India	265	4.1%
Other places of birth in Americas	260	4.0%
Germany	200	3.1%
Philippines	200	3.1%
Hungary	190	2.9%
Colombia	175	2.7%
Other places of birth in Africa	150	2.3%
Jamaica	140	2.1%
Croatia	140	2.1%
Trinidad and Tobago	115	1.8%
Haiti	110	1.7%
Korea, South	105	1.6%
Viet Nam	100	1.5%
Other places of birth in Asia	100	1.5%
Pakistan	95	1.5%
Ukraine	90	1.4%
Portugal	85	1.3%
China	75	1.1%
Syria	60	0.9%
Romania	55	0.8%
Brazil	50	0.8%
El Salvador	50	0.8%
Nigeria	45	0.7%
Peru	40	0.6%
South Africa, Republic of	40	0.6%
Russian Federation	35	0.5%
Serbia	35	0.5%
France	30	0.5%
Greece	30	0.5%
Iran	30	0.5%
Sri Lanka	30	0.5%
Mexico	25	0.4%
Egypt	25	0.4%
Lebanon	25	0.4%
Hong Kong	25	0.4%
Oceania and other places of birth	25	0.4%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	20	0.3%
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	20	0.3%
Guyana	15	0.2%
Turkey	15	0.2%
Taiwan	15	0.2%
Algeria	10	0.2%
Somalia	10	0.2%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹²

Citizenship

Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample data · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample data	54,980	100.0%
Canadian citizens	52,915	96.2%
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over	43,120	78.4%
Canadian citizens aged under 18	9,790	17.8%
Not Canadian citizens	2,070	3.8%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹²

Language spoken at home

Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data	55,410	100.0%
Single responses	54,340	98.1%
Official languages	52,280	94.4%
English	51,180	92.4%
Non-official languages	2,060	3.7%
Non-Indigenous languages	2,060	3.7%
Indo-European languages	1,325	2.4%
French	1,095	2.0%
Multiple responses	1,070	1.9%
Italic (Romance) languages	715	1.3%
English and non-official language(s)	620	1.1%

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Published group	People	Share
English and French	405	0.7%
Spanish	320	0.6%
Italian	310	0.6%
Indo-Iranian languages	285	0.5%
Balto-Slavic languages	270	0.5%
Slavic languages	270	0.5%
Indo-Aryan languages	260	0.5%
Korean	185	0.3%
Sino-Tibetan languages	135	0.2%
Chinese languages	135	0.2%
Polish	105	0.2%
Uralic languages	95	0.2%
Hungarian	95	0.2%
Punjabi (Panjabi)	95	0.2%
Mandarin	80	0.1%
Austronesian languages	75	0.1%
Afro-Asiatic languages	65	0.1%
Semitic languages	65	0.1%
Portuguese	65	0.1%
Arabic	60	0.1%
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	60	0.1%
Gujarati	60	0.1%
Dravidian languages	55	0.1%
Yue (Cantonese)	50	0.1%
Serbo-Croatian	50	0.1%
Urdu	50	0.1%
Russian	45	0.1%
Croatian	40	0.1%
Ukrainian	40	0.1%
Hindi	40	0.1%
Austro-Asiatic languages	35	0.1%
Vietnamese	35	0.1%
Malayalam	35	0.1%
Creole languages	30	0.1%
Germanic languages	30	0.1%
Haitian Creole	25	0.0%
Iranian languages	25	0.0%
Niger-Congo languages	25	0.0%
Sign languages	20	0.0%
Romanian	20	0.0%
French and non-official language(s)	15	0.0%
Tamil	15	0.0%
High German languages	15	0.0%
German	15	0.0%
Low Saxon-Low Franconian languages	15	0.0%
Greek	15	0.0%
Persian languages	15	0.0%
American Sign Language	10	0.0%
Sign languages, n.i.e.	10	0.0%
Tai-Kadai languages	10	0.0%
Turkic languages	10	0.0%
English, French and non-official language(s)	10	0.0%
Multiple non-official languages	10	0.0%
Slovak	10	0.0%
Afrikaans	10	0.0%
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	10	0.0%
Pashto	10	0.0%
Shona	5	0.0%
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	5	0.0%
Thai	5	0.0%
Turkish	5	0.0%
Indonesian	5	0.0%
Albanian	5	0.0%
Armenian	5	0.0%
Czech	5	0.0%
Serbian	5	0.0%
Slovene (Slovenian)	5	0.0%
Dutch	5	0.0%
Bengali	5	0.0%
Dari	5	0.0%
Iranian Persian	5	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹²

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents born abroad	11.9 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹²Official
Households	23,655 households	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹³Official
Labour force participation rate	56.9 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹³Official
Median age	45.2 years	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁷Official

Alternatives for people set on Welland

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

St. Catharines as a Welland alternative in the same region

22 km away, better on 1 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Foreign residents: 19.5% St. Catharines vs 11.9% Welland+64%
Median gross pay, city: €3,115 St. Catharines vs €3,050 Wellandsame level
Median gross pay, region: €2,266 St. Catharines vs €2,309 Wellandsame level
Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,296 St. Catharines vs 4,296 Wellandsame level

Full comparison More about St. Catharines

Aurora as a Welland alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 115 km, better on 3 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Foreign residents: 36.8% Aurora vs 11.9% Welland+209%
Median gross pay, city: €4,357 Aurora vs €3,050 Welland+43%
Median gross pay, region: €3,094 Aurora vs €2,309 Welland+34%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,296 Aurora vs 4,296 Wellandsame level

Full comparison More about Aurora

Cities near Welland

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Port Colborne 11.2 km away

Salary: 3,159 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Thorold 15.1 km away

Salary: 3,094 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

St. Catharines 22.2 km away

Salary: 3,115 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Alternative cities in Canada

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All Canada cities

Saint-Hyacinthe57,239 residents Port Coquitlam61,498 residents Aurora62,057 residents Belleville55,071 residents Blainville62,700 residents Medicine Hat63,271 residents

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Welland?

The published population was 58,491 people in 2022. Source: Statistics Canada.

Is the air quality good in Welland?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 6.1 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca.

How safe is Welland?

What is the typical salary in Welland?

The median gross salary is about 3,050 EUR/month (2020). The regional series (home-region basis, 2020) is a separate labelled row in the table. Source: Statistics Canada.

What is the unemployment rate in Welland?

The unemployment rate is about 15 % (2021). Source: Statistics Canada.

What is the typical salary around Welland?

The median gross salary is 2,309 EUR/month. Source: www150.statcan.gc.ca.

Is Welland a good place to live?

Welland may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Welland?

Port Colborne, Thorold, Niagara Falls, St. Catharines are near Welland. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Europe live in Welland?

The official country of birth distribution records 3,600 people (55.0%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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