Photo: P199 · Public domainA smaller share of people aged 15 to 64 are in work in Armstrong than in 64% of Canadian towns
Getting to work from Armstrong takes 21.7 minutes on average, an hour or more for 7.5%. In 2020, a household at the middle of Armstrong had $75,000 before tax, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900. Of everyone in Armstrong working or looking for work in May 2021, 6.7% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Work in Armstrong: the figures worth knowing
Less unemployment than most towns
The Labour Force Survey had the area at 6% in October 2026; on census day in 2021 the town’s own rate was 6.7%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 21.7 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 7.5% last an hour or longer. 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Armstrong: B−
Better than 46% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
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.
The share of 15-to-64s in work in Armstrong: 72%
Of the 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Timiskaming census division, one has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 55%. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 56% in October 2026. 58% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. 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.
Commuting times in Armstrong
In the middle of Ontario’s towns, the average commute is 28.6 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 46%, more than the 31% in the middle of Ontario’s towns.
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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
About as many people come in to work in Armstrong as leave
310 residents of Armstrong had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 310 people had theirs in Armstrong, wherever they lived.
39% of residents who commute work inside the municipality, against 70% in the middle of Canadian towns.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
190 people come into Armstrong to work, most from Temiskaming Shores and Englehart
- Temiskaming Shores70
- Englehart40
- Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part40
- Harris10
- Charlton and Dack10
- Chamberlain10
- Temiskaming Shores105
- Englehart55
- Thornloe (VL)10
- Matachewan10
61% of the people who work in Armstrong live outside it, 70 of them in Temiskaming Shores, 30 km away. Outbound, Temiskaming Shores takes the most: 105 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
2021 Census, people with a usual place of work: where residents of Armstrong work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Earnings at home in Armstrong: households
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 55% of Canadian towns.
One of the 3 other places of 2,500+ in the Timiskaming census division has a higher median. That puts Armstrong 18% below the median of Ontario’s towns, $91,600. 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).
Without a car, 3.8% of Armstrong’s commuters get to work
Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 93% of commuters. Only 18% worked at home on census day, against 21% 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).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
8% fewer people are on EI in the Timiskaming census division than in 2019
That is about 4.7 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 10%. The highest month was July 2021: 1,690 people, 1.9 times the 2019 level.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: one figure for all of the Timiskaming 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).
On getting around on foot, Armstrong grades C+
Better than 39% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Jobs and income in the places around Armstrong
Distances here run 13–30 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Armstrong.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong | 72% | 6.7% | $75K | 21.7 min | B− | C+ |
| Englehart 13.1 km | 72% | 7% | $67K | 23.7 min | C | A+ |
| Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part 29.3 km | 76% | 9.3% | $80K | 29.5 min | C | C− |
| Notre-Dame-du-Nord 29.3 km | 73% | 8.8% | $57K | 21.6 min | C− | B+ |
| Temiskaming Shores 29.7 km | 75% | 6.8% | $71K | 19.8 min | B | A− |
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 Armstrong, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. A monthly household survey by Statistics Canada, reported for metro areas and economic regions only. It supplies a recent rate next to the 2021 census figure.
- In work. Everyone with a job, whatever their age, divided by the residents aged 15 to 64 at the 2021 Census: below the municipality the census doesn’t split work by age, and this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood can be given.
- 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. Before-tax total income of the middle household for 2020, from the census. Neighbourhood medians are worked out from bracket counts, since Statistics Canada publishes none of their own.
- 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.
- Where people commute. Who travels where, from the census: workers with a regular workplace, sorted by the municipality they live in and the one they work in.
- Which towns we compare. Every town and city neighbourhood with 2,500 residents or more; whole cities and First Nations reserves are left out. Each middle figure is a median.
Questions about work in Armstrong
How do people in Armstrong get to work?
By car: 93% of commuters, 3.8% walk; on census day 18% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Armstrong?
21.7 minutes is the average trip, with 46% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 7.5% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Armstrong work?
39% work in Armstrong itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Temiskaming Shores (105), then Englehart (55).
How many jobs are there in Armstrong?
The 2021 census counted about 310 people working in Armstrong: 1 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 53 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Armstrong?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 6.7% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Northeast economic region at 6% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Armstrong?
At $75,000 before tax in 2020, the median household in Armstrong compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
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).