Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Augusta has 0.2 jobs for every resident in work, so most leave town for work
78% of people aged 15 to 64 in Augusta had a job at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. Before tax, the typical household in Augusta brought in $95,700 in 2020, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900. In May 2021, unemployment in Augusta reached 7.9%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What sets Augusta apart on jobs and income
Work near the middle
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 78% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 56%. In work ↓
Unemployment near the middle
7.9% of the labour force was out of work at the 2021 census (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns); the Labour Force Survey had the area at 8% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
On jobs and income, Augusta grades B+
Better than 75% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #118 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.
A commuter town: Augusta sends out more workers than it takes in
It sends out some 7 workers for every one it takes in. 8.7% 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.
91% of Augusta’s residents in work leave it to work; Brockville takes the most
- Brockville1,100
- Prescott295
- Cardinal290
- Elizabethtown-Kitley140
- Ottawa135
- Kemptville50
- Kingston40
- Morrisburg35
- Cornwall30
- Winchester25
In the other direction the biggest source is Cardinal, with 80.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
In and out of work in Augusta
Of the 11 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Leeds and Grenville census division, 8 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Working or looking, 60% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. Counting retirees, 56% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 59% in October 2026. 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.
Household income in Augusta
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 82% of Canadian towns.
One of the 11 other places of 2,500+ in the Leeds and Grenville census division has a higher median. Set beside Ontario’s towns, where the median is $91,600, Augusta sits 4% above. 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).
Augusta gets to work without a car for 2.7% of commuters
Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 16% against 21%. Few ride transit: 0.8%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. Nearly everyone drives: 97% of commuters go by car, truck or van.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
The trip to work from Augusta runs about as long as the middle of Canadian towns: 25.4 minutes
Timed exactly, the average is 22.8 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of Ontario’s towns averages 28.6 minutes. Only 30% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 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.
EI claims in the Leeds and Grenville census division run 20% above their 2019 level
The count topped out in February 2021 at 5,400 people, 2.7 times the 2019 average. That is about 3.9 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 1%.
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). Augusta doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from the Leeds and Grenville census division.
The walkability of Augusta: C−
Better than 25% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #794 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Out of 704 Canadian towns of 5,400 to 10,500, Augusta comes 179th on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 6 | Sioux Lookout Ontario | 6,122 | 79% | 5.7% | $103K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 8 | Island Park-Wellington Village Ontario | 5,486 | 81% | 7% | $161K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | Alta Vista Ontario | 8,387 | 78% | 8.3% | $138K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 177 | Colborne Ontario | 7,447 | 77% | 9.1% | $121K | A− |
| 178 | St. Paul County No. 19 Alberta | 6,462 | 82% | 5.2% | $87K | B+ |
| 179 | Augusta Ontario | 7,767 | 78% | 7.9% | $96K | B+ |
| 180 | Southern Gulf Islands British Columbia | 6,691 | 84% | 6.8% | $65K | B+ |
| 181 | Terwillegar Towne Alberta | 6,478 | 77% | 9.1% | $131K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 704 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Augusta, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Next to Augusta: how nearby places compare
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augusta | 78% | 7.9% | $96K | 25.4 min | B+ | C− |
| Prescott 6.5 km | 63% | 12% | $61K | 23.6 min | D | A− |
| Brockville 13.3 km | 65% | 15% | $64K | 18.1 min | C | A |
| Cardinal 18.8 km | 73% | 9.3% | $85K | 30.8 min | C | 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 Augusta, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Statistics Canada’s place-of-work table counts people with a usual place of work by the municipality they live in and the one they work in. Jobs here are people whose usual workplace is in the municipality, wherever they live.
- Employment Insurance. People receiving EI benefits each month, counted for the census division. It follows the local job market; it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- 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. 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. It counts only people who wanted work and had none in May 2021, as a share of those working or searching; students and retirees who weren’t looking stay out of both sides.
- Household income. Taken from the 2021 Census, which asked about 2020: wages, pensions, investment income and government transfers together, before income tax, for the median household.
- Which towns we compare. Medians over towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents. Whole cities would swamp them and reserves sit outside the rankings, so neither is in.
Questions about work in Augusta
How do people in Augusta get to work?
97% of commuters drive, 0.8% take public transit and 1.9% walk; 16% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Augusta?
The average commute is 25.4 minutes; 30% of trips take under 15 minutes and 7.9% an hour or more.
Where do people in Augusta work?
8.7% work in Augusta itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Brockville (1,100), then Prescott (295).
How many jobs are there in Augusta?
The 2021 census found about 540 people with their usual workplace in Augusta, or 0.2 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. Statistics Canada counted 126 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Augusta?
Two figures answer it: 7.9% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 8% for the Ottawa economic region in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Augusta?
Before tax, half the households in Augusta had more than $95,700 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
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).