Photo: Renard Franco · CC0Households in Embrun have higher incomes than those in 97% of Canadian towns
Home was the workplace for 34% of its workers in May 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 21%. Embrun is the usual workplace of 3,535 people, and 5,535 of its own residents commute to a job. At the 2021 census, 81% of Embrun’s 15-to-64s were in work, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns.
What Embrun’s work numbers say
More people in work than most towns
Counting everyone 15 and over, 67% were in work at the 2021 census; among those aged 15 to 64 it was 81%, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
5.4% 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 7.3% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household had $123,400 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 29.3 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 3.5% last an hour or longer. The trip to work ↓
Many work from home
On census day, 34% of those in work were working at home; the middle of Canadian towns is 21%. 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Embrun: A−
Better than 83% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #75 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.
How many in Embrun were working in 2021
Of the 7 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Prescott and Russell census division, 6 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 67% of residents 15 and over were in work. For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 61% in work in October 2026. The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 71%. 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.
What households earned in Embrun: $123,400 in 2020
No other place of 2,500 or more in the Prescott and Russell census division has a higher median. Against the middle of Ontario’s towns ($91,600), Embrun’s median is 35% above. Because 2020 was the first year of the pandemic, emergency benefits make up part of these before-tax incomes.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
29.3 minutes from Embrun to work, over the middle of Canadian towns
Long trips are rarer than in the middle of Ontario’s towns: 3.5% take an hour or more, against 7.9%. Timed exactly, the average is 26.2 minutes (Statistics Canada). Trips under 15 minutes: 25%, fewer 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.
Walking, cycling or transit: 3.6% of Embrun’s commuters
Few ride transit: 0.7%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 94% of commuters.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
The daily tide in Embrun runs outward
About 2 residents leave for work for each person who comes in. 31% 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.
69% of Embrun’s residents in work leave it to work; Ottawa takes the most
- Ottawa530
- Limoges395
- North Stormont180
- Winchester135
- Casselman125
- Rockland90
- Wendover55
- Cornwall45
- Gatineau40
- Long Sault40
- Ottawa3,180
- Limoges165
- Casselman145
- Winchester60
- Gatineau55
- Rockland45
- North Stormont30
- Cornwall25
- Alexandria20
- Kemptville20
Coming the other way, Ottawa sends the most (530).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
In the Prescott and Russell census division, 37% more people receive EI than in 2019
Roughly 5 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number rose by 7%. The highest month was January 2021: 4,460 people, 2.4 times the 2019 level.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: the Prescott and Russell 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).
Everyday places on foot in Embrun: B
Better than 57% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #640 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Embrun places 44th of 367 on jobs and income among Canadian towns of 16,600 to 31,900
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yellowknife Northwest Territories | 22,858 | 80% | 5.8% | $148K | A+ |
| 2 | Central Saanich British Columbia | 18,184 | 85% | 4.9% | $103K | A+ |
| 3 | Woolwich Ontario | 31,382 | 82% | 6.2% | $115K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 15 | Wilmot Ontario | 22,890 | 81% | 6.8% | $115K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 23 | North Perth Ontario | 18,168 | 83% | 5.7% | $84K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 42 | Yorkton Saskatchewan | 17,543 | 77% | 7.5% | $76K | A− |
| 43 | Beloeil Quebec | 25,240 | 85% | 5% | $90K | A− |
| 44 | Russell Ontario | 23,655 | 81% | 5.4% | $123K | A− |
| 45 | Cranbrook British Columbia | 22,703 | 76% | 7.4% | $81K | A− |
| 46 | Mahogany Alberta | 17,818 | 79% | 9.1% | $122K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 367 | Parc-Extension Quebec | 29,066 | 61% | 16% | $48K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Embrun, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Work in the places around Embrun
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Embrun | 81% | 5.4% | $123K | 29.3 min | A− | B |
| Vars 10.6 km | 81% | 4.3% | $126K | 29.8 min | A− | C+ |
| Metcalfe 13.5 km | 79% | 6.6% | $133K | 27.4 min | A− | C+ |
| Edwards - Carlsbad Springs 16 km | 73% | 7.8% | $105K | 24.3 min | B+ | C |
| Casselman 16.7 km | 79% | 5.1% | $99K | 29.7 min | B+ | A |
| Limoges 16.7 km | 83% | 5% | $105K | 32 min | B+ | C |
| North Stormont 16.8 km | 78% | 5.9% | $92K | 33.4 min | B− | 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 Embrun, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- Household income. What the median household took in during 2020 before tax, as the census recorded it; an estimate built from income groups when the place is a neighbourhood.
- 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.
- Employment Insurance. Statistics Canada counts EI beneficiaries each month by census division. Seasonal work makes it swing, so read it as a trend, not a jobless 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.
- 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.
- The municipality’s figures. Statistics Canada counts Embrun as part of Russell, so every census figure on this page is the whole municipality’s.
Questions about work in Embrun
How long is the commute from Embrun?
On average 29.3 minutes; 25% take under 15 minutes and 3.5% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Embrun work?
31% work in Embrun itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Ottawa (3,180), then Limoges (165).
How many jobs are there in Embrun?
About 3,535 people had their usual place of work in Embrun at the 2021 census, 0.6 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 584 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Embrun?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Ottawa-Gatineau, Ontario part metro area at 7.3%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 5.4%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Embrun?
Before tax, half the households in Embrun had more than $123,400 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Embrun get to work?
94% of commuters go by car, 0.7% take public transit, 2.5% walk and 0.4% cycle. On census day 34% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
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).