Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Long Sault has 0.5 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out
Before tax, the typical household in Long Sault brought in $92,400 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. In May 2021, unemployment in Long Sault reached 6.8%, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. An hour or more each way is the commute for 7.9% of workers in Long Sault; the average is 26.6 minutes.
Long Sault at work: what stands out
Work near the middle
78% of people aged 15 to 64 had a job at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; counting everyone 15 and over, retirees included, it was 57%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 6.8% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 8%. 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, Long Sault grades B+
Better than 67% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #169 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.
78% of working-age people in Long Sault have jobs
Of the 6 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry census division, 2 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 62%. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 57%: many residents are past working age. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 59% in October 2026. The census was taken on 11 May 2021, mid-pandemic, when lockdowns had pushed unemployment up and sent many to work from 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.
On a working day, Long Sault loses more workers than it gains
4,585 residents of Long Sault had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 2,155 people had theirs in Long Sault, wherever they lived.
For every person who comes in to work, about 3 residents travel out. The job is inside the municipality for 21% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
79% of Long Sault’s residents in work leave it to work; Cornwall takes the most
- Cornwall2,440
- Morrisburg285
- Ottawa240
- North Stormont145
- South Glengarry110
- Winchester100
- Kingston55
- Limoges45
- Alexandria40
- Embrun40
Of those coming in, Cornwall supplies the most: 705.
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 Long Sault work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Household income in Long Sault
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 78% of Canadian towns.
Against the middle of Ontario’s towns ($91,600), Long Sault’s median is 1% above. No other place of 2,500 or more in the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry census division has a higher median. Read the incomes as 2020’s, before tax: pandemic benefits such as CERB are in them, and they raised many low incomes for 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).
Without a car, 2.8% of Long Sault’s commuters get to work
Only 15% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Few ride transit: 0.2%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. Nearly everyone drives: 96% 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).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
How long the commute from Long Sault takes
The middle of Ontario’s towns averages 28.6 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 25%, fewer than the 31% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 23.4 minutes (Statistics Canada).
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.
EI claims in the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry census division run 29% above their 2019 level
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4.9 receive EI. Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 4%. The highest month was January 2021: 6,180 people, 2.5 times the 2019 level.
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). Long Sault doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry census division.
On getting around on foot, Long Sault grades C
Better than 30% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #775 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How Long Sault ranks: 159th of 558 Canadian towns of 10,200 to 19,700
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Saanich British Columbia | 12,986 | 85% | 5.9% | $121K | A+ |
| 2 | Sillery Quebec | 13,950 | 81% | 6.2% | $120K | A+ |
| 3 | Central Saanich British Columbia | 18,184 | 85% | 4.9% | $103K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 5 | Glebe-Dows Lake Ontario | 13,436 | 80% | 9.4% | $113K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 7 | Wellesley Ontario | 12,413 | 84% | 3.9% | $119K | A+ |
| 8 | Perth East Ontario | 13,423 | 86% | 3.9% | $96K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 157 | Mount Pleasant East Ontario | 16,373 | 77% | 11% | $115K | B+ |
| 158 | Kirkland Quebec | 19,696 | 75% | 8% | $128K | B+ |
| 159 | South Stormont Ontario | 14,602 | 78% | 6.8% | $92K | B+ |
| 160 | Hintonburg-Mechanicsville Ontario | 10,966 | 79% | 9.1% | $79K | B+ |
| 161 | Mississippi Mills Ontario | 16,073 | 79% | 7.6% | $100K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 558 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Long Sault, and others among Ontario’s towns.
The work picture around Long Sault
No closer places have figures: these lie 16–26 km from Long Sault.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Sault | 78% | 6.8% | $92K | 26.6 min | B+ | C |
| Cornwall 15.7 km | 63% | 12% | $60K | 18.2 min | C− | A |
| North Stormont 21.2 km | 78% | 5.9% | $92K | 33.4 min | B− | C+ |
| South Glengarry 26.5 km | 79% | 8.6% | $91K | 25.8 min | A− | 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 Long Sault, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada surveys households every month; the results come out for metro areas and economic regions, never for single towns, and keep the rate current after 2021.
- 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. 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. 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. Built from banded answers: each commuter’s usual one-way trip counts as the midpoint of the band they chose, and the result tends to sit slightly higher than Statistics Canada’s average.
- Where people commute. Jobs count everyone whose usual workplace lies in the municipality, residents or commuters from elsewhere, from Statistics Canada’s home-by-workplace table.
- 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 Long Sault as part of South Stormont, so every census figure on this page is the whole municipality’s.
Questions about work in Long Sault
Where do people in Long Sault work?
21% work in Long Sault itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Cornwall (2,440), then Morrisburg (285).
How many jobs are there in Long Sault?
About 2,155 people had their usual place of work in Long Sault at the 2021 census, 0.5 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 297 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Long Sault?
Two figures answer it: 6.8% 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 Long Sault?
At $92,400 before tax in 2020, the median household in Long Sault compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Long Sault get to work?
96% of commuters go by car, 0.2% take public transit, 2.4% walk and 0.2% cycle. On census day 15% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Long Sault?
On average 26.6 minutes; 25% take under 15 minutes and 7.9% take an hour or longer.
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).