Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Working-age people in Magnetawan have jobs less often than in 93% of Canadian towns
Working at home: 30% of its workers, where the middle of Canadian towns has 21%. Jobs located in Magnetawan: 100, for 240 residents with a usual workplace. Before tax, the typical household in Magnetawan brought in $66,100 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
The work numbers behind Magnetawan
Fewer people in work than most towns
In work at the 2021 census: 60% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 37% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $66,100 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Jobs and income in Magnetawan earn D
Better than 5% 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.
In Magnetawan, 60% of the working-age population has a job
Of the 7 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Parry Sound census division, one has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
A more recent figure, for the wider area: 56% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 42%. Counting retirees, 37% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. Pandemic rules were in force on census day, 11 May 2021; the Labour Force Survey shows how jobs have moved since.
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.
Earnings at home in Magnetawan: households
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 75% of Canadian towns.
The middle of Ontario’s towns is $91,600, and Magnetawan is 28% below it. 5 of the 7 other places of 2,500+ in the Parry Sound census division have a higher median. Pandemic support paid in 2020, CERB first among it, is 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).
The daily tide in Magnetawan runs outward
240 residents of Magnetawan had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 100 people had theirs in Magnetawan, wherever they lived.
About 6 residents leave for work for each person who comes in. The job is inside the municipality for 31% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
69% of Magnetawan’s residents in work leave it to work; Huntsville takes the most
- Strong10
Inbound, the leader is Strong (10).
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 Magnetawan work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 3.7% of Magnetawan’s commuters
Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 90% 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.
At 28.4 minutes, commutes from Magnetawan are longer than in the middle of Canadian towns
Timed exactly, the average is 26.7 minutes (Statistics Canada). A quarter-hour or less for 33% of commuters, against 31% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. An hour or more: 8.6% of commuters, close to 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.
EI claims in the Parry Sound census division are back near their 2019 level
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4 receive EI. Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 5%. The count topped out in February 2021 at 3,090 people, 2.1 times the 2019 average.
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). Magnetawan doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from the Parry Sound census division.
Magnetawan on foot: a C− grade
Better than 18% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Work in and around Magnetawan
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magnetawan | 60% | 11% | $66K | 28.4 min | D | C− |
| Burk's Falls 14.7 km | 77% | 11% | $54K | 24.9 min | C− | B+ |
| Strong 18.7 km | 69% | 13% | $72K | 31.9 min | D | D |
| Sundridge 18.9 km | 61% | 13% | $60K | 25.4 min | D | B+ |
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 Magnetawan, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Trip times. The census asks how long the trip to work usually takes, in bands; our average uses each band’s middle, so it runs a little above Statistics Canada’s timed average.
- Where people commute. Counts of workers with a fixed workplace, by where they live and where they work, both taken as whole municipalities; the jobs figure takes everyone who works here, wherever home is.
- 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. Monthly, and only for metro areas and economic regions. It is the up-to-date rate we set beside the census’s 2021 snapshot.
- 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. Of everyone 15 or older who was working or job-hunting in the census week, the part still looking. Someone not seeking work isn’t in it at all.
- 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. 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 Magnetawan
Where do people in Magnetawan work?
31% work in Magnetawan itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Huntsville (35), then Burk's Falls (30).
How many jobs are there in Magnetawan?
The 2021 census found about 100 people with their usual workplace in Magnetawan, or 0.4 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 57 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Magnetawan?
Two figures answer it: 11% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 6% for the Northeast economic region in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Magnetawan?
Magnetawan’s middle household had $66,100 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Magnetawan get to work?
90% of commuters drive, 3.7% walk; 30% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Magnetawan?
The average commute is 28.4 minutes; 33% of trips take under 15 minutes and 8.6% an hour or more.
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).