Photo: Amakuha · CC BY 4.0Working-age people in Marmora are less likely to have a job than in 95% of Canadian towns
Of everyone in Marmora working or looking for work in May 2021, 14% were unemployed, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. Most commutes from Marmora take well under an hour: the average is 36.8 minutes, and 20% take 60 minutes or longer. Jobs located in Marmora: 515, for 955 residents with a usual workplace.
The work numbers behind Marmora
Fewer people in work than most towns
The 2021 census found 58% of 15-to-64s with a job (73% in the middle of Canadian towns). Count every adult, retirees too, and the figure is 39%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
14% 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 6.8% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $62,900 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 36.8 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 20% take an hour or more. 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.
Marmora earns D− for jobs and income
Behind almost every Canadian town on three measures together, #857 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.
In Marmora, 58% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
None of the 8 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Hastings census division has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
In October 2026, 55% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. Working or looking, 46% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 39%. 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.
$62,900 a year: the median household in Marmora
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 82% of Canadian towns.
Of the 8 other places of 2,500 or more in the Hastings census division, 7 have a higher median. That puts Marmora 31% below the median of Ontario’s towns, $91,600. The year is 2020: emergency benefits like CERB count in these incomes, and they raised the bottom of the range.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
The length of the trip to work in Marmora
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 35.7 minutes. The middle of Ontario’s towns averages 28.6 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 27%, 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
More go out than come in: the working day in Marmora
955 residents of Marmora had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 515 people had theirs in Marmora, wherever they lived.
For every person who comes in to work, about 3 residents travel out. The job is inside the municipality for 27% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
73% of Marmora’s residents in work leave it to work; Belleville takes the most
Of those coming in, Stirling supplies the most: 50.
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 Marmora work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Walking, cycling or transit: 4.8% of Marmora’s commuters
Transit takes 0.8% of commuters, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 94% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 12% against 21%.
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.
26% more people are on EI in the Hastings census division than in 2019
Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 1%. At its peak, in April 2021, 7,740 people were on EI, 2.9 times the 2019 average. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4.2 receive EI.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: the Hastings 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).
The Walkability grade for Marmora: B
Better than 58% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #631 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Canadian towns of 3,300 to 6,400, and where Marmora sits
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 2 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | Hay River Northwest Territories | 3,317 | 78% | 6.5% | $129K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 6 | Sioux Lookout Ontario | 6,122 | 79% | 5.7% | $103K | A+ |
| 7 | Red Lake Ontario | 4,285 | 77% | 5.1% | $111K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 9 | Perth South Ontario | 4,055 | 87% | 7.3% | $102K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 734 | Central McDougall Alberta | 4,802 | 56% | 18% | $44K | D− |
| 735 | Sheet Harbour Nova Scotia | 3,334 | 55% | 13% | $56K | D− |
| 736 | Marmora and Lake Ontario | 4,761 | 58% | 14% | $63K | D− |
| 737 | Stinson Ontario | 3,969 | 60% | 14% | $55K | D− |
| 738 | Beasley Ontario | 6,338 | 49% | 17% | $47K | D− |
| 739 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Marmora, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Jobs and income in the places around Marmora
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marmora | 58% | 14% | $63K | 36.8 min | D− | B |
| Havelock 16 km | 65% | 14% | $71K | 36.4 min | D− | C+ |
| Madoc 18.6 km | 68% | 11% | $80K | 32.9 min | D | D− |
| Centre Hastings 18.9 km | 69% | 10% | $77K | 30.3 min | C− | 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 Marmora, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- Trip times. One way, on a usual day, from the census’s travel-time bands. Band midpoints overstate it a little next to the figure Statistics Canada times.
- 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.
- 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. Sampled each month and released for regions rather than towns, so its rate describes the area around the town.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. Comparisons are with the median of Canadian towns and city neighbourhoods counting 2,500 people or more, reserves and entire cities excluded.
- The municipality’s figures. Statistics Canada counts Marmora as part of Marmora and Lake, so every census figure on this page is the whole municipality’s.
Questions about work in Marmora
What is the unemployment rate in Marmora?
Two figures answer it: 14% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 6.8% for the Kingston-Pembroke economic region in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Marmora?
At $62,900 before tax in 2020, the median household in Marmora compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Marmora get to work?
Driving takes 94% of commuters to work, 0.8% take public transit and 4% walk, and on census day 12% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Marmora?
About 36.8 minutes on average, with 27% under a quarter-hour and 20% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Marmora work?
Only 27% work in Marmora itself; the rest go first to Belleville (145) and Campbellford (85).
How many jobs are there in Marmora?
Some 515 people worked in Marmora at the 2021 census: 0.5 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 83 businesses with employees in June 2026.
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).