Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Sagamok trail those of 98% of Canadian towns
95 people have their usual place of work in Sagamok, against 205 residents who travel to a job. Jobs were held by 43% of people aged 15 to 64 in Sagamok in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. Sagamok had an unemployment rate of 13% at the 2021 census, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns.
The work numbers behind Sagamok
Fewer people in work than most towns
With 43% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 36% of all adults employed. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
13% 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% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $52,500 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 22.5 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 12% 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.
Sagamok earns D for jobs and income
Better than 7% 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 and out of work in Sagamok
None of the 5 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Algoma census division has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
41% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. In October 2026, 56% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. 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.
Before tax, the median household in Sagamok had $52,500
Of the 5 other places of 2,500 or more in the Algoma census division, 4 have a higher median. Incomes here are 2020’s and include the pandemic payments, CERB among them, that propped up the lower end.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
At 22.5 minutes, commutes from Sagamok are shorter than in the middle of Canadian towns
Trips under 15 minutes: 62%, more than the 31% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. 12% spend an hour or longer getting to work; the middle of Ontario’s towns has 7.9%. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 22.6 minutes. The middle of Ontario’s towns averages 28.6 minutes.
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.
A commuter town: Sagamok sends out more workers than it takes in
Each person commuting in is matched by about 15 residents going out.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
58% of Sagamok’s residents in work leave it to work; Sables-Spanish Rivers takes the most
- Mississagi River 810
- Sables-Spanish Rivers65
- Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury15
- Espanola10
- Blind River10
- Serpent River 710
- Mississagi River 810
In the other direction the biggest source is Mississagi River 8, with 10.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
5.8% of commuters from Sagamok go without a car
Nearly everyone drives: 94% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 10% against 21%. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
EI claims in the Algoma census division run 4% above their 2019 level
In April 2021 it reached 7,740, the most in the series and 2.4 times the 2019 average. Roughly 5 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 6%.
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). For EI beneficiaries, the only official count covers all of the Algoma census division, Sagamok included.
Walkability in Sagamok: graded C
Better than 34% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Work in and around Sagamok
The nearest places to Sagamok with figures are 15–46 km away.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sagamok | 43% | 13% | $53K | 22.5 min | D | C |
| Sables-Spanish Rivers 14.7 km | 62% | 11% | $71K | 31.8 min | D− | C+ |
| Little Current 26.6 km | 78% | 10% | $76K | 25 min | B− | A− |
| Espanola 32.6 km | 67% | 9.4% | $77K | 22.2 min | C+ | A |
| Elliot Lake 44.7 km | 52% | 17% | $50K | 16.4 min | C− | A− |
| Central Manitoulin 46.1 km | 70% | 8.3% | $71K | 23.7 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 Sagamok, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Monthly EI recipients across the census division: a pulse of the local job market rather than a measure of who is out of work.
- The Labour Force Survey. The most recent unemployment rate on the page comes from this monthly survey, which covers the wider metro area or economic region, not 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.
- Unemployment. The census-week jobless rate for residents 15 and over. Its base is the labour force, those employed plus those actively looking.
- Household income. The 2020 income of the household at the midpoint, all sources and before tax. Inside a city we rebuild it from the dissemination areas’ income bands, so there it is an estimate.
- Trip times. How long getting to work normally takes, averaged from the census’s time bands at their middles; expect it to read slightly high against the timed figure.
- Which towns we compare. Towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500 people or more, never a whole city and never a First Nations reserve. Middles are medians.
- A First Nations reserve. Sagamok’s figures are its own, though Statistics Canada rounds or suppresses some for small communities. A reserve has no overall grade and sits in no ranked list.
Questions about work in Sagamok
How many jobs are there in Sagamok?
The 2021 census counted about 95 people working in Sagamok: 0.5 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace.
What is the unemployment rate in Sagamok?
At the 2021 census 13% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Northeast economic region, gives 6% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Sagamok?
The census puts Sagamok at $52,500 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Sagamok get to work?
By car: 94% of commuters, 5.8% walk; on census day 10% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Sagamok?
22.5 minutes is the average trip, with 62% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 12% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Sagamok work?
Only 43% work in Sagamok itself; the rest go first to Sables-Spanish Rivers (65) and Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury (15).
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) · 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).