Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.6 jobs for each resident in work, most of Seguin commutes out
6.8% of the labour force in Seguin was out of work at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. Half the households in Seguin had more than $84,800 in 2020, before tax, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns. In Seguin, 68% of residents aged 15 to 64 were working in May 2021, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%.
Jobs and income in Seguin: what the figures say
Fewer people in work than most towns
With 68% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 52% of all adults employed. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 6.8% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 6% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Seguin grades C for jobs and income
Better than 35% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #484 of 866 in Ontario.
Its strongest measure is household income; 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.
Work and the working-age population of Seguin
Of the 6 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.
Working or looking, 56% 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 52%. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 56% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. 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.
Seguin is quieter on a working day than at night
About 3 residents leave for work for each person who comes in. Of those who commute, 28% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
72% of Seguin’s residents in work leave it to work; Parry Sound takes the most
Coming the other way, Parry Sound sends the most (105).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
What households in Seguin earn
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 65% of Canadian towns.
That puts Seguin 7% below the median of Ontario’s towns, $91,600. Of the 6 other places of 2,500 or more in the Parry Sound census division, 2 have a higher median. 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).
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 5.5% of Seguin’s commuters
20% worked at home on census day, about the same as in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit takes 0.9% of commuters, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. The car is the way to work for 93% of commuters.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
A commute like the middle of Canadian towns: 25.6 minutes from Seguin
A quarter-hour or less for 33% of commuters, against 31% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. Long trips, an hour or more, are about as common as in the middle of Ontario’s towns: 8.3%. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 24.2 minutes. In the middle of Ontario’s towns, the average commute is 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.
In the Parry Sound census division, the count on EI is close to where it was in 2019
In February 2021 it reached 3,090, the most in the series and 2.1 times the 2019 average. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 4 are on EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 5%.
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 Parry Sound census division, Seguin included.
Everyday places on foot in Seguin: C
Better than 31% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #771 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Seguin next to Canadian towns of 4,000 to 7,800: 484th of 713 on jobs and income
| # | 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 | North River Heights Manitoba | 7,228 | 82% | 8.4% | $143K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 5 | Sioux Lookout Ontario | 6,122 | 79% | 5.7% | $103K | A+ |
| 6 | Red Lake Ontario | 4,285 | 77% | 5.1% | $111K | A+ |
| 7 | Perth South Ontario | 4,055 | 87% | 7.3% | $102K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 482 | Mayland Heights Alberta | 5,937 | 69% | 14% | $75K | C |
| 483 | Grand Falls / Grand-Sault New Brunswick | 5,465 | 70% | 9.8% | $59K | C |
| 484 | Seguin Ontario | 5,761 | 68% | 6.8% | $85K | C |
| 485 | Lampman Ontario | 5,663 | 65% | 13% | $129K | C |
| 486 | Erin Woods Alberta | 7,245 | 65% | 16% | $89K | C |
| … | ||||||
| 713 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Seguin, and others among Ontario’s towns.
How the places next to Seguin compare on work
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seguin | 68% | 6.8% | $85K | 25.6 min | C | C |
| McKellar 16.5 km | 64% | 9.2% | $79K | 32 min | D | D− |
| Parry Sound 18.1 km | 72% | 9.5% | $63K | 17.4 min | C+ | A+ |
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 Seguin, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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.
- Where people commute. Only people with a usual place of work are in it: those who work from home or have no fixed site are not. Home and work are both counted by municipality.
- 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. A monthly household survey by Statistics Canada, reported for metro areas and economic regions only. It supplies a recent rate next to the 2021 census figure.
- 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. 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. Before-tax total income of the middle household for 2020, from the census. Neighbourhood medians are worked out from bracket counts, since Statistics Canada publishes none of their own.
- 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.
Questions about work in Seguin
How many jobs are there in Seguin?
Statistics Canada counted 207 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Seguin?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Northeast economic region at 6%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 6.8%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Seguin?
Before tax, half the households in Seguin had more than $84,800 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Seguin get to work?
By car: 93% of commuters, 0.9% take public transit and 4.6% walk; on census day 20% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Seguin?
25.6 minutes is the average trip, with 33% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 8.3% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Seguin work?
Only 28% work in Seguin itself; the rest go first to Parry Sound (650) and Muskoka Lakes (50).
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).