Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Amos tops that of 77% of Canadian towns
6.1% of the labour force in Amos was out of work at the 2021 census, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. Commutes from Amos average 17 minutes, and 5.3% take an hour or more. In 2020, a household at the middle of Amos had $71,100 before tax, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
Amos at work: what stands out
More people in work than most towns
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 80% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 62%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
6.1% 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 2.5% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $71,100 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
A local job centre
With 6,625 jobs based in Amos and 5,040 working residents, the ratio compares with 0.8 in the middle of Canadian towns. The daily tide ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 17 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 5.3% last an hour or longer. 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.
Jobs and income in Amos earn A−
Better than 84% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #86 of 507 in Quebec.
Its strongest measure is trip times; its weakest, household income.
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 Amos, 80% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
A more recent figure, for the wider area: 60% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. 66% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. Counting retirees, 62% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. These are census figures from May 2021, during COVID’s third wave; jobs have recovered since, which the Labour Force Survey shows.
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.
How Amos’ household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 64% of Canadian towns.
Amos’ median is 4% below the middle of Quebec’s towns ($74,100). 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).
A working day adds 28% to the people at work in Amos
Inbound commuters outnumber outbound ones about 3 to 1 in Amos. 80% of residents who commute work inside the municipality, against 70% in the middle of Canadian towns.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
Shorter than the middle of Canadian towns: commutes from Amos average 17 minutes
Timed exactly, the average is 16 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 71%, more than the 31% in the middle of Quebec’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.
2,578 people come into Amos to work, most from Trécesson and Saint-Marc-de-Figuery
- Trécesson325
- Saint-Marc-de-Figuery245
- Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier245
- Sainte-Gertrude-Manneville205
- Landrienne190
- Saint-Mathieu-d'Harricana190
- La Corne125
- Preissac120
- Barraute95
- Berry95
- Saint-Mathieu-d'Harricana100
- Preissac95
- Malartic95
- Saguenay95
- Landrienne90
- Val-d'Or75
- Saint-Jérôme65
- Trécesson50
- Rouyn-Noranda45
- Eeyou Istchee Baie-James40
39% of the people who work in Amos live outside it, 325 of them in Trécesson, 12 km away. The main destination the other way is Saint-Mathieu-d'Harricana, with 100.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
12% of commuters from Amos go without a car
On foot: 11% of commuters, well above the 4.2% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Fewer drive than in the middle of Quebec’s towns: 86% against 90%. Home was the workplace for 8.8%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Few ride transit: 0.8%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
In the Abitibi census division, 5% more people receive EI than in 2019
In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 4%. The count topped out in January 2021 at 1,490 people, 2.4 times the 2019 average. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4.3 receive EI.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Data for EI beneficiaries covers the Abitibi 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).
Amos earns A for walkability
Better than 88% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #172 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Amos is 84th of 613 Canadian towns of 8,900 to 17,200 people for jobs and income
| # | 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 | Walsh Acres/Lakeridge/Garden Ridge Saskatchewan | 9,325 | 80% | 6.7% | $127K | A+ |
| 4 | Cap-Rouge Quebec | 17,139 | 81% | 4.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 6 | Boischatel Quebec | 9,250 | 85% | 4.8% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 82 | Mount Pleasant Alberta | 9,224 | 76% | 11% | $108K | A− |
| 83 | Saint-Apollinaire Quebec | 9,218 | 87% | 3.3% | $86K | A− |
| 84 | Amos Quebec | 12,773 | 80% | 6.1% | $71K | A− |
| 85 | Thompson Manitoba | 12,917 | 68% | 8.9% | $96K | A− |
| 86 | Laurentian Ontario | 11,133 | 73% | 10% | $110K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 613 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Amos, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Neighbouring places to Amos, compared
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amos | 80% | 6.1% | $71K | 17 min | A− | A |
| Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier 10.4 km | 80% | 5.5% | $91K | 21.6 min | A | C− |
| Trécesson 11.6 km | 78% | 8.5% | $93K | 25.3 min | A− | D |
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 Amos, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. A monthly count of Employment Insurance beneficiaries for the whole census division. It tracks the local job market, but it is not an unemployment 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. How many residents held a job in May 2021, set against how many were 15 to 64. It reads a little high where many people work past 65, since below the municipality the census gives no breakdown of workers by age.
- Unemployment. The share of people 15 and over in the labour force, working or looking for work, who had no job on census day in May 2021.
- 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. 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.
- 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 Amos
What is the average household income in Amos?
The census puts Amos at $71,100 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Amos get to work?
86% of commuters drive, 0.8% take public transit, 11% walk and 0.7% cycle; 8.8% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Amos?
The average commute is 17 minutes; 71% of trips take under 15 minutes and 5.3% an hour or more.
Where do people in Amos work?
80% work in Amos itself; of those who leave, the most go to Saint-Mathieu-d'Harricana (100), then Preissac (95).
How many jobs are there in Amos?
The 2021 census found about 6,625 people with their usual workplace in Amos, or 1.3 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 548 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Amos?
The census put unemployment at 6.1% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Abitibi-Témiscamingue economic region at 2.5%.
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).