Photo: Mario Hains · CC BY-SA 3.0Working-age people in Ascot Corner have jobs more often than in 95% of Canadian towns
Jobs located in Ascot Corner: 635, for 1,265 residents with a usual workplace. The median household in Ascot Corner had $88,000 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Census day 2021 found 3.2% of Ascot Corner’s labour force without a job, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
Where Ascot Corner stands out on work
More people in work than most towns
At the 2021 census 86% of the 15-to-64s were in work (73% in the middle of Canadian towns); across all ages 15 and over, 70%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
3.2% 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 4.2% 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Ascot Corner: A
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; 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 Ascot Corner, 86% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
All 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Le Haut-Saint-François census division have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 60% in work in October 2026. Working or looking, 72% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. Counting retirees, 70% 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.
A commuter town: Ascot Corner sends out more workers than it takes in
1,265 residents of Ascot Corner had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 635 people had theirs in Ascot Corner, wherever they lived.
Outbound commuters outnumber inbound ones about 2 to 1. 9.7% 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.
90% of Ascot Corner’s residents in work leave it to work; Sherbrooke takes the most
- Sherbrooke200
- Victoriaville115
- East Angus45
- Cookshire-Eaton35
- Magog25
- Stoke15
- Plessisville10
- Sainte-Hélène-de-Chester10
- Warwick10
- Saint-Albert10
Inbound, the leader is Sherbrooke (200).
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 Ascot Corner work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Household income in Ascot Corner
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 72% of Canadian towns.
Set beside Quebec’s towns, where the median is $74,100, Ascot Corner sits 19% above. No other place of 2,500 or more in the Le Haut-Saint-François census division has a higher median. Because 2020 was the first year of the pandemic, emergency benefits make up 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).
2.7% of commuters in Ascot Corner walk, cycle or take transit
Nearly everyone drives: 97% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 16% against 21%. Transit takes 0.7% of commuters, 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).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
A shorter commute than the middle of Canadian towns: 23.1 minutes from Ascot Corner
Trips under 15 minutes: 26%, fewer than the 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. An hour or more: 2.6% of commuters, under the 5.3% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 20.4 minutes. The middle of Quebec’s towns averages 26.5 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
In the Le Haut-Saint-François census division, 44% more people receive EI than in 2019
That is about 4.5 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 3%. The highest month was January 2021: 1,360 people, 2.8 times the 2019 level.
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 Le Haut-Saint-François census division, Ascot Corner included.
Getting around Ascot Corner on foot earns D
Better than 11% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #496 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
For jobs and income, Ascot Corner is 52nd of 769 Canadian towns of 2,600 to 5,000
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Mount Royal Alberta | 2,758 | 83% | 12% | $188K | A+ |
| 2 | Central River Heights Manitoba | 2,736 | 84% | 5.4% | $137K | A+ |
| 3 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 7 | Kuujjuaq Quebec | 2,766 | 78% | 4.2% | $112K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska Quebec | 3,307 | 85% | 4.8% | $91K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 24 | Saint-Elzéar Quebec | 2,842 | 90% | 3.8% | $89K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 50 | North Shore Prince Edward Island | 2,994 | 82% | 7.9% | $98K | A |
| 51 | Golden British Columbia | 4,433 | 78% | 7% | $87K | A |
| 52 | Ascot Corner Quebec | 3,725 | 86% | 3.2% | $88K | A |
| 53 | Wallace-Woodworth Manitoba | 2,983 | 88% | 3.1% | $82K | A |
| 54 | Riverside Park South - Revelstoke Ontario | 3,030 | 76% | 7.2% | $144K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 769 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,724 | 43% | 30% | $51K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Ascot Corner, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Jobs near Ascot Corner: the places around it
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascot Corner | 86% | 3.2% | $88K | 23.1 min | A | D |
| Stoke 4 km | 79% | 6% | $88K | 23.5 min | A− | D |
| East Angus 11 km | 72% | 6.4% | $60K | 23.6 min | C− | A− |
| Cookshire-Eaton 11.7 km | 83% | 5.9% | $70K | 23.9 min | B | C+ |
| Sherbrooke 12.1 km | 77% | 6.1% | $63K | 20.7 min | B− | A |
| Westbury 12.4 km | 73% | 4% | $82K | 23.6 min | B− | C− |
| Hatley 17.2 km | 89% | 4.1% | $103K | 21.8 min | A+ | 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 Ascot Corner, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- 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. 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. 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. Beneficiaries of Employment Insurance, month by month, for the census division rather than the town. Many jobless people don’t qualify, so it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. Any town of 2,500 or more counts, and so does any city neighbourhood that size; the city as a whole and First Nations reserves don’t. The middle is the median.
Questions about work in Ascot Corner
How do people in Ascot Corner get to work?
By car: 97% of commuters, 0.7% take public transit and 2% walk; on census day 16% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Ascot Corner?
23.1 minutes is the average trip, with 26% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 2.6% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Ascot Corner work?
9.7% work in Ascot Corner itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Sherbrooke (885), then East Angus (60).
How many jobs are there in Ascot Corner?
The 2021 census counted about 635 people working in Ascot Corner: 0.5 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 117 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Ascot Corner?
The 2021 census found 3.2% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Sherbrooke metro area, is 4.2% (October 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).