Photo: Veillg1 · CC0More of Clarendon’s 15-to-64s are in work than in 86% of Canadian towns
Of everyone in Clarendon working or looking for work in May 2021, 9.1% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. Getting to work from Clarendon takes 30 minutes on average, an hour or more for 20%. The median household in Clarendon had $65,500 before tax in 2020, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900.
What the numbers say about work in Clarendon
More people in work than most towns
With 83% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 58% of all adults employed. In work ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $65,500 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 30 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Clarendon: C
Better than 33% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
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.
The share of 15-to-64s in work in Clarendon: 83%
Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 63% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. Counting retirees, 58% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 58% 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.
What households in Clarendon earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 77% of Canadian towns.
The middle of Quebec’s towns is $74,100, and Clarendon is 12% below it. CERB and the other emergency payments of 2020 are counted in these incomes, which lifted the lower ones that year.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
A longer commute than the middle of Canadian towns: 30 minutes from Clarendon
In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 43% of commuters, against 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 27.6 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
100% of Clarendon’s residents in work leave it to work; Shawville takes the most
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 Clarendon work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 2.9% of Clarendon’s commuters
The car is the way to work for 95% of commuters. 26% of everyone in work worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Hardly anyone takes transit to work, 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).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
33% more people are on EI in the Pontiac census division than in 2019
For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 4.2 are on EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 5%. January 2021 was the busiest month, with 850 people on EI, 2.4 times 2019’s average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: one figure for all of the Pontiac 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).
Walking in Clarendon earns D
Better than 12% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Jobs near Clarendon: the places around it
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarendon | 83% | 9.1% | $66K | 30 min | C | D |
| Shawville 6 km | 65% | 5.5% | $55K | 27.2 min | D− | A |
| Horton 17 km | 75% | 8% | $91K | 25.8 min | B | D− |
| Bristol 17.6 km | 68% | 6.9% | $67K | 45.8 min | D− | 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 Clarendon, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Trip times. Commuters picked a band for their usual trip (under 15 minutes, 15 to 29, and so on). We place each person at the middle of their band, which lands a little above Statistics Canada’s own timed average.
- 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. 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. 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. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. The comparison pool is places of 2,500 people or more, towns or neighbourhoods inside cities, without whole cities or reserves, and we compare with its median.
Questions about work in Clarendon
How long is the commute from Clarendon?
30 minutes is the average trip, with 43% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 20% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Clarendon work?
Only 0% work in Clarendon itself; the rest go first to Shawville (220) and Ottawa (45).
What is the unemployment rate in Clarendon?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 9.1% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Outaouais economic region at 6.4% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Clarendon?
Before tax, half the households in Clarendon had more than $65,500 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Clarendon get to work?
By car: 95% of commuters, 2.9% walk; on census day 26% of those in work worked from home.
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).