Photo: Pierre Bona · CC BY-SA 3.0Frelighsburg has a larger share of its working-age people in jobs than 95% of Canadian towns
Jobs located in Frelighsburg: 135, for 230 residents with a usual workplace. On census day, 44% of workers here were at home, next to 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Half the households in Frelighsburg had more than $71,400 in 2020, before tax; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
The work numbers behind Frelighsburg
More people in work than most towns
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 87% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 60%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 4.2% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 4.3%. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The median household had $71,400 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Many work from home
On census day, 44% of those in work were working at home; the middle of Canadian towns is 21%. Getting 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 Frelighsburg earn B
Better than 58% 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.
In Frelighsburg, 87% of the working-age population has a job
Of the 7 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Brome-Missisquoi census division, 6 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 62%. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 60% were working. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 62% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. Census day was 11 May 2021, in the pandemic’s third wave: unemployment ran high and many worked from home, so these figures describe that spring rather than today.
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 Frelighsburg earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 63% of Canadian towns.
Against the middle of Quebec’s towns ($74,100), Frelighsburg’s median is 4% below. 3 of the 7 other places of 2,500+ in the Brome-Missisquoi census division have a higher median. In 2020 emergency benefits topped up many low incomes, and the census counts them here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Frelighsburg gets to work without a car for 11% of commuters
The car takes 86% of commuters here, under the 90% in the middle of Quebec’s 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.
More of Frelighsburg’s workers leave each day than arrive
230 residents of Frelighsburg had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 135 people had theirs in Frelighsburg, wherever they lived.
It sends out some 2 workers for every one it takes in. The job is inside the municipality for 28% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
72% of Frelighsburg’s residents in work leave it to work; Cowansville takes the most
Of those coming in, Dunham supplies the most: 30.
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 Frelighsburg work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
At 27.1 minutes, commutes from Frelighsburg are close to the middle of Canadian towns
Trips under 15 minutes: 30%, fewer than the 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. An hour or more: 7.8% of commuters, above the 5.3% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 24.4 minutes (Statistics Canada).
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.
EI claims in the Brome-Missisquoi census division run 49% above their 2019 level
For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 3.3 are on EI. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 rose by 3%. At its peak, in January 2021, 3,320 people were on EI, 3.7 times the 2019 average.
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). Frelighsburg shares its EI beneficiaries numbers with the rest of the Brome-Missisquoi census division.
Frelighsburg earns B− for walkability
Better than 51% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Neighbouring places to Frelighsburg, compared
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frelighsburg | 87% | 4.2% | $71K | 27.1 min | B | B− |
| Dunham 11.6 km | 87% | 4.4% | $77K | 23.6 min | A− | C− |
| Sutton 14.5 km | 83% | 6.6% | $66K | 24.1 min | B | C+ |
| Bedford 17.1 km | 76% | 6.6% | $55K | 21.4 min | C | A+ |
| Cowansville 18 km | 75% | 6.1% | $59K | 20.1 min | C+ | B+ |
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 Frelighsburg, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Trip times. Built from banded answers: each commuter’s usual one-way trip counts as the midpoint of the band they chose, and the result tends to sit slightly higher than Statistics Canada’s average.
- Where people commute. Built from the census table that pairs each worker’s home municipality with their workplace municipality. A job here means someone who usually works in the municipality, local or not.
- 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. Statistics Canada’s monthly survey, published for metro areas and economic regions rather than towns: it gives a current rate beside the census’s 2021 one.
- In work. We divide the number of employed residents by the number aged 15 to 64. Workers past 64 still count on top, because the 2021 Census crosses work with age only for whole municipalities; in return, a retirement town’s pensioners don’t drag the rate down.
- Unemployment. Of everyone 15 or older who was working or job-hunting in the census week, the part still looking. Someone not seeking work isn’t in it at all.
- Household income. Half of households had more than this before tax in 2020, half less, counting every source of income. For a neighbourhood we estimate the median from the income brackets of its dissemination areas.
- 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 Frelighsburg
How long is the commute from Frelighsburg?
The average commute is 27.1 minutes; 30% of trips take under 15 minutes and 7.8% an hour or more.
Where do people in Frelighsburg work?
28% work in Frelighsburg itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Cowansville (35), then Bedford (20).
How many jobs are there in Frelighsburg?
The 2021 census found about 135 people with their usual workplace in Frelighsburg, or 0.6 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 77 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Frelighsburg?
The census put unemployment at 4.2% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Montérégie economic region at 4.3%.
What is the average household income in Frelighsburg?
Before tax, half the households in Frelighsburg had more than $71,400 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Frelighsburg get to work?
86% of commuters drive, 11% walk; 44% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
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).