Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Working-age people in Lambton have jobs more often than in 85% of Canadian towns
Of everyone in Lambton working or looking for work in May 2021, 4.4% were unemployed, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns. The average trip to work from Lambton is 20.4 minutes; 7.8% of commuters spend an hour or more getting there. In 2020, a household at the middle of Lambton had $61,900 before tax; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
Jobs and income in Lambton: what the figures say
More people in work than most towns
Counting everyone 15 and over, 56% were in work at the 2021 census; among those aged 15 to 64 it was 83%, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
4.4% 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 3.7% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $61,900 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
More jobs than the typical town
With 565 jobs based in Lambton and 505 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 20.4 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 7.8% 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.
Lambton earns B for jobs and income
Better than 64% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; 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 Lambton, 83% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 58% in October 2026. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 59% of residents that age. Counting retirees, 56% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. Statistics Canada counted on 11 May 2021, with much of the country under pandemic rules: more people were out of work or at home than usual.
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 Lambton’s household incomes compare
That puts Lambton 16% below the median of Quebec’s towns, $74,100. That year, 2020, brought emergency benefits that count in these totals, before tax.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Every working day, Lambton’s workforce grows by 10%
505 residents of Lambton had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 565 people had theirs in Lambton, wherever they lived.
Of those who commute, 52% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
Time on the road to work from Lambton
The middle of Quebec’s towns averages 26.5 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 58%, more than the 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 19.5 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.
301 people come into Lambton to work, most from Saint-Sébastien and Courcelles
- Saint-Sébastien45
- Courcelles30
- Disraeli30
- Lac-Mégantic20
- Nantes20
- Saint-Romain20
- La Guadeloupe15
- Lac-Drolet15
- Stornoway15
- Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine15
- Saint-Romain35
- Lac-Mégantic20
- Courcelles20
- Stornoway20
- La Guadeloupe15
- Saint-Georges15
- Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton15
- Saint-Sébastien15
- Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley10
- Nantes10
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 Lambton work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Leaving the car at home: 12% of commuters in Lambton
The car takes 87% of commuters here, under the 90% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Home was the workplace for 15%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit barely figures here, 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.
33% more people are on EI in the Le Granit census division than in 2019
That is about 4.2 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 13%. At its peak, in January 2021, 1,260 people were on EI, 3.1 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). For EI beneficiaries, the only official count covers all of the Le Granit census division, Lambton included.
On getting around on foot, Lambton grades B−
Better than 52% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Jobs near Lambton: the places around it
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambton | 83% | 4.4% | $62K | 20.4 min | B | B− |
| La Guadeloupe 18.2 km | 86% | 3.7% | $58K | 20.1 min | B+ | B+ |
| Stratford 18.7 km | 75% | 8.8% | $63K | 29 min | D | 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 Lambton, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. 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.
- 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. Statistics Canada’s place-of-work table counts people with a usual place of work by the municipality they live in and the one they work in. Jobs here are people whose usual workplace is in the municipality, wherever they live.
- Employment Insurance. Monthly EI recipients across the census division: a pulse of the local job market rather than a measure of who is out of work.
- 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.
- 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 Lambton
What is the average household income in Lambton?
Before tax, half the households in Lambton had more than $61,900 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Lambton get to work?
87% of commuters go by car, 12% walk. On census day 15% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Lambton?
On average 20.4 minutes; 58% take under 15 minutes and 7.8% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Lambton work?
52% work in Lambton itself; of those who leave, the most go to Saint-Romain (35), then Lac-Mégantic (20).
How many jobs are there in Lambton?
About 565 people had their usual place of work in Lambton at the 2021 census, 1.1 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 97 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Lambton?
At the 2021 census 4.4% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Estrie economic region, gives 3.7% in 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).