Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Macamic has a smaller share of its working-age people in jobs than 70% of Canadian towns
In 2020, a household at the middle of Macamic had $74,700 before tax; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Jobs located in Macamic: 570, for 830 residents with a usual workplace. 8.5% of the labour force in Macamic was out of work at the 2021 census, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns.
Macamic at work: what stands out
Work near the middle
With 71% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 54% of all adults employed. In work ↓
Unemployment near the middle
8.5% 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 ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
On jobs and income, Macamic grades C
Better than 29% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #359 of 507 in Quebec.
Its strongest measure is trip times; its weakest, the share of 15-to-64s in work.
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 daily tide in Macamic runs outward
Each person commuting in is matched by about 2 residents going out.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
75% of Macamic’s residents in work leave it to work; La Sarre takes the most
- La Sarre115
- Poularies45
- Palmarolle35
- Authier20
- Sainte-Hélène-de-Mancebourg20
- Dupuy20
- Clerval15
- Clermont15
- Rouyn-Noranda10
- Roquemaure10
- La Sarre455
- Rouyn-Noranda40
- Eeyou Istchee Baie-James35
- Palmarolle20
- Val-d'Or15
- Saint-Jérôme10
- Poularies10
- Preissac10
- Senneterre10
- Kivalliq, Unorganized (NO)10
Coming the other way, La Sarre sends the most (115).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
71% of working-age people in Macamic have jobs
The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 59% of residents that age. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 54% were working. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 60% in October 2026. 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 Macamic earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 55% of Canadian towns.
Macamic’s median is 1% above the middle of Quebec’s towns ($74,100). The year is 2020: emergency benefits like CERB count in these incomes, and they raised the bottom of the range.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
10% of commuters from Macamic go without a car
More people take transit to work here than in the middle of Quebec’s towns: 5.3% against 1.5%. Fewer drive than in the middle of Quebec’s towns: 85% against 90%. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 8.3% against 21%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
25.1 minutes from Macamic to work, about the middle of Canadian towns
A quarter-hour or less for 47% of commuters, against 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. An hour or more: 15% of commuters, above the 5.3% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 25.9 minutes. In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 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.
8% fewer people are on EI in the Abitibi-Ouest census division than in 2019
Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 rose by 2%. In January 2021 it reached 1,050, the most in the series and 2.1 times the 2019 average. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 4 are on EI.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: the Abitibi-Ouest 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).
The walkability of Macamic: B+
Better than 66% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #308 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
318th of 458: where Macamic ranks among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 3,600
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 5 | Kuujjuaq Quebec | 2,766 | 78% | 4.2% | $112K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 9 | Hatley Quebec | 2,512 | 89% | 4.1% | $103K | A+ |
| 10 | Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska Quebec | 3,307 | 85% | 4.8% | $91K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 316 | Wellington Alberta | 3,314 | 65% | 14% | $84K | C |
| 317 | Grande-Rivière Quebec | 3,318 | 68% | 12% | $61K | C |
| 318 | Macamic Quebec | 2,698 | 71% | 8.5% | $75K | C |
| 319 | Westmount Saskatchewan | 2,872 | 64% | 16% | $63K | C |
| 320 | Glenview West Ontario | 3,431 | 72% | 11% | $77K | C |
| … | ||||||
| 458 | 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 Macamic, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Work in the places around Macamic
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macamic | 71% | 8.5% | $75K | 25.1 min | C | B+ |
| La Sarre 15.8 km | 75% | 6% | $60K | 21.7 min | C | A |
| Palmarolle 17.7 km | 86% | 5.2% | $77K | 28.2 min | B | 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 Macamic, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Unemployment. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- Household income. Before-tax total income of the middle household for 2020, from the census. Neighbourhood medians are worked out from bracket counts, since Statistics Canada publishes none of their own.
- 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. Who travels where, from the census: workers with a regular workplace, sorted by the municipality they live in and the one they work in.
- 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. A monthly household survey by Statistics Canada, reported for metro areas and economic regions only. It supplies a recent rate next to the 2021 census figure.
- In work. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- 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 Macamic
What is the average household income in Macamic?
Before tax, half the households in Macamic had more than $74,700 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Macamic get to work?
By car: 85% of commuters, 5.3% take public transit and 4.8% walk; on census day 8.3% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Macamic?
25.1 minutes is the average trip, with 47% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 15% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Macamic work?
Only 25% work in Macamic itself; the rest go first to La Sarre (455) and Rouyn-Noranda (40).
How many jobs are there in Macamic?
The 2021 census counted about 570 people working in Macamic: 0.7 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 60 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Macamic?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Abitibi-Témiscamingue economic region at 2.5%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 8.5%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
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).