Photo: Jean-Philippe Boulet · CC BY 3.0Household incomes in Magog trail those of 83% of Canadian towns
Commutes from Magog average 21.4 minutes, and 3.8% take an hour or more. 78% of people aged 15 to 64 in Magog had a job at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. Of everyone in Magog working or looking for work in May 2021, 7.8% were unemployed; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
Jobs and income in Magog: what the figures say
Lower incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $62,700 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
A local job centre
9,855 people work in Magog and 8,595 residents commute to a fixed workplace; the middle of Canadian towns has 0.8 jobs per working resident. The daily tide ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 21.4 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 3.8% 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 Magog: B−
Better than 47% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #277 of 507 in Quebec.
Its strongest measure is trip times; 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.
Before tax, the median household in Magog had $62,700
That puts Magog 15% below the median of Quebec’s towns, $74,100. 4 of the 5 other places of 2,500+ in the Memphrémagog census division have a higher median. 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).
A working day adds 12% to the people at work in Magog
The job is inside the municipality for 57% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
Commuting times in Magog
In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 46% of commuters, against 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 19.2 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.
4,999 people come into Magog to work, most from Sherbrooke and Orford
- Sherbrooke2,525
- Orford420
- Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley280
- Austin145
- Eastman125
- Coaticook110
- Stanstead110
- Stanstead105
- Ayer's Cliff75
- Granby75
- Sherbrooke2,190
- Orford205
- Montréal155
- Stanstead100
- Granby95
- Ayer's Cliff85
- Eastman80
- Valcourt60
- Coaticook50
- Windsor45
Of everyone working in Magog, 51% come in from elsewhere; 2,525 make the 23 km trip from Sherbrooke. Of residents who leave for work, most head to Sherbrooke (2,190).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Work and the working-age population of Magog
Of the 5 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Memphrémagog census division, one has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
In October 2026, 60% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 56%. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 52%: many residents are past working age. These are census figures from May 2021, during COVID’s third wave; jobs have recovered since, which the Labour Force Survey shows.
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.
Leaving the car at home: 8% of commuters in Magog
Only 17% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit takes 0.3% of commuters, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. On foot: 6.8% of commuters, well above the 4.2% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. The car is the way to work for 91% of commuters.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
In the Memphrémagog census division, 21% more people receive EI than in 2019
For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 3.3 are on EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 5%. January 2021 was the busiest month, with 3,050 people on EI, 3.2 times 2019’s 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 Memphrémagog census division, Magog included.
Magog earns B+ for walkability
Better than 71% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #281 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Ranked on jobs and income, Magog is 115th among 257 Canadian towns of 21,500 to 41,500
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yellowknife Northwest Territories | 22,858 | 80% | 5.8% | $148K | A+ |
| 2 | Whitehorse Yukon | 34,129 | 82% | 5.6% | $112K | A+ |
| 3 | Arcola East Saskatchewan | 33,823 | 79% | 7.7% | $123K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 5 | Val-Bélair Quebec | 30,003 | 84% | 4.3% | $96K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 7 | Sainte-Julie Quebec | 30,981 | 84% | 4.7% | $107K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 11 | Neufchatel Est—Lebourgneuf Quebec | 37,164 | 83% | 6.2% | $83K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 113 | Parkland County Alberta | 34,286 | 75% | 9.8% | $116K | B− |
| 114 | Le Boisé Champêtre Quebec | 37,891 | 75% | 9.4% | $90K | B− |
| 115 | Magog Quebec | 30,764 | 78% | 7.8% | $63K | B− |
| 116 | Prince Albert Saskatchewan | 40,728 | 65% | 12% | $74K | B− |
| 117 | Binbrook Ontario | 22,497 | 74% | 10% | $121K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 257 | Parc-Extension Quebec | 29,066 | 61% | 16% | $48K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Magog, and others among Quebec’s towns.
The work picture around Magog
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magog | 78% | 7.8% | $63K | 21.4 min | B− | B+ |
| Orford 7.8 km | 80% | 3.9% | $99K | 28.7 min | B+ | D |
| Austin 8.7 km | 75% | 5.9% | $85K | 28.3 min | C+ | C |
| Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley 9.2 km | 81% | 4% | $91K | 27 min | A− | D− |
| Eastman 11.5 km | 82% | 4% | $87K | 29.4 min | B | C+ |
| Ayer's Cliff 12.9 km | 89% | 3.8% | $76K | 24.2 min | A− | A |
| Stanstead 15.8 km | 76% | 8.2% | $77K | 30.5 min | C | 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 Magog, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- 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. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- Trip times. One way, on a usual day, from the census’s travel-time bands. Band midpoints overstate it a little next to the figure Statistics Canada times.
- 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. Monthly EI recipients across the census division: a pulse of the local job market rather than a measure of who is out of work.
- 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 Magog
What is the unemployment rate in Magog?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 7.8% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Sherbrooke metro area at 4.2% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Magog?
Magog’s middle household had $62,700 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Magog get to work?
Driving takes 91% of commuters to work, 0.3% take public transit, 6.8% walk and 0.9% cycle, and on census day 17% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Magog?
About 21.4 minutes on average, with 46% under a quarter-hour and 3.8% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Magog work?
57% work in Magog itself; of those who leave, the most go to Sherbrooke (2,190), then Orford (205).
How many jobs are there in Magog?
Some 9,855 people worked in Magog at the 2021 census: 1.2 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 1,056 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
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).