Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Roxton Falls earn less than those in 90% of Canadian towns
Roxton Falls counted 77% of its 15-to-64s in jobs at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. 315 people have their usual place of work in Roxton Falls, against 415 residents who travel to a job. For 6.2% of commuters in Roxton Falls, the trip to work lasts an hour or more; the average is 25.8 minutes.
What stands out about work in Roxton Falls
Less unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 5.4% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 4.3% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $59,000 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Jobs & income in Roxton Falls: graded C−
Better than 25% 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.
Work and the working-age population of Roxton Falls
A larger share in work than in 62% of Canadian towns.
Counting retirees, 57% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 62% in work in October 2026. The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 60%. Pandemic rules were in force on census day, 11 May 2021; the Labour Force Survey shows how jobs have moved since.
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.
Half the households in Roxton Falls had more than $59,000 in 2020
Against the middle of Quebec’s towns ($74,100), Roxton Falls’ median is 20% below. These are 2020 incomes, before tax, and they include pandemic benefits such as CERB, which lifted many lower incomes 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).
Roxton Falls empties a little on a working day
The job is inside the municipality for 26% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
74% of Roxton Falls’ residents in work leave it to work; Acton Vale takes the most
- Acton Vale100
- Granby60
- Saint-Hyacinthe30
- Valcourt25
- Sherbrooke15
- Maricourt10
- Roxton Pond10
- Roxton10
- Upton10
- Wickham10
In the other direction the biggest source is Roxton, with 90.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 5.4% of Roxton Falls’ commuters
Only 9% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 93% of commuters go by car, truck or van.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
Commuting times in Roxton Falls
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 23 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 39%, more than the 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns.
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.
50% more people are on EI in the Acton census division than in 2019
That is about 4.5 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 5%. The count topped out in January 2021 at 950 people, 3 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: the Acton 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).
How walkable Roxton Falls is: A−
Better than 80% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Work in the places around Roxton Falls
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roxton Falls | 77% | 5.4% | $59K | 25.8 min | C− | A− |
| Roxton 3.4 km | 87% | 5.7% | $66K | 27.3 min | B− | B− |
| Acton Vale 8.5 km | 80% | 6.4% | $58K | 24.4 min | C+ | A− |
| Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford 12.8 km | 82% | 2% | $76K | 29 min | B− | C+ |
| Saint-Valérien-de-Milton 13.7 km | 85% | 4% | $80K | 27.6 min | B+ | C+ |
| Saint-Théodore-d'Acton 14.6 km | 84% | 4.1% | $71K | 22.4 min | B+ | C+ |
| Upton 14.9 km | 88% | 3.4% | $70K | 30.3 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 Roxton Falls, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Counts of workers with a fixed workplace, by where they live and where they work, both taken as whole municipalities; the jobs figure takes everyone who works here, wherever home is.
- Which towns we compare. Comparisons are with the median of Canadian towns and city neighbourhoods counting 2,500 people or more, reserves and entire cities excluded.
Questions about work in Roxton Falls
How many jobs are there in Roxton Falls?
Some 315 people worked in Roxton Falls at the 2021 census: 0.8 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 65 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Roxton Falls?
At the 2021 census 5.4% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Montérégie economic region, gives 4.3% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Roxton Falls?
Roxton Falls’s middle household had $59,000 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Roxton Falls get to work?
Driving takes 93% of commuters to work, 5.4% walk, and on census day 9% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Roxton Falls?
About 25.8 minutes on average, with 39% under a quarter-hour and 6.2% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Roxton Falls work?
Only 26% work in Roxton Falls itself; the rest go first to Acton Vale (100) and Granby (60).
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).