Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Roxton Pond has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.3 for each
In Roxton Pond, 83% of residents aged 15 to 64 were working in May 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. Unemployment in Roxton Pond stood at 6% on census day 2021, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. Median household income in Roxton Pond was $79,100 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
What the numbers say about work in Roxton Pond
More people in work than most towns
The 2021 census found 83% of 15-to-64s with a job (73% in the middle of Canadian towns). Count every adult, retirees too, and the figure is 65%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 6% 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 ↓
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, Roxton Pond grades B+
Better than 67% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #179 of 507 in Quebec.
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 and out of work in Roxton Pond
Of the 4 other places of 2,500 people or more in the La Haute-Yamaska census division, 3 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 69% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 65%. For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 62% in work in October 2026. 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.
The daily tide in Roxton Pond runs outward
1,570 residents of Roxton Pond had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 490 people had theirs in Roxton Pond, wherever they lived.
It sends out some 5 workers for every one it takes in. The job is inside the municipality for 13% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
87% of Roxton Pond’s residents in work leave it to work; Granby takes the most
Inbound, the leader is Granby (125).
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 Roxton Pond work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
What households in Roxton Pond earn
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 54% of Canadian towns.
Set beside Quebec’s towns, where the median is $74,100, Roxton Pond sits 7% above. 2 of the 4 other places of 2,500+ in the La Haute-Yamaska 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).
Roxton Pond gets to work without a car for 3.4% of commuters
Nearly everyone drives: 95% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Only 14% 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.
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.
The trip to work from Roxton Pond runs about as long as the middle of Canadian towns: 26.2 minutes
Only 22% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Long trips, an hour or more, are about as common as in the middle of Quebec’s towns: 5%. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 22.9 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
45% more people are on EI in the La Haute-Yamaska census division than in 2019
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 3.6 receive EI. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 5%. The count topped out in January 2021 at 5,570 people, 3.9 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: one figure for all of the La Haute-Yamaska 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).
Roxton Pond earns B− for walkability
Better than 49% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #377 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How Roxton Pond ranks: 226th of 747 Canadian towns of 3,400 to 6,600
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 2 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | South Tuxedo Manitoba | 3,629 | 85% | 6.8% | $110K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 25 | Saint-Antonin Quebec | 4,633 | 85% | 3.9% | $76K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 32 | Saint-Henri Quebec | 6,048 | 91% | 3.8% | $87K | A |
| 33 | Hautes-Plaines Quebec | 6,353 | 79% | 5.9% | $99K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 224 | Altona Manitoba | 4,989 | 74% | 5.2% | $72K | B+ |
| 225 | Penhold Alberta | 3,812 | 74% | 11% | $99K | B+ |
| 226 | Roxton Pond Quebec | 4,884 | 83% | 6% | $79K | B+ |
| 227 | Horning Ontario | 4,587 | 75% | 14% | $121K | B+ |
| 228 | North Huron Ontario | 5,411 | 80% | 8.1% | $77K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 747 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Roxton Pond, and others among Quebec’s towns.
The places around Roxton Pond, side by side
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roxton Pond | 83% | 6% | $79K | 26.2 min | B+ | B− |
| Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton 8.3 km | 80% | 7.2% | $88K | 25.7 min | B+ | C |
| Granby 9.6 km | 78% | 5.6% | $63K | 19.9 min | B− | B+ |
| Saint-Valérien-de-Milton 9.7 km | 85% | 4% | $80K | 27.6 min | B+ | C+ |
| Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford 10.6 km | 82% | 2% | $76K | 29 min | B− | C+ |
| Roxton 12 km | 87% | 5.7% | $66K | 27.3 min | B− | B− |
| Shefford 12.4 km | 82% | 4.1% | $96K | 27.4 min | A− | D |
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 Pond, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. 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. How many people in the census division drew Employment Insurance each month; it moves with layoffs and hiring, yet people who don’t qualify are absent from it.
- The Labour Force Survey. Sampled each month and released for regions rather than towns, so its rate describes the area around the town.
- In work. Why 15 to 64? Otherwise retirees would pull the rate down in older towns. The census can’t say how old a neighbourhood’s workers are, so the count of people in work takes every age.
- Unemployment. The census-week jobless rate for residents 15 and over. Its base is the labour force, those employed plus those actively looking.
- 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 Pond
How many jobs are there in Roxton Pond?
In June 2026, 161 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Roxton Pond?
The 2021 census found 6% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Montérégie economic region, is 4.3% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Roxton Pond?
At $79,100 before tax in 2020, the median household in Roxton Pond compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Roxton Pond get to work?
Driving takes 95% of commuters to work, 3.4% walk, and on census day 14% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Roxton Pond?
About 26.2 minutes on average, with 22% under a quarter-hour and 5% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Roxton Pond work?
Only 13% work in Roxton Pond itself; the rest go first to Granby (860) and Bromont (105).
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).