Photo: Michel Craig · CC BY-SA 2.0Stukely-Sud has 0.1 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out
79% of people aged 15 to 64 in Stukely-Sud had a job at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. The average trip to work from Stukely-Sud is 28.4 minutes; 5.2% of commuters spend an hour or more getting there. In 2020, a household at the middle of Stukely-Sud had $74,400 before tax, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900.
Stukely-Sud at work: what stands out
More people in work than most towns
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 79% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 57%. In work ↓
Unemployment near the middle
Unemployment was 9.8% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 3.7% 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Stukely-Sud: C+
Better than 42% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
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.
Work and the working-age population of Stukely-Sud
Of the 6 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Memphrémagog census division, 2 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
A more recent figure, for the wider area: 58% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 63% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 57%: 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.
More go out than come in: the working day in Stukely-Sud
It sends out some 15 workers for every one it takes in. Of those who commute, 5% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
95% of Stukely-Sud’s residents in work leave it to work; Waterloo takes the most
In the other direction the biggest source is Magog, with 10.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
What households in Stukely-Sud earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 56% of Canadian towns.
Of the 6 other places of 2,500 or more in the Memphrémagog census division, 4 have a higher median. 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).
Without a car, 0% of Stukely-Sud’s commuters get to work
Only 13% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 96% of commuters.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
How long the commute from Stukely-Sud takes
Timed exactly, the average is 25.8 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. Only 24% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 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.
In the Memphrémagog census division, 21% more people receive EI than in 2019
The highest month was January 2021: 3,050 people, 3.2 times the 2019 level. 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%.
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 Memphrémagog 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).
Stukely-Sud earns D− for walkability
Better than 2% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Work in and around Stukely-Sud
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stukely-Sud | 79% | 9.8% | $74K | 28.4 min | C+ | D− |
| Eastman 9 km | 82% | 4% | $87K | 29.4 min | B | C+ |
| Waterloo 10.2 km | 74% | 6.9% | $59K | 23.6 min | C− | A− |
| Austin 12.8 km | 75% | 5.9% | $85K | 28.3 min | C+ | C |
| Bolton-Est 15.5 km | 72% | 8.9% | $72K | 31.5 min | D | C |
| Orford 16.5 km | 80% | 3.9% | $99K | 28.7 min | B+ | D |
| Lac-Brome 16.7 km | 80% | 5.5% | $75K | 25 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 Stukely-Sud, 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. What the median household took in during 2020 before tax, as the census recorded it; an estimate built from income groups when the place is a neighbourhood.
- 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. 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. 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. 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.
- In work. How many residents held a job in May 2021, set against how many were 15 to 64. It reads a little high where many people work past 65, since below the municipality the census gives no breakdown of workers by age.
- Which towns we compare. Medians over towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents. Whole cities would swamp them and reserves sit outside the rankings, so neither is in.
Questions about work in Stukely-Sud
What is the average household income in Stukely-Sud?
The census puts Stukely-Sud at $74,400 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Stukely-Sud get to work?
96% of commuters drive; 13% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Stukely-Sud?
The average commute is 28.4 minutes; 24% of trips take under 15 minutes and 5.2% an hour or more.
Where do people in Stukely-Sud work?
5% work in Stukely-Sud itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Waterloo (60), then Granby (55).
How many jobs are there in Stukely-Sud?
The 2021 census found about 40 people with their usual workplace in Stukely-Sud, or 0.1 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. Statistics Canada counted 39 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Stukely-Sud?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Estrie economic region at 3.7%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 9.8%, 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).