Photo: Gordalmighty · CC BY-SA 3.0Tingwick has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.4 for each
Unemployment in Tingwick stood at 4.2% on census day 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. In 2020, a household at the middle of Tingwick had $73,100 before tax, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns. At the 2021 census, 83% of Tingwick’s 15-to-64s were in work, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%.
The short version on work in Tingwick
More people in work than most towns
In work at the 2021 census: 83% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 64% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
The Labour Force Survey had the area at 3.4% in October 2026; on census day in 2021 the town’s own rate was 4.2%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
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 Tingwick: graded B+
Better than 70% 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.
How many in Tingwick were working in 2021
Of the 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Arthabaska census division, 2 have 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 67%. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 64% of residents 15 and over were in work. The census caught the labour market on 11 May 2021, deep in the pandemic, so unemployment and working from home both ran above normal.
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.
A commuter town: Tingwick sends out more workers than it takes in
Outbound commuters outnumber inbound ones about 5 to 1. Of those who commute, 19% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
81% of Tingwick’s residents in work leave it to work; Victoriaville takes the most
Inbound, the leader is Victoriaville (35).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Household income in Tingwick
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 59% of Canadian towns.
That puts Tingwick 1% below the median of Quebec’s towns, $74,100. One of the 3 other places of 2,500+ in the Arthabaska census division has a higher median. Incomes here are 2020’s and include the pandemic payments, CERB among them, that propped up the lower end.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 3.8% of Tingwick’s commuters
The car is the way to work for 93% of commuters. Only 18% 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%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
Shorter than the middle of Canadian towns: commutes from Tingwick average 24 minutes
Timed exactly, the average is 23.1 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 32%, more than the 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: 6.2%.
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.
29% more people are on EI in the Arthabaska census division than in 2019
January 2021 was the busiest month, with 4,310 people on EI, 3.2 times 2019’s average. That works out to around 4 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 rose by 4%.
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 Arthabaska census division, Tingwick included.
The walkability of Tingwick: C−
Better than 19% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Jobs near Tingwick: the places around it
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tingwick | 83% | 4.2% | $73K | 24 min | B+ | C− |
| Kingsey Falls 8.5 km | 87% | 4.7% | $94K | 19.1 min | A+ | A− |
| Warwick 8.6 km | 79% | 5.2% | $68K | 20.2 min | B+ | B+ |
| Danville 9.7 km | 80% | 6.5% | $61K | 24.9 min | C+ | B− |
| Val-des-Sources 11.5 km | 68% | 9.3% | $48K | 22.6 min | D | A− |
| Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska 16.5 km | 85% | 4.8% | $91K | 18.5 min | A+ | D |
| Saint-Albert 16.6 km | 89% | 3.5% | $80K | 21.7 min | A | 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 Tingwick, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Statistics Canada counts EI beneficiaries each month by census division. Seasonal work makes it swing, so read it as a trend, not a jobless rate.
- 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.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- 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. 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.
- Which towns we compare. Towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500 people or more, never a whole city and never a First Nations reserve. Middles are medians.
Questions about work in Tingwick
How do people in Tingwick get to work?
93% of commuters drive, 3.8% walk; 18% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Tingwick?
The average commute is 24 minutes; 32% of trips take under 15 minutes and 6.2% an hour or more.
Where do people in Tingwick work?
Only 19% work in Tingwick itself; the rest go first to Victoriaville (140) and Warwick (105).
How many jobs are there in Tingwick?
The 2021 census found about 190 people with their usual workplace in Tingwick, or 0.4 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. Statistics Canada counted 59 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Tingwick?
The census put unemployment at 4.2% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Centre-du-Québec economic region at 3.4%.
What is the average household income in Tingwick?
Before tax, half the households in Tingwick had more than $73,100 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
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).