Photo: Jean-Philippe Boulet · CC BY 3.0Wotton has 0.4 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out
The 2021 census found 78% of working-age people in Wotton employed; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. Before tax, the typical household in Wotton brought in $60,400 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. For 8.3% of commuters in Wotton, the trip to work lasts an hour or more; the average is 28.2 minutes.
The short version on work in Wotton
Less unemployment than most towns
7.4% of the labour force was out of work at the 2021 census (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns); the Labour Force Survey had the area at 3.7% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
At $60,400 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $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.
Wotton earns C− for jobs and income
Better than 22% 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.
In and out of work in Wotton
A larger share in work than in 67% of Canadian towns.
Counting retirees, 57% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 58% in work in October 2026. 62% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. Census day was 11 May 2021, in the pandemic’s third wave: unemployment ran high and many worked from home, so these figures describe that spring rather than today.
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.
What households in Wotton earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 88% of Canadian towns.
Against the middle of Quebec’s towns ($74,100), Wotton’s median is 18% below. Pandemic support paid in 2020, CERB first among it, is part of these before-tax incomes.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
More of Wotton’s workers leave each day than arrive
It sends out some 3 workers for every one it takes in. The job is inside the municipality for 19% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
81% of Wotton’s residents in work leave it to work; Val-des-Sources takes the most
- Val-des-Sources25
- Danville20
- Saint-Rémi-de-Tingwick10
- Tingwick10
- Saint-Georges-de-Windsor10
- Sherbrooke10
- Val-des-Sources90
- Sherbrooke65
- Kingsey Falls30
- Warwick20
- Danville20
- Val-Joli20
- Ham-Nord10
- Victoriaville10
- Valcourt10
- Windsor10
Inbound, the leader is Val-des-Sources (25).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Without a car, 6.2% of Wotton’s commuters get to work
Home was the workplace for 22%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 21%. Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. 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).
Commuting times in Wotton
Timed exactly, the average is 25.2 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 33% of commuters, 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.
EI claims in the Les Sources census division run 7% above their 2019 level
Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 16%. At its peak, in January 2021, 780 people were on EI, 2.6 times the 2019 average. That is about 4.1 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division.
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). Wotton doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from the Les Sources census division.
Wotton grades C+ for walkability
Better than 36% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Jobs and income in the places around Wotton
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wotton | 78% | 7.4% | $60K | 28.2 min | C− | C+ |
| Saint-Georges-de-Windsor 9.1 km | 82% | 3.2% | $73K | 26 min | B | B− |
| Val-des-Sources 9.2 km | 68% | 9.3% | $48K | 22.6 min | D | A− |
| Danville 13.9 km | 80% | 6.5% | $61K | 24.9 min | C+ | B− |
| Tingwick 16.9 km | 83% | 4.2% | $73K | 24 min | B+ | 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 Wotton, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Household income. Half of households had more than this before tax in 2020, half less, counting every source of income. For a neighbourhood we estimate the median from the income brackets of its dissemination areas.
- Trip times. How long getting to work normally takes, averaged from the census’s time bands at their middles; expect it to read slightly high against the timed figure.
- 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 surveys households every month; the results come out for metro areas and economic regions, never for single towns, and keep the rate current after 2021.
- In work. We divide the number of employed residents by the number aged 15 to 64. Workers past 64 still count on top, because the 2021 Census crosses work with age only for whole municipalities; in return, a retirement town’s pensioners don’t drag the rate down.
- 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.
- 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 Wotton
What is the average household income in Wotton?
The median household in Wotton had $60,400 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Wotton get to work?
91% of commuters go by car, 6.2% walk. On census day 22% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Wotton?
On average 28.2 minutes; 33% take under 15 minutes and 8.3% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Wotton work?
Only 19% work in Wotton itself; the rest go first to Val-des-Sources (90) and Sherbrooke (65).
How many jobs are there in Wotton?
About 165 people had their usual place of work in Wotton at the 2021 census, 0.4 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 65 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Wotton?
The census put unemployment at 7.4% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Estrie economic region at 3.7%.
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).