Population
181,360
inhabitants
Area
366.16 km2
Labour market
Sherbrooke CMA (December 2023)
• Labour force: 121,700
• Jobs: 116,500
• Unemployed: 5,200
• Unemployed rate (%): 4.3
• Labour force participation rate (%): 62.1
• Employment rate (%): 59.4
Housing market
• Average price of a single-family residence in Sherbrooke: $406,041 (4th quarter 2023)
• Average price of a two-bedroom apartment in Sherbrooke: $901 (October 2023)
Job distribution in Sherbrooke
per activity sectors (%, 2022)
- Health care and social assistance services: 18.4
- Industrial: 12.6
- Trade: 14
- Educational services: 9.2
- Professional, scientific, and technical services: 8.9
- Construction : 7.2
- Lodging and food: 5
- Other: 24.7
Quick portrait of the industrial
and high-value–added services sectors (2022)
- 690 businesses
- 22,157 jobs
- $389M investment
Some subsidiaries of foreign companies in Sherbrooke
