Sherbrooke, QC · POP — · EMP 109,150 · DATA GRADE A

Sherbrooke, QC

48.7 /100

exposure score (OpenAI task-exposure index via NOC crosswalk — single-index tier)

#25 of 41

more exposed than 41% of Canadian CMAs

Secondary measures

21.2%

of workers are in occupations where ≥50% of tasks are LLM-exposed (Eloundou β; threshold-sensitive — note)

96.5%

of area employment matched to scored occupations (grade A)

Scenario: if replacement-level AI arrives in 2030

2027 2035 show involuntary layoffs only

Figure 1. Modeled displacement under the median preset (diffusion k=0.8, ceiling 0.75, automation share 0.45, friction lag 1.5y, attrition 3%/y). Solid: positions eliminated. The gap between gross and layoffs is natural attrition — speed of diffusion, not depth of exposure, determines layoffs. This is a scenario, not a forecast: adjust every assumption.

Where the losses land — and your assumptions

Positions eliminated by 2035 per occupation group, under the arrival year selected above. Drag any multiplier if you think we're wrong about a group — your model, your numbers. Multipliers scale that group's task exposure (×0 = immune, ×2 = double).

Table 3. Group exposure = employment-weighted mean task exposure (Eloundou β over the group's local occupations). Bars use the same scenario engine as Figure 1 (median preset).

Most exposed local occupations

Occupation	Jobs	Median wage
Retail salespersons and visual merchandisers	3,905	—	61.7
Administrative assistants	2,155	—	94.9
Administrative officers	1,780	—	82.9
Retail and wholesale trade managers	1,865	—	68.2
Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses	2,275	—	43.3
Cashiers	2,245	—	41.9
Financial auditors and accountants	1,145	—	81.1
Early childhood educators and assistants	2,280	—	39.8
Post-secondary teaching and research assistants	1,045	—	81.4
Elementary school and kindergarten teachers	1,770	—	46.9

Table 2. Ranked by exposure × local employment. Bands on the 0–100 occupation scale.

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