Photo: Gordalmighty · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Barraute works elsewhere: the town has 0.5 jobs for each resident in work
Most commutes from Barraute take well under an hour: the average is 31.6 minutes, and 11% take 60 minutes or longer. 81% of people aged 15 to 64 in Barraute had a job at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. The median household in Barraute had $67,700 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
Work in Barraute, in a few figures
More people in work than most towns
Counting everyone 15 and over, 58% were in work at the 2021 census; among those aged 15 to 64 it was 81%, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 7.4% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 2.5%. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The median household had $67,700 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 31.6 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 11% take an hour or more. The trip to work ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Jobs and income in Barraute earn C
Better than 27% 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.
Who in Barraute has a job
A larger share in work than in 78% of Canadian towns.
63% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. Counting retirees, 58% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 60% in October 2026. Pandemic rules were in force on census day, 11 May 2021; the Labour Force Survey shows how jobs have moved since.
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 Barraute earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 72% of Canadian towns.
Set beside Quebec’s towns, where the median is $74,100, Barraute sits 9% below. In 2020 emergency benefits topped up many low incomes, and the census counts them here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Commuting times in Barraute
Timed exactly, the average is 31.4 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of Quebec’s towns averages 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.
Barraute is quieter on a working day than at night
Each person commuting in is matched by about 6 residents going out. The job is inside the municipality for 39% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
61% of Barraute’s residents in work leave it to work; Val-d'Or takes the most
- Champneuf15
- Val-d'Or15
- Senneterre15
- Amos10
- Val-d'Or200
- Amos95
- Senneterre45
- Malartic20
- Saguenay20
- Landrienne10
- Eeyou Istchee Baie-James10
Of those coming in, Champneuf supplies the most: 15.
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, 13% of Barraute’s commuters get to work
Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. 85% drive to work, fewer than the 90% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Home was the workplace for 7%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
5% more people are on EI in the Abitibi census division than in 2019
In January 2021 it reached 1,490, the most in the series and 2.4 times the 2019 average. Roughly 4.3 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 4%.
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 Abitibi 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).
How walkable Barraute is: B+
Better than 66% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How Barraute compares with the places nearby
No closer places have figures: these lie 29–43 km from Barraute.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barraute | 81% | 7.4% | $68K | 31.6 min | C | B+ |
| Senneterre 29.4 km | 73% | 13% | $76K | 30.8 min | C− | D |
| Senneterre 30.7 km | 69% | 6.5% | $59K | 23.5 min | D | A |
| Amos 38.6 km | 80% | 6.1% | $71K | 17 min | A− | A |
| Val-d'Or 38.8 km | 81% | 4.5% | $76K | 17.2 min | A | B |
| Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier 42.8 km | 80% | 5.5% | $91K | 21.6 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 Barraute, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. The census-week jobless rate for residents 15 and over. Its base is the labour force, those employed plus those actively looking.
- 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. Commuters picked a band for their usual trip (under 15 minutes, 15 to 29, and so on). We place each person at the middle of their band, which lands a little above Statistics Canada’s own timed average.
- Where people commute. Counts of workers with a fixed workplace, by where they live and where they work, both taken as whole municipalities; the jobs figure takes everyone who works here, wherever home is.
- Employment Insurance. Monthly EI recipients across the census division: a pulse of the local job market rather than a measure of who is out of work.
- 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.
- 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 Barraute
What is the average household income in Barraute?
Barraute’s middle household had $67,700 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Barraute get to work?
85% of commuters go by car, 11% walk and 1.7% cycle. On census day 7% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Barraute?
On average 31.6 minutes; 33% take under 15 minutes and 11% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Barraute work?
Only 39% work in Barraute itself; the rest go first to Val-d'Or (200) and Amos (95).
How many jobs are there in Barraute?
About 330 people had their usual place of work in Barraute at the 2021 census, 0.5 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 62 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Barraute?
Two figures answer it: 7.4% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 2.5% for the Abitibi-Témiscamingue economic region in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
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).