Photo: Gilbertus · CC BY 3.0Household incomes in Boischatel are higher than in 96% of Canadian towns
The 2021 census put unemployment in Boischatel at 4.8%, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns. 790 people have their usual place of work in Boischatel, against 2,735 residents who travel to a job. Of Boischatel’s residents aged 15 to 64, 85% were employed when the 2021 census was taken, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns.
The work numbers behind Boischatel
More people in work than most towns
Counting everyone 15 and over, 69% were in work at the 2021 census; among those aged 15 to 64 it was 85%, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 4.8% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 4.5%. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household had $118,300 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
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 Boischatel: graded A+
Better than 98% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #7 of 507 in Quebec.
Its strongest measure is household income; 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.
Work for 85% of 15-to-64s in Boischatel
All 5 other places of 2,500 people or more in the La Côte-de-Beaupré census division have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 72% of residents that age. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 69%: many residents are past working age. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 63% 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.
The median household in Boischatel had $118,300 in 2020
No other place of 2,500 or more in the La Côte-de-Beaupré census division has a higher median. The middle of Quebec’s towns is $74,100, and Boischatel is 60% above it. Read the incomes as 2020’s, before tax: pandemic benefits such as CERB are in them, and they raised many low incomes for that year.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
On a working day, Boischatel loses more workers than it gains
Each person commuting in is matched by about 5 residents going out. The job is inside the municipality for 10% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
90% of Boischatel’s residents in work leave it to work; Québec takes the most
Coming the other way, Québec sends the most (330).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Boischatel gets to work without a car for 3.5% of commuters
Nearly everyone drives: 95% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Home was the workplace for 26%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 21%.
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 Boischatel average 23.9 minutes
Long trips are rarer than in the middle of Quebec’s towns: 2.5% take an hour or more, against 5.3%. Timed exactly, the average is 20.9 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of Quebec’s towns averages 26.5 minutes. Only 25% get to work within a quarter-hour, 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 La Côte-de-Beaupré census division run 29% above their 2019 level
At its peak, in January 2021, 1,820 people were on EI, 3.6 times the 2019 average. Roughly 3.2 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 7%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: the La Côte-de-Beaupré 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).
The Walkability grade for Boischatel: C+
Better than 44% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #399 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Ranked on jobs and income, Boischatel is 10th among 652 Canadian towns of 6,500 to 12,500
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | North River Heights Manitoba | 7,228 | 82% | 8.4% | $143K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 8 | Prairie View Saskatchewan | 8,517 | 79% | 7.4% | $128K | A+ |
| 9 | Lawson Heights Saskatchewan | 8,158 | 82% | 7.8% | $93K | A+ |
| 10 | Boischatel Quebec | 9,250 | 85% | 4.8% | $118K | A+ |
| 11 | Martensville Saskatchewan | 11,808 | 82% | 5.2% | $116K | A+ |
| 12 | Wellesley Ontario | 12,413 | 84% | 3.9% | $119K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 15 | Chibougamau Quebec | 7,273 | 82% | 3.7% | $85K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 18 | Shannon Quebec | 7,088 | 81% | 3.7% | $113K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 32 | Lac-Beauport Quebec | 8,524 | 84% | 4.9% | $133K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 652 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Boischatel, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Jobs near Boischatel: the places around it
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boischatel | 85% | 4.8% | $118K | 23.9 min | A+ | C+ |
| Chutes-Montmorency 3.1 km | 78% | 6.4% | $73K | 22 min | B | A |
| Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux 4.5 km | 81% | 4% | $101K | 24.3 min | A | B |
| Saint-Michel 4.8 km | 83% | 4.7% | $98K | 22.1 min | A+ | A− |
| L'Ange-Gardien 5 km | 83% | 4.9% | $91K | 25.4 min | A | C |
| Vieux-Bourg 5.3 km | 82% | 7.6% | $67K | 20.7 min | B+ | A |
| Sainte-Pétronille 6.5 km | 80% | 7% | $109K | 27.2 min | A− | D− |
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 Boischatel, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Beneficiaries of Employment Insurance, month by month, for the census division rather than the town. Many jobless people don’t qualify, so it isn’t an unemployment 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. People in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64 (2021 Census). The census doesn’t cross work with age below the municipality, so this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood has; retirees don’t weigh on it.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- Household income. Taken from the 2021 Census, which asked about 2020: wages, pensions, investment income and government transfers together, before income tax, for the median household.
- Trip times. Built from banded answers: each commuter’s usual one-way trip counts as the midpoint of the band they chose, and the result tends to sit slightly higher than Statistics Canada’s average.
- Which towns we compare. Every town and city neighbourhood with 2,500 residents or more; whole cities and First Nations reserves are left out. Each middle figure is a median.
Questions about work in Boischatel
How long is the commute from Boischatel?
On average 23.9 minutes; 25% take under 15 minutes and 2.5% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Boischatel work?
10% work in Boischatel itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Québec (2,230), then L'Ange-Gardien (50).
How many jobs are there in Boischatel?
About 790 people had their usual place of work in Boischatel at the 2021 census, 0.3 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 230 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Boischatel?
The 2021 census found 4.8% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Québec metro area, is 4.5% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Boischatel?
At $118,300 before tax in 2020, the median household in Boischatel compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Boischatel get to work?
95% of commuters go by car, 1.9% take public transit and 1.6% walk. On census day 26% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
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).