Photo: Studio Livernois · Public domainCacouna has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.4 for each
Cacouna counted 81% of its 15-to-64s in jobs at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. Most commutes from Cacouna take well under an hour: the average is 20.7 minutes, and 2.7% take 60 minutes or longer. The median household in Cacouna had $73,100 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
Where Cacouna stands out on work
More people in work than most towns
The 2021 census found 81% of 15-to-64s with a job (73% in the middle of Canadian towns). Count every adult, retirees too, and the figure is 58%. In work ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 20.7 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 2.7% 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.
Cacouna earns A− for jobs and income
Better than 79% 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 Cacouna
A larger share in work than in 80% of Canadian towns.
In October 2026, 52% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. Counting those looking for work too, 63% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. Counting retirees, 58% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. 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.
The length of the trip to work in Cacouna
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 17.7 minutes. In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 37%, more than the 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.
On a working day, Cacouna loses more workers than it gains
Outbound commuters outnumber inbound ones about 4 to 1. Of those who commute, 12% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
89% of Cacouna’s residents in work leave it to work; Rivière-du-Loup takes the most
Coming the other way, Rivière-du-Loup sends the most (90).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Earnings at home in Cacouna: households
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 59% of Canadian towns.
That puts Cacouna 1% below the median of Quebec’s towns, $74,100. The year is 2020: emergency benefits like CERB count in these incomes, and they raised the bottom of the range.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
4.1% of commuters from Cacouna go without a car
Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 96% of commuters. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 17% against 21%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
EI claims in the Rivière-du-Loup census division run 12% above their 2019 level
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 3.6 receive EI. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 9%. The count topped out in January 2021 at 2,530 people, 3.1 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: the Rivière-du-Loup 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).
Getting around Cacouna on foot earns C+
Better than 37% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
The places around Cacouna, side by side
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cacouna | 81% | 8.4% | $73K | 20.7 min | A− | C+ |
| Saint-Arsène 6.1 km | 85% | 6.2% | $80K | 18.3 min | A+ | B− |
| Rivière-du-Loup 8.8 km | 78% | 7% | $63K | 13.6 min | B+ | A− |
| Saint-Modeste 14 km | 83% | 9.2% | $91K | 19.3 min | A+ | D− |
| Saint-Antonin 15.1 km | 85% | 3.9% | $76K | 16 min | A+ | C |
| L'Isle-Verte 17.3 km | 79% | 5.3% | $55K | 22.1 min | C+ | B+ |
| Notre-Dame-du-Portage 18.3 km | 87% | 6.7% | $82K | 20.4 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 Cacouna, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Built from the census table that pairs each worker’s home municipality with their workplace municipality. A job here means someone who usually works in the municipality, local or not.
- Employment Insurance. People receiving EI benefits each month, counted for the census division. It follows the local job market; it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Sampled each month and released for regions rather than towns, so its rate describes the area around the town.
- In work. Everyone with a job, whatever their age, divided by the residents aged 15 to 64 at the 2021 Census: below the municipality the census doesn’t split work by age, and this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood can be given.
- Unemployment. It counts only people who wanted work and had none in May 2021, as a share of those working or searching; students and retirees who weren’t looking stay out of both sides.
- Household income. Before-tax total income of the middle household for 2020, from the census. Neighbourhood medians are worked out from bracket counts, since Statistics Canada publishes none of their own.
- Which towns we compare. Towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500 people or more, never a whole city and never a First Nations reserve. Middles are medians.
Questions about work in Cacouna
How do people in Cacouna get to work?
Driving takes 96% of commuters to work, 4.1% walk, and on census day 17% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Cacouna?
About 20.7 minutes on average, with 37% under a quarter-hour and 2.7% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Cacouna work?
Only 12% work in Cacouna itself; the rest go first to Rivière-du-Loup (425) and L'Isle-Verte (30).
How many jobs are there in Cacouna?
In June 2026, 60 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Cacouna?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 8.4% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Bas-Saint-Laurent economic region at 4.3% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Cacouna?
Before tax, half the households in Cacouna had more than $73,100 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
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).