Photo: Hayden Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Households in Caplan have lower incomes than those in 84% of Canadian towns
In Caplan, 71% of residents aged 15 to 64 were working in May 2021, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns. Workers in Caplan spend 19.9 minutes on the way to work on average, and 4.6% need an hour or more. Unemployment in Caplan stood at 7.7% on census day 2021, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
The work figures that set Caplan apart
Lower incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $62,300 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 19.9 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 4.6% last an hour or longer. 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 & income in Caplan: graded C
Better than 29% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is trip times; 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.
$62,300 a year: the median household in Caplan
That puts Caplan 16% below the median of Quebec’s towns, $74,100. 2 of the 3 other places of 2,500+ in the Bonaventure census division have a higher median. Because 2020 was the first year of the pandemic, emergency benefits make up part of these before-tax incomes.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
The length of the trip to work in Caplan
Trips under 15 minutes: 51%, more than the 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 17.7 minutes. The middle of Quebec’s towns averages 26.5 minutes.
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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
More workers leave Caplan each day than arrive
550 residents of Caplan had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 390 people had theirs in Caplan, wherever they lived.
It sends out some 2 workers for every one it takes in. The job is inside the municipality for 28% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
72% of Caplan’s residents in work leave it to work; New Richmond takes the most
- Saint-Siméon60
- Bonaventure40
- Saint-Alphonse40
- New Richmond30
- Maria30
- Saint-Godefroi10
- Paspébiac10
- Carleton-sur-Mer10
- New Richmond150
- Bonaventure85
- Maria75
- Saint-Siméon20
- Carleton-sur-Mer20
- Paspébiac15
- New Carlisle15
- Saint-Alphonse10
In the other direction the biggest source is Saint-Siméon, with 60.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
2021 Census, people with a usual place of work: where residents of Caplan work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
How many in Caplan were working in 2021
Of the 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Bonaventure census division, 2 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
A more recent figure, for the wider area: 45% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. Working or looking, 52% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 48% of residents 15 and over were in work. May 2021, when the census was taken, was a pandemic spring; unemployment has come down since, as the Labour Force Survey records.
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.
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 3.1% of Caplan’s commuters
Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 16% against 21%. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 94% of commuters go by car, truck or van.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
25% fewer people are on EI in the Bonaventure census division than in 2019
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 8.4 receive EI. The count topped out in January 2021 at 2,270 people, 1.6 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100). Figures for EI beneficiaries are published for the Bonaventure census division as a whole, not for Caplan alone.
On getting around on foot, Caplan grades D
Better than 13% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Jobs near Caplan: the places around it
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caplan | 71% | 7.7% | $62K | 19.9 min | C | D |
| Saint-Siméon 8.1 km | 86% | 7.7% | $70K | 19.3 min | A | D− |
| New Richmond 14.9 km | 69% | 7.4% | $65K | 16.5 min | C+ | B+ |
| Bonaventure 16.4 km | 75% | 10% | $64K | 20 min | C+ | B |
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 Caplan, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- The Labour Force Survey. The most recent unemployment rate on the page comes from this monthly survey, which covers the wider metro area or economic region, not the town.
- In work. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- Unemployment. The share of people 15 and over in the labour force, working or looking for work, who had no job on census day in May 2021.
- Household income. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- Trip times. The census asks how long the trip to work usually takes, in bands; our average uses each band’s middle, so it runs a little above Statistics Canada’s 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. How many people in the census division drew Employment Insurance each month; it moves with layoffs and hiring, yet people who don’t qualify are absent from it.
- Which towns we compare. Any town of 2,500 or more counts, and so does any city neighbourhood that size; the city as a whole and First Nations reserves don’t. The middle is the median.
Questions about work in Caplan
How many jobs are there in Caplan?
The 2021 census counted about 390 people working in Caplan: 0.7 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 60 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Caplan?
At the 2021 census 7.7% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine economic region, gives 10% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Caplan?
The median household in Caplan had $62,300 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Caplan get to work?
By car: 94% of commuters, 3.1% walk; on census day 16% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Caplan?
19.9 minutes is the average trip, with 51% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 4.6% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Caplan work?
28% work in Caplan itself. Of those who leave, the most go to New Richmond (150), then Bonaventure (85).
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).