Photo: Harfang · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Causapscal are lower than in 98% of Canadian towns
10% of the labour force in Causapscal was out of work at the 2021 census, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns. 465 people have their usual place of work in Causapscal, against 585 residents who travel to a job. Causapscal counted 68% of its 15-to-64s in jobs at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What Causapscal’s work numbers say
Fewer people in work than most towns
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 68% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 48%. In work ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $52,600 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 22.2 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 8.8% 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.
Causapscal grades D for jobs and income
Better than 14% 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.
Work and the working-age population of Causapscal
A smaller share in work than in 78% of Canadian towns.
By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 52% of the wider area’s adults in work. Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 53%. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 48% of residents 15 and over were in work. Statistics Canada counted on 11 May 2021, with much of the country under pandemic rules: more people were out of work or at home than usual.
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 earned in Causapscal: $52,600 in 2020
That puts Causapscal 29% below the median of Quebec’s towns, $74,100. Pandemic benefits paid in 2020 lifted the incomes at the bottom, and they are counted here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
A shorter commute than the middle of Canadian towns: 22.2 minutes from Causapscal
Timed exactly, the average is 20.9 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of Quebec’s towns averages 26.5 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 48% of commuters, against 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. An hour or more: 8.8% of commuters, above the 5.3% 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.
The daily tide in Causapscal runs outward
Outbound commuters outnumber inbound ones about 2 to 1. 44% of residents who commute work inside the municipality, against 70% in the middle of Canadian towns.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
56% of Causapscal’s residents in work leave it to work; Amqui takes the most
- Amqui70
- Sainte-Florence30
- Lac-au-Saumon25
- Sainte-Marguerite-Marie15
- Albertville10
- Saint-Léon-le-Grand10
- Saint-Vianney10
- Val-Brillant10
- Amqui200
- Lac-au-Saumon65
- Sayabec15
- Gaspé10
- Rimouski10
In the other direction the biggest source is Amqui, with 70.
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, 4.4% of Causapscal’s commuters get to work
Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 6.9% against 21%. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 93% 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).
In the La Matapédia census division, 19% fewer people receive EI than in 2019
Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 8%. The count topped out in January 2021 at 1,780 people, 1.7 times the 2019 average. That works out to around 6 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Data for EI beneficiaries covers the La Matapédia 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).
Causapscal on foot: a B− grade
Better than 48% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Work in the places around Causapscal
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Causapscal | 68% | 10% | $53K | 22.2 min | D | B− |
| Lac-au-Saumon 10.6 km | 80% | 4.7% | $64K | 17.8 min | B+ | C+ |
| Amqui 18.8 km | 73% | 6.9% | $60K | 13.9 min | B− | A− |
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 Causapscal, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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.
- Where people commute. Jobs count everyone whose usual workplace lies in the municipality, residents or commuters from elsewhere, from Statistics Canada’s home-by-workplace table.
- 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. Statistics Canada surveys households every month; the results come out for metro areas and economic regions, never for single towns, and keep the rate current after 2021.
- 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. Of everyone 15 or older who was working or job-hunting in the census week, the part still looking. Someone not seeking work isn’t in it at all.
- Household income. Half of households had more than this before tax in 2020, half less, counting every source of income. For a neighbourhood we estimate the median from the income brackets of its dissemination areas.
- Which towns we compare. Medians over towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents. Whole cities would swamp them and reserves sit outside the rankings, so neither is in.
Questions about work in Causapscal
Where do people in Causapscal work?
44% work in Causapscal itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Amqui (200), then Lac-au-Saumon (65).
How many jobs are there in Causapscal?
The 2021 census found about 465 people with their usual workplace in Causapscal, or 0.8 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 75 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Causapscal?
Two figures answer it: 10% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 4.3% for the Bas-Saint-Laurent economic region in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Causapscal?
Before tax, half the households in Causapscal had more than $52,600 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Causapscal get to work?
93% of commuters drive, 4.4% walk; 6.9% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Causapscal?
The average commute is 22.2 minutes; 48% of trips take under 15 minutes and 8.8% an hour or more.
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).