Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.2 jobs for each resident in work, most of Déléage commutes out
The 2021 census put unemployment in Déléage at 10%, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. Half the households in Déléage had more than $59,700 in 2020, before tax, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. In Déléage, 71% of residents aged 15 to 64 were working in May 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%.
Jobs and income in Déléage: what the figures say
Lower incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $59,700 before tax in 2020, where the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 22.8 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 9.7% 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Déléage: C−
Better than 20% 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.
What households in Déléage earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 89% of Canadian towns.
The middle of Quebec’s towns is $74,100, and Déléage is 19% below it. That year, 2020, brought emergency benefits that count in these totals, before tax.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Shorter than the middle of Canadian towns: commutes from Déléage average 22.8 minutes
9.7% spend an hour or longer getting to work; the middle of Quebec’s towns has 5.3%. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 24.5 minutes. In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 46% 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.
The daily tide in Déléage runs outward
For every person who comes in to work, about 10 residents travel out. The job is inside the municipality for 6.4% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
94% of Déléage’s residents in work leave it to work; Maniwaki takes the most
- Maniwaki20
- Sainte-Thérèse-de-la-Gatineau15
- Aumond15
- Maniwaki350
- Egan-Sud45
- Mont-Laurier25
- Bois-Franc20
- Messines15
- Gracefield10
- Sainte-Thérèse-de-la-Gatineau10
- Montcerf-Lytton10
- Kitigan Zibi10
Inbound, the leader is Maniwaki (20).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
How many in Déléage were working in 2021
A smaller share in work than in 68% of Canadian towns.
Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 49%: many residents are past working age. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 58% in October 2026. Working or looking, 54% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. The figures are a snapshot of 11 May 2021, when pandemic rules still kept many people out of work or at home.
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.
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 0% of Déléage’s commuters
Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 94% of commuters. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 16% 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 La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau census division run 28% above their 2019 level
In the twelve months to August 2026 the number rose by 3%. In January 2021 it reached 1,700, the most in the series and 2.3 times the 2019 average. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 6.4 are on EI.
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). Déléage doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from the La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau census division.
Walkability in Déléage: graded D−
Better than 2% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Next to Déléage: how nearby places compare
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Déléage | 71% | 10% | $60K | 22.8 min | C− | D− |
| Maniwaki 4.2 km | 68% | 8.7% | $50K | 14.9 min | C | A |
| Kitigan Zibi 5.6 km | 50% | 20% | $45K | 16.9 min | D | D− |
| Messines 15.5 km | 70% | 6.7% | $67K | 21.9 min | C | 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 Déléage, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. 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. The 2020 income of the household at the midpoint, all sources and before tax. Inside a city we rebuild it from the dissemination areas’ income bands, so there it is an estimate.
- 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.
- 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 Déléage
What is the average household income in Déléage?
The census puts Déléage at $59,700 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Déléage get to work?
Driving takes 94% of commuters to work, and on census day 16% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Déléage?
About 22.8 minutes on average, with 46% under a quarter-hour and 9.7% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Déléage work?
6.4% work in Déléage itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Maniwaki (350), then Egan-Sud (45).
How many jobs are there in Déléage?
Statistics Canada counted 54 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Déléage?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 10% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Outaouais economic region at 6.4% in 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).