Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.3 jobs for each resident in work, most of Gore commutes out
Of everyone in Gore working or looking for work in May 2021, 6.6% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. Most commutes from Gore take well under an hour: the average is 36.6 minutes, and 16% take 60 minutes or longer. Before tax, the typical household in Gore brought in $74,200 in 2020, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900.
What sets Gore apart on jobs and income
Less unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 6.6% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 6.9%. Unemployment ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 36.6 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 16% 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.
Gore earns D for jobs and income
Better than 10% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #443 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.
Gore at work: 71% of people aged 15 to 64
Of the 4 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Argenteuil census division, one has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 52% of residents 15 and over were in work. In October 2026, 62% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. Counting those looking for work too, 56% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. The census caught the labour market on 11 May 2021, deep in the pandemic, so unemployment and working from home both ran above normal.
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.
Time on the road to work from Gore
Trips under 15 minutes: 12%, fewer than the 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 36 minutes. In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 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 Gore each day than arrive
555 residents of Gore had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 175 people had theirs in Gore, wherever they lived.
For every person who comes in to work, about 4 residents travel out. Of those who commute, 9.9% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
90% of Gore’s residents in work leave it to work; Lachute takes the most
Val-d'Or sends the largest group the other way, 25 people.
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 Gore work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
How Gore’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 56% of Canadian towns.
No other place of 2,500 or more in the Argenteuil census division has a higher median. Incomes are for 2020, the first pandemic year, so CERB and other emergency payments are part of them.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Gore gets to work without a car for 4.9% of commuters
22% of everyone in work worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit takes 3.1% of commuters, close to the middle of Canadian towns. The car is the way to work for 93% of commuters.
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.
In the Argenteuil census division, 43% more people receive EI than in 2019
Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 7%. In January 2021 it reached 2,320, the most in the series and 3.4 times the 2019 average. Roughly 3.8 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: one figure for all of the Argenteuil 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).
Walkability in Gore: graded C
Better than 28% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #453 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Gore places 446th of 497 on jobs and income among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 3,700
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Mount Royal Alberta | 2,758 | 83% | 12% | $188K | A+ |
| 2 | Central River Heights Manitoba | 2,736 | 84% | 5.4% | $137K | A+ |
| 3 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 5 | Kuujjuaq Quebec | 2,766 | 78% | 4.2% | $112K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 10 | Hatley Quebec | 2,512 | 89% | 4.1% | $103K | A+ |
| 11 | Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska Quebec | 3,307 | 85% | 4.8% | $91K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 444 | Bonfield Ontario | 2,597 | 64% | 7.3% | $78K | D |
| 445 | Sainte-Clotilde Quebec | 3,297 | 55% | 8.1% | $81K | D |
| 446 | Gore Quebec | 2,756 | 71% | 6.6% | $74K | D |
| 447 | Kildare Alberta | 2,833 | 63% | 19% | $71K | D |
| 448 | Virginia Park Alberta | 3,431 | 64% | 16% | $63K | D |
| … | ||||||
| 497 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,724 | 43% | 30% | $51K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Gore, and others among Quebec’s towns.
How Gore compares with the places nearby
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gore | 71% | 6.6% | $74K | 36.6 min | D | C |
| Mille-Isles 9.1 km | 71% | 8.1% | $81K | 34.2 min | C− | D− |
| Lachute 12.2 km | 69% | 8% | $57K | 26.3 min | D | B+ |
| Saint-Colomban 13 km | 80% | 5.4% | $100K | 34.5 min | B | C− |
| Brownsburg-Chatham 14.3 km | 73% | 9% | $66K | 28.3 min | D | C |
| Morin-Heights 16.4 km | 78% | 7.8% | $87K | 31.4 min | C+ | C |
| Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs 16.5 km | 81% | 6.6% | $94K | 34.1 min | B | 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 Gore, 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. Who travels where, from the census: workers with a regular workplace, sorted by the municipality they live in and the one they work in.
- 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. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- 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. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- 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 Gore
What is the average household income in Gore?
The median household in Gore had $74,200 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Gore get to work?
Driving takes 93% of commuters to work, 3.1% take public transit and 1.8% walk, and on census day 22% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Gore?
About 36.6 minutes on average, with 12% under a quarter-hour and 16% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Gore work?
9.9% work in Gore itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Lachute (120), then Saint-Jérôme (75).
How many jobs are there in Gore?
In June 2026, 58 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Gore?
The census put unemployment at 6.6% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Montréal metro area at 6.9%.
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).