Photo: OnionneRing · CC BY-SA 4.0La Doré has lower household incomes than 83% of Canadian towns
In May 2021, unemployment in La Doré reached 7.9%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. 505 people have their usual place of work in La Doré, against 385 residents who travel to a job. Of La Doré’s residents aged 15 to 64, 75% were employed when the 2021 census was taken, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns.
What La Doré’s work numbers say
Lower incomes than most towns
At $62,800 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
A local job centre
505 people work in La Doré and 385 residents commute to a fixed workplace; the middle of Canadian towns has 0.8 jobs per working resident. The daily tide ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 22.9 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 5.7% 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.
On jobs and income, La Doré grades C
Better than 33% 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.
$62,800 a year: the median household in La Doré
La Doré’s median is 15% below the middle of Quebec’s towns ($74,100). Every other place of 2,500 or more in the Le Domaine-du-Roy census division has 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).
La Doré fills up on a working day: 27% more workers
About 2 people arrive to work in La Doré for each resident who goes out. 43% 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.
A shorter commute than the middle of Canadian towns: 22.9 minutes from La Doré
In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 42%, more than the 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. An hour or more: 5.7% of commuters, close to the middle of Quebec’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 23.5 minutes (Statistics Canada).
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.
340 people come into La Doré to work, most from Saint-Félicien and Roberval
Of everyone working in La Doré, 67% come in from elsewhere; 135 make the 15 km trip from Saint-Félicien. Saint-Félicien is where the largest group of commuters out goes, 110 of them.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
La Doré at work: 75% of people aged 15 to 64
Of the 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Le Domaine-du-Roy census division, 2 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Counting retirees, 52% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 59% in October 2026. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 57% of residents 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.
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 5.7% of La Doré’s commuters
Home was the workplace for 9.4%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. Fewer drive than in the middle of Quebec’s towns: 86% against 90%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
In the Le Domaine-du-Roy census division, 5% more people receive EI than in 2019
The highest month was January 2021: 2,600 people, 2.4 times the 2019 level. That is about 4.5 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 10%.
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). La Doré doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from the Le Domaine-du-Roy census division.
How walkable La Doré is: C
Better than 33% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Around La Doré: jobs, pay and the commute
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Doré | 75% | 7.9% | $63K | 22.9 min | C | C |
| Normandin 15 km | 82% | 6.1% | $67K | 21.5 min | B | A− |
| Saint-Félicien 15.1 km | 77% | 6.2% | $67K | 18.6 min | B | 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 La Doré, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada’s monthly survey, published for metro areas and economic regions rather than towns: it gives a current rate beside the census’s 2021 one.
- 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. The census-week jobless rate for residents 15 and over. Its base is the labour force, those employed plus those actively looking.
- Household income. What the median household took in during 2020 before tax, as the census recorded it; an estimate built from income groups when the place is a neighbourhood.
- Trip times. Commuters picked a band for their usual trip (under 15 minutes, 15 to 29, and so on). We place each person at the middle of their band, which lands a little above Statistics Canada’s own timed average.
- 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. A monthly count of Employment Insurance beneficiaries for the whole census division. It tracks the local job market, but it is not an unemployment rate.
- Which towns we compare. Comparisons are with the median of Canadian towns and city neighbourhoods counting 2,500 people or more, reserves and entire cities excluded.
Questions about work in La Doré
What is the unemployment rate in La Doré?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean economic region at 3.6%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 7.9%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in La Doré?
At $62,800 before tax in 2020, the median household in La Doré compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in La Doré get to work?
86% of commuters go by car, 5.7% walk. On census day 9.4% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from La Doré?
On average 22.9 minutes; 42% take under 15 minutes and 5.7% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in La Doré work?
Only 43% work in La Doré itself; the rest go first to Saint-Félicien (110) and Normandin (25).
How many jobs are there in La Doré?
About 505 people had their usual place of work in La Doré at the 2021 census, 1.3 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 62 businesses with employees in June 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).