Photo: Municipalitelapeche · CC BY-SA 4.0La Pêche has a larger share of its working-age people in jobs than 73% of Canadian towns
35% of its workers worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. An hour or more each way is the commute for 12% of workers in La Pêche; the average is 34.9 minutes. Half the households in La Pêche had more than $87,600 in 2020, before tax, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns.
Work in La Pêche, in a few figures
More people in work than most towns
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 80% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 61%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 6.2% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 6.3%. Unemployment ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 34.9 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 12% take an hour or more. The trip to work ↓
Many work from home
On census day, 35% of those in work were working at home; the middle of Canadian towns is 21%. Getting to work ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
La Pêche earns B− for jobs and income
Better than 45% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #286 of 507 in Quebec.
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; 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.
In La Pêche, 80% of the working-age population has a job
Of the 5 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais census division, 3 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 59% in October 2026. The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 65%. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 61% of residents 15 and over were in work. 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 La Pêche
In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 20%, fewer than the 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 31.2 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
Without a car, 5.1% of La Pêche’s commuters get to work
Few ride transit: 1.4%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 92% 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.
More go out than come in: the working day in La Pêche
2,105 residents of La Pêche had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 1,470 people had theirs in La Pêche, wherever they lived.
Each person commuting in is matched by about 2 residents going out.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
65% of La Pêche’s residents in work leave it to work; Gatineau takes the most
Coming the other way, Gatineau sends the most (340).
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 La Pêche work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Household income in La Pêche
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 71% of Canadian towns.
Every other place of 2,500 or more in the Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais census division has a higher median. La Pêche’s median is 18% above the middle of Quebec’s towns ($74,100). In 2020 emergency benefits topped up many low incomes, and the census counts them here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
In the Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais census division, 48% more people receive EI than in 2019
Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 rose by 2%. The highest month was January 2021: 2,130 people, 3.4 times the 2019 level. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 2.6 are on EI.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: the Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais 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).
Everyday places on foot in La Pêche: B−
Better than 48% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #380 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Among Canadian towns of 6,600 to 12,700, La Pêche ranks 369th of 648 for jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | North River Heights Manitoba | 7,228 | 82% | 8.4% | $143K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 10 | Boischatel Quebec | 9,250 | 85% | 4.8% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 15 | Chibougamau Quebec | 7,273 | 82% | 3.7% | $85K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 18 | Shannon Quebec | 7,088 | 81% | 3.7% | $113K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 367 | Argyle Nova Scotia | 8,216 | 72% | 12% | $71K | B− |
| 368 | Playter Estates-Danforth Ontario | 7,712 | 73% | 14% | $91K | B− |
| 369 | La Pêche Quebec | 9,379 | 80% | 6.2% | $88K | B− |
| 370 | Mount Royale Nova Scotia | 9,340 | 72% | 11% | $73K | B− |
| 371 | Buckingham Heights British Columbia | 8,794 | 71% | 7.9% | $118K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 648 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of La Pêche, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Neighbouring places to La Pêche, compared
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Pêche | 80% | 6.2% | $88K | 34.9 min | B− | B− |
| Low 16.3 km | 73% | 12% | $68K | 44.5 min | D | D |
| Chelsea 17.5 km | 80% | 6.1% | $146K | 25.7 min | A | 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 Pêche, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- 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. How long getting to work normally takes, averaged from the census’s time bands at their middles; expect it to read slightly high against the timed figure.
- Where people commute. Only people with a usual place of work are in it: those who work from home or have no fixed site are not. Home and work are both counted by municipality.
- 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. 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. How many residents held a job in May 2021, set against how many were 15 to 64. It reads a little high where many people work past 65, since below the municipality the census gives no breakdown of workers by age.
- Which towns we compare. The comparison pool is places of 2,500 people or more, towns or neighbourhoods inside cities, without whole cities or reserves, and we compare with its median.
Questions about work in La Pêche
What is the unemployment rate in La Pêche?
The census put unemployment at 6.2% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Ottawa-Gatineau, Quebec part metro area at 6.3%.
What is the average household income in La Pêche?
The census puts La Pêche at $87,600 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in La Pêche get to work?
92% of commuters drive, 1.4% take public transit, 3.2% walk and 0.5% cycle; 35% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from La Pêche?
The average commute is 34.9 minutes; 20% of trips take under 15 minutes and 12% an hour or more.
Where do people in La Pêche work?
Only 35% work in La Pêche itself; the rest go first to Gatineau (695) and Ottawa (405).
How many jobs are there in La Pêche?
The 2021 census found about 1,470 people with their usual workplace in La Pêche, or 0.7 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. Statistics Canada counted 230 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).