Photo: Roncanada · CC BY-SA 4.0Working-age people in L'Ancienne-Lorette are more likely to have a job than in 89% of Canadian towns
Of everyone in L'Ancienne-Lorette working or looking for work in May 2021, 4.4% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. Workers in L'Ancienne-Lorette spend 19.8 minutes on the way to work on average, and 1.7% need an hour or more. Half the households in L'Ancienne-Lorette had more than $86,200 in 2020, before tax, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900.
The short version on work in L'Ancienne-Lorette
More people in work than most towns
With 84% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 61% of all adults employed. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
The Labour Force Survey had the area at 4.5% in October 2026; on census day in 2021 the town’s own rate was 4.4%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 19.8 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 1.7% 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.
L'Ancienne-Lorette grades A+ for jobs and income
Better than 97% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #15 of 507 in Quebec.
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; 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.
In L'Ancienne-Lorette, 84% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
Of the 36 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Québec census division, 34 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
A more recent figure, for the wider area: 63% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. Counting those looking for work too, 64% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 61%. 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.
How long the commute from L'Ancienne-Lorette takes
In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 38% of commuters, against 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 17.5 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.
Each working day, more people leave L'Ancienne-Lorette for work than come in
5,605 residents of L'Ancienne-Lorette had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 4,220 people had theirs in L'Ancienne-Lorette, wherever they lived.
17% 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.
83% of L'Ancienne-Lorette’s residents in work leave it to work; Québec takes the most
Coming the other way, Québec sends the most (2,310).
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 L'Ancienne-Lorette work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
How L'Ancienne-Lorette’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 68% of Canadian towns.
11 of the 36 other places of 2,500+ in the Québec census division have a higher median. L'Ancienne-Lorette’s median is 16% above the middle of Quebec’s towns ($74,100). 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).
Without a car, 10% of L'Ancienne-Lorette’s commuters get to work
25% of everyone in work worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. The middle of Quebec’s towns has 1.5% on transit; here it is 5.1%.
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.
EI claims in the Québec census division run 36% above their 2019 level
In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 3%. The highest month was January 2021: 30,440 people, 4.8 times the 2019 level. Roughly 2.6 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 counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100). Figures for EI beneficiaries are published for the Québec census division as a whole, not for L'Ancienne-Lorette alone.
Getting around L'Ancienne-Lorette on foot earns A
Better than 91% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #155 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Out of 517 Canadian towns of 12,500 to 24,100, L'Ancienne-Lorette comes 15th on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yellowknife Northwest Territories | 22,858 | 80% | 5.8% | $148K | A+ |
| 2 | North Saanich British Columbia | 12,986 | 85% | 5.9% | $121K | A+ |
| 3 | Sillery Quebec | 13,950 | 81% | 6.2% | $120K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 5 | Cap-Rouge Quebec | 17,139 | 81% | 4.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 8 | L'Aéroport Quebec | 13,630 | 84% | 5.2% | $90K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Saint-Michel Quebec | 17,303 | 83% | 4.7% | $98K | A+ |
| 14 | Saint-Émile Quebec | 16,893 | 82% | 4.3% | $105K | A+ |
| 15 | L'Ancienne-Lorette Quebec | 17,876 | 84% | 4.4% | $86K | A+ |
| 16 | Harbour Landing Saskatchewan | 14,402 | 79% | 7.8% | $99K | A+ |
| 17 | Warman Saskatchewan | 14,245 | 83% | 5.1% | $120K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 517 | Oakridge Ontario | 13,913 | 51% | 21% | $60K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of L'Ancienne-Lorette, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Jobs near L'Ancienne-Lorette: the places around it
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Ancienne-Lorette | 84% | 4.4% | $86K | 19.8 min | A+ | A |
| L'Aéroport 3.1 km | 84% | 5.2% | $90K | 19.8 min | A+ | B+ |
| Duberger—Les Saules 3.5 km | 83% | 6.7% | $71K | 19.1 min | A− | A+ |
| Des Châtels 4.1 km | 82% | 6.1% | $89K | 22.1 min | A | A |
| Plateau 4.4 km | 80% | 7.6% | $67K | 21.1 min | B | A+ |
| Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy 5.1 km | 81% | 7.2% | $68K | 22 min | B | A+ |
| Neufchatel Est—Lebourgneuf 5.3 km | 83% | 6.2% | $83K | 20.1 min | A | 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 L'Ancienne-Lorette, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. One way, on a usual day, from the census’s travel-time bands. Band midpoints overstate it a little next to the figure Statistics Canada times.
- 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. A monthly household survey by Statistics Canada, reported for metro areas and economic regions only. It supplies a recent rate next to the 2021 census figure.
- 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.
- 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 L'Ancienne-Lorette
How many jobs are there in L'Ancienne-Lorette?
The 2021 census counted about 4,220 people working in L'Ancienne-Lorette: 0.8 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 414 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in L'Ancienne-Lorette?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 4.4% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Québec metro area at 4.5% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in L'Ancienne-Lorette?
Before tax, half the households in L'Ancienne-Lorette had more than $86,200 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in L'Ancienne-Lorette get to work?
By car: 89% of commuters, 5.1% take public transit, 4.1% walk and 0.9% cycle; on census day 25% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from L'Ancienne-Lorette?
19.8 minutes is the average trip, with 38% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 1.7% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in L'Ancienne-Lorette work?
Only 17% work in L'Ancienne-Lorette itself; the rest go first to Québec (4,070) and Lévis (220).
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).