Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs and the daily commute in Lanoraie
For 13% of commuters in Lanoraie, the trip to work lasts an hour or more; the average is 32.4 minutes. 6.1% of the labour force in Lanoraie was out of work at the 2021 census, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns. 1,125 people have their usual place of work in Lanoraie, against 1,540 residents who travel to a job.
Jobs and income in Lanoraie: what the figures say
Less unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 6.1% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 2.9% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 32.4 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 13% 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.
Jobs and income in Lanoraie earn C
Better than 28% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #364 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.
Lanoraie at work: 77% of people aged 15 to 64
Of the 5 other places of 2,500 people or more in the D'Autray census division, 2 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
A more recent figure, for the wider area: 60% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 64% of residents that age. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 60% of residents 15 and over were in work. May 2021, when the census was taken, was a pandemic spring; unemployment has come down since, as the Labour Force Survey records.
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 Lanoraie takes
The middle of Quebec’s towns averages 26.5 minutes. Only 25% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 29.1 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.
More go out than come in: the working day in Lanoraie
About 2 residents leave for work for each person who comes in. Of those who commute, 22% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
78% of Lanoraie’s residents in work leave it to work; Montréal takes the most
Coming the other way, Lavaltrie sends the most (130).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Median household income in Lanoraie: $76,900 in 2020
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 50% of Canadian towns.
Set beside Quebec’s towns, where the median is $74,100, Lanoraie sits 4% above. One of the 5 other places of 2,500+ in the D'Autray census division has a higher median. CERB and the other emergency payments of 2020 are counted in these incomes, which lifted the lower ones that year.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
3.4% of commuters in Lanoraie walk, cycle or take transit
Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 95% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Only 15% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
In the D'Autray census division, 41% more people receive EI than in 2019
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4.6 receive EI. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 2%. The highest month was January 2021: 2,990 people, 3.1 times the 2019 level.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries published for the D'Autray census division, not by town. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Lanoraie grades B for walkability
Better than 57% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #348 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Among Canadian towns of 4,000 to 7,700, Lanoraie ranks 515th of 699 for jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 2 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | North River Heights Manitoba | 7,228 | 82% | 8.4% | $143K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 20 | Chibougamau Quebec | 7,273 | 82% | 3.7% | $85K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 24 | Shannon Quebec | 7,088 | 81% | 3.7% | $113K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 31 | Saint-Antonin Quebec | 4,633 | 85% | 3.9% | $76K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 513 | Massey Place Saskatchewan | 6,561 | 66% | 11% | $68K | C |
| 514 | Louiseville Quebec | 7,570 | 74% | 7.6% | $48K | C |
| 515 | Lanoraie Quebec | 5,694 | 77% | 6.1% | $77K | C |
| 516 | Garden Village British Columbia | 6,492 | 67% | 11% | $103K | C |
| 517 | Centremount Ontario | 4,053 | 71% | 13% | $83K | C |
| … | ||||||
| 699 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Lanoraie, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Around Lanoraie: jobs, pay and the commute
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanoraie | 77% | 6.1% | $77K | 32.4 min | C | B |
| Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu 9.6 km | 85% | 5.2% | $84K | 35.7 min | B− | C |
| Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel 9.8 km | 81% | 6% | $78K | 23.1 min | A− | D |
| Lavaltrie 10.3 km | 78% | 6% | $83K | 32.2 min | C+ | B− |
| Saint-Ours 10.4 km | 79% | 5.3% | $75K | 33 min | C | B− |
| Sorel-Tracy 10.6 km | 72% | 7.7% | $61K | 20.3 min | C | A− |
| Saint-Thomas 10.9 km | 83% | 6.1% | $78K | 23 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 Lanoraie, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Where people commute. Statistics Canada’s place-of-work table counts people with a usual place of work by the municipality they live in and the one they work in. Jobs here are people whose usual workplace is in the municipality, wherever they live.
- Employment Insurance. How many people in the census division drew Employment Insurance each month; it moves with layoffs and hiring, yet people who don’t qualify are absent from it.
- 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. We divide the number of employed residents by the number aged 15 to 64. Workers past 64 still count on top, because the 2021 Census crosses work with age only for whole municipalities; in return, a retirement town’s pensioners don’t drag the rate down.
- 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.
- 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 Lanoraie
How long is the commute from Lanoraie?
The average commute is 32.4 minutes; 25% of trips take under 15 minutes and 13% an hour or more.
Where do people in Lanoraie work?
Only 22% work in Lanoraie itself; the rest go first to Montréal (245) and Berthierville (185).
How many jobs are there in Lanoraie?
The 2021 census found about 1,125 people with their usual workplace in Lanoraie, or 0.7 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. Statistics Canada counted 176 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Lanoraie?
The 2021 census found 6.1% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Lanaudière economic region, is 2.9% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Lanoraie?
Lanoraie’s middle household had $76,900 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Lanoraie get to work?
95% of commuters drive, 2.7% walk and 0.7% cycle; 15% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
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).