Photo: Malagauche · CC BY-SA 3.0A larger share of people aged 15 to 64 are in work in Les Éboulements than in 90% of Canadian towns
Les Éboulements is the usual workplace of 225 people, and 415 of its own residents commute to a job. Median household income in Les Éboulements was $75,600 in 2020, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns. Joblessness at the 2021 census: 6.8% of Les Éboulements’ labour force; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
Where Les Éboulements stands out on work
More people in work than most towns
Counting everyone 15 and over, 55% were in work at the 2021 census; among those aged 15 to 64 it was 84%, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 6.8% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 4.7% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 22.7 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 3% 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.
On jobs and income, Les Éboulements grades A−
Better than 82% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
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.
Les Éboulements at work: 84% of people aged 15 to 64
An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 55% of residents 15 and over were in work. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 62% in October 2026. Working or looking, 59% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. These are census figures from May 2021, during COVID’s third wave; jobs have recovered since, which the Labour Force Survey shows.
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.
Les Éboulements has a quicker trip to work than the middle of Canadian towns: 22.7 minutes
Timed exactly, the average is 18.6 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 34% of commuters, against 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Long trips are rarer than in the middle of Quebec’s towns: 3% take an hour or more, against 5.3%.
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.
The daily tide in Les Éboulements runs outward
It sends out some 3 workers for every one it takes in. 29% 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.
71% of Les Éboulements’ residents in work leave it to work; Baie-Saint-Paul takes the most
Inbound, the leader is La Malbaie (25).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
How Les Éboulements’ household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 53% of Canadian towns.
That puts Les Éboulements 2% above the median 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).
14% of commuters in Les Éboulements walk, cycle or take transit
Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. Working at home: 28% here, 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).
EI claims in the Charlevoix census division run 4% below their 2019 level
In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 8%. At its peak, in January 2021, 1,350 people were on EI, 2.9 times the 2019 average. That works out to around 3.2 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division.
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). Les Éboulements doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from the Charlevoix census division.
The walkability of Les Éboulements: B
Better than 56% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Les Éboulements and its neighbours: work and income
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Éboulements | 84% | 6.8% | $76K | 22.7 min | A− | B |
| L'Isle-aux-Coudres 7.1 km | 76% | 13% | $63K | 21.6 min | C+ | B− |
| Saint-Hilarion 12.5 km | 82% | 5% | $72K | 23.5 min | B+ | C+ |
| Baie-Saint-Paul 13.8 km | 79% | 5.2% | $65K | 15.2 min | B+ | A− |
| Saint-Urbain 18.2 km | 74% | 6.6% | $69K | 23.2 min | C+ | 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 Les Éboulements, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Our average assumes everyone in, say, the 15-to-29-minute band takes 22 minutes. Across all the bands that runs a shade above Statistics Canada’s measured 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. Monthly EI recipients across the census division: a pulse of the local job market rather than a measure of who is out of work.
- The Labour Force Survey. Monthly, and only for metro areas and economic regions. It is the up-to-date rate we set beside the census’s 2021 snapshot.
- 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 share of people 15 and over in the labour force, working or looking for work, who had no job on census day in May 2021.
- Which towns we compare. Every town and city neighbourhood with 2,500 residents or more; whole cities and First Nations reserves are left out. Each middle figure is a median.
Questions about work in Les Éboulements
How many jobs are there in Les Éboulements?
About 225 people had their usual place of work in Les Éboulements at the 2021 census, 0.5 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 72 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Les Éboulements?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 6.8% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Capitale-Nationale economic region at 4.7% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Les Éboulements?
The median household in Les Éboulements had $75,600 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Les Éboulements get to work?
81% of commuters go by car, 14% walk. On census day 28% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Les Éboulements?
On average 22.7 minutes; 34% take under 15 minutes and 3% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Les Éboulements work?
29% work in Les Éboulements itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Baie-Saint-Paul (165), then La Malbaie (55).
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).