Photo: Jouu31 · Public domainLes Escoumins has lower household incomes than 82% of Canadian towns
Unemployment in Les Escoumins stood at 8.4% on census day 2021, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. At the 2021 census, Les Escoumins sat at the middle of Canadian towns on work: 73% of 15-to-64s had a job. The census counted 615 people working in Les Escoumins and 575 residents commuting to a fixed workplace.
The short version on work in Les Escoumins
Lower incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $63,100 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
More jobs than the typical town
615 people work in Les Escoumins and 575 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 17.2 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 7.2% 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, Les Escoumins grades C+
Better than 43% 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.
Les Escoumins households: $63,100 a year at the median
Les Escoumins’ median is 15% below 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).
Workers pour into Les Escoumins: 6% more on a working day
Of those who commute, 66% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
17.2 minutes from Les Escoumins to work, under the middle of Canadian towns
The middle of Quebec’s towns averages 26.5 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 71% of commuters, against 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. 7.2% spend an hour or longer getting to work; the middle of Quebec’s towns has 5.3%. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 16.5 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.
238 people come into Les Escoumins to work, most from Les Bergeronnes and Longue-Rive
- Les Bergeronnes45
- Longue-Rive45
- Sacré-Coeur40
- Forestville30
- Essipit25
- Tadoussac20
- Rimouski10
- Les Bergeronnes75
- Forestville30
- Tadoussac20
- Essipit20
- Québec10
- Sacré-Coeur10
- Baie-Comeau10
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
In and out of work in Les Escoumins
A smaller share in work than in 60% of Canadian towns.
The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 54% of residents that age. Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 49%. By June 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 63% of the wider area’s adults in work. The census was taken on 11 May 2021, mid-pandemic, when lockdowns had pushed unemployment up and sent many to work from 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.
Leaving the car at home: 7.2% of commuters in Les Escoumins
Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 91% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Home was the workplace for 8.6%, under the 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 La Haute-Côte-Nord census division, the count on EI is close to where it was in 2019
Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 9%. The highest month was January 2021: 1,470 people, 2.1 times the 2019 level. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 5 are on EI.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Data for EI beneficiaries covers the La Haute-Côte-Nord 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 Les Escoumins: B+
Better than 72% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Work in and around Les Escoumins
No closer places have figures: these lie 31–41 km from Les Escoumins.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Escoumins | 73% | 8.4% | $63K | 17.2 min | C+ | B+ |
| Trois-Pistoles 30.7 km | 73% | 6.2% | $48K | 16.7 min | C | A+ |
| Sacré-Coeur 32.1 km | 71% | 16% | $74K | 20.9 min | C+ | B− |
| Notre-Dame-des-Neiges 32.7 km | 83% | 6.1% | $62K | 15.9 min | A− | C− |
| L'Isle-Verte 37.8 km | 79% | 5.3% | $55K | 22.1 min | C+ | B+ |
| Saint-Fabien 40.5 km | 68% | 12% | $60K | 25.1 min | D | 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 Les Escoumins, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Jobs count everyone whose usual workplace lies in the municipality, residents or commuters from elsewhere, from Statistics Canada’s home-by-workplace table.
- 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.
- The Labour Force Survey. Sampled each month and released for regions rather than towns, so its rate describes the area around the town.
- In work. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 Les Escoumins
Where do people in Les Escoumins work?
66% work in Les Escoumins itself; of those who leave, the most go to Les Bergeronnes (75), then Forestville (30).
How many jobs are there in Les Escoumins?
The 2021 census counted about 615 people working in Les Escoumins: 1.1 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 66 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Les Escoumins?
The 2021 census found 8.4% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec economic region, is 4.3% (June 2026).
What is the average household income in Les Escoumins?
Les Escoumins’s middle household had $63,100 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Les Escoumins get to work?
By car: 91% of commuters, 7.2% walk; on census day 8.6% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Les Escoumins?
17.2 minutes is the average trip, with 71% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 7.2% taking an hour or more.
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).