Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Malartic has lower household incomes than 70% of Canadian towns
77% of people aged 15 to 64 in Malartic had a job at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. 2,130 people have their usual place of work in Malartic, against 1,290 residents who travel to a job. In May 2021, unemployment in Malartic reached 6.2%, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns.
The work numbers behind Malartic
Less unemployment than most towns
6.2% of the labour force was out of work at the 2021 census (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns); the Labour Force Survey had the area at 2.5% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $68,800 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
A local job centre
With 2,130 jobs based in Malartic and 1,290 working residents, the ratio compares with 0.8 in the middle of Canadian towns. The daily tide ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 20.2 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 3.8% 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.
Malartic earns B for jobs and income
Better than 57% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #237 of 507 in Quebec.
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.
In and out of work in Malartic
A larger share in work than in 59% of Canadian towns.
Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 65%. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 61% were working. By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 60% of the wider area’s adults in work. Census day was 11 May 2021, in the pandemic’s third wave: unemployment ran high and many worked from home, so these figures describe that spring rather than today.
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.
Malartic households: $68,800 a year at the median
Malartic’s median is 7% below the middle of Quebec’s towns ($74,100). Incomes are for 2020, the first pandemic year, so CERB and other emergency payments are part of them.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
A working day adds 59% to the people at work in Malartic
Malartic takes in some 2 workers for every resident it sends out. The job is inside the municipality for 55% of its commuters.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
Shorter than the middle of Canadian towns: commutes from Malartic average 20.2 minutes
An hour or more: 3.8% of commuters, under the 5.3% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 20.3 minutes. In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 51%, more than the 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns.
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.
1,415 people come into Malartic to work, most from Val-d'Or and Rivière-Héva
- Val-d'Or740
- Rivière-Héva200
- Rouyn-Noranda170
- Amos95
- Barraute20
- Saint-Mathieu-d'Harricana20
- La Corne15
- La Motte15
- Preissac15
- Lac-Chicobi15
- Val-d'Or425
- Preissac40
- Rouyn-Noranda25
- Saguenay25
- Rivière-Héva20
- Montréal10
- Amos10
- Lebel-sur-Quévillon10
- Kivalliq, Unorganized (NO)10
66% of the people who work in Malartic live outside it, 740 of them in Val-d'Or, 25 km away. Val-d'Or is where the largest group of commuters out goes, 425 of them.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Malartic gets to work without a car for 8.3% of commuters
The middle of Quebec’s towns has 4.2% walking; here, 6.9% do. 89% drive to work, fewer than the 90% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Only 8.5% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit takes 0.7% of commuters, against 3.5% 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 La Vallée-de-l'Or census division run 3% above their 2019 level
The count topped out in January 2021 at 2,170 people, 2.6 times the 2019 average. Roughly 3.5 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 8%.
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 La Vallée-de-l'Or census division as a whole, not for Malartic alone.
The Walkability grade for Malartic: A−
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Ranked on jobs and income, Malartic is 326th among 757 Canadian towns of 2,500 to 4,700
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Mount Royal Alberta | 2,758 | 83% | 12% | $188K | A+ |
| 2 | Central River Heights Manitoba | 2,736 | 84% | 5.4% | $137K | A+ |
| 3 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 6 | Kuujjuaq Quebec | 2,766 | 78% | 4.2% | $112K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 11 | Hatley Quebec | 2,512 | 89% | 4.1% | $103K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska Quebec | 3,307 | 85% | 4.8% | $91K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 324 | Canossa Alberta | 3,246 | 71% | 9.8% | $125K | B |
| 325 | Maria Quebec | 2,770 | 74% | 4.8% | $73K | B |
| 326 | Malartic Quebec | 3,506 | 77% | 6.2% | $69K | B |
| 327 | Trillium Ontario | 2,967 | 74% | 13% | $117K | B |
| 328 | Livingston Alberta | 3,929 | 75% | 12% | $118K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 757 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,724 | 43% | 30% | $51K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Malartic, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Jobs near Malartic: the places around it
Malartic has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 7–49 km out.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malartic | 77% | 6.2% | $69K | 20.2 min | B | A− |
| Rivière-Héva 6.9 km | 77% | 5% | $101K | 27 min | B+ | C+ |
| Val-d'Or 24.7 km | 81% | 4.5% | $76K | 17.2 min | A | B |
| Amos 48.5 km | 80% | 6.1% | $71K | 17 min | A− | A |
| Barraute 49.4 km | 81% | 7.4% | $68K | 31.6 min | C | 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 Malartic, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Employment Insurance. People receiving EI benefits each month, counted for the census division. It follows the local job market; 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. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- Household income. Before-tax total income of the middle household for 2020, from the census. Neighbourhood medians are worked out from bracket counts, since Statistics Canada publishes none of their own.
- Trip times. The census asks how long the trip to work usually takes, in bands; our average uses each band’s middle, so it runs a little above Statistics Canada’s timed average.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. Any town of 2,500 or more counts, and so does any city neighbourhood that size; the city as a whole and First Nations reserves don’t. The middle is the median.
Questions about work in Malartic
What is the average household income in Malartic?
At $68,800 before tax in 2020, the median household in Malartic compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Malartic get to work?
Driving takes 89% of commuters to work, 0.7% take public transit, 6.9% walk and 0.7% cycle, and on census day 8.5% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Malartic?
About 20.2 minutes on average, with 51% under a quarter-hour and 3.8% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Malartic work?
55% work in Malartic itself; of those who leave, the most go to Val-d'Or (425), then Preissac (40).
How many jobs are there in Malartic?
Some 2,130 people worked in Malartic at the 2021 census: 1.7 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 93 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Malartic?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 6.2% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Abitibi-Témiscamingue economic region at 2.5% in October 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).