Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · CC BY 2.0Fewer of Maliotenam’s 15-to-64s are in work than in 98% of Canadian towns
In 2020, a household at the middle of Maliotenam had $73,100 before tax, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns. 110 people have their usual place of work in Maliotenam, against 305 residents who travel to a job. The 2021 census put unemployment in Maliotenam at 12%; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
Maliotenam and work: the main findings
Fewer people in work than most towns
The 2021 census found 52% of 15-to-64s with a job (73% in the middle of Canadian towns). Count every adult, retirees too, and the figure is 45%. In work ↓
Unemployment near the middle
On census day in 2021 12% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by June 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 4.3%. Unemployment ↓
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 Maliotenam earn C−
Better than 19% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is trip times; its weakest, the share of 15-to-64s in work.
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.
Maliotenam at work: 52% of people aged 15 to 64
Working or looking, 51% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 63% in work in June 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. Pandemic rules were in force on census day, 11 May 2021; the Labour Force Survey shows how jobs have moved since.
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.
More of Maliotenam’s workers leave each day than arrive
It sends out some 7 workers for every one it takes in. The job is inside the municipality for 25% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
75% of Maliotenam’s residents in work leave it to work; Sept-Îles takes the most
Inbound, the leader is Uashat 27 (15).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
What households in Maliotenam earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 59% of Canadian towns.
That puts Maliotenam 1% below 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 Maliotenam walk, cycle or take transit
Transit takes 2.2% of commuters, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. 80% drive to work, fewer than the 90% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Only 7.1% 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).
23.2 minutes from Maliotenam to work, under the middle of Canadian towns
The middle of Quebec’s towns averages 26.5 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 39%, more than the 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. An hour or more: 6.6% of commuters, above the 5.3% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 22.2 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.
In the Sept-Rivières–Caniapiscau census division, 14% more people receive EI than in 2019
That works out to around 4.5 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 7%. The highest month was January 2021: 2,610 people, 2.5 times the 2019 level.
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). For EI beneficiaries, the only official count covers all of the Sept-Rivières–Caniapiscau census division, Maliotenam included.
Walking in Maliotenam earns A−
Better than 81% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How Maliotenam compares with the places nearby
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maliotenam | 52% | 12% | $73K | 23.2 min | C− | A− |
| Sept-Îles 12.9 km | 80% | 5% | $80K | 16.4 min | A | B+ |
| Uashat 27 14.5 km | 45% | 12% | $66K | 16.1 min | C | 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 Maliotenam, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Where people commute. Counts of workers with a fixed workplace, by where they live and where they work, both taken as whole municipalities; the jobs figure takes everyone who works here, wherever home is.
- 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. Sampled each month and released for regions rather than towns, so its rate describes the area around the town.
- 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. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- Household income. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- Trip times. Built from banded answers: each commuter’s usual one-way trip counts as the midpoint of the band they chose, and the result tends to sit slightly higher than Statistics Canada’s average.
- 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.
- A First Nations reserve. Maliotenam’s figures are its own, though Statistics Canada rounds or suppresses some for small communities. A reserve has no overall grade and sits in no ranked list.
Questions about work in Maliotenam
How many jobs are there in Maliotenam?
Some 110 people worked in Maliotenam at the 2021 census: 0.4 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 27 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Maliotenam?
The 2021 census found 12% 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 Maliotenam?
The census puts Maliotenam at $73,100 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Maliotenam get to work?
Driving takes 80% of commuters to work, 2.2% take public transit and 12% walk, and on census day 7.1% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Maliotenam?
About 23.2 minutes on average, with 39% under a quarter-hour and 6.6% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Maliotenam work?
25% work in Maliotenam itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Sept-Îles (105), then Uashat 27 (75).
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).