Photo: abdallahh from Montréal, Canada · CC BY 2.0Pointe-Lebel has 0.2 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out
From Pointe-Lebel, the drive or ride to work averages 20.9 minutes, with 4.2% going an hour or longer. Pointe-Lebel had an unemployment rate of 3.6% at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. In 2020, a household at the middle of Pointe-Lebel had $81,500 before tax, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns.
Work in Pointe-Lebel: the figures worth knowing
More people in work than most towns
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 81% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 60%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 3.6% 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 ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 20.9 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 4.2% 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, Pointe-Lebel grades A
Better than 89% 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.
In Pointe-Lebel, 81% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
A larger share in work than in 79% of Canadian towns.
Working or looking, 62% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 60% of residents 15 and over were in work. For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 63% in work in June 2026. 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.
The length of the trip to work in Pointe-Lebel
In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 35% of commuters, against 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 20.4 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.
The daily tide in Pointe-Lebel runs outward
About 9 residents leave for work for each person who comes in. The job is inside the municipality for 8.5% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
91% of Pointe-Lebel’s residents in work leave it to work; Baie-Comeau takes the most
Coming the other way, Baie-Comeau sends the most (50).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Earnings at home in Pointe-Lebel: households
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 60% of Canadian towns.
The middle of Quebec’s towns is $74,100, and Pointe-Lebel is 10% above it. 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).
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 1.8% of Pointe-Lebel’s commuters
Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 96% of commuters. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 9.7% against 21%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
In the Manicouagan census division, the count on EI is close to where it was in 2019
The highest month was January 2021: 2,230 people, 2.6 times the 2019 level. That is about 3.8 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 5%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: the Manicouagan 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).
On getting around on foot, Pointe-Lebel grades C−
Better than 18% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Jobs near Pointe-Lebel: the places around it
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pointe-Lebel | 81% | 3.6% | $82K | 20.9 min | A | C− |
| Pointe-aux-Outardes 8.4 km | 72% | 7.6% | $87K | 25.2 min | B− | C− |
| Chute-aux-Outardes 8.8 km | 73% | 4.6% | $60K | 20.8 min | C | C+ |
| Baie-Comeau 8.8 km | 75% | 5.5% | $76K | 14.4 min | A− | B+ |
| Ragueneau 15.6 km | 63% | 10% | $65K | 24 min | D | 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 Pointe-Lebel, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Unemployment. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- Household income. Taken from the 2021 Census, which asked about 2020: wages, pensions, investment income and government transfers together, before income tax, for the median household.
- 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. 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. 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. 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. How many residents held a job in May 2021, set against how many were 15 to 64. It reads a little high where many people work past 65, since below the municipality the census gives no breakdown of workers by age.
- 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 Pointe-Lebel
What is the unemployment rate in Pointe-Lebel?
In June 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec economic region at 4.3%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 3.6%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Pointe-Lebel?
Before tax, half the households in Pointe-Lebel had more than $81,500 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Pointe-Lebel get to work?
96% of commuters drive, 1.8% walk; 9.7% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Pointe-Lebel?
The average commute is 20.9 minutes; 35% of trips take under 15 minutes and 4.2% an hour or more.
Where do people in Pointe-Lebel work?
Only 8.5% work in Pointe-Lebel itself; the rest go first to Baie-Comeau (615) and Pointe-aux-Outardes (25).
How many jobs are there in Pointe-Lebel?
The 2021 census found about 140 people with their usual workplace in Pointe-Lebel, or 0.2 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. Statistics Canada counted 27 businesses with employees in June 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).