Photo: Judicieux · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Cap-Rouge have higher incomes than those in 98% of Canadian towns
81% of people aged 15 to 64 in Cap-Rouge had a job at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. Workers in Cap-Rouge spend 21.2 minutes on the way to work on average (26 in the middle of Canadian towns). On census day, 37% of workers here were at home, next to 21% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Work in Cap-Rouge, in a few figures
More people in work than most towns
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 81% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 58%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 4.3% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 4.5%. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $126,000 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 21.2 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Getting to work ↓
Many work from home
37% of workers worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Getting to work ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
The Jobs & income grade for Cap-Rouge: A+
Better than almost every Canadian town on three measures together, #5 of 507 in Quebec.
Its strongest measure is household income; its weakest, trip times.
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.
Work and the working-age population of Cap-Rouge
Of the 36 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Québec census division, 17 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 63% in October 2026. The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 61%. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 58% of residents 15 and over were 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.
$126,000 a year: the median household in Cap-Rouge
Set beside Quebec’s towns, where the median is $74,100, Cap-Rouge sits 70% above. No other place of 2,500 or more in the Québec census division has a higher median. Because 2020 was the first year of the pandemic, emergency benefits make up part of these before-tax incomes.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Cap-Rouge gets to work without a car for 10% of commuters
The middle of Quebec’s towns has 1.5% on transit; here it is 5.6%. The car takes 87% of commuters here, under the 90% in the middle of Quebec’s towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
In the Québec census division, 36% more people receive EI than in 2019
Roughly 2.6 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 3%. At its peak, in January 2021, 30,440 people were on EI, 4.8 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Data for EI beneficiaries covers the Québec 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).
Cap-Rouge earns A for walkability
Better than 86% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #189 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Ranked on jobs and income, Cap-Rouge is 5th among 535 Canadian towns of 12,000 to 23,100
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yellowknife Northwest Territories | 22,858 | 80% | 5.8% | $148K | A+ |
| 2 | North Saanich British Columbia | 12,986 | 85% | 5.9% | $121K | A+ |
| 3 | Sillery Quebec | 13,950 | 81% | 6.2% | $120K | A+ |
| 4 | Central Saanich British Columbia | 18,184 | 85% | 4.9% | $103K | A+ |
| 5 | Cap-Rouge Quebec | 17,139 | 81% | 4.3% | $126K | A+ |
| 6 | Glebe-Dows Lake Ontario | 13,436 | 80% | 9.4% | $113K | A+ |
| 7 | Wellesley Ontario | 12,413 | 84% | 3.9% | $119K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 9 | L'Aéroport Quebec | 13,630 | 84% | 5.2% | $90K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 11 | Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures Quebec | 20,864 | 82% | 5.3% | $111K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 14 | Saint-Michel Quebec | 17,303 | 83% | 4.7% | $98K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 535 | Oakridge Ontario | 13,913 | 51% | 21% | $60K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Cap-Rouge, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Next to Cap-Rouge: how nearby places compare
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cap-Rouge | 81% | 4.3% | $126K | 21.2 min | A+ | A |
| Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy 2.2 km | 81% | 7.2% | $68K | 22 min | B | A+ |
| L'Aéroport 2.9 km | 84% | 5.2% | $90K | 19.8 min | A+ | B+ |
| Plateau 3.6 km | 80% | 7.6% | $67K | 21.1 min | B | A+ |
| Saint-Louis 4.6 km | 81% | 7.5% | $78K | 21.7 min | A− | A+ |
| L'Ancienne-Lorette 5.5 km | 84% | 4.4% | $86K | 19.8 min | A+ | A |
| Cité-Universitaire 6.2 km | 67% | 10% | $54K | 20.6 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 Cap-Rouge, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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.
- 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. 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. 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. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- Which towns we compare. Medians over towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents. Whole cities would swamp them and reserves sit outside the rankings, so neither is in.
- Neighbourhood figures. Everything here sums the dissemination areas inside Cap-Rouge’s lines, since the census has no neighbourhood profile; where people commute is on Québec’s page.
Questions about work in Cap-Rouge
What is the average household income in Cap-Rouge?
Before tax, half the households in Cap-Rouge had more than $126,000 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Cap-Rouge get to work?
Driving takes 87% of commuters to work, 5.6% take public transit, 3.6% walk and 0.9% cycle, and on census day 37% of those in work were at home.
How many jobs are there in Cap-Rouge?
Jobs are counted by municipality, not neighbourhood: the page for Québec has the jobs based there and where its commuters go.
What is the unemployment rate in Cap-Rouge?
The 2021 census found 4.3% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Québec metro area, is 4.5% (October 2026).
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (Census Profile) · 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).