Photo: Vintotal · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Senneterre trail those of 91% of Canadian towns
In May 2021, unemployment in Senneterre reached 6.5%; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. Jobs were held by 69% of people aged 15 to 64 in Senneterre in 2021, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%. The census counted 1,015 people working in Senneterre and 905 residents commuting to a fixed workplace.
What the numbers say about work in Senneterre
Less unemployment than most towns
6.5% 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
At $58,500 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
More jobs than the typical town
1,015 people work in Senneterre and 905 residents commute to a fixed workplace; the middle of Canadian towns has 0.8 jobs per working resident. The daily tide ↓
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 Senneterre earn D
Better than 14% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #418 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.
Who in Senneterre has a job
A smaller share in work than in 77% of Canadian towns.
In October 2026, 60% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 53%. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 50% of residents 15 and over were in work. 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.
$58,500 a year: the median household in Senneterre
That puts Senneterre 21% below the median 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).
Every working day, Senneterre’s workforce grows by 12%
The job is inside the municipality for 67% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
410 people come into Senneterre to work, most from Senneterre (Quebec part) and Belcourt
- Senneterre (Quebec part)175
- Belcourt65
- Barraute45
- Val-d'Or35
- Rivière-Héva15
- Lac Simon15
- Sherbrooke10
- Macamic10
- Lebel-sur-Quévillon10
Of everyone working in Senneterre, 40% come in from elsewhere; 175 make the 15 km trip from Senneterre (Quebec part). Outbound, Val-d'Or takes the most: 155 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
2021 Census, people with a usual place of work: where residents of Senneterre work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Leaving the car at home: 13% of commuters in Senneterre
The middle of Quebec’s towns has 4.2% walking; here, 12% do. Fewer drive than in the middle of Quebec’s towns: 84% against 90%. Only 4.3% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit barely figures here, 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).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
At 23.5 minutes, commutes from Senneterre are shorter than in the middle of Canadian towns
A quarter-hour or less for 64% of commuters, against 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. An hour or more: 13% of commuters, above the 5.3% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 21.9 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of Quebec’s towns averages 26.5 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
In the La Vallée-de-l'Or census division, 3% more people receive EI than in 2019
That works out to around 3.5 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 8%. In January 2021 it reached 2,170, the most in the series and 2.6 times the 2019 average.
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 La Vallée-de-l'Or census division, Senneterre included.
The walkability of Senneterre: A
Better than 88% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #176 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
449th of 527: where Senneterre ranks among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 3,800
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 5 | Kuujjuaq Quebec | 2,766 | 78% | 4.2% | $112K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 10 | Hatley Quebec | 2,512 | 89% | 4.1% | $103K | A+ |
| 11 | Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska Quebec | 3,307 | 85% | 4.8% | $91K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 447 | Bishop's Falls Newfoundland and Labrador | 3,162 | 56% | 19% | $59K | D |
| 448 | Musquodoboit Harbour Nova Scotia | 2,719 | 70% | 13% | $82K | D |
| 449 | Senneterre Quebec | 2,832 | 69% | 6.5% | $59K | D |
| 450 | Georgian Bay Ontario | 3,798 | 68% | 11% | $82K | D |
| 451 | Perry Ontario | 2,866 | 69% | 8.8% | $73K | D |
| … | ||||||
| 527 | 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 Senneterre, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Next to Senneterre: how nearby places compare
No closer places have figures: these lie 15–37 km from Senneterre.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senneterre | 69% | 6.5% | $59K | 23.5 min | D | A |
| Senneterre 15 km | 73% | 13% | $76K | 30.8 min | C− | D |
| Barraute 30.7 km | 81% | 7.4% | $68K | 31.6 min | C | B+ |
| Lac Simon 36.9 km | 32% | 12% | $56K | 14.1 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 Senneterre, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. What the median household took in during 2020 before tax, as the census recorded it; an estimate built from income groups when the place is a neighbourhood.
- Trip times. One way, on a usual day, from the census’s travel-time bands. Band midpoints overstate it a little next to the figure Statistics Canada times.
- 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. Statistics Canada surveys households every month; the results come out for metro areas and economic regions, never for single towns, and keep the rate current after 2021.
- In work. We divide the number of employed residents by the number aged 15 to 64. Workers past 64 still count on top, because the 2021 Census crosses work with age only for whole municipalities; in return, a retirement town’s pensioners don’t drag the rate down.
- 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 Senneterre
What is the average household income in Senneterre?
The median household in Senneterre had $58,500 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Senneterre get to work?
84% of commuters go by car, 12% walk and 0.9% cycle. On census day 4.3% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Senneterre?
On average 23.5 minutes; 64% take under 15 minutes and 13% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Senneterre work?
67% work in Senneterre itself; of those who leave, the most go to Val-d'Or (155), then Amos (35).
How many jobs are there in Senneterre?
About 1,015 people had their usual place of work in Senneterre at the 2021 census, 1.1 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 115 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Senneterre?
The 2021 census found 6.5% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Abitibi-Témiscamingue economic region, is 2.5% (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).