The Côte-Nord brings together both the richest and the poorest MRC in Quebec

There is a difference of more than $ 56,000 between the average income of people who live in the Fermont sector and those in the Blanc-Sablon sector. The Côte-Nord includes both the MRC where it paid in 2019 the highest salaries in Quebec, Caniapiscau and the lowest, the Lower North Shore.

The bulletin on the evaluation of the labor market in the RCMs in 2019 published today by the Institut de la statistique du Québec also places Caniapiscau at the top with the strongest growth in the number of jobs. La Minganie posted the strongest decline in the labor market in Quebec.

In the MRC des Sept-Rivières, which includes Port-Cartier, Sept-Îles, Uashat mak Maliotenam, the average employment income of people aged 25 to 64 was $ 53,755 in 2019, significantly above the provincial average. of $ 44,936. The ISQ bulletin confirms that the best salaries in Quebec are paid to RCMs far from large centers whose economy is strongly linked to the exploitation of natural resources.

The median salary in 2019 in Caniapiscau, the highest in Quebec, was $ 87,434, in Haute-Côte-Nord $ 37,422, Manicouagan $ 47,201, Minganie $ 41,900 and Basse-Côte-Nord, the lowest in Quebec, $ 31,227.

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