rate and that of Quebec narrowed from 1.0 to 0.4 percentage points. The employment rate increased to 60.2% in the region. The region now has an employment rate comparable to that of Quebec (60.1%). Since 1999, the Outaouais has generally had a lower unemployment rate than Quebec as a whole. In 2021, this trend continued; the unemployment rate decreased by 2.5 percentage points to 5.6%, compared to 6.1% for Quebec as a whole. This decrease is explained by the improvement in employment. The Outaouais' industrial structure matches its mission, which is concentrated on government services. As a result, the economy is heavily geared towards the service sector. In 2021, the primary sector in the Outaouais accounted for a lower proportion of jobs than the primary sector in Quebec as a whole (1.4% vs. 2.2%). Also, the manufacturing sector employed less people than the rest of Quebec (4.0% vs. 11.3%). Nonetheless, the construction sector employed more people in the Outaouais (8.4%) than in Quebec overall (6.7%). The region's economy is dominated by tertiarization. The tertiary sector's percentage of total employment (86.1%) is substantially larger than that reported in Quebec overall (79.7%). This finding is explained by the significance of public services. In 2021, the Outaouais would account for 4.7% of Quebec's population and 4.6% of its jobs. Administrative divisions Regional county municipalities First Nations Reserves Kitigan Zibi Rapid Lake Major communities Cantley Chelsea Déléage Gatineau Gracefield L'Ange-Gardien La PêcheManiwaki Mansfield-et-Pontefract Papineauville Pontiac Saint-André-Avellin Thurso Val-des-Monts School districts Francophone Centre de services scolaire au Cœur-des-Vallées Centre de services scolaire des Draveurs Centre de services scolaire des Hauts-Bois-de-l'Outaouais Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouais Anglophone Western Québec School Board References External links Portail régional de l'Outaouais Official website Répertoire des clubs de golf de la région de l'Outaouais Canada geography articles needing translation from French Wikipedia Administrative regions of Quebec