Photo: P199 · Public domainWorking-age people in St.-Charles are less likely to have a job than in 92% of Canadian towns
The average trip to work from St.-Charles is 42.7 minutes; 19% of commuters spend an hour or more getting there. Half the households in St.-Charles had more than $76,100 in 2020, before tax; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Unemployment in St.-Charles stood at 6.4% on census day 2021, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns.
Work in St.-Charles: the figures worth knowing
Fewer people in work than most towns
In work at the 2021 census: 61% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 42% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 6.4% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 5.6% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 42.7 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 19% last an hour or longer. 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.
The Jobs & income grade for St.-Charles: D−
Better than 5% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
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.
In St.-Charles, 61% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
None of the 5 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Sudbury census division has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
46% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 42% 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.
Commuting times in St.-Charles
Timed exactly, the average is 40.5 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of Ontario’s towns averages 28.6 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 16%, fewer than the 31% in the middle of Ontario’s towns.
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.
St.-Charles empties a little on a working day
355 residents of St.-Charles had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 85 people had theirs in St.-Charles, wherever they lived.
Each person commuting in is matched by about 69 residents going out. 23% of residents who commute work inside the municipality, against 70% in the middle of Canadian towns.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
77% of St.-Charles’ residents in work leave it to work; Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury takes the most
No other place sends enough people to work in St.-Charles to be counted.
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 St.-Charles work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Earnings at home in St.-Charles: households
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 52% of Canadian towns.
Of the 5 other places of 2,500 or more in the Sudbury census division, 3 have a higher median. Set beside Ontario’s towns, where the median is $91,600, St.-Charles sits 17% below. Pandemic support paid in 2020, CERB first among it, is 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).
St.-Charles gets to work without a car for 11% of commuters
84% drive to work, fewer than the 88% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. Only 14% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Few ride transit: 2.2%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The middle of Ontario’s towns has 3.2% walking; here, 9% do.
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.
7% more people are on EI in the Sudbury census division than in 2019
Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 3%. The count topped out in April 2021 at 1,380 people, 2 times the 2019 average. Roughly 5.4 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: the Sudbury 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, St.-Charles grades B−
Better than 52% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Around St.-Charles: jobs, pay and the commute
Distances here run 15–49 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from St.-Charles.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St.-Charles | 61% | 6.4% | $76K | 42.7 min | D− | B− |
| Markstay-Warren 15.5 km | 66% | 9.7% | $82K | 41 min | D | D |
| French River / Rivière des Français 25.9 km | 67% | 14% | $69K | 32.4 min | D | C+ |
| Sturgeon Falls 32.3 km | 62% | 9.9% | $69K | 26.5 min | D | B− |
| Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury 48.8 km | 71% | 10% | $84K | 22.8 min | B− | 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 St.-Charles, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- In work. People in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64 (2021 Census). The census doesn’t cross work with age below the municipality, so this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood has; retirees don’t weigh on it.
- Unemployment. It counts only people who wanted work and had none in May 2021, as a share of those working or searching; students and retirees who weren’t looking stay out of both sides.
- 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. The census asks how long the trip to work usually takes, in bands; our average uses each band’s middle, so it runs a little above Statistics Canada’s timed average.
- Where people commute. Statistics Canada’s place-of-work table counts people with a usual place of work by the municipality they live in and the one they work in. Jobs here are people whose usual workplace is in the municipality, wherever they live.
- Employment Insurance. Statistics Canada counts EI beneficiaries each month by census division. Seasonal work makes it swing, so read it as a trend, not a jobless rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada’s monthly survey, published for metro areas and economic regions rather than towns: it gives a current rate beside the census’s 2021 one.
- 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.
Questions about work in St.-Charles
How do people in St.-Charles get to work?
84% of commuters drive, 2.2% take public transit and 9% walk; 14% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from St.-Charles?
The average commute is 42.7 minutes; 16% of trips take under 15 minutes and 19% an hour or more.
Where do people in St.-Charles work?
23% work in St.-Charles itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury (175), then French River / Rivière des Français (40).
How many jobs are there in St.-Charles?
The 2021 census found about 85 people with their usual workplace in St.-Charles, or 0.2 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. Statistics Canada counted 30 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in St.-Charles?
At the 2021 census 6.4% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Greater Sudbury metro area, gives 5.6% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in St.-Charles?
At $76,100 before tax in 2020, the median household in St.-Charles compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
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).