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Photo: Unknown Unknown · Public domainChamplain has 0.4 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out
Out of work in May 2021: 4.1% of Champlain’s labour force, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. Half the households in Champlain had more than $72,300 in 2020, before tax, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900. 79% of people aged 15 to 64 in Champlain had a job at the 2021 census, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns.
The work numbers behind Champlain
More people in work than most towns
79% of people aged 15 to 64 had a job at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; counting everyone 15 and over, retirees included, it was 53%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 4.1% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 5.5% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $72,300 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
On jobs and income, Champlain grades B−
Better than 47% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; 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 Champlain, 79% of the working-age population has a job
Of the 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Francheville census division, 2 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 57% in work in October 2026. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 55% of residents that age. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 53%: many residents are past working age. The figures are a snapshot of 11 May 2021, when pandemic rules still kept many people out of work or at 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.
Household income in Champlain
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 60% of Canadian towns.
The middle of Quebec’s towns is $74,100, and Champlain is 2% below it. Of the 3 other places of 2,500 or more in the Francheville census division, 2 have a higher median. The year is 2020: emergency benefits like CERB count in these incomes, and they raised the bottom of the range.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
More workers leave Champlain each day than arrive
For every person who comes in to work, about 3 residents travel out. Of those who commute, 19% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
81% of Champlain’s residents in work leave it to work; Trois-Rivières takes the most
- Trois-Rivières310
- Bécancour30
- Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes15
- Saint-Tite10
- Shawinigan10
- Batiscan10
- Saint-Maurice10
Inbound, the leader is Trois-Rivières (60).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Without a car, 5.1% of Champlain’s commuters get to work
Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 92% of commuters. Only 16% worked at home on census day, against 21% 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).
The trip to work from Champlain runs about as long as the middle of Canadian towns: 26.1 minutes
Timed exactly, the average is 22.9 minutes (Statistics Canada). Trips under 15 minutes: 22%, fewer than the 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. An hour or more: 3.7% of commuters, under the 5.3% in the middle of Quebec’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.
21% more people are on EI in the Francheville census division than in 2019
That is about 3.9 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 1%. The count topped out in January 2021 at 9,960 people, 3.5 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Not measured by town: EI beneficiaries (the Francheville 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).
How walkable Champlain is: C
Better than 29% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Neighbouring places to Champlain, compared
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champlain | 79% | 4.1% | $72K | 26.1 min | B− | C |
| Saint-Maurice 11.6 km | 83% | 5.5% | $83K | 24.1 min | A− | C− |
| Batiscan 11.9 km | 71% | 6% | $65K | 28.7 min | D | C+ |
| Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan 12.5 km | 84% | 6.7% | $63K | 29.1 min | C | C− |
| Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets 14.7 km | 77% | 5.9% | $64K | 21.3 min | B− | B |
| Bécancour 15.5 km | 81% | 4.4% | $75K | 22.6 min | B+ | B− |
| Saint-Narcisse 16.1 km | 78% | 6.6% | $61K | 26.8 min | C− | C |
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 Champlain, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Where people commute. Who travels where, from the census: workers with a regular workplace, sorted by the municipality they live in and the one they work in.
- 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. Monthly, and only for metro areas and economic regions. It is the up-to-date rate we set beside the census’s 2021 snapshot.
- 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.
- Unemployment. Of everyone 15 or older who was working or job-hunting in the census week, the part still looking. Someone not seeking work isn’t in it at all.
- 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. 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.
- Which towns we compare. Any town of 2,500 or more counts, and so does any city neighbourhood that size; the city as a whole and First Nations reserves don’t. The middle is the median.
Questions about work in Champlain
How do people in Champlain get to work?
92% of commuters go by car, 5.1% walk. On census day 16% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Champlain?
On average 26.1 minutes; 22% take under 15 minutes and 3.7% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Champlain work?
19% work in Champlain itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Trois-Rivières (310), then Bécancour (30).
How many jobs are there in Champlain?
About 220 people had their usual place of work in Champlain at the 2021 census, 0.4 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 54 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Champlain?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Trois-Rivières metro area at 5.5%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 4.1%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Champlain?
Champlain’s middle household had $72,300 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
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).