Photo: Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0Charette has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.6 for each
In 2020, a household at the middle of Charette had $62,500 before tax, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Commutes from Charette average 30.8 minutes, and 12% take an hour or more. At the 2021 census, 80% of Charette’s 15-to-64s were in work; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%.
What Charette’s work numbers say
More people in work than most towns
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 80% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 55%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
6.8% 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 4.3% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $62,500 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 30.8 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 12% 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.
Charette earns C− for jobs and income
Better than 22% 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.
Who in Charette has a job
Of the 5 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Maskinongé census division, 4 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 55%: many residents are past working age. For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 55% in work in October 2026. Working or looking, 59% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. These are census figures from May 2021, during COVID’s third wave; jobs have recovered since, which the Labour Force Survey shows.
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 Charette
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 84% of Canadian towns.
That puts Charette 16% below the median of Quebec’s towns, $74,100. 3 of the 5 other places of 2,500+ in the Maskinongé census division have a higher median. 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).
Time on the road to work from Charette
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 29.6 minutes. In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 21%, fewer than the 31% 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.
On a working day, Charette loses more workers than it gains
It sends out some 2 workers for every one it takes in. 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 Charette’s residents in work leave it to work; Shawinigan takes the most
- Shawinigan80
- Trois-Rivières70
- Louiseville25
- Sainte-Angèle-de-Prémont10
- Saint-Boniface10
- Saint-Étienne-des-Grès10
Of those coming in, Saint-Boniface supplies the most: 30.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 3.8% of Charette’s commuters
Home was the workplace for 18%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 95% of commuters.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
In the Maskinongé census division, 35% more people receive EI than in 2019
Roughly 4.3 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. The highest month was January 2021: 2,690 people, 2.9 times the 2019 level.
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). Nobody publishes EI beneficiaries for Charette alone, so this card uses the figure for the Maskinongé census division.
Walkability in Charette: graded C+
Better than 39% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How the places next to Charette compare on work
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charette | 80% | 6.8% | $63K | 30.8 min | C− | C+ |
| Saint-Élie-de-Caxton 4.5 km | 77% | 9.5% | $64K | 30.4 min | C− | C− |
| Saint-Boniface 8 km | 82% | 3.8% | $81K | 24.5 min | A− | C |
| Saint-Barnabé 9.3 km | 76% | 7.8% | $66K | 26.1 min | C | D |
| Saint-Paulin 9.3 km | 80% | 6% | $57K | 24.4 min | C | A− |
| Saint-Étienne-des-Grès 10 km | 79% | 6.4% | $82K | 25.3 min | B+ | C |
| Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc 17 km | 76% | 7.6% | $69K | 32.3 min | C− | D |
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 Charette, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Household income. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- 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. 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. 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. Sampled each month and released for regions rather than towns, so its rate describes the area around the town.
- In work. Everyone with a job, whatever their age, divided by the residents aged 15 to 64 at the 2021 Census: below the municipality the census doesn’t split work by age, and this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood can be given.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. Every town and city neighbourhood with 2,500 residents or more; whole cities and First Nations reserves are left out. Each middle figure is a median.
Questions about work in Charette
What is the unemployment rate in Charette?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 6.8% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Mauricie economic region at 4.3% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Charette?
Before tax, half the households in Charette had more than $62,500 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Charette get to work?
Driving takes 95% of commuters to work, 3.8% walk, and on census day 18% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Charette?
About 30.8 minutes on average, with 21% under a quarter-hour and 12% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Charette work?
19% work in Charette itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Shawinigan (80), then Trois-Rivières (70).
How many jobs are there in Charette?
In June 2026, 47 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
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).