Photo: Kossin · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.4 jobs for each resident in work, most of Charlemagne commutes out
Of everyone in Charlemagne working or looking for work in May 2021, 6.5% were unemployed; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. Most commutes from Charlemagne take well under an hour: the average is 28.2 minutes, and 7% take 60 minutes or longer. The median household in Charlemagne had $66,800 before tax in 2020, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns.
Where Charlemagne stands out on work
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 57%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 6.5% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 6.9% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $66,800 before tax in 2020, where the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Jobs and income in Charlemagne earn C
Better than 34% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #340 of 507 in Quebec.
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; its weakest, household income.
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.
80% of working-age people in Charlemagne have jobs
Of the 4 other places of 2,500 people or more in the L'Assomption census division, 2 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 62% in work in October 2026. Working or looking, 61% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 57%: many residents are past working age. Statistics Canada counted on 11 May 2021, with much of the country under pandemic rules: more people were out of work or at home than usual.
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.
How Charlemagne’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Every other place of 2,500 or more in the L'Assomption census division has a higher median. The middle of Quebec’s towns is $74,100, and Charlemagne is 10% below it. Because 2020 was the first year of the pandemic, emergency benefits make up 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).
Charlemagne empties a little on a working day
2,160 residents of Charlemagne had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 810 people had theirs in Charlemagne, wherever they lived.
For every person who comes in to work, about 3 residents travel out. The job is inside the municipality for 8% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
92% of Charlemagne’s residents in work leave it to work; Montréal takes the most
In the other direction the biggest source is Repentigny, with 260.
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 Charlemagne work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Without a car, 6.8% of Charlemagne’s commuters get to work
Home was the workplace for 12%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. By bus, train or subway: 3.3%, much as in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 92% of commuters go by car, truck or van.
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.
Commuting times in Charlemagne
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 24.7 minutes. The middle of Quebec’s towns averages 26.5 minutes. Only 27% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
In the L'Assomption census division, 34% more people receive EI than in 2019
Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 1%. January 2021 was the busiest month, with 6,730 people on EI, 3.8 times 2019’s average. That works out to around 3.6 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: the L'Assomption 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).
Charlemagne grades A− for walkability
Better than 80% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #230 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Out of 697 Canadian towns of 4,700 to 9,000, Charlemagne comes 490th on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 3 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | Chibougamau Quebec | 7,273 | 82% | 3.7% | $85K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 23 | Shannon Quebec | 7,088 | 81% | 3.7% | $113K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 35 | Saint-Henri Quebec | 6,048 | 91% | 3.8% | $87K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 488 | Lampman Ontario | 5,663 | 65% | 13% | $129K | C |
| 489 | Erin Woods Alberta | 7,245 | 65% | 16% | $89K | C |
| 490 | Charlemagne Quebec | 6,695 | 80% | 6.5% | $67K | C |
| 491 | Gimli Manitoba | 6,914 | 76% | 11% | $71K | C |
| 492 | G-Section (bramalea) Ontario | 8,224 | 70% | 13% | $107K | C |
| … | ||||||
| 697 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Charlemagne, and others among Quebec’s towns.
How the places next to Charlemagne compare on work
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlemagne | 80% | 6.5% | $67K | 28.2 min | C | A− |
| Repentigny 5.2 km | 80% | 5.9% | $91K | 31.8 min | B− | A |
| Pointe-aux-Trembles 7 km | 72% | 7.9% | $71K | 33.2 min | D | A+ |
| Varennes 7.4 km | 83% | 4.3% | $104K | 25.9 min | A | A− |
| Rivière-des-Prairies 8.7 km | 74% | 6.9% | $103K | 35.1 min | C+ | A− |
| Saint-François 9.6 km | 76% | 7% | $97K | 35.4 min | C+ | A |
| Mascouche 10.3 km | 83% | 5% | $93K | 31.3 min | B+ | B+ |
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 Charlemagne, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Employment Insurance. Beneficiaries of Employment Insurance, month by month, for the census division rather than the town. Many jobless people don’t qualify, so it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. A monthly household survey by Statistics Canada, reported for metro areas and economic regions only. It supplies a recent rate next to the 2021 census figure.
- In work. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- 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. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- Trip times. One way, on a usual day, from the census’s travel-time bands. Band midpoints overstate it a little next to the figure Statistics Canada times.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. Towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500 people or more, never a whole city and never a First Nations reserve. Middles are medians.
Questions about work in Charlemagne
How many jobs are there in Charlemagne?
Statistics Canada counted 114 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Charlemagne?
The 2021 census found 6.5% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Montréal metro area, is 6.9% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Charlemagne?
At $66,800 before tax in 2020, the median household in Charlemagne compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Charlemagne get to work?
Driving takes 92% of commuters to work, 3.3% take public transit, 2% walk and 1.5% cycle, and on census day 12% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Charlemagne?
About 28.2 minutes on average, with 27% under a quarter-hour and 7% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Charlemagne work?
Only 8% work in Charlemagne itself; the rest go first to Montréal (835) and Repentigny (450).
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).