Photo: Gordalmighty · CC BY-SA 3.0Danville has 0.6 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out
The 2021 census found 80% of working-age people in Danville employed; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. In 2020, a household at the middle of Danville had $61,000 before tax, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Out of work in May 2021: 6.5% of Danville’s labour force, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
What the numbers say about work in Danville
More people in work than most towns
The 2021 census found 80% of 15-to-64s with a job (73% in the middle of Canadian towns). Count every adult, retirees too, and the figure is 56%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
6.5% 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 3.7% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $61,000 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. 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 & income in Danville: graded C+
Better than 39% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #314 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.
How many in Danville were working in 2021
A larger share in work than in 77% of Canadian towns.
An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 56% of residents 15 and over were in work. In October 2026, 58% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 59%. 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.
Earnings at home in Danville: households
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 86% of Canadian towns.
The middle of Quebec’s towns is $74,100, and Danville is 18% 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).
Danville is quieter on a working day than at night
For every person who comes in to work, about 2 residents travel out. The job is inside the municipality for 21% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
79% of Danville’s residents in work leave it to work; Val-des-Sources takes the most
- Val-des-Sources195
- Victoriaville25
- Tingwick20
- Wotton20
- Richmond15
- Sherbrooke15
- Saint-Rémi-de-Tingwick10
- Kingsey Falls10
- Saint-Georges-de-Windsor10
- Stoke10
In the other direction the biggest source is Val-des-Sources, with 195.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Danville gets to work without a car for 2.7% of commuters
Only 17% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 96% 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).
The trip to work from Danville runs about as long as the middle of Canadian towns: 24.9 minutes
The middle of Quebec’s towns averages 26.5 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 39%, more than the 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. An hour or more: 5.1% of commuters, close to the middle of Quebec’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 22.9 minutes.
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.
In the Les Sources census division, 7% more people receive EI than in 2019
Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 16%. January 2021 was the busiest month, with 780 people on EI, 2.6 times 2019’s average. Roughly 4.1 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: one figure for all of the Les Sources 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).
Walkability in Danville: graded B−
Better than 45% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #392 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Ranked on jobs and income, Danville is 447th among 747 Canadian towns of 2,800 to 5,300
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| 2 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 3 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 8 | Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska Quebec | 3,307 | 85% | 4.8% | $91K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 17 | Saint-Elzéar Quebec | 2,842 | 90% | 3.8% | $89K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 20 | Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard Quebec | 3,018 | 85% | 4.5% | $83K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 445 | Shippagan New Brunswick | 3,073 | 73% | 11% | $60K | C+ |
| 446 | Electoral Area P (Rivers and the Peaks), Thompson-Nicola British Columbia | 4,540 | 75% | 7.7% | $94K | C+ |
| 447 | Danville Quebec | 3,944 | 80% | 6.5% | $61K | C+ |
| 448 | Lake Echo Nova Scotia | 5,223 | 74% | 12% | $93K | C+ |
| 449 | Saint-Marc-des-Carrières Quebec | 2,961 | 76% | 7.3% | $60K | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 747 | Saint-Côme Quebec | 2,810 | 58% | 14% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Danville, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Jobs and income in the places around Danville
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danville | 80% | 6.5% | $61K | 24.9 min | C+ | B− |
| Val-des-Sources 4.9 km | 68% | 9.3% | $48K | 22.6 min | D | A− |
| Kingsey Falls 9.6 km | 87% | 4.7% | $94K | 19.1 min | A+ | A− |
| Tingwick 9.7 km | 83% | 4.2% | $73K | 24 min | B+ | C− |
| Saint-Georges-de-Windsor 12.1 km | 82% | 3.2% | $73K | 26 min | B | B− |
| Wotton 13.9 km | 78% | 7.4% | $60K | 28.2 min | C− | C+ |
| Cleveland 15.7 km | 76% | 5.8% | $74K | 22.5 min | B− | 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 Danville, 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. Commuters picked a band for their usual trip (under 15 minutes, 15 to 29, and so on). We place each person at the middle of their band, which lands a little above Statistics Canada’s own timed average.
- Where people commute. Counts of workers with a fixed workplace, by where they live and where they work, both taken as whole municipalities; the jobs figure takes everyone who works here, wherever home is.
- 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. 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. 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.
- 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 Danville
Where do people in Danville work?
Only 21% work in Danville itself; the rest go first to Val-des-Sources (260) and Kingsey Falls (110).
How many jobs are there in Danville?
Statistics Canada counted 127 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Danville?
At the 2021 census 6.5% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Estrie economic region, gives 3.7% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Danville?
The median household in Danville had $61,000 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Danville get to work?
Driving takes 96% of commuters to work, 2.7% walk, and on census day 17% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Danville?
About 24.9 minutes on average, with 39% under a quarter-hour and 5.1% at an hour or longer.
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).