Photo: Yannick Malouin · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Franklin trail those of 75% of Canadian towns
Out of work in May 2021: 7.5% of Franklin’s labour force, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. Workers in Franklin spend 30.8 minutes on the way to work on average, and 11% need an hour or more. Franklin counted 76% of its 15-to-64s in jobs at the 2021 census, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns.
What sets Franklin apart on jobs and income
Lower incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $66,500 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
A local job centre
With 505 jobs based in Franklin and 380 working residents, the ratio compares with 0.8 in the middle of Canadian towns. The daily tide ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 30.8 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 11% 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.
Jobs & income in Franklin: graded C−
Better than 17% 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.
What households earned in Franklin: $66,500 in 2020
The middle of Quebec’s towns is $74,100, and Franklin is 10% below it. No other place of 2,500 or more in the Le Haut-Saint-Laurent census division has a higher median. 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).
Workers pour into Franklin: 22% more on a working day
The job is inside the municipality for 31% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
Commuting times in Franklin
Timed exactly, the average is 27.2 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 32%, more 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.
388 people come into Franklin to work, most from Ormstown and Hinchinbrooke
77% of the people who work in Franklin live outside it, 60 of them in Ormstown, 9 km away. Outbound, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield takes the most: 50 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
How many in Franklin were working in 2021
Of the 4 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Le Haut-Saint-Laurent census division, 2 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 55% were working. By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 62% of the wider area’s adults in work. Counting those looking for work too, 59% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. 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.
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 7.2% of Franklin’s commuters
The car is the way to work for 93% of commuters. 25% of everyone in work worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
EI claims in the Le Haut-Saint-Laurent census division run 33% above their 2019 level
The highest month was January 2021: 1,430 people, 3 times the 2019 level. Roughly 4.8 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 2%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: the Le Haut-Saint-Laurent 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).
Everyday places on foot in Franklin: C+
Better than 40% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Work in and around Franklin
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin | 76% | 7.5% | $67K | 30.8 min | C− | C+ |
| Ormstown 9.3 km | 79% | 7.2% | $65K | 26 min | C | B |
| Saint-Chrysostome 14.3 km | 79% | 5.7% | $64K | 28.3 min | C | B |
| Hinchinbrooke 16.3 km | 82% | 5.5% | $59K | 29.2 min | C | C− |
| Très-Saint-Sacrement 17.5 km | 85% | 4.6% | $76K | 30.5 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 Franklin, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. 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.
- Where people commute. Built from the census table that pairs each worker’s home municipality with their workplace municipality. A job here means someone who usually works in the municipality, local or not.
- 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.
- 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 Franklin
How many jobs are there in Franklin?
The 2021 census found about 505 people with their usual workplace in Franklin, or 1.3 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. Statistics Canada counted 73 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Franklin?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 7.5% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Montérégie economic region at 4.3% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Franklin?
At $66,500 before tax in 2020, the median household in Franklin compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Franklin get to work?
93% of commuters drive, 7.2% walk; 25% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Franklin?
The average commute is 30.8 minutes; 32% of trips take under 15 minutes and 11% an hour or more.
Where do people in Franklin work?
31% work in Franklin itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Salaberry-de-Valleyfield (50), then Ormstown (45).
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).