Photo: Dominic Paquin · Public domainHousehold incomes in Mandeville are lower than in 97% of Canadian towns
In Mandeville, 67% of residents aged 15 to 64 were working in May 2021, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns. From Mandeville, the drive or ride to work averages 32.9 minutes, with 15% going an hour or longer. Mandeville had an unemployment rate of 13% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Work in Mandeville, in a few figures
Fewer people in work than most towns
67% 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 44%. In work ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $53,300 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 32.9 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 15% 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Mandeville: D−
Behind almost every Canadian town on three measures together, #498 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 Mandeville were working in 2021
Of the 5 other places of 2,500 people or more in the D'Autray census division, one has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 44%. By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 60% of the wider area’s adults in work. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 50% of residents that age. May 2021, when the census was taken, was a pandemic spring; unemployment has come down since, as the Labour Force Survey records.
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.
What households earned in Mandeville: $53,300 in 2020
3 of the 5 other places of 2,500+ in the D'Autray census division have a higher median. That puts Mandeville 28% below the median of Quebec’s towns, $74,100. 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).
Time on the road to work from Mandeville
Only 25% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 31 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of Quebec’s towns averages 26.5 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.
A commuter town: Mandeville sends out more workers than it takes in
About 9 residents leave for work for each person who comes in. 26% of residents who commute work inside the municipality, against 70% in the middle of Canadian towns.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
74% of Mandeville’s residents in work leave it to work; Saint-Gabriel takes the most
In the other direction the biggest source is Saint-Gabriel, with 10.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
3.1% of commuters from Mandeville go without a car
Nearly everyone drives: 95% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% 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).
In the D'Autray census division, 41% more people receive EI than in 2019
At its peak, in January 2021, 2,990 people were on EI, 3.1 times the 2019 average. That is about 4.6 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 2%.
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). Mandeville doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from the D'Autray census division.
The Walkability grade for Mandeville: D
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Mandeville and other Canadian towns of 2,500 to 3,400
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Mount Royal Alberta | 2,758 | 83% | 12% | $188K | A+ |
| 2 | Central River Heights Manitoba | 2,736 | 84% | 5.4% | $137K | A+ |
| 3 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 5 | Kuujjuaq Quebec | 2,766 | 78% | 4.2% | $112K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 9 | Hatley Quebec | 2,512 | 89% | 4.1% | $103K | A+ |
| 10 | Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska Quebec | 3,307 | 85% | 4.8% | $91K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 381 | Westwood Alberta | 3,279 | 53% | 19% | $48K | D− |
| 382 | Blakeley Ontario | 3,151 | 58% | 15% | $56K | D− |
| 383 | Mandeville Quebec | 2,511 | 67% | 13% | $53K | D− |
| 384 | Sheet Harbour Nova Scotia | 3,334 | 55% | 13% | $56K | D− |
| 385 | Addington Highlands Ontario | 2,827 | 54% | 15% | $57K | D− |
| … | ||||||
| 390 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,724 | 43% | 30% | $51K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Mandeville, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Next to Mandeville: how nearby places compare
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mandeville | 67% | 13% | $53K | 32.9 min | D− | D |
| Saint-Gabriel 11.8 km | 64% | 9.1% | $42K | 23.8 min | D | A+ |
| Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon 14.3 km | 77% | 6.9% | $59K | 28.7 min | C− | C |
| Saint-Alexis-des-Monts 15.6 km | 61% | 11% | $50K | 32.4 min | D− | C |
| Saint-Damien 17.7 km | 70% | 8.1% | $59K | 32.9 min | D− | 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 Mandeville, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Household income. Half of households had more than this before tax in 2020, half less, counting every source of income. For a neighbourhood we estimate the median from the income brackets of its dissemination areas.
- 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. 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.
- 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. Statistics Canada surveys households every month; the results come out for metro areas and economic regions, never for single towns, and keep the rate current after 2021.
- In work. How many residents held a job in May 2021, set against how many were 15 to 64. It reads a little high where many people work past 65, since below the municipality the census gives no breakdown of workers by age.
- 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.
- 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 Mandeville
How many jobs are there in Mandeville?
About 185 people had their usual place of work in Mandeville at the 2021 census, 0.3 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 61 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Mandeville?
Two figures answer it: 13% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 2.9% for the Lanaudière economic region in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Mandeville?
The census puts Mandeville at $53,300 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Mandeville get to work?
95% of commuters go by car, 3.1% walk. On census day 15% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Mandeville?
On average 32.9 minutes; 25% take under 15 minutes and 15% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Mandeville work?
26% work in Mandeville itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Saint-Gabriel (75), then Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon (65).
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).