Photo: Benoit Rochon · CC BY-SA 3.0The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Napierville tops that of 76% of Canadian towns
Census day 2021 found 5.2% of Napierville’s labour force without a job; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. For 5% of commuters in Napierville, the trip to work lasts an hour or more; the average is 26.5 minutes. Before tax, the typical household in Napierville brought in $80,000 in 2020, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns.
Where Napierville stands out on work
More people in work than most towns
With 80% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 64% of all adults employed. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
5.2% 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 ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Napierville grades B for jobs and income
Better than 60% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #214 of 507 in Quebec.
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.
The share of 15-to-64s in work in Napierville: 80%
Of the 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Les Jardins-de-Napierville census division, 2 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Counting retirees, 64% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 62% of the wider area’s adults in work. 67% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. 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.
About as many people come in to work in Napierville as leave
1,335 residents of Napierville had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 1,345 people had theirs in Napierville, wherever they lived.
Of those who commute, 30% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
946 people come into Napierville to work, most from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu and Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville
70% of the people who work in Napierville live outside it, 190 of them in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, 18 km away. The main destination the other way is Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, with 215.
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 Napierville work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
What households in Napierville earn
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 56% of Canadian towns.
Of the 3 other places of 2,500 or more in the Les Jardins-de-Napierville census division, 2 have a higher median. Against the middle of Quebec’s towns ($74,100), Napierville’s median is 8% above. In 2020 emergency benefits topped up many low incomes, and the census counts them here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Leaving the car at home: 7.6% of commuters in Napierville
Transit takes 0.6% of commuters, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. The middle of Quebec’s towns has 4.2% walking; here, 6.4% do. The car is the way to work for 92% of commuters. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 14% against 21%.
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.
How long the commute from Napierville takes
Trips under 15 minutes: 31%, close to the middle of Quebec’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 23.4 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
26% more people are on EI in the Les Jardins-de-Napierville census division than in 2019
For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 3.6 are on EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 7%. The highest month was January 2021: 1,960 people, 3.1 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). Napierville doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from the Les Jardins-de-Napierville census division.
Napierville grades B+ for walkability
Better than 73% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #267 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Napierville next to Canadian towns of 2,900 to 5,700: 298th of 766 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 20 | Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard Quebec | 3,018 | 85% | 4.5% | $83K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 26 | Havre-Saint-Pierre Quebec | 3,389 | 76% | 6.6% | $96K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 296 | Hazeldean Alberta | 3,247 | 72% | 14% | $90K | B |
| 297 | Coalhurst Alberta | 3,244 | 73% | 10% | $92K | B |
| 298 | Napierville Quebec | 4,187 | 80% | 5.2% | $80K | B |
| 299 | East Lawrencetown Nova Scotia | 4,020 | 79% | 8.3% | $108K | B |
| 300 | Palliser Alberta | 4,987 | 74% | 13% | $86K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 766 | Division No. 1, Subdivision E Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,978 | 57% | 22% | $60K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Napierville, and others among Quebec’s towns.
The places around Napierville, side by side
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Napierville | 80% | 5.2% | $80K | 26.5 min | B | B+ |
| Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville 3.6 km | 82% | 3.6% | $89K | 27.4 min | A− | C− |
| Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu 8.4 km | 81% | 5.2% | $84K | 30.1 min | B | C− |
| Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur 8.4 km | 85% | 2.4% | $91K | 28.4 min | A− | C− |
| Saint-Édouard 9.8 km | 89% | 6.2% | $90K | 29 min | A− | C |
| Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington 10.3 km | 85% | 6.5% | $80K | 27 min | B+ | C− |
| Saint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix 12.5 km | 79% | 4.7% | $74K | 29.2 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 Napierville, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- The Labour Force Survey. The most recent unemployment rate on the page comes from this monthly survey, which covers the wider metro area or economic region, not the town.
- In work. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- Unemployment. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- Household income. Before-tax total income of the middle household for 2020, from the census. Neighbourhood medians are worked out from bracket counts, since Statistics Canada publishes none of their own.
- 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. 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. Monthly EI recipients across the census division: a pulse of the local job market rather than a measure of who is out of work.
- 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 Napierville
How many jobs are there in Napierville?
The 2021 census counted about 1,345 people working in Napierville: 1 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 153 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Napierville?
The census put unemployment at 5.2% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Montérégie economic region at 4.3%.
What is the average household income in Napierville?
At $80,000 before tax in 2020, the median household in Napierville compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Napierville get to work?
By car: 92% of commuters, 0.6% take public transit, 6.4% walk and 0.6% cycle; on census day 14% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Napierville?
26.5 minutes is the average trip, with 31% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 5% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Napierville work?
30% work in Napierville itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (215), then Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville (105).
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).