Photo: Ville de Normandin · Public domainA larger share of people aged 15 to 64 are in work in Normandin than in 81% of Canadian towns
Getting to work from Normandin takes 21.5 minutes on average, an hour or more for 8.3%. Median household income in Normandin was $66,600 in 2020, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900. Normandin had an unemployment rate of 6.1% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Normandin and work: the main findings
More people in work than most towns
The 2021 census found 82% of 15-to-64s with a job (73% in the middle of Canadian towns). Count every adult, retirees too, and the figure is 60%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 6.1% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 3.6% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $66,600 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
A local job centre
With 1,160 jobs based in Normandin and 990 working residents, the ratio compares with 0.8 in the middle of Canadian towns. The daily tide ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 21.5 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 8.3% 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.
Normandin earns B for jobs and income
Better than 64% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #194 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.
In Normandin, 82% of the working-age population has a job
Counting those looking for work too, 64% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 60% of residents 15 and over were in work. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 59% in October 2026. The census was taken on 11 May 2021, mid-pandemic, when lockdowns had pushed unemployment up and sent many to work from 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.
Earnings at home in Normandin: households
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 75% of Canadian towns.
Against the middle of Quebec’s towns ($74,100), Normandin’s median is 10% below. 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).
On a working day Normandin gains 15% in workers
Of those who commute, 57% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
The length of the trip to work in Normandin
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 22.8 minutes. The middle of Quebec’s towns averages 26.5 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 56% of commuters, 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.
593 people come into Normandin to work, most from Saint-Félicien and Dolbeau-Mistassini
- Saint-Félicien150
- Dolbeau-Mistassini130
- Albanel90
- Saint-Thomas-Didyme40
- Saint-Edmond-les-Plaines35
- Girardville30
- La Doré25
- Chambord10
- Roberval10
- Saint-Prime10
- Saint-Félicien125
- Dolbeau-Mistassini95
- Roberval35
- Albanel35
- La Doré30
- Saint-Thomas-Didyme20
- Girardville20
- Saint-Edmond-les-Plaines10
- Chapais10
51% of the people who work in Normandin live outside it, 150 of them in Saint-Félicien, 20 km away. Of residents who leave for work, most head to Saint-Félicien (125).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
13% of commuters from Normandin go without a car
Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. 84% drive to work, fewer than the 90% in the middle of Quebec’s towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
In the Maria-Chapdelaine census division, the count on EI is close to where it was in 2019
The highest month was January 2021: 2,130 people, 2.2 times the 2019 level. Roughly 4.9 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 4%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Not measured by town: EI beneficiaries (the Maria-Chapdelaine 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).
Getting around Normandin on foot earns A−
Better than 83% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #205 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How Normandin ranks: 216th of 610 Canadian towns of 2,500 to 4,100
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 10 | Hatley Quebec | 2,512 | 89% | 4.1% | $103K | A+ |
| 11 | Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska Quebec | 3,307 | 85% | 4.8% | $91K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 214 | Cap-Pelé New Brunswick | 3,092 | 74% | 14% | $76K | B |
| 215 | Trinity Ontario | 2,708 | 77% | 10% | $115K | B |
| 216 | Normandin Quebec | 3,065 | 82% | 6.1% | $67K | B |
| 217 | Saint-Prime Quebec | 2,808 | 74% | 6.3% | $75K | B |
| 218 | Buchanan Manitoba | 3,473 | 72% | 9% | $98K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 610 | 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 Normandin, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Work in the places around Normandin
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normandin | 82% | 6.1% | $67K | 21.5 min | B | A− |
| Albanel 9.1 km | 81% | 2.6% | $77K | 23.7 min | B+ | C |
| La Doré 15 km | 75% | 7.9% | $63K | 22.9 min | C | C |
| Girardville 19 km | 77% | 7.1% | $67K | 27.7 min | C | 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 Normandin, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Trip times. The census asks how long the trip to work usually takes, in bands; our average uses each band’s middle, so it runs a little above Statistics Canada’s 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. Monthly EI recipients across the census division: a pulse of the local job market rather than a measure of who is out of work.
- 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. Why 15 to 64? Otherwise retirees would pull the rate down in older towns. The census can’t say how old a neighbourhood’s workers are, so the count of people in work takes every age.
- 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. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- 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 Normandin
Where do people in Normandin work?
Most stay: 57% work in Normandin. The rest go first to Saint-Félicien (125) and Dolbeau-Mistassini (95).
How many jobs are there in Normandin?
Some 1,160 people worked in Normandin at the 2021 census: 1.2 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 157 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Normandin?
Two figures answer it: 6.1% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 3.6% for the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean economic region in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Normandin?
At $66,600 before tax in 2020, the median household in Normandin compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Normandin get to work?
Driving takes 84% of commuters to work, 13% walk, and on census day 8.3% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Normandin?
About 21.5 minutes on average, with 56% under a quarter-hour and 8.3% 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).