Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainSaint-Barnabé has 0.3 jobs for every resident in work, so most leave town for work
Half the households in Saint-Barnabé had more than $66,400 in 2020, before tax, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns. Saint-Barnabé counted 76% of its 15-to-64s in jobs at the 2021 census, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%. When the 2021 census was taken, 7.8% of people in Saint-Barnabé who wanted a job had none; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
Saint-Barnabé at work: what stands out
Work near the middle
76% 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 56%. In work ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
At $66,400 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $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.
Saint-Barnabé earns C for jobs and income
Better than 29% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
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 Saint-Barnabé’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 75% of Canadian towns.
The middle of Quebec’s towns is $74,100, and Saint-Barnabé is 10% below it. Of the 5 other places of 2,500 or more in the Maskinongé census division, 3 have a higher median. 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).
Saint-Barnabé empties a little on a working day
Each person commuting in is matched by about 5 residents going out. Of those who commute, 11% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
89% of Saint-Barnabé’s residents in work leave it to work; Trois-Rivières takes the most
- Trois-Rivières20
- Saint-Sévère15
- Saint-Paulin15
- Saint-Élie-de-Caxton10
Inbound, the leader is Trois-Rivières (20).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Who in Saint-Barnabé has a job
Of the 5 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Maskinongé census division, 2 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 55% in work in October 2026. Working or looking, 61% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 56% were working. Census day was 11 May 2021, in the pandemic’s third wave: unemployment ran high and many worked from home, so these figures describe that spring rather than today.
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.
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 3.2% of Saint-Barnabé’s commuters
The car is the way to work for 95% of commuters. Only 12% 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).
A commute like the middle of Canadian towns: 26.1 minutes from Saint-Barnabé
Timed exactly, the average is 23.5 minutes (Statistics Canada). Trips under 15 minutes: 23%, fewer than the 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. An hour or more: 4.3% of commuters, under the 5.3% 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.
In the Maskinongé census division, 35% more people receive EI than in 2019
That works out to around 4.3 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. In January 2021 it reached 2,690, the most in the series and 2.9 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: the Maskinongé 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).
Saint-Barnabé earns D for walkability
Better than 14% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How the places next to Saint-Barnabé compare on work
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Barnabé | 76% | 7.8% | $66K | 26.1 min | C | D |
| Saint-Étienne-des-Grès 7.3 km | 79% | 6.4% | $82K | 25.3 min | B+ | C |
| Charette 9.3 km | 80% | 6.8% | $63K | 30.8 min | C− | C+ |
| Yamachiche 10.4 km | 77% | 7% | $68K | 21.3 min | B− | B |
| Saint-Boniface 13.1 km | 82% | 3.8% | $81K | 24.5 min | A− | C |
| Saint-Élie-de-Caxton 13.7 km | 77% | 9.5% | $64K | 30.4 min | C− | C− |
| Saint-Paulin 14.6 km | 80% | 6% | $57K | 24.4 min | C | A− |
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 Saint-Barnabé, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Trip times. Built from banded answers: each commuter’s usual one-way trip counts as the midpoint of the band they chose, and the result tends to sit slightly higher than Statistics Canada’s average.
- Where people commute. Only people with a usual place of work are in it: those who work from home or have no fixed site are not. Home and work are both counted by municipality.
- Employment Insurance. People receiving EI benefits each month, counted for the census division. It follows the local job market; it isn’t an unemployment 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. 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. 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.
- 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.
- 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 Saint-Barnabé
How many jobs are there in Saint-Barnabé?
About 110 people had their usual place of work in Saint-Barnabé at the 2021 census, 0.3 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 33 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Saint-Barnabé?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 7.8% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Mauricie economic region at 4.3% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Saint-Barnabé?
Saint-Barnabé’s middle household had $66,400 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Saint-Barnabé get to work?
95% of commuters go by car, 3.2% walk. On census day 12% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Saint-Barnabé?
On average 26.1 minutes; 23% take under 15 minutes and 4.3% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Saint-Barnabé work?
11% work in Saint-Barnabé itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Trois-Rivières (165), then Shawinigan (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).