Photo: Richard Mc Neil · CC BY 3.0Working-age people in Saint-Eugène have jobs more often than in 91% of Canadian towns
Half the households in Saint-Eugène had more than $64,400 in 2020, before tax; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Out of work in May 2021: 4% of Saint-Eugène’s labour force; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. The census counted 405 people working in Saint-Eugène and 435 residents commuting to a fixed workplace.
Where Saint-Eugène stands out on work
More people in work than most towns
In work at the 2021 census: 85% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 63% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 4% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 3.4%. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
At $64,400 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.
Jobs & income in Saint-Eugène: graded B
Better than 59% 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 many in Saint-Eugène have a job: 85% of 15-to-64s
Of the 4 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Drummond census division, 2 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
A more recent figure, for the wider area: 60% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 65%. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 63% were working. Pandemic rules were in force on census day, 11 May 2021; the Labour Force Survey shows how jobs have moved since.
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.
Household income in Saint-Eugène
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 79% of Canadian towns.
3 of the 4 other places of 2,500+ in the Drummond census division have a higher median. Set beside Quebec’s towns, where the median is $74,100, Saint-Eugène sits 13% below. Incomes are for 2020, the first pandemic year, so CERB and other emergency payments are part of them.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
More of Saint-Eugène’s workers leave each day than arrive
15% 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.
85% of Saint-Eugène’s residents in work leave it to work; Drummondville takes the most
Inbound, the leader is Drummondville (125).
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 Saint-Eugène work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Without a car, 2.8% of Saint-Eugène’s commuters get to work
Nearly everyone drives: 95% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 12% against 21%. 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).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
Saint-Eugène has a quicker trip to work than the middle of Canadian towns: 23.8 minutes
Timed exactly, the average is 21.4 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of Quebec’s towns averages 26.5 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 22%, fewer than the 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Long trips are rarer than in the middle of Quebec’s towns: 2.8% take an hour or more, against 5.3%.
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.
36% more people are on EI in the Drummond census division than in 2019
Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 3%. The highest month was January 2021: 6,830 people, 3.3 times the 2019 level. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 4.1 are on EI.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Data for EI beneficiaries covers the Drummond 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 Saint-Eugène on foot earns D
Better than 12% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Around Saint-Eugène: jobs, pay and the commute
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Eugène | 85% | 4% | $64K | 23.8 min | B | D |
| Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot 7.7 km | 85% | 3.7% | $75K | 21.7 min | A | C |
| Saint-Germain-de-Grantham 9.2 km | 85% | 4.8% | $76K | 20 min | A | B− |
| Saint-Guillaume 12.9 km | 82% | 3.2% | $64K | 26.4 min | C+ | B |
| Saint-Théodore-d'Acton 13.4 km | 84% | 4.1% | $71K | 22.4 min | B+ | C+ |
| Wickham 13.8 km | 85% | 2.8% | $76K | 22.7 min | A− | B |
| Saint-Hugues 14.4 km | 92% | 5% | $76K | 28 min | B+ | 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 Saint-Eugène, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. People in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64 (2021 Census). The census doesn’t cross work with age below the municipality, so this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood has; retirees don’t weigh on it.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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-Eugène
What is the unemployment rate in Saint-Eugène?
Two figures answer it: 4% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 3.4% for the Centre-du-Québec economic region in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Saint-Eugène?
Saint-Eugène’s middle household had $64,400 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Saint-Eugène get to work?
95% of commuters drive, 2.8% walk; 12% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Saint-Eugène?
The average commute is 23.8 minutes; 22% of trips take under 15 minutes and 2.8% an hour or more.
Where do people in Saint-Eugène work?
15% work in Saint-Eugène itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Drummondville (175), then Saint-Hyacinthe (80).
How many jobs are there in Saint-Eugène?
The 2021 census found about 405 people with their usual workplace in Saint-Eugène, or 0.9 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 57 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
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).