Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainSaint-Prosper has lower household incomes than 73% of Canadian towns
From Saint-Prosper, the drive or ride to work averages 21.9 minutes, with 4.4% going an hour or longer. At the 2021 census, 79% of Saint-Prosper’s 15-to-64s were in work, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%. When the 2021 census was taken, 6.4% of people in Saint-Prosper who wanted a job had none; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
What the numbers say about work in Saint-Prosper
More people in work than most towns
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 79% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 58%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 6.4% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 2.3% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $67,200 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 21.9 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 4.4% 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.
Saint-Prosper earns B for jobs and income
Better than 55% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #242 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 and out of work in Saint-Prosper
A larger share in work than in 70% of Canadian towns.
Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 58%. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 61% in October 2026. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 62% of residents that age. 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.
$67,200 a year: the median household in Saint-Prosper
The middle of Quebec’s towns is $74,100, and Saint-Prosper is 9% below it. That year, 2020, brought emergency benefits that count in these totals, before tax.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
The length of the trip to work in Saint-Prosper
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 19.3 minutes. In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 38% 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.
A commuter town: Saint-Prosper sends out more workers than it takes in
Of those who commute, 36% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
64% of Saint-Prosper’s residents in work leave it to work; Saint-Georges takes the most
- Saint-Georges175
- Sainte-Aurélie65
- Saint-Benjamin50
- Saint-Zacharie25
- Lac-Etchemin25
- Saint-Côme--Linière25
- Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne20
- Sainte-Rose-de-Watford20
- Saint-Cyprien20
- Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague15
- Saint-Georges480
- Lac-Etchemin55
- Beauceville50
- Sainte-Aurélie45
- Sainte-Justine25
- Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne10
- Saint-Zacharie10
- Sainte-Rose-de-Watford10
- Saint-Martin10
- Saint-Côme--Linière10
Of those coming in, Saint-Georges supplies the most: 175.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 4% of Saint-Prosper’s commuters
The car is the way to work for 95% of commuters. Only 11% 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).
In the Les Etchemins census division, 13% more people receive EI than in 2019
January 2021 was the busiest month, with 910 people on EI, 2.7 times 2019’s average. Roughly 3.5 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 3%.
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). Saint-Prosper doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from the Les Etchemins census division.
How walkable Saint-Prosper is: C+
Better than 39% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #421 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
342nd of 788: where Saint-Prosper ranks among Canadian towns of 2,800 to 5,500
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 18 | Saint-Elzéar Quebec | 2,842 | 90% | 3.8% | $89K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 21 | Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard Quebec | 3,018 | 85% | 4.5% | $83K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 340 | Melville Saskatchewan | 4,547 | 74% | 8% | $70K | B |
| 341 | Headingley Manitoba | 5,368 | 65% | 5.4% | $141K | B |
| 342 | Saint-Prosper Quebec | 4,042 | 79% | 6.4% | $67K | B |
| 343 | Waverley Heights Manitoba | 5,252 | 72% | 9.6% | $94K | B |
| 344 | Minnedosa Manitoba | 2,859 | 76% | 3.6% | $70K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 788 | Saint-Côme Quebec | 2,810 | 58% | 14% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Saint-Prosper, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Work in the places around Saint-Prosper
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Prosper | 79% | 6.4% | $67K | 21.9 min | B | C+ |
| Saint-Benjamin 9.5 km | 76% | 7.3% | $71K | 28.8 min | C | D |
| Saint-Zacharie 14 km | 74% | 9.1% | $62K | 28.1 min | D | C− |
| Notre-Dame-des-Pins 16.8 km | 87% | 7.4% | $80K | 18.4 min | A+ | C |
| Saint-Côme--Linière 17.2 km | 78% | 6.4% | $64K | 25.4 min | C+ | C |
| Saint-Georges 17.2 km | 80% | 5.6% | $64K | 18.1 min | B+ | B− |
| Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne 18.8 km | 89% | 4.1% | $68K | 26.1 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-Prosper, 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. 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. Statistics Canada counts EI beneficiaries each month by census division. Seasonal work makes it swing, so read it as a trend, not a jobless rate.
- 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. Everyone with a job, whatever their age, divided by the residents aged 15 to 64 at the 2021 Census: below the municipality the census doesn’t split work by age, and this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood can be given.
- 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. 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.
- 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-Prosper
How long is the commute from Saint-Prosper?
About 21.9 minutes on average, with 38% under a quarter-hour and 4.4% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Saint-Prosper work?
36% work in Saint-Prosper itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Saint-Georges (480), then Lac-Etchemin (55).
How many jobs are there in Saint-Prosper?
Some 945 people worked in Saint-Prosper at the 2021 census: 0.8 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 123 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Saint-Prosper?
The census put unemployment at 6.4% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Chaudière-Appalaches economic region at 2.3%.
What is the average household income in Saint-Prosper?
At $67,200 before tax in 2020, the median household in Saint-Prosper compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Saint-Prosper get to work?
Driving takes 95% of commuters to work, 4% walk, and on census day 11% of those in work were at home.
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).