Photo: Gaétan Veillette · CC BY-SA 4.0Saint-Stanislas has lower household incomes than 94% of Canadian towns
At the 2021 census, 83% of Saint-Stanislas’ 15-to-64s were in work; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. Commutes from Saint-Stanislas average 28.7 minutes, and 9.2% take an hour or more. Census day 2021 found 6.2% of Saint-Stanislas’ labour force without a job, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
What the numbers say about work in Saint-Stanislas
More people in work than most towns
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 83% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 52%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
6.2% 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 ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
At $56,200 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-Stanislas: graded C
Better than 27% 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-Stanislas were working in 2021
Of the 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Francheville census division, 2 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 55%. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 52%: many residents are past working age. For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 55% in work in October 2026. 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.
The median household in Saint-Stanislas had $56,200 in 2020
Every other place of 2,500 or more in the Francheville census division has a higher median. The middle of Quebec’s towns is $74,100, and Saint-Stanislas is 24% below it. Pandemic support paid in 2020, CERB first among it, is 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).
A commuter town: Saint-Stanislas sends out more workers than it takes in
The job is inside the municipality for 40% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
60% of Saint-Stanislas’ residents in work leave it to work; Trois-Rivières takes the most
- Saint-Narcisse40
- Shawinigan35
- Trois-Rivières30
- Saint-Tite20
- Saint-Adelphe15
- Bécancour10
- Trois-Rivières65
- Shawinigan25
- Saint-Narcisse20
- Québec10
- Plessisville10
- Saint-Adelphe10
- Saint-Tite10
- Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade10
- Batiscan10
In the other direction the biggest source is Saint-Narcisse, with 40.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Leaving the car at home: 11% of commuters in Saint-Stanislas
87% drive to work, fewer than the 90% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Home was the workplace for 19%, under the 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).
Commuting times in Saint-Stanislas
In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 36% 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.
21% more people are on EI in the Francheville census division than in 2019
Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 1%. In January 2021 it reached 9,960, the most in the series and 3.5 times the 2019 average. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 3.9 receive EI.
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-Stanislas shares its EI beneficiaries numbers with the rest of the Francheville census division.
Walking in Saint-Stanislas earns A
Better than 86% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Jobs and income in the places around Saint-Stanislas
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Stanislas | 83% | 6.2% | $56K | 28.7 min | C | A |
| Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan 6.3 km | 84% | 6.7% | $63K | 29.1 min | C | C− |
| Saint-Narcisse 6.7 km | 78% | 6.6% | $61K | 26.8 min | C− | C |
| Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade 16 km | 72% | 5.4% | $56K | 27 min | D | B+ |
| Batiscan 16.9 km | 71% | 6% | $65K | 28.7 min | D | C+ |
| Champlain 18.4 km | 79% | 4.1% | $72K | 26.1 min | B− | C |
| Saint-Tite 18.5 km | 77% | 5.5% | $50K | 21.8 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-Stanislas, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Employment Insurance. How many people in the census division drew Employment Insurance each month; it moves with layoffs and hiring, yet people who don’t qualify are absent from it.
- 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. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- Household income. Half of households had more than this before tax in 2020, half less, counting every source of income. For a neighbourhood we estimate the median from the income brackets of its dissemination areas.
- Trip times. One way, on a usual day, from the census’s travel-time bands. Band midpoints overstate it a little next to the figure Statistics Canada times.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. The comparison pool is places of 2,500 people or more, towns or neighbourhoods inside cities, without whole cities or reserves, and we compare with its median.
Questions about work in Saint-Stanislas
How long is the commute from Saint-Stanislas?
The average commute is 28.7 minutes; 36% of trips take under 15 minutes and 9.2% an hour or more.
Where do people in Saint-Stanislas work?
Only 40% work in Saint-Stanislas itself; the rest go first to Trois-Rivières (65) and Shawinigan (25).
How many jobs are there in Saint-Stanislas?
The 2021 census found about 270 people with their usual workplace in Saint-Stanislas, or 0.9 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. Statistics Canada counted 47 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Saint-Stanislas?
The census put unemployment at 6.2% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Mauricie economic region at 4.3%.
What is the average household income in Saint-Stanislas?
Before tax, half the households in Saint-Stanislas had more than $56,200 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Saint-Stanislas get to work?
87% of commuters drive, 11% walk; 19% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
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).