Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0Sainte-Eulalie has a larger share of its working-age people in jobs than 78% of Canadian towns
Of everyone in Sainte-Eulalie working or looking for work in May 2021, 6.6% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The census counted 200 people working in Sainte-Eulalie and 335 residents commuting to a fixed workplace. Before tax, the typical household in Sainte-Eulalie brought in $66,700 in 2020, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900.
Jobs and income in Sainte-Eulalie: what the figures say
More people in work than most towns
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 81% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 63%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 6.6% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 3.4% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $66,700 before tax in 2020, where the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Sainte-Eulalie earns C+ for jobs and income
Better than 44% 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.
In Sainte-Eulalie, 81% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
Counting those looking for work too, 69% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 63% of residents 15 and over were in work. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 60% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. The census caught the labour market on 11 May 2021, deep in the pandemic, so unemployment and working from home both ran above normal.
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.
What households in Sainte-Eulalie earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 74% of Canadian towns.
That puts Sainte-Eulalie 10% below the median of Quebec’s towns, $74,100. 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).
More go out than come in: the working day in Sainte-Eulalie
It sends out some 2 workers for every one it takes in. 19% 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.
81% of Sainte-Eulalie’s residents in work leave it to work; Saint-Léonard-d'Aston takes the most
- Trois-Rivières25
- Princeville15
- Plessisville15
- Bécancour15
- Saint-Wenceslas15
- Saint-Sylvère10
- Victoriaville10
- Saint-Samuel10
- Nicolet10
- Saint-Léonard-d'Aston55
- Drummondville45
- Trois-Rivières40
- Victoriaville40
- Saint-Valère20
- Bécancour15
- Aston-Jonction15
- Plessisville10
- Daveluyville10
- Nicolet10
In the other direction the biggest source is Trois-Rivières, with 25.
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 Sainte-Eulalie work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Walking, cycling or transit: 8.6% of Sainte-Eulalie’s commuters
Only 16% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. The middle of Quebec’s towns has 1.5% on transit; here it is 3.7%. The car is the way to work for 93% of commuters.
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.
A commute like the middle of Canadian towns: 25.8 minutes from Sainte-Eulalie
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 22.7 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 39% of commuters, against 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Long trips, an hour or more, are about as common as in the middle of Quebec’s towns: 4.9%.
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.
EI claims in the Nicolet-Yamaska census division run 21% above their 2019 level
That works out to around 4.1 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 5%. January 2021 was the busiest month, with 1,420 people on EI, 2.8 times 2019’s average.
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). Sainte-Eulalie shares its EI beneficiaries numbers with the rest of the Nicolet-Yamaska census division.
Everyday places on foot in Sainte-Eulalie: B+
Better than 72% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Jobs near Sainte-Eulalie: the places around it
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Eulalie | 81% | 6.6% | $67K | 25.8 min | C+ | B+ |
| Saint-Wenceslas 7.8 km | 76% | 0% | $71K | 24.6 min | C+ | C |
| Saint-Léonard-d'Aston 9.9 km | 88% | 1.1% | $69K | 22.5 min | A− | B+ |
| Daveluyville 13.4 km | 78% | 5.5% | $59K | 25.4 min | C | A− |
| Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton 13.7 km | 78% | 1.3% | $68K | 29.1 min | C | C |
| Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil 14.3 km | 83% | 3% | $72K | 23.2 min | B+ | A |
| Saint-Valère 14.8 km | 90% | 2.1% | $73K | 21.4 min | A | D |
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 Sainte-Eulalie, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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.
- 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 Sainte-Eulalie
What is the average household income in Sainte-Eulalie?
Before tax, half the households in Sainte-Eulalie had more than $66,700 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Sainte-Eulalie get to work?
Driving takes 93% of commuters to work, 3.7% take public transit and 4.9% walk, and on census day 16% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Sainte-Eulalie?
About 25.8 minutes on average, with 39% under a quarter-hour and 4.9% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Sainte-Eulalie work?
19% work in Sainte-Eulalie itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Saint-Léonard-d'Aston (55), then Drummondville (45).
How many jobs are there in Sainte-Eulalie?
Some 200 people worked in Sainte-Eulalie at the 2021 census: 0.6 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 53 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Sainte-Eulalie?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Centre-du-Québec economic region at 3.4%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 6.6%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
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).