The timber was transported by floating, down the current of the rivers, which required the work of cages and log drivers (Cajeux - Draveurs).

The settlers who had already established themselves took advantage of the proximity of the construction sites to sell their agricultural production and at the same time provided a workforce for whom working in the forest represented an additional income.

[3]'[4]'[5] The territory of Saint-Stanislas is set ablaze in gigantic geographical and geological formations: on the Canadian Shield, at the foot of the Laurentian mountain range, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, in the Saint-Narcisse moraine, the boreal forest, among other elements.

Saint-Stanislas is part of this group of parishes that historians describe as the first pioneer front of the Mauricie region in the nineteenth century.

[8] Population trend:[9] Others statistics based on 2021 Canadian Census: Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 506 (total dwellings: 579) Mother language of Saint-Stanislas's citizens: In 2021 Census, 215 particulars declared themselves as bilingual (English & French), 785 speaking French only and none speaking English only.