Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainSaint-André has a smaller share of its working-age people in jobs than 72% of Canadian towns
The 2021 census put unemployment in Saint-André at 9.6%, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. Workers in Saint-André spend 17.5 minutes on the way to work on average, and 4.3% need an hour or more. In 2020, a household at the middle of Saint-André had $69,200 before tax, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
What sets Saint-André apart on jobs and income
Lower incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $69,200 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
A local job centre
With 660 jobs based in Saint-André and 520 working residents, the ratio compares with 0.8 in the middle of Canadian towns. The daily tide ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 17.5 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 4.3% 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.
On jobs and income, Saint-André grades C+
Better than 43% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is trip times; its weakest, the share of 15-to-64s in work.
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.
Earnings at home in Saint-André: households
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 68% of Canadian towns.
Saint-André’s median is 5% below the middle of New Brunswick’s towns ($73,200). 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).
Workers pour into Saint-André: 22% more on a working day
The job is inside the municipality for 36% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
How long the commute from Saint-André takes
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 15.7 minutes. The middle of New Brunswick’s towns averages 20.8 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 61% of commuters, against 44% in the middle of New Brunswick’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.
472 people come into Saint-André to work, most from Grand Falls / Grand-Sault and Drummond
- Grand Falls / Grand-Sault175
- Drummond105
- Saint-Léonard40
- Drummond35
- Saint-Léonard30
- Grand Falls20
- Perth-Andover15
- Denmark15
- Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes10
- Sainte-Anne10
- Grand Falls / Grand-Sault225
- Saint-Léonard25
- Grand Falls20
- Edmundston20
- Drummond15
- Drummond10
- Saint-Léonard10
Outbound, Grand Falls / Grand-Sault takes the most: 225 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
In Saint-André, 70% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 54% were working. In October 2026, 56% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. 60% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. The census was taken on 11 May 2021, mid-pandemic, when lockdowns had pushed unemployment up and sent many to work from home.
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.
Without a car, 2.2% of Saint-André’s commuters get to work
Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 98% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Home was the workplace for 14%, under the 21% 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).
4% fewer people are on EI in the Madawaska census division than in 2019
The highest month was February 2021: 3,590 people, 2.2 times the 2019 level. That works out to around 6.9 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 11%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: the Madawaska 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).
The Walkability grade for Saint-André: C−
Better than 20% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Next to Saint-André: how nearby places compare
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-André | 70% | 9.6% | $69K | 17.5 min | C+ | C− |
| Grand Falls / Grand-Sault 6.1 km | 70% | 9.8% | $59K | 15.2 min | C | A− |
| Drummond 10.6 km | 78% | 12% | $77K | 17.1 min | A− | D− |
| Saint-Léonard 14.3 km | 70% | 11% | $63K | 20.7 min | C | C |
| Grand Falls 17.4 km | 70% | 3.9% | $75K | 20.9 min | C+ | 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 Saint-André, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Unemployment. The share of people 15 and over in the labour force, working or looking for work, who had no job on census day in May 2021.
- Household income. The 2020 income of the household at the midpoint, all sources and before tax. Inside a city we rebuild it from the dissemination areas’ income bands, so there it is an estimate.
- 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.
- 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. 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. A monthly household survey by Statistics Canada, reported for metro areas and economic regions only. It supplies a recent rate next to the 2021 census figure.
- In work. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- Which towns we compare. Any town of 2,500 or more counts, and so does any city neighbourhood that size; the city as a whole and First Nations reserves don’t. The middle is the median.
Questions about work in Saint-André
What is the unemployment rate in Saint-André?
Two figures answer it: 9.6% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 6.1% for the Edmundston-Woodstock economic region in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Saint-André?
Before tax, half the households in Saint-André had more than $69,200 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Saint-André get to work?
Driving takes 98% of commuters to work, 2.2% walk, and on census day 14% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Saint-André?
About 17.5 minutes on average, with 61% under a quarter-hour and 4.3% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Saint-André work?
36% work in Saint-André itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Grand Falls / Grand-Sault (225), then Saint-Léonard (25).
How many jobs are there in Saint-André?
Some 660 people worked in Saint-André at the 2021 census: 1.3 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 70 businesses with employees in June 2026.
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).