Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Saint-Quentin has lower household incomes than 89% of Canadian towns
Census day 2021 found 16% of Saint-Quentin’s labour force without a job; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. From Saint-Quentin, the drive or ride to work averages 13.8 minutes, with 4.4% going an hour or longer. Of Saint-Quentin’s residents aged 15 to 64, 70% were employed when the 2021 census was taken, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%.
Where Saint-Quentin stands out on work
More unemployment than most towns
16% 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 9.6% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The median household had $59,700 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
A local job centre
850 people work in Saint-Quentin and 590 residents commute to a fixed workplace; the middle of Canadian towns has 0.8 jobs per working resident. The daily tide ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 13.8 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 4.4% take an hour or more. 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-Quentin earns C+ for jobs and income
Better than 37% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is trip times; 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 Saint-Quentin, 70% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
All 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Restigouche census division have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 53% of residents 15 and over were in work. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 48% in October 2026. 64% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. These are census figures from May 2021, during COVID’s third wave; jobs have recovered since, which the Labour Force Survey shows.
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.
$59,700 a year: the median household in Saint-Quentin
One of the 3 other places of 2,500+ in the Restigouche census division has a higher median. Against the middle of New Brunswick’s towns ($73,200), Saint-Quentin’s median is 18% below. 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).
On a working day Saint-Quentin gains 37% in workers
About 2 people arrive to work in Saint-Quentin for each resident who goes out. Of those who commute, 59% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
How long the commute from Saint-Quentin takes
Timed exactly, the average is 10.9 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of New Brunswick’s towns, the average commute is 20.8 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 77% 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.
501 people come into Saint-Quentin to work, most from Saint-Quentin (New Brunswick part) and Kedgwick
- Saint-Quentin (New Brunswick part)280
- Kedgwick130
- Eldon15
- Saint-Léonard10
- Edmundston10
- Addington10
- Atholville10
- Pointe-à-la-Croix10
Of everyone working in Saint-Quentin, 59% come in from elsewhere; 280 make the 1 km trip from Saint-Quentin (New Brunswick part). Going the other way, Saint-Quentin (New Brunswick part) is the biggest single destination (160).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 5.1% of Saint-Quentin’s commuters
Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 93% of commuters. Home was the workplace for 12%, 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).
EI claims in the Restigouche census division are back near their 2019 level
In March 2021 it reached 4,190, the most in the series and 1.6 times the 2019 average. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 11.4 are on EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 7%.
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-Quentin doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from the Restigouche census division.
Saint-Quentin grades B+ for walkability
Better than 74% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
The work picture around Saint-Quentin
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Quentin | 70% | 16% | $60K | 13.8 min | C+ | B+ |
| Saint-Quentin 1.4 km | 73% | 19% | $71K | 17.5 min | B− | D− |
| Kedgwick 15.3 km | 64% | 17% | $59K | 18.3 min | C− | 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-Quentin, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Household income. What the median household took in during 2020 before tax, as the census recorded it; an estimate built from income groups when the place is a neighbourhood.
- 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. Who travels where, from the census: workers with a regular workplace, sorted by the municipality they live in and the one they work in.
- Employment Insurance. People receiving EI benefits each month, counted for the census division. It follows the local job market; it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- 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. How many residents held a job in May 2021, set against how many were 15 to 64. It reads a little high where many people work past 65, since below the municipality the census gives no breakdown of workers by age.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- 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-Quentin
How do people in Saint-Quentin get to work?
93% of commuters drive, 5.1% walk; 12% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Saint-Quentin?
The average commute is 13.8 minutes; 77% of trips take under 15 minutes and 4.4% an hour or more.
Where do people in Saint-Quentin work?
Most stay: 59% work in Saint-Quentin. The rest go first to Saint-Quentin (New Brunswick part) (160) and Kedgwick (55).
How many jobs are there in Saint-Quentin?
The 2021 census found about 850 people with their usual workplace in Saint-Quentin, or 1.4 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 119 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Saint-Quentin?
The census put unemployment at 16% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Campbellton-Miramichi economic region at 9.6%.
What is the average household income in Saint-Quentin?
Before tax, half the households in Saint-Quentin had more than $59,700 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
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).