Photo: Noppen, Luc, 1949 · CC BY-SA 4.0Cap-Saint-Ignace has a larger share of its working-age people in jobs than 89% of Canadian towns
Median household income in Cap-Saint-Ignace was $64,600 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Jobs located in Cap-Saint-Ignace: 760, for 1,155 residents with a usual workplace. The 2021 census put unemployment in Cap-Saint-Ignace at 4.8%, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
What sets Cap-Saint-Ignace apart on jobs and income
More people in work than most towns
With 84% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 57% of all adults employed. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 4.8% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 2.3%. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $64,600 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 21 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 6.3% 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.
Jobs & income in Cap-Saint-Ignace: graded B+
Better than 70% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #165 of 507 in Quebec.
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.
The share of 15-to-64s in work in Cap-Saint-Ignace: 84%
Counting those looking for work too, 60% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 57% of residents 15 and over were in work. In October 2026, 61% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. 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.
Earnings at home in Cap-Saint-Ignace: households
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 79% of Canadian towns.
The middle of Quebec’s towns is $74,100, and Cap-Saint-Ignace is 13% below it. 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).
21 minutes from Cap-Saint-Ignace to work, under the middle of Canadian towns
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 19.1 minutes. The middle of Quebec’s towns averages 26.5 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 46%, more than the 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. An hour or more: 6.3% of commuters, above the 5.3% 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.
Cap-Saint-Ignace is quieter on a working day than at night
Outbound commuters outnumber inbound ones about 2 to 1. The job is inside the municipality for 24% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
76% of Cap-Saint-Ignace’s residents in work leave it to work; Montmagny takes the most
- Montmagny220
- L'Islet80
- Saint-Cyrille-de-Lessard25
- Lévis25
- Saint-Aubert20
- Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud15
- Québec15
- Saint-Gabriel-Lalemant10
- Saint-Damase-de-L'Islet10
- Sainte-Louise10
- Montmagny485
- L'Islet160
- Saint-Jean-Port-Joli85
- Lévis60
- Québec40
- La Pocatière15
- Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud10
- Sainte-Claire10
Inbound, the leader is Montmagny (220).
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: 5.2% of commuters in Cap-Saint-Ignace
Nearly everyone drives: 94% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 8.5% against 21%. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% 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).
In the Montmagny census division, 11% more people receive EI than in 2019
January 2021 was the busiest month, with 1,340 people on EI, 3 times 2019’s average. That works out to around 3.3 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 14%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Not measured by town: EI beneficiaries (the Montmagny 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).
Cap-Saint-Ignace grades B− for walkability
Better than 49% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #379 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 4,100, Cap-Saint-Ignace ranks 184th of 610 for jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Mount Royal Alberta | 2,758 | 83% | 12% | $188K | A+ |
| 2 | Central River Heights Manitoba | 2,736 | 84% | 5.4% | $137K | A+ |
| 3 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 5 | Kuujjuaq Quebec | 2,766 | 78% | 4.2% | $112K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 10 | Hatley Quebec | 2,512 | 89% | 4.1% | $103K | A+ |
| 11 | Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska Quebec | 3,307 | 85% | 4.8% | $91K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 182 | Edwards - Carlsbad Springs Ontario | 3,536 | 73% | 7.8% | $105K | B+ |
| 183 | Satoo Alberta | 2,517 | 76% | 15% | $92K | B+ |
| 184 | Cap-Saint-Ignace Quebec | 3,074 | 84% | 4.8% | $65K | B+ |
| 185 | Maple Alberta | 3,920 | 76% | 12% | $114K | B+ |
| 186 | Admaston/Bromley Ontario | 3,086 | 82% | 5.9% | $85K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 610 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,724 | 43% | 30% | $51K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Cap-Saint-Ignace, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Work in the places around Cap-Saint-Ignace
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cap-Saint-Ignace | 84% | 4.8% | $65K | 21 min | B+ | B− |
| Montmagny 9.8 km | 79% | 6.5% | $56K | 16.4 min | B | A− |
| L'Islet 11.8 km | 78% | 6.2% | $65K | 19 min | B | 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 Cap-Saint-Ignace, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- 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. Built from banded answers: each commuter’s usual one-way trip counts as the midpoint of the band they chose, and the result tends to sit slightly higher than Statistics Canada’s average.
- Where people commute. Jobs count everyone whose usual workplace lies in the municipality, residents or commuters from elsewhere, from Statistics Canada’s home-by-workplace table.
- 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. 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.
- 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 Cap-Saint-Ignace
Where do people in Cap-Saint-Ignace work?
24% work in Cap-Saint-Ignace itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Montmagny (485), then L'Islet (160).
How many jobs are there in Cap-Saint-Ignace?
The 2021 census counted about 760 people working in Cap-Saint-Ignace: 0.7 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 84 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Cap-Saint-Ignace?
Two figures answer it: 4.8% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 2.3% for the Chaudière-Appalaches economic region in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Cap-Saint-Ignace?
Before tax, half the households in Cap-Saint-Ignace had more than $64,600 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Cap-Saint-Ignace get to work?
By car: 94% of commuters, 5.2% walk; on census day 8.5% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Cap-Saint-Ignace?
21 minutes is the average trip, with 46% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 6.3% taking an hour or more.
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).