Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0More of Saint-Agapit’s 15-to-64s are in work than in 93% of Canadian towns
Median household income in Saint-Agapit was $76,800 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. 995 people have their usual place of work in Saint-Agapit, against 1,625 residents who travel to a job. Census day 2021 found 5.6% of Saint-Agapit’s labour force without a job, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
Where Saint-Agapit stands out on work
More people in work than most towns
In work at the 2021 census: 85% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 67% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 5.6% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 2.3% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
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 Saint-Agapit: graded B+
Better than 72% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #153 of 507 in Quebec.
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; its weakest, trip times.
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.
Work for 85% of 15-to-64s in Saint-Agapit
None of the 4 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Lotbinière census division has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
A more recent figure, for the wider area: 61% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. 71% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. Counting retirees, 67% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. 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.
The daily tide in Saint-Agapit runs outward
Each person commuting in is matched by about 2 residents going out. 28% 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.
72% of Saint-Agapit’s residents in work leave it to work; Lévis takes the most
Coming the other way, Lévis sends the most (125).
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 Saint-Agapit work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
How Saint-Agapit’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 51% of Canadian towns.
Set beside Quebec’s towns, where the median is $74,100, Saint-Agapit sits 4% above. One of the 4 other places of 2,500+ in the Lotbinière census division has a higher median. These are 2020 incomes, before tax, and they include pandemic benefits such as CERB, which lifted many lower incomes that year.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
7.1% of commuters in Saint-Agapit walk, cycle or take transit
Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 91% of commuters. Only 14% worked at home on census day, against 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).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
Close to the middle of Canadian towns: commutes from Saint-Agapit average 25.8 minutes
A quarter-hour or less for 34% of commuters, against 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. An hour or more: 4.4% of commuters, close to the middle of Quebec’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 22.8 minutes (Statistics Canada).
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.
48% more people are on EI in the Lotbinière census division than in 2019
In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 7%. In January 2021 it reached 2,150, the most in the series and 3 times the 2019 average. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 4.2 are on EI.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: one figure for all of the Lotbinière 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).
Saint-Agapit grades B+ for walkability
Better than 74% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #260 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Saint-Agapit is 188th of 728 Canadian towns of 3,400 to 6,500 people for jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 2 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | South Tuxedo Manitoba | 3,629 | 85% | 6.8% | $110K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 25 | Saint-Antonin Quebec | 4,633 | 85% | 3.9% | $76K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 32 | Saint-Henri Quebec | 6,048 | 91% | 3.8% | $87K | A |
| 33 | Hautes-Plaines Quebec | 6,353 | 79% | 5.9% | $99K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 186 | The Pas Manitoba | 5,634 | 68% | 9.8% | $86K | B+ |
| 187 | Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley British Columbia | 4,482 | 77% | 6.9% | $84K | B+ |
| 188 | Saint-Agapit Quebec | 4,817 | 85% | 5.6% | $77K | B+ |
| 189 | Meadow Lake Saskatchewan | 5,667 | 69% | 11% | $86K | B+ |
| 190 | Electoral Area C, Fraser-Fort George British Columbia | 3,811 | 79% | 5.4% | $121K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 728 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Saint-Agapit, and others among Quebec’s towns.
How Saint-Agapit compares with the places nearby
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Agapit | 85% | 5.6% | $77K | 25.8 min | B+ | B+ |
| Saint-Apollinaire 7.1 km | 87% | 3.3% | $86K | 26.6 min | A− | B− |
| Saint-Gilles 9.2 km | 86% | 5.2% | $76K | 28.1 min | B | C− |
| Saint-Flavien 12.1 km | 85% | 2.9% | $71K | 22.2 min | A− | B− |
| Laurier-Station 14.6 km | 89% | 3.1% | $67K | 21.7 min | A− | A− |
| Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly 14.7 km | 85% | 3% | $87K | 24.9 min | A | C+ |
| Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon 16.6 km | 87% | 4.3% | $96K | 26.5 min | A | C− |
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-Agapit, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Employment Insurance. How many people in the census division drew Employment Insurance each month; it moves with layoffs and hiring, yet people who don’t qualify are absent from it.
- 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. People in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64 (2021 Census). The census doesn’t cross work with age below the municipality, so this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood has; retirees don’t weigh on it.
- 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. Taken from the 2021 Census, which asked about 2020: wages, pensions, investment income and government transfers together, before income tax, for the median household.
- Trip times. The census asks how long the trip to work usually takes, in bands; our average uses each band’s middle, so it runs a little above Statistics Canada’s timed average.
- 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.
- 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-Agapit
What is the average household income in Saint-Agapit?
Before tax, half the households in Saint-Agapit had more than $76,800 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Saint-Agapit get to work?
91% of commuters drive, 5.6% walk and 1.5% cycle; 14% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Saint-Agapit?
The average commute is 25.8 minutes; 34% of trips take under 15 minutes and 4.4% an hour or more.
Where do people in Saint-Agapit work?
28% work in Saint-Agapit itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Lévis (455), then Québec (245).
How many jobs are there in Saint-Agapit?
The 2021 census found about 995 people with their usual workplace in Saint-Agapit, or 0.6 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 123 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Saint-Agapit?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Chaudière-Appalaches economic region at 2.3%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 5.6%, 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).