Photo: Veillg1 · CC0Working-age people in Saint-Albert have jobs more often than in 98% of Canadian towns
Jobs located in Saint-Albert: 220, for 700 residents with a usual workplace. In 2020, a household at the middle of Saint-Albert had $80,000 before tax, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900. Saint-Albert had an unemployment rate of 3.5% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What stands out about work in Saint-Albert
More people in work than most towns
At the 2021 census 89% of the 15-to-64s were in work (73% in the middle of Canadian towns); across all ages 15 and over, 72%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
The Labour Force Survey had the area at 3.4% in October 2026; on census day in 2021 the town’s own rate was 3.5%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 21.7 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 1.1% 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.
Saint-Albert earns A for jobs and income
Better than 93% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
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.
In Saint-Albert, 89% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
All 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Arthabaska census division have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
A more recent figure, for the wider area: 60% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 75%. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 72% were working. The figures are a snapshot of 11 May 2021, when pandemic rules still kept many people out of work or at 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.
A shorter commute than the middle of Canadian towns: 21.7 minutes from Saint-Albert
In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. Within a quarter-hour: 31% of commuters, much as in the middle of Quebec’s towns. An hour or more: 1.1% of commuters, under the 5.3% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 18.4 minutes.
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.
Saint-Albert is quieter on a working day than at night
Outbound commuters outnumber inbound ones about 5 to 1. 14% 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.
86% of Saint-Albert’s residents in work leave it to work; Victoriaville takes the most
- Victoriaville75
- Sainte-Élizabeth-de-Warwick15
- Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton15
- Warwick10
- Victoriaville350
- Warwick80
- Drummondville40
- Princeville30
- Kingsey Falls20
- Bécancour15
- Plessisville10
- Trois-Rivières10
- Sainte-Élizabeth-de-Warwick10
- Val-des-Sources10
In the other direction the biggest source is Victoriaville, with 75.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Earnings at home in Saint-Albert: households
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 56% of Canadian towns.
One of the 3 other places of 2,500+ in the Arthabaska census division has a higher median. Saint-Albert’s median is 8% above the middle of Quebec’s towns ($74,100). 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).
Leaving the car at home: 5.6% of commuters in Saint-Albert
The car is the way to work for 93% of commuters. Home was the workplace for 7.8%, 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 Arthabaska census division run 29% above their 2019 level
For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 4 are on EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number rose by 4%. At its peak, in January 2021, 4,310 people were on EI, 3.2 times the 2019 average.
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). Behind EI beneficiaries sits data gathered across the Arthabaska census division, with Saint-Albert one part of it.
On getting around on foot, Saint-Albert grades C
Better than 32% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Neighbouring places to Saint-Albert, compared
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Albert | 89% | 3.5% | $80K | 21.7 min | A | C |
| Saint-Valère 6.9 km | 90% | 2.1% | $73K | 21.4 min | A | D |
| Warwick 8.9 km | 79% | 5.2% | $68K | 20.2 min | B+ | B+ |
| Victoriaville 10.7 km | 82% | 4.4% | $61K | 16.5 min | B+ | A− |
| Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton 11 km | 78% | 1.3% | $68K | 29.1 min | C | C |
| Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska 11.7 km | 85% | 4.8% | $91K | 18.5 min | A+ | D |
| Tingwick 16.6 km | 83% | 4.2% | $73K | 24 min | B+ | 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-Albert, 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 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. 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. 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. Beneficiaries of Employment Insurance, month by month, for the census division rather than the town. Many jobless people don’t qualify, so 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. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- Which towns we compare. Every town and city neighbourhood with 2,500 residents or more; whole cities and First Nations reserves are left out. Each middle figure is a median.
Questions about work in Saint-Albert
How do people in Saint-Albert get to work?
By car: 93% of commuters, 5.6% walk; on census day 7.8% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Saint-Albert?
21.7 minutes is the average trip, with 31% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 1.1% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Saint-Albert work?
14% work in Saint-Albert itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Victoriaville (350), then Warwick (80).
How many jobs are there in Saint-Albert?
The 2021 census counted about 220 people working in Saint-Albert: 0.3 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 69 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Saint-Albert?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Centre-du-Québec economic region at 3.4%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 3.5%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Saint-Albert?
Before tax, half the households in Saint-Albert had more than $80,000 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).