Photo: DomLemLali · CC BY-SA 4.0The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Saint-Alexandre tops that of 92% of Canadian towns
Saint-Alexandre is the usual workplace of 265 people, and 925 of its own residents commute to a job. The median household in Saint-Alexandre had $90,300 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Census day 2021 found 3.7% of Saint-Alexandre’s labour force without a job, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
Work in Saint-Alexandre: the figures worth knowing
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 70% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 3.7% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 4.3% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 29.2 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 6.6% 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.
Jobs & income in Saint-Alexandre: graded A−
Better than 76% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #128 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-Alexandre
All 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Le Haut-Richelieu census division have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
In October 2026, 62% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 73%. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 70% of residents 15 and over were in work. 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.
Saint-Alexandre has a slower trip to work than the middle of Canadian towns: 29.2 minutes
An hour or more: 6.6% of commuters, above the 5.3% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 26.2 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. Only 19% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 31% 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
More go out than come in: the working day in Saint-Alexandre
Outbound commuters outnumber inbound ones about 6 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-Alexandre’s residents in work leave it to work; Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu takes the most
- Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu495
- Marieville50
- Montréal40
- Longueuil35
- Richelieu25
- Chambly25
- Brossard25
- Bedford15
- Mont-Saint-Grégoire15
- Bedford10
In the other direction the biggest source is Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, with 90.
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-Alexandre work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Earnings at home in Saint-Alexandre: households
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 75% of Canadian towns.
One of the 3 other places of 2,500+ in the Le Haut-Richelieu census division has a higher median. That puts Saint-Alexandre 22% above the median of Quebec’s towns, $74,100. Incomes here are 2020’s and include the pandemic payments, CERB among them, that propped up the lower end.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 5% of Saint-Alexandre’s commuters
Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 16% against 21%. Few ride transit: 2.1%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 94% of commuters.
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.
29% more people are on EI in the Le Haut-Richelieu census division than in 2019
For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 3.4 are on EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 5%. The highest month was January 2021: 7,220 people, 3.8 times the 2019 level.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: the Le Haut-Richelieu 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-Alexandre on foot: a B− grade
Better than 46% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #389 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Saint-Alexandre places 123rd of 458 on jobs and income among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 3,600
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 9 | Hatley Quebec | 2,512 | 89% | 4.1% | $103K | A+ |
| 10 | Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska Quebec | 3,307 | 85% | 4.8% | $91K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 121 | Laurier-Station Quebec | 2,838 | 89% | 3.1% | $67K | A− |
| 122 | Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel Quebec | 2,599 | 81% | 6% | $78K | A− |
| 123 | Saint-Alexandre Quebec | 2,685 | 85% | 3.7% | $90K | A− |
| 124 | Arviat Nunavut | 3,330 | 43% | 18% | $106K | A− |
| 125 | Coach Hill Alberta | 3,383 | 77% | 11% | $105K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 458 | 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 Saint-Alexandre, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Jobs near Saint-Alexandre: the places around it
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Alexandre | 85% | 3.7% | $90K | 29.2 min | A− | B− |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Sabrevois 8.6 km | 81% | 7% | $83K | 31.9 min | B− | C− |
| Sainte-Sabine 8.9 km | 81% | 3.3% | $91K | 25.9 min | A− | C− |
| Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville 10.4 km | 95% | 1.8% | $80K | 28.1 min | B+ | B− |
| Henryville 11.2 km | 76% | 3.4% | $72K | 29.6 min | C | C |
| Mont-Saint-Grégoire 12.3 km | 79% | 4% | $96K | 26.7 min | B+ | B− |
| Farnham 13 km | 80% | 5.6% | $68K | 26 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-Alexandre, 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. Commuters picked a band for their usual trip (under 15 minutes, 15 to 29, and so on). We place each person at the middle of their band, which lands a little above Statistics Canada’s own timed average.
- Where people commute. Built from the census table that pairs each worker’s home municipality with their workplace municipality. A job here means someone who usually works in the municipality, local or not.
- 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. Monthly, and only for metro areas and economic regions. It is the up-to-date rate we set beside the census’s 2021 snapshot.
- In work. We divide the number of employed residents by the number aged 15 to 64. Workers past 64 still count on top, because the 2021 Census crosses work with age only for whole municipalities; in return, a retirement town’s pensioners don’t drag the rate down.
- Unemployment. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- Which towns we compare. Towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500 people or more, never a whole city and never a First Nations reserve. Middles are medians.
Questions about work in Saint-Alexandre
How do people in Saint-Alexandre get to work?
94% of commuters drive, 2.1% take public transit and 2.9% walk; 16% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Saint-Alexandre?
The average commute is 29.2 minutes; 19% of trips take under 15 minutes and 6.6% an hour or more.
Where do people in Saint-Alexandre work?
Only 14% work in Saint-Alexandre itself; the rest go first to Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (495) and Marieville (50).
How many jobs are there in Saint-Alexandre?
The 2021 census found about 265 people with their usual workplace in Saint-Alexandre, or 0.3 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 106 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Saint-Alexandre?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Montérégie economic region at 4.3%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 3.7%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Saint-Alexandre?
At $90,300 before tax in 2020, the median household in Saint-Alexandre compares with $85,900 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).