Photo: Fralambert · Public domainSaint-André-Avellin has lower household incomes than 83% of Canadian towns
At the 2021 census, 69% of Saint-André-Avellin’s 15-to-64s were in work; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. Commutes from Saint-André-Avellin average 26.8 minutes, and 9.7% take an hour or more. Of everyone in Saint-André-Avellin working or looking for work in May 2021, 12% were unemployed, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
The work numbers behind Saint-André-Avellin
Lower incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $62,700 before tax in 2020, where the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
More jobs than the typical town
With 990 jobs based in Saint-André-Avellin and 925 working residents, the ratio compares with 0.8 in the middle of Canadian towns. The daily tide ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Jobs and income in Saint-André-Avellin earn D
Better than 10% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #444 of 507 in Quebec.
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.
$62,700 a year: the median household in Saint-André-Avellin
The middle of Quebec’s towns is $74,100, and Saint-André-Avellin is 15% below it. CERB and the other emergency payments of 2020 are counted in these incomes, which lifted the lower ones 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).
A working day adds 6% to the people at work in Saint-André-Avellin
42% 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.
601 people come into Saint-André-Avellin to work, most from Papineauville and Ripon
- Papineauville110
- Ripon110
- Montpellier50
- Gatineau50
- Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix35
- Plaisance35
- Thurso30
- Lac-Simon25
- Chénéville20
- Namur20
- Gatineau180
- Papineauville85
- Montebello45
- Chénéville40
- Ripon30
- Thurso20
- L'Ange-Gardien20
- Ottawa20
- Montréal15
- Namur15
61% of the people who work in Saint-André-Avellin live outside it, 110 of them in Papineauville, 11 km away. Outbound, Gatineau takes the most: 180 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Who in Saint-André-Avellin has a job
A smaller share in work than in 75% of Canadian towns.
54% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 47% of residents 15 and over were in work. In October 2026, 58% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. May 2021, when the census was taken, was a pandemic spring; unemployment has come down since, as the Labour Force Survey records.
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.
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 5.5% of Saint-André-Avellin’s commuters
Transit takes 0.8% of commuters, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 95% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Home was the workplace for 17%, 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).
How long the commute from Saint-André-Avellin takes
Trips under 15 minutes: 37%, more than the 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 23.2 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.
In the Papineau census division, 40% more people receive EI than in 2019
The highest month was January 2021: 1,600 people, 3 times the 2019 level. Roughly 4.2 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 rose by 5%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: the Papineau 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).
Walking in Saint-André-Avellin earns B
Better than 63% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #322 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Canadian towns of 2,700 to 5,200, and where Saint-André-Avellin sits
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 6 | Kuujjuaq Quebec | 2,766 | 78% | 4.2% | $112K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 11 | Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska Quebec | 3,307 | 85% | 4.8% | $91K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | Saint-Elzéar Quebec | 2,842 | 90% | 3.8% | $89K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 694 | Gore Quebec | 2,756 | 71% | 6.6% | $74K | D |
| 695 | Alexander Manitoba | 4,032 | 63% | 12% | $72K | D |
| 696 | Saint-André-Avellin Quebec | 3,862 | 69% | 12% | $63K | D |
| 697 | Kildare Alberta | 2,833 | 63% | 19% | $71K | D |
| 698 | Virginia Park Alberta | 3,431 | 64% | 16% | $63K | D |
| … | ||||||
| 773 | 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-André-Avellin, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Neighbouring places to Saint-André-Avellin, compared
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-André-Avellin | 69% | 12% | $63K | 26.8 min | D | B |
| Ripon 7.2 km | 73% | 8.2% | $71K | 31 min | D | B |
| Papineauville 11.4 km | 77% | 9.3% | $65K | 26.2 min | C | B |
| Plaisance 12.8 km | 73% | 9.9% | $69K | 32.5 min | D | C |
| Montpellier 17.2 km | 60% | 19% | $54K | 36.3 min | D− | D− |
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-André-Avellin, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Our average assumes everyone in, say, the 15-to-29-minute band takes 22 minutes. Across all the bands that runs a shade above Statistics Canada’s measured 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. Statistics Canada counts EI beneficiaries each month by census division. Seasonal work makes it swing, so read it as a trend, not a jobless 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.
- Unemployment. It counts only people who wanted work and had none in May 2021, as a share of those working or searching; students and retirees who weren’t looking stay out of both sides.
- 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-André-Avellin
What is the unemployment rate in Saint-André-Avellin?
Two figures answer it: 12% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 6.4% for the Outaouais economic region in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Saint-André-Avellin?
The median household in Saint-André-Avellin had $62,700 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Saint-André-Avellin get to work?
Driving takes 95% of commuters to work, 0.8% take public transit and 4.7% walk, and on census day 17% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Saint-André-Avellin?
About 26.8 minutes on average, with 37% under a quarter-hour and 9.7% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Saint-André-Avellin work?
42% work in Saint-André-Avellin itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Gatineau (180), then Papineauville (85).
How many jobs are there in Saint-André-Avellin?
Some 990 people worked in Saint-André-Avellin at the 2021 census: 1.1 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 139 businesses with employees in June 2026.
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).