Photo: Picturelover · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.3 jobs for each resident in work, most of Saint-Calixte commutes out
65% of people aged 15 to 64 in Saint-Calixte had a job at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. In 2020, a household at the middle of Saint-Calixte had $59,900 before tax, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Workers in Saint-Calixte spend 42.9 minutes on the way to work on average, and 22% need an hour or more.
Saint-Calixte and work: the main findings
Fewer people in work than most towns
The 2021 census found 65% of 15-to-64s with a job (73% in the middle of Canadian towns). Count every adult, retirees too, and the figure is 50%. In work ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $59,900 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 42.9 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 22% 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Saint-Calixte: D−
Behind almost every Canadian town on three measures together, #499 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.
How many in Saint-Calixte were working in 2021
None of the 4 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Montcalm census division has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 60% in work in October 2026. The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 55%. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 50% were working. Pandemic rules were in force on census day, 11 May 2021; the Labour Force Survey shows how jobs have moved since.
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.
Household income in Saint-Calixte
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 89% of Canadian towns.
Set beside Quebec’s towns, where the median is $74,100, Saint-Calixte sits 19% below. Every other place of 2,500 or more in the Montcalm census division has a higher median. Incomes are for 2020, the first pandemic year, so CERB and other emergency payments are part of them.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
The length of the trip to work in Saint-Calixte
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 39.4 minutes. The middle of Quebec’s towns averages 26.5 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 12%, fewer than the 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.
More go out than come in: the working day in Saint-Calixte
About 10 residents leave for work for each person who comes in. 18% 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.
82% of Saint-Calixte’s residents in work leave it to work; Saint-Lin--Laurentides takes the most
Inbound, the leader is Sainte-Julienne (50).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Without a car, 2.3% of Saint-Calixte’s commuters get to work
Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 9.4% against 21%. Transit takes 0.6% of commuters, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 95% of commuters go by car, truck or van.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
In the Montcalm census division, 58% more people receive EI than in 2019
That works out to around 4.9 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 4%. The highest month was January 2021: 4,590 people, 3.3 times the 2019 level.
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 Montcalm census division, with Saint-Calixte one part of it.
On getting around on foot, Saint-Calixte grades C−
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Canadian towns of 5,300 to 10,300, and where Saint-Calixte sits
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | North River Heights Manitoba | 7,228 | 82% | 8.4% | $143K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 16 | Boischatel Quebec | 9,250 | 85% | 4.8% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 18 | Chibougamau Quebec | 7,273 | 82% | 3.7% | $85K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 21 | Shannon Quebec | 7,088 | 81% | 3.7% | $113K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 693 | Landsdale Ontario | 7,681 | 58% | 14% | $57K | D− |
| 694 | Corktown Ontario | 8,952 | 63% | 13% | $52K | D− |
| 695 | Saint-Calixte Quebec | 7,627 | 65% | 9.6% | $60K | D− |
| 696 | Beechborough-Greenbrook Ontario | 6,419 | 60% | 17% | $63K | D− |
| 697 | Gibson Ontario | 7,581 | 50% | 21% | $55K | D− |
| … | ||||||
| 699 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Saint-Calixte, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Jobs and income in the places around Saint-Calixte
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Calixte | 65% | 9.6% | $60K | 42.9 min | D− | C− |
| Sainte-Julienne 11.5 km | 73% | 7.1% | $74K | 37.5 min | D | C |
| Saint-Hippolyte 13 km | 78% | 7.2% | $84K | 34.4 min | C+ | D |
| Saint-Lin--Laurentides 13.6 km | 77% | 6.3% | $78K | 37 min | C− | B− |
| Chertsey 15 km | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | 42.1 min | D− | C |
| Saint-Esprit 15.1 km | 86% | 5.6% | $69K | 29.2 min | B− | B |
| Sainte-Sophie 15.2 km | 79% | 5.7% | $84K | 34.9 min | C+ | 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-Calixte, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. A monthly household survey by Statistics Canada, reported for metro areas and economic regions only. It supplies a recent rate next to the 2021 census figure.
- In work. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- Unemployment. Of everyone 15 or older who was working or job-hunting in the census week, the part still looking. Someone not seeking work isn’t in it at all.
- 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. How long getting to work normally takes, averaged from the census’s time bands at their middles; expect it to read slightly high against the timed figure.
- 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-Calixte
What is the unemployment rate in Saint-Calixte?
At the 2021 census 9.6% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Lanaudière economic region, gives 2.9% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Saint-Calixte?
The census puts Saint-Calixte at $59,900 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Saint-Calixte get to work?
Driving takes 95% of commuters to work, 0.6% take public transit and 1.7% walk, and on census day 9.4% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Saint-Calixte?
About 42.9 minutes on average, with 12% under a quarter-hour and 22% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Saint-Calixte work?
Only 18% work in Saint-Calixte itself; the rest go first to Saint-Lin--Laurentides (185) and Montréal (180).
How many jobs are there in Saint-Calixte?
Statistics Canada counted 151 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).