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Work & commute in Saint-Clet · Census 2021, Statistics Canada

Saint-Clet has 0.5 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out

In May 2021, unemployment in Saint-Clet reached 4%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. Median household income in Saint-Clet was $78,500 in 2020, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900. Of Saint-Clet’s residents aged 15 to 64, 84% were employed when the 2021 census was taken, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns.

84%of 15-to-64s in work

In work, 15 to 64

84%

of residents aged 15 to 64

middle of Canadian towns: 73%

Unemployment rate

of the labour force, 2021 census

middle of Canadian towns: 9.9%

Household income

$79K

median, before tax, 2020

middle of Canadian towns: $86K

Average trip

25.3 min

to work, one way

middle of Canadian towns: 26 min

Jobs per resident in work

0.5

jobs here per resident with a workplace

middle of Canadian towns: 0.8

What stands out · In brief

Saint-Clet at work: what stands out

84%of 15-to-64s in work 4%unemployment rate

More people in work than most towns

With 84% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 68% of all adults employed. In work ↓

Less unemployment than most towns

Census day in 2021 put 4% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 4.3% 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 Grade

Jobs & income in Saint-Clet: graded B+

In work, 15 to 64 84% · Census 2021Better than 89% of Canadian towns

Median household income $78,500 · Census 2020Better than 53% of Canadian towns

Average commute 25.3 min · Census 2021Better than 46% of Canadian towns

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.

In work

How many in Saint-Clet have a job: 84% of 15-to-64s

Of the 13 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges census division, 11 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.

In work, 15 to 64: places of 2,500+ in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges census division

Saint-Clet 84%Middle of Canadian towns: 73%

70%75%80%85%

Unemployment rate

of the labour force, 2021 census

middle of Canadian towns: 9.9%

In work, all ages

68%

of people aged 15 and over, retirees included

In work, 25 to 54

83%

Statistics Canada’s own rate

Unemployment now

4.3%

Labour Force Survey, October 2026 · a year earlier 4.4%

Shared with the rest of the Montérégie economic region: unemployment now

Businesses with employees

42.6 per 1,000 people · June 2026

The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 71% of residents that age. Counting retirees, 68% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 62% of the wider area’s adults in work. The census caught the labour market on 11 May 2021, deep in the pandemic, so unemployment and working from home both ran above normal.

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

Each working day, more people leave Saint-Clet for work than come in

Live in Saint-Clet739 in work

54387109

Work in Saint-Clet429 people

23387109

Commute in · 233Commute out · 543Live and work here · 87Worked at home · 109

For every person who comes in to work, about 2 residents travel out. The job is inside the municipality for 14% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).

People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.

Where people work

86% of Saint-Clet’s residents in work leave it to work; Vaudreuil-Dorion takes the most

Lines are thicker with more people; grey dots are places, sized by population.

Where people who work in Saint-Clet live

Where residents work, outside Saint-Clet

In the other direction the biggest source is Saint-Lazare, with 35.

Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.

Household income

Earnings at home in Saint-Clet: households

Before tax, 2020: higher than in 53% of Canadian towns.

Saint-Clet $79KMiddle of Canadian towns: $86K

$70K$80K$90K$100K$110K$120K$130K

Province’s middleQuebec$74,100

Middle of Canadian townsCanada$85,900

Highest in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges census divisionSaint-Lazare$122,700

11 of the 13 other places of 2,500+ in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges census division have a higher median. That puts Saint-Clet 6% above the median of Quebec’s towns, $74,100. In 2020 emergency benefits topped up many low incomes, and the census counts them here.

Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).

Getting to work

Without a car, 6% of Saint-Clet’s commuters get to work

Car, truck or van94%Quebec 90% · Canadian towns 89%

Public transit0%Quebec 1.5% · Canadian towns 3.5%

Walked4.8%Quebec 4.2% · Canadian towns 3.4%

Bicycle1.2%Quebec 0.5% · Canadian towns 0.3%

Saint-CletMiddle of Quebec’s townsMiddle of Canadian towns

Home was the workplace for 12%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 94% of commuters.

By car, on average

23.8 min

Statistics Canada’s timed average, 2021

On foot or by bike, on average

7.6 min

Statistics Canada’s timed average, 2021

Work from home

12%

of everyone in work, census day 2021

Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).

The trip to work

Close to the middle of Canadian towns: commutes from Saint-Clet average 25.3 minutes

How long the trip to work takes Saint-Clet · Middle of Quebec’s towns · Middle of Canadian towns

27%

Under 15 min

71%

15 to 59 min

2.4%

60 min or more

Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 22.8 minutes. In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 27%, fewer than the 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Long trips are rarer than in the middle of Quebec’s towns: 2.4% take an hour or more, against 5.3%.

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.

EI over time

In the Vaudreuil-Soulanges census division, 40% more people receive EI than in 2019

Vaudreuil-Soulanges

In January 2021 it reached 7,880, the most in the series and 4.1 times the 2019 average. Roughly 2.8 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 5%.

On EI

2,930

August 2026

In a year

−5.2%

change on the same month last year

Since 2019

+40%

against 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 Vaudreuil-Soulanges census division, with Saint-Clet one part of it.

On foot

The Walkability grade for Saint-Clet: C

Better than 35% of Canadian towns on two measures together.

Everyday places within walking distance 0%Better than 16% of Canadian towns

Walk, cycle or public transport to work 6% · Census 2021Better than 57% of Canadian towns

Places nearby

Next to Saint-Clet: how nearby places compare

Place	In work, 15–64	Unemployment	Household income	Average trip	Jobs	Walk
Saint-Clet	84%	4%	$79K	25.3 min	B⁺	C
Coteau-du-Lac 6.7 km	82%	5%	$91K	27 min	A⁻	C⁺
Sainte-Marthe 6.9 km	95%	4.6%	$85K	29.2 min	B⁺	D
Saint-Lazare 7.5 km	81%	6.1%	$123K	31 min	A⁻	B⁻
Les Coteaux 9.5 km	83%	4%	$80K	27.1 min	B	C⁺
Saint-Polycarpe 9.8 km	83%	3.5%	$78K	30.2 min	B⁻	C⁺
Les Cèdres 11.6 km	85%	4.4%	$98K	27.7 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.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

What each figure measures for Saint-Clet, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.

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. The census-week jobless rate for residents 15 and over. Its base is the labour force, those employed plus those actively looking.
Household income. Before-tax total income of the middle household for 2020, from the census. Neighbourhood medians are worked out from bracket counts, since Statistics Canada publishes none of their own.
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. 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.
Employment Insurance. A monthly count of Employment Insurance beneficiaries for the whole census division. It tracks the local job market, but it is not an unemployment rate.
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-Clet

What is the unemployment rate in Saint-Clet?

In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Montérégie economic region at 4.3%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 4%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.

What is the average household income in Saint-Clet?

At $78,500 before tax in 2020, the median household in Saint-Clet compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.

How do people in Saint-Clet get to work?

By car: 94% of commuters, 4.8% walk and 1.2% cycle; on census day 12% of those in work worked from home.

How long is the commute from Saint-Clet?

25.3 minutes is the average trip, with 27% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 2.4% taking an hour or more.

Where do people in Saint-Clet work?

14% work in Saint-Clet itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Vaudreuil-Dorion (140), then Montréal (65).

How many jobs are there in Saint-Clet?

In June 2026, 76 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.

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).