Photo: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.0Saint-Frédéric has a larger share of its working-age people in jobs than 98% of Canadian towns
2.8% of the labour force in Saint-Frédéric was out of work at the 2021 census, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. Half the households in Saint-Frédéric had more than $71,400 in 2020, before tax, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Most commutes from Saint-Frédéric take well under an hour: the average is 22.9 minutes, and 3.5% take 60 minutes or longer.
The work numbers behind Saint-Frédéric
More people in work than most towns
The 2021 census found 89% of 15-to-64s with a job (73% in the middle of Canadian towns). Count every adult, retirees too, and the figure is 64%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
2.8% of the labour force was out of work at the 2021 census (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns); the Labour Force Survey had the area at 2.3% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $71,400 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
More jobs than the typical town
With 365 jobs based in Saint-Frédéric and 355 working residents, the ratio compares with 0.8 in the middle of Canadian towns. The daily tide ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 22.9 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 3.5% 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-Frédéric earns A− for jobs and income
Better than 81% 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-Frédéric, 89% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
Counting those looking for work too, 65% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. Counting retirees, 64% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 61% in October 2026. 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.
Household income in Saint-Frédéric
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 63% of Canadian towns.
Saint-Frédéric’s median is 4% below the middle of Quebec’s towns ($74,100). 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).
The commute in and out of Saint-Frédéric balances out
Of those who commute, 24% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
Time on the road to work from Saint-Frédéric
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 20.1 minutes. The middle of Quebec’s towns averages 26.5 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 39%, more 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.
279 people come into Saint-Frédéric to work, most from Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce and Beauceville
76% of the people who work in Saint-Frédéric live outside it, 50 of them in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, 8 km away. Of residents who leave for work, most head to Sainte-Marie (60).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 11% of Saint-Frédéric’s commuters
More people walk to work here than in the middle of Quebec’s towns: 8.2% against 4.2%. Nearly everyone drives: 91% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Only 20% worked at home on census day, against 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).
11% more people are on EI in the Robert-Cliche census division than in 2019
Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 16%. At its peak, in January 2021, 950 people were on EI, 2.8 times the 2019 average. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 3.6 are on EI.
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). For EI beneficiaries, the only official count covers all of the Robert-Cliche census division, Saint-Frédéric included.
Walking in Saint-Frédéric earns B−
Better than 51% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Jobs and income in the places around Saint-Frédéric
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Frédéric | 89% | 2.8% | $71K | 22.9 min | A− | B− |
| Tring-Jonction 5.3 km | 83% | 5.5% | $72K | 21.6 min | A− | C+ |
| Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce 8.3 km | 84% | 4.9% | $71K | 19.9 min | A | B− |
| Vallée-Jonction 8.4 km | 86% | 3% | $70K | 18.4 min | A | B− |
| Saint-Elzéar 12.7 km | 90% | 3.8% | $89K | 21.2 min | A+ | C+ |
| East Broughton 12.8 km | 83% | 6.2% | $63K | 24.9 min | B− | B− |
| Saints-Anges 13.5 km | 90% | 3.5% | $83K | 24.1 min | A | 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-Frédéric, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Where people commute. Statistics Canada’s place-of-work table counts people with a usual place of work by the municipality they live in and the one they work in. Jobs here are people whose usual workplace is in the municipality, wherever they live.
- 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. The most recent unemployment rate on the page comes from this monthly survey, which covers the wider metro area or economic region, not the town.
- 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. The census asks how long the trip to work usually takes, in bands; our average uses each band’s middle, so it runs a little above Statistics Canada’s timed average.
- 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-Frédéric
What is the unemployment rate in Saint-Frédéric?
At the 2021 census 2.8% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Chaudière-Appalaches economic region, gives 2.3% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Saint-Frédéric?
The census puts Saint-Frédéric at $71,400 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Saint-Frédéric get to work?
Driving takes 91% of commuters to work, 2.4% take public transit and 8.2% walk, and on census day 20% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Saint-Frédéric?
About 22.9 minutes on average, with 39% under a quarter-hour and 3.5% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Saint-Frédéric work?
24% work in Saint-Frédéric itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Sainte-Marie (60), then Vallée-Jonction (35).
How many jobs are there in Saint-Frédéric?
Some 365 people worked in Saint-Frédéric at the 2021 census: 1 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 55 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).