Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Saint-Gédéon has 0.5 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out
Jobs were held by 81% of people aged 15 to 64 in Saint-Gédéon in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. Unemployment in Saint-Gédéon stood at 5.4% on census day 2021, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns. Half the households in Saint-Gédéon had more than $86,400 in 2020, before tax; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
What stands out about work in Saint-Gédéon
More people in work than most towns
The 2021 census found 81% of 15-to-64s with a job (73% in the middle of Canadian towns). Count every adult, retirees too, and the figure is 57%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 5.4% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 3.6%. Unemployment ↓
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-Gédéon earn A
Better than 86% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
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.
Who in Saint-Gédéon has a job
Of the 4 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Lac-Saint-Jean-Est census division, 2 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 60% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 57% of residents 15 and over were in work. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 59% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. Census day was 11 May 2021, in the pandemic’s third wave: unemployment ran high and many worked from home, so these figures describe that spring rather than today.
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-Gédéon is quieter on a working day than at night
785 residents of Saint-Gédéon had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 355 people had theirs in Saint-Gédéon, wherever they lived.
For every person who comes in to work, about 3 residents travel out. 21% 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.
79% of Saint-Gédéon’s residents in work leave it to work; Alma takes the most
Alma sends the largest group the other way, 90 people.
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-Gédéon work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Earnings at home in Saint-Gédéon: households
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 68% of Canadian towns.
Against the middle of Quebec’s towns ($74,100), Saint-Gédéon’s median is 17% above. No other place of 2,500 or more in the Lac-Saint-Jean-Est 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).
3.4% of commuters from Saint-Gédéon go without a car
Home was the workplace for 15%, 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 95% 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.
Shorter than the middle of Canadian towns: commutes from Saint-Gédéon average 23.5 minutes
In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. Only 28% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. An hour or more: 2.8% of commuters, under the 5.3% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 19.7 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
In the Lac-Saint-Jean-Est census division, 5% more people receive EI than in 2019
Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 1%. The count topped out in January 2021 at 4,270 people, 2.5 times the 2019 average. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 4.8 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). Nobody publishes EI beneficiaries for Saint-Gédéon alone, so this card uses the figure for the Lac-Saint-Jean-Est census division.
Walking in Saint-Gédéon earns C
Better than 33% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Work in and around Saint-Gédéon
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Gédéon | 81% | 5.4% | $86K | 23.5 min | A | C |
| Saint-Bruno 7.5 km | 85% | 2.9% | $79K | 21 min | A | B− |
| Hébertville-Station 7.8 km | 86% | 3.7% | $67K | 24.2 min | B | C+ |
| Alma 9.8 km | 76% | 5.3% | $68K | 18.6 min | B− | B+ |
| Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix 12.3 km | 76% | 6.5% | $70K | 24.7 min | C+ | B |
| Hébertville 12.5 km | 87% | 5.3% | $69K | 24.5 min | B+ | C+ |
| Saint-Nazaire 16.2 km | 83% | 5.1% | $80K | 25.6 min | B+ | 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-Gédéon, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Employment Insurance. How many people in the census division drew Employment Insurance each month; it moves with layoffs and hiring, yet people who don’t qualify are absent from it.
- 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. Everyone with a job, whatever their age, divided by the residents aged 15 to 64 at the 2021 Census: below the municipality the census doesn’t split work by age, and this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood can be given.
- 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. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- Trip times. One way, on a usual day, from the census’s travel-time bands. Band midpoints overstate it a little next to the figure Statistics Canada times.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. The comparison pool is places of 2,500 people or more, towns or neighbourhoods inside cities, without whole cities or reserves, and we compare with its median.
Questions about work in Saint-Gédéon
How do people in Saint-Gédéon get to work?
Driving takes 95% of commuters to work, 3.4% walk, and on census day 15% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Saint-Gédéon?
About 23.5 minutes on average, with 28% under a quarter-hour and 2.8% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Saint-Gédéon work?
Only 21% work in Saint-Gédéon itself; the rest go first to Alma (395) and Saguenay (95).
How many jobs are there in Saint-Gédéon?
Statistics Canada counted 72 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Saint-Gédéon?
The census put unemployment at 5.4% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean economic region at 3.6%.
What is the average household income in Saint-Gédéon?
The census puts Saint-Gédéon at $86,400 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $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).