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Photo: Unknown Unknown · Public domainSaint-Georges’ household incomes are lower than in 80% of Canadian towns
Unemployment in Saint-Georges stood at 5.6% on census day 2021, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. Most commutes from Saint-Georges take well under an hour: the average is 18.1 minutes, and 3.7% take 60 minutes or longer. 80% of people aged 15 to 64 in Saint-Georges had a job at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%.
The work numbers behind Saint-Georges
More people in work than most towns
In work at the 2021 census: 80% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 59% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 5.6% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 2.3% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $64,000 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
A local job centre
With 14,310 jobs based in Saint-Georges and 12,050 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 18.1 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 3.7% 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-Georges earns B+ for jobs and income
Better than 67% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #177 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.
Who in Saint-Georges has a job
Of the 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Beauce-Sartigan census division, one has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 59% of residents 15 and over were in work. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 61% in October 2026. Counting those looking for work too, 63% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. 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.
Household income in Saint-Georges: $64,000 at the median
The middle of Quebec’s towns is $74,100, and Saint-Georges is 14% below it. 2 of the 3 other places of 2,500+ in the Beauce-Sartigan census division have a higher median. 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).
Every working day, Saint-Georges’ workforce grows by 16%
Inbound commuters outnumber outbound ones about 2 to 1 in Saint-Georges. Of those who commute, 72% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
How long the commute from Saint-Georges takes
Timed exactly, the average is 16.4 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 56% of commuters, against 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.
5,682 people come into Saint-Georges to work, most from Beauceville and Saint-Côme--Linière
40% of the people who work in Saint-Georges live outside it, 585 of them in Beauceville, 14 km away. Going the other way, Beauceville is the biggest single destination (665).
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: 4.1% of Saint-Georges’ commuters
The car is the way to work for 94% of commuters. Only 13% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Few ride transit: 0.3%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
EI claims in the Beauce-Sartigan census division run 22% above their 2019 level
At its peak, in January 2021, 2,900 people were on EI, 3.3 times the 2019 average. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 3.4 receive EI. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 15%.
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 Beauce-Sartigan census division, with Saint-Georges one part of it.
How walkable Saint-Georges is: B−
Better than 54% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #361 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Saint-Georges places 47th of 198 on jobs and income among Canadian towns of 23,700 to 45,700
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whitehorse Yukon | 34,129 | 82% | 5.6% | $112K | A+ |
| 2 | Arcola East Saskatchewan | 33,823 | 79% | 7.7% | $123K | A+ |
| 3 | Woolwich Ontario | 31,382 | 82% | 6.2% | $115K | A+ |
| 4 | Val-Bélair Quebec | 30,003 | 84% | 4.3% | $96K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 6 | Sainte-Julie Quebec | 30,981 | 84% | 4.7% | $107K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 9 | Neufchatel Est—Lebourgneuf Quebec | 37,164 | 83% | 6.2% | $83K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 45 | Beaumont Alberta | 26,305 | 76% | 8.7% | $130K | B+ |
| 46 | Mount Pearl Newfoundland and Labrador | 24,266 | 72% | 10% | $81K | B+ |
| 47 | Saint-Georges Quebec | 33,881 | 80% | 5.6% | $64K | B+ |
| 48 | Leduc Alberta | 39,966 | 74% | 12% | $100K | B+ |
| 49 | Okotoks Alberta | 33,482 | 75% | 9.2% | $118K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 198 | Parc-Extension Quebec | 29,066 | 61% | 16% | $48K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Saint-Georges, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Work in the places around Saint-Georges
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Georges | 80% | 5.6% | $64K | 18.1 min | B+ | B− |
| Notre-Dame-des-Pins 7.6 km | 87% | 7.4% | $80K | 18.4 min | A+ | C |
| Saint-Benoît-Labre 10.2 km | 88% | 6.2% | $71K | 20.7 min | A | C− |
| Saint-René 10.7 km | 78% | 7.6% | $95K | 25.8 min | B+ | C− |
| Saint-Côme--Linière 12.9 km | 78% | 6.4% | $64K | 25.4 min | C+ | C |
| Beauceville 14.3 km | 84% | 4.7% | $66K | 18.8 min | A− | C+ |
| Saint-Benjamin 15.3 km | 76% | 7.3% | $71K | 28.8 min | C | 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-Georges, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Where people commute. Built from the census table that pairs each worker’s home municipality with their workplace municipality. A job here means someone who usually works in the municipality, local or not.
- 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. Monthly, and only for metro areas and economic regions. It is the up-to-date rate we set beside the census’s 2021 snapshot.
- In work. We divide the number of employed residents by the number aged 15 to 64. Workers past 64 still count on top, because the 2021 Census crosses work with age only for whole municipalities; in return, a retirement town’s pensioners don’t drag the rate down.
- 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.
- Household income. What the median household took in during 2020 before tax, as the census recorded it; an estimate built from income groups when the place is a neighbourhood.
- 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-Georges
What is the unemployment rate in Saint-Georges?
The census put unemployment at 5.6% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Chaudière-Appalaches economic region at 2.3%.
What is the average household income in Saint-Georges?
Before tax, half the households in Saint-Georges had more than $64,000 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Saint-Georges get to work?
94% of commuters drive, 0.3% take public transit, 3.5% walk and 0.3% cycle; 13% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Saint-Georges?
The average commute is 18.1 minutes; 56% of trips take under 15 minutes and 3.7% an hour or more.
Where do people in Saint-Georges work?
72% work in Saint-Georges itself; of those who leave, the most go to Beauceville (665), then Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce (225).
How many jobs are there in Saint-Georges?
The 2021 census found about 14,310 people with their usual workplace in Saint-Georges, or 1.2 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 1,355 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).