Photo: Khayman · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Saint-Honoré top those of 74% of Canadian towns
79% of people aged 15 to 64 in Saint-Honoré had a job at the 2021 census, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%. The census counted 1,310 people working in Saint-Honoré and 2,250 residents commuting to a fixed workplace. 4.9% of the labour force in Saint-Honoré was out of work at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
Saint-Honoré and work: the main findings
More people in work than most towns
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 79% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 63%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 4.9% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 3.8% 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.
Saint-Honoré grades A− for jobs and income
Better than 80% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #106 of 507 in Quebec.
Its strongest measure is household income; 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-Honoré were working in 2021
All 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord census division have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
66% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 63%: many residents are past working age. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 59% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. The census was taken on 11 May 2021, mid-pandemic, when lockdowns had pushed unemployment up and sent many to work from home.
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.
More of Saint-Honoré’s workers leave each day than arrive
It sends out some 2 workers for every one it takes in. 19% 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.
81% of Saint-Honoré’s residents in work leave it to work; Saguenay takes the most
- Saguenay500
- Sept-Îles120
- Saint-David-de-Falardeau70
- Baie-Comeau60
- Alma40
- Saint-Fulgence15
- Uashat 2715
- Saint-Ambroise10
- Saint-Charles-de-Bourget10
- Pointe-aux-Outardes10
Inbound, the leader is Saguenay (500).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Before tax, the median household in Saint-Honoré had $89,600
That puts Saint-Honoré 21% above the median of Quebec’s towns, $74,100. No other place of 2,500 or more in the Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord census division has a higher median. 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).
1.5% of commuters from Saint-Honoré go without a car
Few ride transit: 0.4%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. Nearly everyone drives: 97% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Only 12% 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).
A commute like the middle of Canadian towns: 24.6 minutes from Saint-Honoré
Timed exactly, the average is 23 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of Quebec’s towns averages 26.5 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 20%, fewer than the 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. An hour or more: 2.5% of commuters, under the 5.3% 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.
In the Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord census division, 9% more people receive EI than in 2019
January 2021 was the busiest month, with 11,420 people on EI, 2.9 times 2019’s average. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4.1 receive EI.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries published for the Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord census division, not by town. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Saint-Honoré earns C for walkability
Better than 32% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #441 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Among Canadian towns of 4,900 to 9,400, Saint-Honoré ranks 131st of 703 for jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 17 | Boischatel Quebec | 9,250 | 85% | 4.8% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | Chibougamau Quebec | 7,273 | 82% | 3.7% | $85K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 22 | Shannon Quebec | 7,088 | 81% | 3.7% | $113K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 129 | Inkster Gardens Manitoba | 6,115 | 75% | 8.8% | $107K | A− |
| 130 | Verchères Quebec | 5,819 | 84% | 4.7% | $90K | A− |
| 131 | Saint-Honoré Quebec | 6,984 | 79% | 4.9% | $90K | A− |
| 132 | Bluewater Ontario | 8,327 | 82% | 5.9% | $85K | A− |
| 133 | Glenwood Manitoba | 6,617 | 80% | 7.6% | $86K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 703 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Saint-Honoré, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Work in and around Saint-Honoré
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Honoré | 79% | 4.9% | $90K | 24.6 min | A− | C |
| Saint-David-de-Falardeau 9.7 km | 68% | 9.4% | $78K | 31.2 min | D | C |
| Saguenay 14 km | 78% | 5.5% | $69K | 18.1 min | B+ | B+ |
| Saint-Fulgence 14.2 km | 77% | 7% | $69K | 24.3 min | C+ | C |
| Saint-Ambroise 18.4 km | 79% | 4.3% | $75K | 25.9 min | B− | 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-Honoré, 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. 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. Built from banded answers: each commuter’s usual one-way trip counts as the midpoint of the band they chose, and the result tends to sit slightly higher than Statistics Canada’s average.
- Which towns we compare. Medians over towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents. Whole cities would swamp them and reserves sit outside the rankings, so neither is in.
Questions about work in Saint-Honoré
How long is the commute from Saint-Honoré?
The average commute is 24.6 minutes; 20% of trips take under 15 minutes and 2.5% an hour or more.
Where do people in Saint-Honoré work?
19% work in Saint-Honoré itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Saguenay (1,700), then Saint-Ambroise (40).
How many jobs are there in Saint-Honoré?
The 2021 census found about 1,310 people with their usual workplace in Saint-Honoré, or 0.6 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. Statistics Canada counted 133 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Saint-Honoré?
The 2021 census found 4.9% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Saguenay metro area, is 3.8% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Saint-Honoré?
Before tax, half the households in Saint-Honoré had more than $89,600 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Saint-Honoré get to work?
97% of commuters drive, 0.4% take public transit, 0.7% walk and 0.4% cycle; 12% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
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).