Photo: Richard Coté · CC BY-SA 4.0Few Canadian towns have as many of their 15-to-64s in work as Saint-Ludger
Out of work in May 2021: 5.3% of Saint-Ludger’s labour force, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. For 5.9% of commuters in Saint-Ludger, the trip to work lasts an hour or more; the average is 22.2 minutes. In 2020, a household at the middle of Saint-Ludger had $63,800 before tax, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
The work figures that set Saint-Ludger apart
More people in work than most towns
93% of people aged 15 to 64 had a job at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; counting everyone 15 and over, retirees included, it was 62%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 5.3% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 3.7% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
At $63,800 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 22.2 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 5.9% 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.
Jobs and income in Saint-Ludger earn B+
Better than 71% 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-Ludger, 93% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 58% of the wider area’s adults in work. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 66% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 62%. Pandemic rules were in force on census day, 11 May 2021; the Labour Force Survey shows how jobs have moved since.
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.
A larger share in work than in almost any Canadian town.
Earnings at home in Saint-Ludger: households
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 80% of Canadian towns.
Against the middle of Quebec’s towns ($74,100), Saint-Ludger’s median is 14% below. Read the incomes as 2020’s, before tax: pandemic benefits such as CERB are in them, and they raised many low incomes for 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 length of the trip to work in Saint-Ludger
Timed exactly, the average is 18.5 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of Quebec’s towns averages 26.5 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 46%, 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
Saint-Ludger is quieter on a working day than at night
350 residents of Saint-Ludger had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 320 people had theirs in Saint-Ludger, wherever they lived.
The job is inside the municipality for 42% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
58% of Saint-Ludger’s residents in work leave it to work; Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce takes the most
- Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce45
- Saint-Georges35
- Saint-Robert-Bellarmin30
- Lac-Drolet30
- Audet15
- Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton10
Of those coming in, Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce supplies the most: 45.
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-Ludger work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 4.7% of Saint-Ludger’s commuters
Nearly everyone drives: 94% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Home was the workplace for 20%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% 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).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
EI claims in the Le Granit census division run 33% above their 2019 level
Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 13%. The highest month was January 2021: 1,260 people, 3.1 times the 2019 level. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4.2 receive 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). Saint-Ludger shares its EI beneficiaries numbers with the rest of the Le Granit census division.
The walkability of Saint-Ludger: C
Better than 26% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How the places next to Saint-Ludger compare on work
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Ludger | 93% | 5.3% | $64K | 22.2 min | B+ | C |
| Lac-Drolet 11 km | 89% | 3.5% | $61K | 17.9 min | A− | B− |
| Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce 12.2 km | 82% | 3.2% | $70K | 21.1 min | B+ | B− |
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-Ludger, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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.
- 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. How many residents held a job in May 2021, set against how many were 15 to 64. It reads a little high where many people work past 65, since below the municipality the census gives no breakdown of workers by 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. Half of households had more than this before tax in 2020, half less, counting every source of income. For a neighbourhood we estimate the median from the income brackets of its dissemination areas.
- 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.
- Where people commute. Counts of workers with a fixed workplace, by where they live and where they work, both taken as whole municipalities; the jobs figure takes everyone who works here, wherever home is.
- 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-Ludger
What is the unemployment rate in Saint-Ludger?
At the 2021 census 5.3% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Estrie economic region, gives 3.7% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Saint-Ludger?
The census puts Saint-Ludger at $63,800 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Saint-Ludger get to work?
94% of commuters go by car, 4.7% walk. On census day 20% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Saint-Ludger?
On average 22.2 minutes; 46% take under 15 minutes and 5.9% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Saint-Ludger work?
42% work in Saint-Ludger itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce (60), then Lac-Mégantic (50).
How many jobs are there in Saint-Ludger?
About 320 people had their usual place of work in Saint-Ludger at the 2021 census, 0.9 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 65 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).