Photo: Veillg1 · CC0The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Saint-Pie tops that of 89% of Canadian towns
In 2020, a household at the middle of Saint-Pie had $79,600 before tax, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900. Saint-Pie is the usual workplace of 1,360 people, and 2,285 of its own residents commute to a job. Out of work in May 2021: 5.2% of Saint-Pie’s labour force, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What sets Saint-Pie apart on jobs and income
More people in work than most towns
Counting everyone 15 and over, 69% were in work at the 2021 census; among those aged 15 to 64 it was 84%, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
5.2% 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 4.3% 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Saint-Pie: B+
Better than 71% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #159 of 507 in Quebec.
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.
Work for 84% of 15-to-64s in Saint-Pie
Of the 5 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Les Maskoutains census division, one has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 73% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 69% were working. For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 62% in work 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.
Saint-Pie empties a little on a working day
For every person who comes in to work, about 2 residents travel out. Of those who commute, 28% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
72% of Saint-Pie’s residents in work leave it to work; Saint-Hyacinthe takes the most
Coming the other way, Saint-Hyacinthe sends the most (250).
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-Pie work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
What households in Saint-Pie earn
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 55% of Canadian towns.
The middle of Quebec’s towns is $74,100, and Saint-Pie is 7% above it. Of the 5 other places of 2,500 or more in the Les Maskoutains census division, 4 have a higher median. Incomes here are 2020’s and include the pandemic payments, CERB among them, that propped up the lower end.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 2.9% of Saint-Pie’s commuters
Only 13% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Few ride transit: 0.4%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. Nearly everyone drives: 95% of commuters go by car, truck or van.
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.
A commute like the middle of Canadian towns: 26.1 minutes from Saint-Pie
An hour or more: 3.8% of commuters, under the 5.3% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 22.8 minutes (Statistics Canada). Trips under 15 minutes: 26%, fewer 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.
40% more people are on EI in the Les Maskoutains census division than in 2019
Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 7%. In January 2021 it reached 4,960, the most in the series and 3.5 times the 2019 average. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 3.7 receive EI.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Data for EI beneficiaries covers the Les Maskoutains census division. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Saint-Pie on foot: a C+ grade
Better than 43% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #402 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Out of 686 Canadian towns of 4,300 to 8,200, Saint-Pie comes 194th on 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 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 3 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 21 | Chibougamau Quebec | 7,273 | 82% | 3.7% | $85K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 25 | Shannon Quebec | 7,088 | 81% | 3.7% | $113K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 31 | Saint-Antonin Quebec | 4,633 | 85% | 3.9% | $76K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 192 | Spallumcheen British Columbia | 5,843 | 78% | 6.1% | $85K | B+ |
| 193 | Orford Quebec | 5,698 | 80% | 3.9% | $99K | B+ |
| 194 | Saint-Pie Quebec | 6,085 | 84% | 5.2% | $80K | B+ |
| 195 | Cumberland Ontario | 6,139 | 76% | 6% | $142K | B+ |
| 196 | Bells Corners East Ontario | 4,963 | 73% | 11% | $98K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 686 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Saint-Pie, and others among Quebec’s towns.
The work picture around Saint-Pie
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pie | 84% | 5.2% | $80K | 26.1 min | B+ | C+ |
| Saint-Dominique 7.6 km | 84% | 4.5% | $84K | 25.2 min | A− | C |
| Saint-Damase 8.4 km | 86% | 4.6% | $82K | 22.7 min | A | B+ |
| Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford 9.3 km | 81% | 4.2% | $79K | 22.6 min | A− | C+ |
| Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton 10.7 km | 80% | 7.2% | $88K | 25.7 min | B+ | C |
| Saint-Césaire 13.6 km | 86% | 5.4% | $73K | 23 min | A− | A− |
| Rougemont 13.7 km | 81% | 4.2% | $80K | 23.7 min | A− | 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-Pie, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Trip times. How long getting to work normally takes, averaged from the census’s time bands at their middles; expect it to read slightly high against the timed figure.
- 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. 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. Statistics Canada surveys households every month; the results come out for metro areas and economic regions, never for single towns, and keep the rate current after 2021.
- In work. People in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64 (2021 Census). The census doesn’t cross work with age below the municipality, so this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood has; retirees don’t weigh on it.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. Comparisons are with the median of Canadian towns and city neighbourhoods counting 2,500 people or more, reserves and entire cities excluded.
Questions about work in Saint-Pie
What is the average household income in Saint-Pie?
Saint-Pie’s middle household had $79,600 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Saint-Pie get to work?
95% of commuters go by car, 0.4% take public transit and 2.5% walk. On census day 13% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Saint-Pie?
On average 26.1 minutes; 26% take under 15 minutes and 3.8% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Saint-Pie work?
Only 28% work in Saint-Pie itself; the rest go first to Saint-Hyacinthe (805) and Granby (200).
How many jobs are there in Saint-Pie?
About 1,360 people had their usual place of work in Saint-Pie at the 2021 census, 0.6 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 208 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Saint-Pie?
Two figures answer it: 5.2% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 4.3% for the Montérégie economic region in the Labour Force Survey of October 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).