Photo: Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec · Public domainSaint-Robert has 0.5 jobs for every resident in work, so most leave town for work
Median household income in Saint-Robert was $78,200 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Out of work in May 2021: 6.7% of Saint-Robert’s labour force, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. Most commutes from Saint-Robert take well under an hour: the average is 29.8 minutes, and 14% take 60 minutes or longer.
The work numbers behind Saint-Robert
Less unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 6.7% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 4.3% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 29.8 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 14% 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-Robert earns C− for jobs and income
Better than 21% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
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.
72% of working-age people in Saint-Robert have jobs
None of the 4 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Pierre-De Saurel census division has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
In October 2026, 62% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 58%. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 55% of residents 15 and over were in work. These are census figures from May 2021, during COVID’s third wave; jobs have recovered since, which the Labour Force Survey shows.
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.
Time on the road to work from Saint-Robert
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 28 minutes. In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. 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.
Saint-Robert empties a little on a working day
550 residents of Saint-Robert had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 275 people had theirs in Saint-Robert, wherever they lived.
Each person commuting in is matched by about 2 residents going out. Of those who commute, 13% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
87% of Saint-Robert’s residents in work leave it to work; Sorel-Tracy takes the most
- Sorel-Tracy125
- Yamaska25
- Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel15
- Pierreville10
- Massueville10
- Verchères10
Inbound, the leader is Sorel-Tracy (125).
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-Robert work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
What households in Saint-Robert earn
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 52% of Canadian towns.
That puts Saint-Robert 6% above the median of Quebec’s towns, $74,100. 2 of the 4 other places of 2,500+ in the Pierre-De Saurel census division 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).
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 1.4% of Saint-Robert’s commuters
Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 11% against 21%. Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 98% 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.
EI claims in the Pierre-De Saurel census division run 33% above their 2019 level
Roughly 4 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number rose by 2%. January 2021 was the busiest month, with 2,900 people on EI, 3.1 times 2019’s average.
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-Robert alone, so this card uses the figure for the Pierre-De Saurel census division.
Everyday places on foot in Saint-Robert: D
Better than 6% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Work in and around Saint-Robert
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Robert | 72% | 6.7% | $78K | 29.8 min | C− | D |
| Yamaska 4.7 km | 81% | 3.5% | $63K | 28.6 min | C | C |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel 9.6 km | 80% | 4.8% | $80K | 19.9 min | A | C− |
| Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel 9.7 km | 81% | 6% | $78K | 23.1 min | A− | D |
| Sorel-Tracy 11.9 km | 72% | 7.7% | $61K | 20.3 min | C | A− |
| Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel 13.1 km | 48% | 17% | $43K | 20.8 min | D | A |
| Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola 14.3 km | 83% | 4.8% | $72K | 29.7 min | C+ | 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-Robert, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. The 2020 income of the household at the midpoint, all sources and before tax. Inside a city we rebuild it from the dissemination areas’ income bands, so there it is an estimate.
- Trip times. Our average assumes everyone in, say, the 15-to-29-minute band takes 22 minutes. Across all the bands that runs a shade above Statistics Canada’s measured average.
- Where people commute. Who travels where, from the census: workers with a regular workplace, sorted by the municipality they live in and the one they work in.
- Employment Insurance. People receiving EI benefits each month, counted for the census division. It follows the local job market; it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Sampled each month and released for regions rather than towns, so its rate describes the area around the town.
- 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.
- 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-Robert
How many jobs are there in Saint-Robert?
In June 2026, 62 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Saint-Robert?
The census put unemployment at 6.7% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Montérégie economic region at 4.3%.
What is the average household income in Saint-Robert?
Before tax, half the households in Saint-Robert had more than $78,200 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Saint-Robert get to work?
By car: 98% of commuters, 1.4% walk; on census day 11% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Saint-Robert?
29.8 minutes is the average trip, with 26% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 14% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Saint-Robert work?
13% work in Saint-Robert itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Sorel-Tracy (315), then Contrecoeur (25).
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).