Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainSaint-Simon has 0.5 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out
Of Saint-Simon’s residents aged 15 to 64, 83% were employed when the 2021 census was taken, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns. The 2021 census put unemployment in Saint-Simon at 4.6%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. Before tax, the typical household in Saint-Simon brought in $84,500 in 2020, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900.
Saint-Simon at work: what stands out
More people in work than most towns
In work at the 2021 census: 83% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 67% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 4.6% 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 ↓
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-Simon earn A−
Better than 82% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
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.
83% of working-age people in Saint-Simon have jobs
Of the 6 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.
For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 62% in work in October 2026. 71% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 67%. Census day was 11 May 2021, in the pandemic’s third wave: unemployment ran high and many worked from home, so these figures describe that spring rather than today.
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-Simon is quieter on a working day than at night
About 2 residents leave for work for each person who comes in. Of those who commute, 15% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
85% of Saint-Simon’s residents in work leave it to work; Saint-Hyacinthe takes the most
In the other direction the biggest source is Saint-Hyacinthe, with 55.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Household income in Saint-Simon
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 65% of Canadian towns.
3 of the 6 other places of 2,500+ in the Les Maskoutains census division have a higher median. Saint-Simon’s median is 14% above the middle of Quebec’s towns ($74,100). 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).
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 5.8% of Saint-Simon’s commuters
The car is the way to work for 93% of commuters. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 15% against 21%. Hardly anyone takes transit to work, 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).
At 24.9 minutes, commutes from Saint-Simon are close to the middle of Canadian towns
Only 26% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Long trips are rarer than in the middle of Quebec’s towns: 4.1% take an hour or more, against 5.3%. Timed exactly, the average is 22.4 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes.
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 Les Maskoutains census division, 40% more people receive EI than in 2019
The count topped out in January 2021 at 4,960 people, 3.5 times the 2019 average. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 3.7 receive EI. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 7%.
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). For EI beneficiaries, the only official count covers all of the Les Maskoutains census division, Saint-Simon included.
The walkability of Saint-Simon: B
Better than 60% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Saint-Simon and its neighbours: work and income
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Simon | 83% | 4.6% | $85K | 24.9 min | A− | B |
| Saint-Barnabé-Sud 7.4 km | 79% | 8% | $83K | 25 min | B+ | D− |
| Saint-Hugues 8.8 km | 92% | 5% | $76K | 28 min | B+ | B |
| Saint-Liboire 9 km | 86% | 4.2% | $88K | 24.9 min | A | B |
| Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot 9.6 km | 85% | 3.7% | $75K | 21.7 min | A | C |
| Saint-Hyacinthe 12.2 km | 80% | 6.1% | $62K | 19.8 min | B | A |
| Upton 13.9 km | 88% | 3.4% | $70K | 30.3 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-Simon, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- 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. 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.
- 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-Simon
How do people in Saint-Simon get to work?
93% of commuters drive, 5.8% walk; 15% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Saint-Simon?
The average commute is 24.9 minutes; 26% of trips take under 15 minutes and 4.1% an hour or more.
Where do people in Saint-Simon work?
15% work in Saint-Simon itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Saint-Hyacinthe (255), then Saint-Liboire (25).
How many jobs are there in Saint-Simon?
The 2021 census found about 260 people with their usual workplace in Saint-Simon, or 0.5 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 57 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Saint-Simon?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 4.6% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Montérégie economic region at 4.3% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Saint-Simon?
At $84,500 before tax in 2020, the median household in Saint-Simon compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
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).