Photo: Miguel Tremblay · Public domainHouseholds in Saint-Tite have lower incomes than those in 99% of Canadian towns
In May 2021, unemployment in Saint-Tite reached 5.5%; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. 1,465 people have their usual place of work in Saint-Tite, against 1,070 residents who travel to a job. 77% of people aged 15 to 64 in Saint-Tite had a job at the 2021 census, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%.
The work figures that set Saint-Tite apart
Less unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 5.5% 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 ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
At $50,400 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
A local job centre
With 1,465 jobs based in Saint-Tite and 1,070 working residents, the ratio compares with 0.8 in the middle of Canadian towns. The daily tide ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 21.8 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 6.7% 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-Tite earns C for jobs and income
Better than 32% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #352 of 507 in Quebec.
Its strongest measure is trip times; 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.
Who in Saint-Tite has a job
A larger share in work than in 60% of Canadian towns.
For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 55% in work in October 2026. Working or looking, 50% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 47%. The census caught the labour market on 11 May 2021, deep in the pandemic, so unemployment and working from home both ran above normal.
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.
Household income in Saint-Tite: $50,400 at the median
Set beside Quebec’s towns, where the median is $74,100, Saint-Tite sits 32% below. Pandemic support paid in 2020, CERB first among it, is part of these before-tax incomes.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
A working day adds 31% to the people at work in Saint-Tite
Each resident commuting out of Saint-Tite is matched by about 2 coming in. Of those who commute, 53% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
At 21.8 minutes, commutes from Saint-Tite are shorter than in the middle of Canadian towns
In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 50% of commuters, against 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. 6.7% spend an hour or longer getting to work; the middle of Quebec’s towns has 5.3%. Timed exactly, the average is 19.1 minutes (Statistics Canada).
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.
897 people come into Saint-Tite to work, most from Shawinigan and Sainte-Thècle
- Shawinigan325
- Sainte-Thècle175
- Saint-Séverin90
- Lac-aux-Sables60
- Hérouxville50
- Saint-Adelphe45
- Trois-Rivières25
- Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac20
- Saint-Narcisse20
- Trois-Rives15
- Shawinigan210
- Trois-Rivières60
- Sainte-Thècle55
- Québec25
- La Tuque25
- Saint-Stanislas20
- Lac-aux-Sables15
- Saint-Adelphe15
- Neuville10
- Notre-Dame-de-Montauban10
61% of the people who work in Saint-Tite live outside it, 325 of them in Shawinigan, 21 km away. Going the other way, Shawinigan is the biggest single destination (210).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Saint-Tite gets to work without a car for 10% of commuters
The car takes 89% of commuters here, under the 90% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Home was the workplace for 14%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. 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).
25% more people are on EI in the Mékinac census division than in 2019
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 5 receive EI. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 rose by 6%. The highest month was January 2021: 990 people, 2.5 times the 2019 level.
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 Mékinac census division, Saint-Tite included.
On getting around on foot, Saint-Tite grades A−
Better than 83% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #209 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
545th of 794: where Saint-Tite ranks among Canadian towns of 2,600 to 5,100
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Mount Royal Alberta | 2,758 | 83% | 12% | $188K | A+ |
| 2 | Central River Heights Manitoba | 2,736 | 84% | 5.4% | $137K | A+ |
| 3 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 7 | Kuujjuaq Quebec | 2,766 | 78% | 4.2% | $112K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska Quebec | 3,307 | 85% | 4.8% | $91K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 24 | Saint-Elzéar Quebec | 2,842 | 90% | 3.8% | $89K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 543 | Dundas New Brunswick | 4,733 | 74% | 11% | $77K | C |
| 544 | Trois-Pistoles Quebec | 3,123 | 73% | 6.2% | $48K | C |
| 545 | Saint-Tite Quebec | 3,759 | 77% | 5.5% | $50K | C |
| 546 | Bouctouche New Brunswick | 2,678 | 73% | 13% | $61K | C |
| 547 | Turner Valley Alberta | 2,784 | 77% | 8% | $85K | C |
| … | ||||||
| 794 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,724 | 43% | 30% | $51K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Saint-Tite, and others among Quebec’s towns.
The places around Saint-Tite, side by side
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Tite | 77% | 5.5% | $50K | 21.8 min | C | A− |
| Hérouxville 8.7 km | 71% | 6.9% | $66K | 25.2 min | C− | C |
| Sainte-Thècle 11.1 km | 70% | 7.5% | $51K | 21.9 min | C− | B |
| Saint-Stanislas 18.5 km | 83% | 6.2% | $56K | 28.7 min | C | A |
| Saint-Narcisse 18.7 km | 78% | 6.6% | $61K | 26.8 min | C− | 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-Tite, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Unemployment. Of everyone 15 or older who was working or job-hunting in the census week, the part still looking. Someone not seeking work isn’t in it at all.
- Household income. Taken from the 2021 Census, which asked about 2020: wages, pensions, investment income and government transfers together, before income tax, for the median household.
- 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.
- Where people commute. Built from the census table that pairs each worker’s home municipality with their workplace municipality. A job here means someone who usually works in the municipality, local or not.
- Employment Insurance. Statistics Canada counts EI beneficiaries each month by census division. Seasonal work makes it swing, so read it as a trend, not a jobless rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada’s monthly survey, published for metro areas and economic regions rather than towns: it gives a current rate beside the census’s 2021 one.
- 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.
- 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-Tite
Where do people in Saint-Tite work?
Most stay: 53% work in Saint-Tite. The rest go first to Shawinigan (210) and Trois-Rivières (60).
How many jobs are there in Saint-Tite?
The 2021 census found about 1,465 people with their usual workplace in Saint-Tite, or 1.4 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. Statistics Canada counted 148 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Saint-Tite?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Mauricie economic region at 4.3%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 5.5%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Saint-Tite?
At $50,400 before tax in 2020, the median household in Saint-Tite compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Saint-Tite get to work?
89% of commuters drive, 10% walk; 14% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Saint-Tite?
The average commute is 21.8 minutes; 50% of trips take under 15 minutes and 6.7% an hour or more.
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).