Photo: YanikB · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.1 jobs for each resident in work, most of Sainte-Béatrix commutes out
Jobs were held by 66% of people aged 15 to 64 in Sainte-Béatrix in 2021, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%. Workers in Sainte-Béatrix spend 34.3 minutes on the way to work on average, and 15% need an hour or more. Median household income in Sainte-Béatrix was $63,300 in 2020, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns.
The short version on work in Sainte-Béatrix
Fewer people in work than most towns
The 2021 census found 66% of 15-to-64s with a job (73% in the middle of Canadian towns). Count every adult, retirees too, and the figure is 48%. In work ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $63,300 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 34.3 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 15% 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 & income in Sainte-Béatrix: graded D−
Better than 3% 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.
Work and the working-age population of Sainte-Béatrix
Of the 9 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Matawinie census division, 3 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 54% of residents that age. Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 48%. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 60% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. 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 Sainte-Béatrix
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 81% of Canadian towns.
3 of the 9 other places of 2,500+ in the Matawinie census division have a higher median. Incomes are for 2020, the first pandemic year, so CERB and other emergency payments are part of them.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Commuting times in Sainte-Béatrix
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 32.3 minutes. In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. Only 16% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 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.
More go out than come in: the working day in Sainte-Béatrix
540 residents of Sainte-Béatrix had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 65 people had theirs in Sainte-Béatrix, wherever they lived.
About 26 residents leave for work for each person who comes in. 8.6% of residents who commute work inside the municipality, against 70% in the middle of Canadian towns.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
91% of Sainte-Béatrix’s residents in work leave it to work; Joliette takes the most
Inbound, the leader is Saint-Jean-de-Matha (10).
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 Sainte-Béatrix work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Sainte-Béatrix gets to work without a car for 2% of commuters
Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 14% 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.
42% more people are on EI in the Matawinie census division than in 2019
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4.5 receive EI. At its peak, in January 2021, 3,880 people were on EI, 3 times the 2019 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). Sainte-Béatrix shares its EI beneficiaries numbers with the rest of the Matawinie census division.
The Walkability grade for Sainte-Béatrix: D
Better than 8% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Work next door to Sainte-Béatrix
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Béatrix | 66% | 11% | $63K | 34.3 min | D− | D |
| Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez 6.6 km | 70% | 11% | $61K | 35.5 min | D− | D |
| Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare 7.7 km | 79% | 7.9% | $70K | 32.6 min | C− | C+ |
| Saint-Jean-de-Matha 8.4 km | 72% | 7.6% | $64K | 28.3 min | D | C+ |
| Sainte-Mélanie 11.7 km | 81% | 3.9% | $75K | 27.8 min | B− | C |
| Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare 13.8 km | 84% | 4.2% | $78K | 26.1 min | B+ | C− |
| Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie 13.9 km | 59% | 11% | $58K | 32.6 min | D− | 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 Sainte-Béatrix, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. The most recent unemployment rate on the page comes from this monthly survey, which covers the wider metro area or economic region, not the town.
- In work. Why 15 to 64? Otherwise retirees would pull the rate down in older towns. The census can’t say how old a neighbourhood’s workers are, so the count of people in work takes every age.
- 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 census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- 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. Only people with a usual place of work are in it: those who work from home or have no fixed site are not. Home and work are both counted by municipality.
- Which towns we compare. Every town and city neighbourhood with 2,500 residents or more; whole cities and First Nations reserves are left out. Each middle figure is a median.
Questions about work in Sainte-Béatrix
How do people in Sainte-Béatrix get to work?
Driving takes 98% of commuters to work, 2% walk, and on census day 14% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Sainte-Béatrix?
About 34.3 minutes on average, with 16% under a quarter-hour and 15% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Sainte-Béatrix work?
8.6% work in Sainte-Béatrix itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Joliette (150), then Saint-Charles-Borromée (55).
How many jobs are there in Sainte-Béatrix?
In June 2026, 63 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Sainte-Béatrix?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Lanaudière economic region at 2.9%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 11%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Sainte-Béatrix?
Before tax, half the households in Sainte-Béatrix had more than $63,300 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
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).