Photo: Denis Lavoie · CC BY 3.0Sainte-Luce has 0.6 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out
Half the households in Sainte-Luce had more than $70,300 in 2020, before tax, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns. An hour or more each way is the commute for 2.2% of workers in Sainte-Luce; the average is 20.8 minutes.
The work figures that set Sainte-Luce apart
More people in work than most towns
With 79% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 58% of all adults employed. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 5.3% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 4.3% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $70,300 before tax in 2020, where the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 20.8 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 2.2% 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.
Sainte-Luce earns B+ for jobs and income
Better than 65% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #191 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.
In Sainte-Luce, 79% of the working-age population has a job
A larger share in work than in 69% of Canadian towns.
The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 52% in October 2026. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 61% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 58% of residents 15 and over were in work. 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.
Household income in Sainte-Luce
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 66% of Canadian towns.
Set beside Quebec’s towns, where the median is $74,100, Sainte-Luce sits 5% below. Pandemic benefits paid in 2020 lifted the incomes at the bottom, and they are counted here.
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-Luce
In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. Within a quarter-hour: 31% of commuters, much as in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 17.5 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
A commuter town: Sainte-Luce sends out more workers than it takes in
960 residents of Sainte-Luce had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 530 people had theirs in Sainte-Luce, wherever they lived.
It sends out some 2 workers for every one it takes in. The job is inside the municipality for 21% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
79% of Sainte-Luce’s residents in work leave it to work; Rimouski takes the most
- Rimouski130
- Mont-Joli45
- Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski35
- La Rédemption25
- Price25
- Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard25
- Saint-Donat15
- Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici10
- Rimouski510
- Mont-Joli165
- Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard30
- Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski15
- Sayabec10
- Métis-sur-Mer10
Inbound, the leader is Rimouski (130).
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-Luce work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Without a car, 5.3% of Sainte-Luce’s commuters get to work
The car is the way to work for 93% of commuters. Only 16% worked at home on census day, against 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).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
6% more people are on EI in the La Mitis census division than in 2019
The highest month was January 2021: 1,480 people, 2.4 times the 2019 level. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 5 are on EI. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 4%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Not measured by town: EI beneficiaries (the La Mitis 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).
Getting around Sainte-Luce on foot earns B+
Better than 67% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #306 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Sainte-Luce places 186th of 527 on jobs and income among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 3,800
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 5 | Kuujjuaq Quebec | 2,766 | 78% | 4.2% | $112K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 10 | Hatley Quebec | 2,512 | 89% | 4.1% | $103K | A+ |
| 11 | Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska Quebec | 3,307 | 85% | 4.8% | $91K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 184 | Rapperswill Alberta | 3,639 | 74% | 11% | $131K | B+ |
| 185 | Pacific Heights Saskatchewan | 3,770 | 70% | 12% | $93K | B+ |
| 186 | Sainte-Luce Quebec | 2,808 | 79% | 5.3% | $70K | B+ |
| 187 | Marathon Ontario | 3,223 | 68% | 8.2% | $94K | B+ |
| 188 | Sundre Alberta | 2,683 | 77% | 12% | $72K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 527 | 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 Sainte-Luce, and others among Quebec’s towns.
The places around Sainte-Luce, side by side
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Luce | 79% | 5.3% | $70K | 20.8 min | B+ | B+ |
| Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard 11.6 km | 85% | 4.5% | $83K | 17.7 min | A+ | D |
| Mont-Joli 12.4 km | 63% | 9% | $52K | 16.2 min | C− | A |
| Rimouski 17.6 km | 76% | 7.6% | $66K | 15.7 min | B | A− |
| Price 18 km | 69% | 6.9% | $59K | 19.5 min | C− | A− |
| Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski 18.1 km | 78% | 6.9% | $59K | 25.7 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 Sainte-Luce, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Household income. Before-tax total income of the middle household for 2020, from the census. Neighbourhood medians are worked out from bracket counts, since Statistics Canada publishes none of their own.
- Trip times. The census asks how long the trip to work usually takes, in bands; our average uses each band’s middle, so it runs a little above Statistics Canada’s timed 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. Monthly EI recipients across the census division: a pulse of the local job market rather than a measure of who is out of work.
- The Labour Force Survey. A monthly household survey by Statistics Canada, reported for metro areas and economic regions only. It supplies a recent rate next to the 2021 census figure.
- In work. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- Unemployment. The share of people 15 and over in the labour force, working or looking for work, who had no job on census day in May 2021.
- 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 Sainte-Luce
How do people in Sainte-Luce get to work?
By car: 93% of commuters, 4.4% walk and 0.9% cycle; on census day 16% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Sainte-Luce?
20.8 minutes is the average trip, with 31% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 2.2% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Sainte-Luce work?
21% work in Sainte-Luce itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Rimouski (510), then Mont-Joli (165).
How many jobs are there in Sainte-Luce?
In June 2026, 90 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Sainte-Luce?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Bas-Saint-Laurent economic region at 4.3%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 5.3%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Sainte-Luce?
Before tax, half the households in Sainte-Luce had more than $70,300 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).