Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0Sainte-Ursule has lower household incomes than 98% of Canadian towns
When the 2021 census was taken, 4.2% of people in Sainte-Ursule who wanted a job had none, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns. Jobs located in Sainte-Ursule: 130, for 455 residents with a usual workplace. In Sainte-Ursule, 86% of residents aged 15 to 64 were working in May 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Work in Sainte-Ursule: the figures worth knowing
More people in work than most towns
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 86% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 59%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 4.2% 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
The median household had $51,700 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 21.8 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 4.3% take an hour or more. 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Sainte-Ursule: B
Better than 55% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; 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.
Work and the working-age population of Sainte-Ursule
All 5 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Maskinongé census division have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 55% in October 2026. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 62% of residents that age. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 59% were working. The figures are a snapshot of 11 May 2021, when pandemic rules still kept many people out of work or at home.
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.
The median household in Sainte-Ursule had $51,700 in 2020
Of the 5 other places of 2,500 or more in the Maskinongé census division, 3 have a higher median. Set beside Quebec’s towns, where the median is $74,100, Sainte-Ursule sits 30% 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).
21.8 minutes from Sainte-Ursule to work, under the middle of Canadian towns
An hour or more: 4.3% of commuters, under the 5.3% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 19.6 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 43% of commuters, 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.
Each working day, more people leave Sainte-Ursule for work than come in
Outbound commuters outnumber inbound ones about 8 to 1. The job is inside the municipality for 18% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
82% of Sainte-Ursule’s residents in work leave it to work; Louiseville takes the most
- Louiseville20
- Saint-Léon-le-Grand10
- Saint-Alexis-des-Monts10
- Louiseville230
- Maskinongé30
- Trois-Rivières25
- Yamachiche20
- Joliette20
- Sainte-Angèle-de-Prémont10
- Lanoraie10
- Berthierville10
- Saint-Barthélemy10
Coming the other way, Louiseville sends the most (20).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 6% of Sainte-Ursule’s commuters
Only 15% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Few ride transit: 1.7%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 94% of commuters.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
In the Maskinongé census division, 35% more people receive EI than in 2019
The count topped out in January 2021 at 2,690 people, 2.9 times the 2019 average. Roughly 4.3 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI.
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-Ursule doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from the Maskinongé census division.
Sainte-Ursule on foot: a B− grade
Better than 50% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Next to Sainte-Ursule: how nearby places compare
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Ursule | 86% | 4.2% | $52K | 21.8 min | B | B− |
| Maskinongé 9.6 km | 78% | 5.8% | $59K | 24.3 min | C | C |
| Louiseville 11.1 km | 74% | 7.6% | $48K | 20.1 min | C | A− |
| Saint-Paulin 12.9 km | 80% | 6% | $57K | 24.4 min | C | A− |
| Saint-Barthélemy 13.1 km | 78% | 6.7% | $61K | 31.2 min | D | C+ |
| Yamachiche 17.7 km | 77% | 7% | $68K | 21.3 min | B− | B |
| Saint-Alexis-des-Monts 18.6 km | 61% | 11% | $50K | 32.4 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-Ursule, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Trip times. How long getting to work normally takes, averaged from the census’s time bands at their middles; expect it to read slightly high against the timed figure.
- 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. 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’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. How many residents held a job in May 2021, set against how many were 15 to 64. It reads a little high where many people work past 65, since below the municipality the census gives no breakdown of workers by age.
- 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. Taken from the 2021 Census, which asked about 2020: wages, pensions, investment income and government transfers together, before income tax, for the median household.
- Which towns we compare. Comparisons are with the median of Canadian towns and city neighbourhoods counting 2,500 people or more, reserves and entire cities excluded.
Questions about work in Sainte-Ursule
Where do people in Sainte-Ursule work?
Only 18% work in Sainte-Ursule itself; the rest go first to Louiseville (230) and Maskinongé (30).
How many jobs are there in Sainte-Ursule?
The 2021 census found about 130 people with their usual workplace in Sainte-Ursule, or 0.3 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. Statistics Canada counted 44 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Sainte-Ursule?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 4.2% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Mauricie economic region at 4.3% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Sainte-Ursule?
At $51,700 before tax in 2020, the median household in Sainte-Ursule compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Sainte-Ursule get to work?
94% of commuters drive, 1.7% take public transit and 4.3% walk; 15% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Sainte-Ursule?
The average commute is 21.8 minutes; 43% of trips take under 15 minutes and 4.3% 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).