Photo: Nicogag · CC BY-SA 3.0Saints-Anges has a larger share of its working-age people in jobs than 99% of Canadian towns
When the 2021 census was taken, 3.5% of people in Saints-Anges who wanted a job had none; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. Jobs located in Saints-Anges: 170, for 490 residents with a usual workplace. Median household income in Saints-Anges was $82,900 in 2020, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns.
The work numbers behind Saints-Anges
More people in work than most towns
The 2021 census found 90% of 15-to-64s with a job (73% in the middle of Canadian towns). Count every adult, retirees too, and the figure is 67%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 3.5% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 2.3%. 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 Saints-Anges earn A
Better than 90% 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.
In Saints-Anges, 90% of the working-age population has a job
Of the 6 other places of 2,500 people or more in the La Nouvelle-Beauce census division, 3 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 61% of the wider area’s adults in work. Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 70%. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 67%: many residents are past working age. 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.
More go out than come in: the working day in Saints-Anges
Outbound commuters outnumber inbound ones about 5 to 1. 18% 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.
82% of Saints-Anges’ residents in work leave it to work; Sainte-Marie takes the most
- Sainte-Marie25
- Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce15
- Saint-Nazaire-de-Dorchester10
- Saint-Léon-de-Standon10
- Saint-Malachie10
- Frampton10
Sainte-Marie sends the largest group the other way, 25 people.
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 Saints-Anges
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 62% of Canadian towns.
Set beside Quebec’s towns, where the median is $74,100, Saints-Anges sits 12% above. 3 of the 6 other places of 2,500+ in the La Nouvelle-Beauce census division have a higher median. These are 2020 incomes, before tax, and they include pandemic benefits such as CERB, which lifted many lower incomes 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).
Without a car, 2.5% of Saints-Anges’ commuters get to work
The car is the way to work for 93% of commuters. Only 12% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
24.1 minutes from Saints-Anges to work, about the middle of Canadian towns
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 20 minutes. In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 30%, fewer than the 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Long trips are rarer than in the middle of Quebec’s towns: 2.5% take an hour or more, against 5.3%.
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.
37% more people are on EI in the La Nouvelle-Beauce census division than in 2019
In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 1%. At its peak, in January 2021, 1,850 people were on EI, 3.2 times the 2019 average. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 3.2 are on 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). Saints-Anges shares its EI beneficiaries numbers with the rest of the La Nouvelle-Beauce census division.
The walkability of Saints-Anges: D
Better than 11% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How Saints-Anges compares with the places nearby
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saints-Anges | 90% | 3.5% | $83K | 24.1 min | A | D |
| Vallée-Jonction 5.8 km | 86% | 3% | $70K | 18.4 min | A | B− |
| Frampton 8.3 km | 88% | 2.8% | $69K | 29 min | B− | C− |
| Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce 9.6 km | 84% | 4.9% | $71K | 19.9 min | A | B− |
| Saint-Frédéric 13.5 km | 89% | 2.8% | $71K | 22.9 min | A− | B− |
| Sainte-Marguerite 13.6 km | 88% | 4.5% | $75K | 23.2 min | A− | C |
| Sainte-Marie 13.9 km | 86% | 4.9% | $78K | 19.6 min | A | 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 Saints-Anges, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Household income. The 2020 income of the household at the midpoint, all sources and before tax. Inside a city we rebuild it from the dissemination areas’ income bands, so there it is an estimate.
- Trip times. One way, on a usual day, from the census’s travel-time bands. Band midpoints overstate it a little next to the figure Statistics Canada times.
- 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.
- Employment Insurance. Beneficiaries of Employment Insurance, month by month, for the census division rather than the town. Many jobless people don’t qualify, so it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Sampled each month and released for regions rather than towns, so its rate describes the area around 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. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- 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 Saints-Anges
How do people in Saints-Anges get to work?
Driving takes 93% of commuters to work, 2.5% walk, and on census day 12% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Saints-Anges?
About 24.1 minutes on average, with 30% under a quarter-hour and 2.5% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Saints-Anges work?
Only 18% work in Saints-Anges itself; the rest go first to Sainte-Marie (110) and Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce (60).
How many jobs are there in Saints-Anges?
Some 170 people worked in Saints-Anges at the 2021 census: 0.4 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 61 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Saints-Anges?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 3.5% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Chaudière-Appalaches economic region at 2.3% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Saints-Anges?
Before tax, half the households in Saints-Anges had more than $82,900 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).