Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Bromont have higher incomes than those in 85% of Canadian towns
Bromont is the usual workplace of 5,350 people, and 3,615 of its own residents commute to a job. 82% of people aged 15 to 64 in Bromont had a job at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. Census day 2021 found 4.6% of Bromont’s labour force without a job, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
What sets Bromont apart on jobs and income
More people in work than most towns
82% of people aged 15 to 64 had a job at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; counting everyone 15 and over, retirees included, it was 61%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 4.6% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 4.3%. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
At $99,500 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
A local job centre
With 5,350 jobs based in Bromont and 3,615 working residents, the ratio compares with 0.8 in the middle of Canadian towns. The daily tide ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 29.1 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 11% 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 Bromont: graded A−
Better than 76% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #130 of 507 in Quebec.
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 Bromont
Of the 6 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Brome-Missisquoi census division, 4 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 62% in work in October 2026. Counting those looking for work too, 64% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 61% were working. 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.
Half the households in Bromont had more than $99,500 in 2020
Against the middle of Quebec’s towns ($74,100), Bromont’s median is 34% above. No other place of 2,500 or more in the Brome-Missisquoi census division has a higher median. Incomes here are 2020’s and include the pandemic payments, CERB among them, that propped up the lower end.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Bromont fills up on a working day: 33% more workers
For every resident who leaves Bromont for work, about 2 people come in. The job is inside the municipality for 34% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
A longer commute than the middle of Canadian towns: 29.1 minutes from Bromont
Timed exactly, the average is 25.9 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 29%, fewer than the 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. 11% spend an hour or longer getting to work; the middle of Quebec’s towns has 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.
4,132 people come into Bromont to work, most from Granby and Cowansville
- Granby1,755
- Cowansville405
- Shefford380
- Waterloo230
- Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby130
- Roxton Pond105
- Sherbrooke95
- Lac-Brome95
- Brigham75
- Dunham55
77% of the people who work in Bromont live outside it, 1,755 of them in Granby, 12 km away. Going the other way, Granby is the biggest single destination (780).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Leaving the car at home: 4.8% of commuters in Bromont
Few ride transit: 1.3%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 94% of commuters. Home was the workplace for 28%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 21%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
49% more people are on EI in the Brome-Missisquoi census division than in 2019
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 3.3 receive EI. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 rose by 3%. In January 2021 it reached 3,320, the most in the series and 3.7 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). Behind EI beneficiaries sits data gathered across the Brome-Missisquoi census division, with Bromont one part of it.
Getting around Bromont on foot earns B−
Better than 48% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #381 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Ranked on jobs and income, Bromont is 129th among 620 Canadian towns of 8,700 to 16,800
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Saanich British Columbia | 12,986 | 85% | 5.9% | $121K | A+ |
| 2 | Sillery Quebec | 13,950 | 81% | 6.2% | $120K | A+ |
| 3 | Walsh Acres/Lakeridge/Garden Ridge Saskatchewan | 9,325 | 80% | 6.7% | $127K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 5 | Boischatel Quebec | 9,250 | 85% | 4.8% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 9 | L'Aéroport Quebec | 13,630 | 84% | 5.2% | $90K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 127 | Elizabethtown-Kitley Ontario | 9,886 | 78% | 8.3% | $92K | A− |
| 128 | Forest Heights Ontario | 14,369 | 74% | 9.4% | $111K | A− |
| 129 | Bromont Quebec | 12,413 | 82% | 4.6% | $100K | A− |
| 130 | Kingsway South Ontario | 8,935 | 79% | 8.3% | $197K | A− |
| 131 | Dawson Creek British Columbia | 13,635 | 74% | 9.8% | $81K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 620 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Bromont, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Next to Bromont: how nearby places compare
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bromont | 82% | 4.6% | $100K | 29.1 min | A− | B− |
| Shefford 7.3 km | 82% | 4.1% | $96K | 27.4 min | A− | D |
| Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby 9.2 km | 84% | 2.6% | $95K | 24 min | A | C− |
| Granby 11.9 km | 78% | 5.6% | $63K | 19.9 min | B− | B+ |
| Brigham 12.1 km | 86% | 5.8% | $76K | 25.2 min | B+ | D |
| Waterloo 12.2 km | 74% | 6.9% | $59K | 23.6 min | C− | A− |
| Cowansville 12.7 km | 75% | 6.1% | $59K | 20.1 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 Bromont, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- In work. We divide the number of employed residents by the number aged 15 to 64. Workers past 64 still count on top, because the 2021 Census crosses work with age only for whole municipalities; in return, a retirement town’s pensioners don’t drag the rate down.
- 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. Half of households had more than this before tax in 2020, half less, counting every source of income. For a neighbourhood we estimate the median from the income brackets of its dissemination areas.
- Trip times. Our average assumes everyone in, say, the 15-to-29-minute band takes 22 minutes. Across all the bands that runs a shade above Statistics Canada’s measured 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.
- 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.
- 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 Bromont
How long is the commute from Bromont?
On average 29.1 minutes; 29% take under 15 minutes and 11% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Bromont work?
34% work in Bromont itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Granby (780), then Cowansville (355).
How many jobs are there in Bromont?
About 5,350 people had their usual place of work in Bromont at the 2021 census, 1.5 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 650 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Bromont?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Montérégie economic region at 4.3%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 4.6%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Bromont?
The census puts Bromont at $99,500 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Bromont get to work?
94% of commuters go by car, 1.3% take public transit, 2.8% walk and 0.7% cycle. On census day 28% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
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).