Photo: Jeangagnon · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Brossard are higher than in 64% of Canadian towns
Workers in Brossard spend 29.1 minutes on the way to work on average, and 6.4% need an hour or more. On census day, 33% of workers here were at home, next to 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Brossard counted 74% of its 15-to-64s in jobs at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Jobs and income in Brossard: what the figures say
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 29.1 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 6.4% take an hour or more. The trip to work ↓
Many work from home
On census day, 33% of those in work were working at home; the middle of Canadian towns is 21%. Getting to work ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
On jobs and income, Brossard grades C+
Better than 36% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #329 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.
Commuting times in Brossard
Only 22% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 25.9 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of Quebec’s towns averages 26.5 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.
Without a car, 19% of Brossard’s commuters get to work
More people take transit to work here than in the middle of Quebec’s towns: 14% against 1.5%. Fewer drive than in the middle of Quebec’s towns: 79% against 90%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
As many come into Brossard to work as leave
Of those who commute, 28% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
73% of Brossard’s residents in work leave it to work; Montréal takes the most
- Longueuil5,470
- Montréal1,950
- Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu1,185
- La Prairie970
- Candiac645
- Chambly620
- Saint-Constant535
- Sainte-Catherine405
- Saint-Lambert390
- Carignan335
- Montréal8,085
- Longueuil4,160
- Boucherville810
- Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville435
- Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu420
- Saint-Lambert395
- La Prairie300
- Candiac215
- Dorval205
- Laval185
Coming the other way, Longueuil sends the most (5,470).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Who in Brossard has a job
Of the 27 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Longueuil census division, 6 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
In October 2026, 62% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 63% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 57% were working. The census was taken on 11 May 2021, mid-pandemic, when lockdowns had pushed unemployment up and sent many to work from 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.
$84,200 a year: the median household in Brossard
10 of the 27 other places of 2,500+ in the Longueuil census division have a higher median. The middle of Quebec’s towns is $74,100, and Brossard is 14% above it. 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).
In the Longueuil census division, 40% more people receive EI than in 2019
Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 5%. In January 2021 it reached 21,060, the most in the series and 4.6 times the 2019 average. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 2.7 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). Nobody publishes EI beneficiaries for Brossard alone, so this card uses the figure for the Longueuil census division.
Brossard earns A+ for walkability
Better than 98% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #109 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
For jobs and income, Brossard is 33rd of 45 Canadian towns of 68,300 to 131,800
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saanich British Columbia | 126,011 | 77% | 6.8% | $93K | A |
| 2 | St. Albert Alberta | 74,621 | 77% | 9.1% | $118K | A |
| 3 | North Vancouver British Columbia | 97,845 | 79% | 7.3% | $123K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 10 | Mirabel Quebec | 68,471 | 83% | 5.4% | $90K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Quebec | 100,806 | 80% | 5.8% | $75K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 18 | Terrebonne Quebec | 126,872 | 80% | 5.9% | $95K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 31 | Caledon Ontario | 90,201 | 74% | 11% | $133K | C+ |
| 32 | Newmarket Ontario | 95,763 | 71% | 12% | $110K | C+ |
| 33 | Brossard Quebec | 97,597 | 74% | 9.5% | $84K | C+ |
| 34 | Chatham-Kent Ontario | 112,716 | 69% | 11% | $72K | C+ |
| 35 | New Westminster British Columbia | 92,124 | 77% | 8.3% | $82K | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 45 | Chomedey Quebec | 81,813 | 69% | 12% | $66K | D |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Brossard, and others among Quebec’s towns.
The places around Brossard, side by side
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brossard | 74% | 9.5% | $84K | 29.1 min | C+ | A+ |
| Vieux Greenfield Park 3.6 km | 75% | 9.3% | $67K | 27.7 min | C− | A+ |
| Iberville 3.6 km | 77% | 7.1% | $96K | 29.1 min | B | A+ |
| Nouveau Greenfield Park 3.7 km | 78% | 6.8% | $89K | 27.5 min | B | A |
| Laflèche 4.7 km | 76% | 7.9% | $67K | 27.7 min | C− | A+ |
| Maricourt 4.8 km | 81% | 6.1% | $93K | 28.3 min | B+ | A+ |
| La Prairie 5.1 km | 80% | 6.1% | $91K | 27.2 min | B+ | A |
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 Brossard, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Unemployment. Of everyone 15 or older who was working or job-hunting in the census week, the part still looking. Someone not seeking work isn’t in it at all.
- Household income. What the median household took in during 2020 before tax, as the census recorded it; an estimate built from income groups when the place is a neighbourhood.
- 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. Jobs count everyone whose usual workplace lies in the municipality, residents or commuters from elsewhere, from Statistics Canada’s home-by-workplace table.
- 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. 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. 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.
- Which towns we compare. The comparison pool is places of 2,500 people or more, towns or neighbourhoods inside cities, without whole cities or reserves, and we compare with its median.
Questions about work in Brossard
Where do people in Brossard work?
Only 28% work in Brossard itself; the rest go first to Montréal (8,085) and Longueuil (4,160).
How many jobs are there in Brossard?
About 24,040 people had their usual place of work in Brossard at the 2021 census, 1 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 3,258 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Brossard?
The 2021 census found 9.5% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Montréal metro area, is 6.9% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Brossard?
The census puts Brossard at $84,200 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Brossard get to work?
79% of commuters go by car, 14% take public transit, 3.5% walk and 1.1% cycle. On census day 33% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Brossard?
On average 29.1 minutes; 22% take under 15 minutes and 6.4% take an hour or longer.
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).