Photo: MatildaMars · CC0A larger share of people aged 15 to 64 are in work in Delson than in 79% of Canadian towns
Before tax, the typical household in Delson brought in $86,800 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. For 5% of commuters in Delson, the trip to work lasts an hour or more; the average is 26.9 minutes. Unemployment in Delson stood at 5.2% on census day 2021, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
Work in Delson: the figures worth knowing
More people in work than most towns
In work at the 2021 census: 81% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 64% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 5.2% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 6.9% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
A local job centre
With 3,645 jobs based in Delson and 2,990 working residents, the ratio compares with 0.8 in the middle of Canadian towns. The daily tide ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Delson earns B+ for jobs and income
Better than 71% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #160 of 507 in Quebec.
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.
81% of working-age people in Delson have jobs
Of the 10 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Roussillon census division, 4 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Working or looking, 67% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 64% were working. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 62% in October 2026. 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.
On a working day Delson gains 17% in workers
2,990 residents of Delson had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 3,645 people had theirs in Delson, wherever they lived.
13% 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.
3,265 people come into Delson to work, most from Saint-Constant and Sainte-Catherine
90% of the people who work in Delson live outside it, 595 of them in Saint-Constant, 3 km away. Of residents who leave for work, most head to Montréal (665).
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 Delson work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
What households in Delson earn
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 69% of Canadian towns.
Set beside Quebec’s towns, where the median is $74,100, Delson sits 17% above. 9 of the 10 other places of 2,500+ in the Roussillon census division have a higher median. Because 2020 was the first year of the pandemic, emergency benefits make up part of these before-tax incomes.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 7.8% of Delson’s commuters
Home was the workplace for 18%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. More people take transit to work here than in the middle of Quebec’s towns: 4.6% against 1.5%. The car is the way to work for 91% of commuters.
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.
Commuting times in Delson
Timed exactly, the average is 24.3 minutes (Statistics Canada). Only 29% get to work within a quarter-hour, 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
In the Roussillon census division, 31% more people receive EI than in 2019
Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 2%. In January 2021 it reached 9,250, the most in the series and 3.7 times the 2019 average. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 3.3 are on EI.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Not measured by town: EI beneficiaries (the Roussillon 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).
Walkability in Delson: graded A
Better than 86% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #191 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Out of 663 Canadian towns of 6,200 to 11,900, Delson comes 187th on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | North River Heights Manitoba | 7,228 | 82% | 8.4% | $143K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 11 | Boischatel Quebec | 9,250 | 85% | 4.8% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 15 | Chibougamau Quebec | 7,273 | 82% | 3.7% | $85K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 18 | Shannon Quebec | 7,088 | 81% | 3.7% | $113K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 185 | Saint-Joseph-du-Lac Quebec | 7,391 | 82% | 5.3% | $94K | B+ |
| 186 | Malahide Ontario | 9,995 | 78% | 7.7% | $95K | B+ |
| 187 | Delson Quebec | 8,802 | 81% | 5.2% | $87K | B+ |
| 188 | The Blue Mountains Ontario | 11,162 | 76% | 11% | $101K | B+ |
| 189 | Rothwell Heights - Beacon Hill North Ontario | 10,985 | 70% | 12% | $120K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 663 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Delson, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Work in and around Delson
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delson | 81% | 5.2% | $87K | 26.9 min | B+ | A |
| Sainte-Catherine 1.9 km | 81% | 5.6% | $88K | 26.8 min | B+ | A |
| Saint-Constant 2.5 km | 82% | 5.4% | $101K | 28.6 min | A− | A |
| Candiac 2.9 km | 80% | 5.4% | $112K | 27 min | A | A− |
| Saint-Philippe 6.4 km | 83% | 4.9% | $103K | 27.5 min | A | C+ |
| La Prairie 6.5 km | 80% | 6.1% | $91K | 27.2 min | B+ | A |
| Sault-Saint-Louis 7.6 km | 73% | 10% | $66K | 31.2 min | D | 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 Delson, 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. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- 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. 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. 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. 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. Monthly, and only for metro areas and economic regions. It is the up-to-date rate we set beside the census’s 2021 snapshot.
- Which towns we compare. Every town and city neighbourhood with 2,500 residents or more; whole cities and First Nations reserves are left out. Each middle figure is a median.
Questions about work in Delson
How long is the commute from Delson?
The average commute is 26.9 minutes; 29% of trips take under 15 minutes and 5% an hour or more.
Where do people in Delson work?
13% work in Delson itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Montréal (665), then Longueuil (300).
How many jobs are there in Delson?
The 2021 census found about 3,645 people with their usual workplace in Delson, or 1.2 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 398 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Delson?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Montréal metro area at 6.9%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 5.2%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Delson?
Before tax, half the households in Delson had more than $86,800 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Delson get to work?
91% of commuters drive, 4.6% take public transit, 2.8% walk and 0.4% cycle; 18% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
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).