Photo: Roncanada · CC BY 4.0Households in Dollard-Des Ormeaux earn more than those in 82% of Canadian towns
8,760 people have their usual place of work in Dollard-Des Ormeaux, against 14,330 residents who travel to a job. Dollard-Des Ormeaux counted 76% of its 15-to-64s in jobs at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. Out of work in May 2021: 9.8% of Dollard-Des Ormeaux’s labour force, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
Where Dollard-Des Ormeaux stands out on work
Work near the middle
With 76% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 57% of all adults employed. In work ↓
Unemployment near the middle
Unemployment was 9.8% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 6.9% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
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 Dollard-Des Ormeaux: B
Better than 60% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #215 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.
On a working day, Dollard-Des Ormeaux loses more workers than it gains
It sends out some 2 workers for every one it takes in. 19% 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.
81% of Dollard-Des Ormeaux’s residents in work leave it to work; Montréal takes the most
- Montréal3,330
- Laval505
- Pointe-Claire300
- Vaudreuil-Dorion265
- Kirkland180
- Dorval165
- Pincourt135
- Beaconsfield130
- Saint-Lazare115
- Saint-Eustache85
- Montréal6,030
- Pointe-Claire2,000
- Dorval1,010
- Kirkland480
- Laval425
- Mont-Royal275
- Baie-D'Urfé200
- Vaudreuil-Dorion170
- Westmount140
- Côte-Saint-Luc120
In the other direction the biggest source is Montréal, with 3,330.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
How many in Dollard-Des Ormeaux were working in 2021
Of the 89 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Montréal census division, 65 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 62% of the wider area’s adults in work. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 64% of residents that age. Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 57%. May 2021, when the census was taken, was a pandemic spring; unemployment has come down since, as the Labour Force Survey records.
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 Dollard-Des Ormeaux had more than $95,800 in 2020
Against the middle of Quebec’s towns ($74,100), Dollard-Des Ormeaux’s median is 29% above. 11 of the 89 other places of 2,500+ in the Montréal 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).
Leaving the car at home: 13% of commuters in Dollard-Des Ormeaux
85% drive to work, fewer than the 90% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. 29% of everyone in work 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).
Close to the middle of Canadian towns: commutes from Dollard-Des Ormeaux average 27.4 minutes
Only 26% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. An hour or more: 6.8% of commuters, above the 5.3% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 24.4 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.
EI claims in the Montréal census division run 52% above their 2019 level
In January 2021 it reached 103,570, the most in the series and 5.2 times the 2019 average. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 2.6 are on EI. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 7%.
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). Dollard-Des Ormeaux doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from the Montréal census division.
Walking in Dollard-Des Ormeaux earns A
Better than 93% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #141 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
For jobs and income, Dollard-Des Ormeaux is 28th of 95 Canadian towns of 35,200 to 67,800
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dieppe New Brunswick | 35,986 | 79% | 6.7% | $87K | A |
| 2 | Neufchatel Est—Lebourgneuf Quebec | 37,164 | 83% | 6.2% | $83K | A |
| 3 | Boucherville Quebec | 41,910 | 82% | 5.2% | $111K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 9 | Rouyn-Noranda Quebec | 43,270 | 79% | 4.8% | $76K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 26 | Timmins Ontario | 45,569 | 71% | 8.6% | $82K | B |
| 27 | Rimouski Quebec | 51,756 | 76% | 7.6% | $66K | B |
| 28 | Dollard-Des Ormeaux Quebec | 50,246 | 76% | 9.8% | $96K | B |
| 29 | Charlottetown Prince Edward Island | 48,118 | 75% | 9.7% | $66K | B |
| 30 | Port Moody British Columbia | 38,285 | 78% | 7.1% | $116K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 95 | Metrotown British Columbia | 36,594 | 71% | 11% | $64K | D |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Dollard-Des Ormeaux, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Work next door to Dollard-Des Ormeaux
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dollard-Des Ormeaux | 76% | 9.8% | $96K | 27.4 min | B | A |
| Pierrefonds-Est 2 km | 73% | 11% | $81K | 30.6 min | C | A+ |
| Pointe-Claire 3.6 km | 78% | 8.4% | $93K | 24.8 min | A− | A+ |
| Sainte-Dorothée 4.3 km | 78% | 8.4% | $116K | 28.5 min | B+ | A |
| L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève 5.1 km | 78% | 7.5% | $99K | 30.7 min | B | A |
| Pierrefonds-Ouest 5.2 km | 74% | 9.5% | $96K | 29.2 min | B− | A |
| Kirkland 5.9 km | 75% | 8% | $128K | 27.4 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 Dollard-Des Ormeaux, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. 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. Statistics Canada’s place-of-work table counts people with a usual place of work by the municipality they live in and the one they work in. Jobs here are people whose usual workplace is in the municipality, wherever they live.
- 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. The most recent unemployment rate on the page comes from this monthly survey, which covers the wider metro area or economic region, not the town.
- In work. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- 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 Dollard-Des Ormeaux
What is the average household income in Dollard-Des Ormeaux?
Before tax, half the households in Dollard-Des Ormeaux had more than $95,800 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Dollard-Des Ormeaux get to work?
By car: 85% of commuters, 9.8% take public transit, 2.7% walk and 0.5% cycle; on census day 29% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Dollard-Des Ormeaux?
27.4 minutes is the average trip, with 26% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 6.8% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Dollard-Des Ormeaux work?
Only 19% work in Dollard-Des Ormeaux itself; the rest go first to Montréal (6,030) and Pointe-Claire (2,000).
How many jobs are there in Dollard-Des Ormeaux?
The 2021 census counted about 8,760 people working in Dollard-Des Ormeaux: 0.6 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 1,411 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Dollard-Des Ormeaux?
Two figures answer it: 9.8% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 6.9% for the Montréal metro area in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
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).