Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 4.0Dorval has 4.1 jobs for every resident in work
The 2021 census found 78% of working-age people in Dorval employed, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns. Most commutes from Dorval take well under an hour: the average is 26.6 minutes, and 6.3% take 60 minutes or longer. Median household income in Dorval was $77,300 in 2020, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900.
The short version on work in Dorval
Work near the middle
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 78% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 60%. In work ↓
Unemployment near the middle
Census day in 2021 put 10% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 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.
Jobs & income in Dorval: graded B−
Better than 48% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #275 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.
On a working day, 27,504 people work in Dorval, 3.1 times its working residents
About 5 people arrive to work in Dorval for each resident who goes out. Of those who commute, 26% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
23,061 people come into Dorval to work, most from Montréal and Laval
- Montréal9,305
- Laval2,480
- Dollard-Des Ormeaux1,010
- Pointe-Claire720
- Vaudreuil-Dorion700
- Kirkland395
- Châteauguay365
- Saint-Lazare355
- Pincourt345
- Terrebonne340
- Montréal2,680
- Pointe-Claire565
- Dollard-Des Ormeaux165
- Laval155
- Kirkland135
- Westmount115
- Mont-Royal70
- Baie-D'Urfé70
- Côte-Saint-Luc55
- Beaconsfield55
Of everyone working in Dorval, 94% come in from elsewhere; 9,305 make the 14 km trip from Montréal. Going the other way, Montréal is the biggest single destination (2,680).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Work and the working-age population of Dorval
Of the 89 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Montréal census division, 79 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Counting those looking for work too, 67% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 60%: many residents are past working age. In October 2026, 62% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. The census caught the labour market on 11 May 2021, deep in the pandemic, so unemployment and working from home both ran above normal.
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.
What households in Dorval earn
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 50% of Canadian towns.
Set beside Quebec’s towns, where the median is $74,100, Dorval sits 4% above. Of the 89 other places of 2,500 or more in the Montréal census division, 24 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).
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 21% of Dorval’s commuters
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: 77% against 90%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
Time on the road to work from Dorval
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 23.5 minutes. Only 25% 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.
In the Montréal census division, 52% more people receive EI than in 2019
Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 7%. January 2021 was the busiest month, with 103,570 people on EI, 5.2 times 2019’s average. That is about 2.6 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division.
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). For EI beneficiaries, the only official count covers all of the Montréal census division, Dorval included.
The walkability of Dorval: A+
Better than 98% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #97 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
188th of 436: where Dorval ranks among Canadian towns of 14,700 to 28,400
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yellowknife Northwest Territories | 22,858 | 80% | 5.8% | $148K | A+ |
| 2 | Central Saanich British Columbia | 18,184 | 85% | 4.9% | $103K | A+ |
| 3 | Cap-Rouge Quebec | 17,139 | 81% | 4.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 5 | Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures Quebec | 20,864 | 82% | 5.3% | $111K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 8 | Saint-Michel Quebec | 17,303 | 83% | 4.7% | $98K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 186 | Danforth East York Ontario | 17,073 | 75% | 11% | $105K | B− |
| 187 | Evergreen Alberta | 19,988 | 72% | 12% | $125K | B− |
| 188 | Dorval Quebec | 21,062 | 78% | 10% | $77K | B− |
| 189 | Parksville British Columbia | 15,371 | 75% | 6.7% | $67K | B− |
| 190 | Edgemont Alberta | 15,359 | 68% | 13% | $125K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 436 | South Parkdale Ontario | 21,663 | 64% | 17% | $57K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Dorval, and others among Quebec’s towns.
The work picture around Dorval
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorval | 78% | 10% | $77K | 26.6 min | B− | A+ |
| Lachine-Ouest 3.8 km | 77% | 6.3% | $85K | 27.9 min | B− | A |
| Pointe-Claire 4.9 km | 78% | 8.4% | $93K | 24.8 min | A− | A+ |
| Vieux-Lachine - Saint-Pierre 6.1 km | 72% | 9.9% | $60K | 29.3 min | D | A+ |
| Dollard-Des Ormeaux 6.9 km | 76% | 9.8% | $96K | 27.4 min | B | A |
| Côte-Saint-Luc 7.4 km | 76% | 12% | $73K | 29.7 min | C | A+ |
| Bois-Francs 7.6 km | 73% | 9.3% | $92K | 28.6 min | C+ | 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 Dorval, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. A monthly count of Employment Insurance beneficiaries for the whole census division. It tracks the local job market, but it is not 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. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- 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. 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.
- 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 Dorval
What is the average household income in Dorval?
Dorval’s middle household had $77,300 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Dorval get to work?
Driving takes 77% of commuters to work, 14% take public transit, 5.4% walk and 1.7% cycle, and on census day 29% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Dorval?
About 26.6 minutes on average, with 25% under a quarter-hour and 6.3% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Dorval work?
Only 26% work in Dorval itself; the rest go first to Montréal (2,680) and Pointe-Claire (565).
How many jobs are there in Dorval?
Statistics Canada counted 1,175 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Dorval?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Montréal metro area at 6.9%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 10%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
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).