Photo: art_inthecity from Montréal, CA · CC BY 2.0Households in Granby have lower incomes than those in 82% of Canadian towns
From Granby, the drive or ride to work averages 19.9 minutes, with 4.2% going an hour or longer. In Granby, 78% of residents aged 15 to 64 were working in May 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. Unemployment in Granby stood at 5.6% on census day 2021, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
The short version on work in Granby
Less unemployment than most towns
5.6% of the labour force was out of work at the 2021 census (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns); the Labour Force Survey had the area at 4.3% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $63,100 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
More jobs than the typical town
25,200 people work in Granby and 24,670 residents commute to a fixed workplace; the middle of Canadian towns has 0.8 jobs per working resident. The daily tide ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 19.9 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 4.2% take an hour or more. 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 Granby: graded B−
Better than 55% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #247 of 507 in Quebec.
Its strongest measure is trip times; its weakest, household income.
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.
How many in Granby were working in 2021
Of the 4 other places of 2,500 people or more in the La Haute-Yamaska census division, one has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 57% of residents 15 and over were in work. In October 2026, 62% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. 60% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. The figures are a snapshot of 11 May 2021, when pandemic rules still kept many people out of work or at 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.
Before tax, the median household in Granby had $63,100
3 of the 4 other places of 2,500+ in the La Haute-Yamaska census division have a higher median. Against the middle of Quebec’s towns ($74,100), Granby’s median is 15% below. 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).
About as many people come in to work in Granby as leave
24,670 residents of Granby had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 25,200 people had theirs in Granby, wherever they lived.
68% 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.
How long the commute from Granby takes
In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 52% of commuters, against 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 17.7 minutes (Statistics Canada).
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.
8,498 people come into Granby to work, most from Shefford and Roxton Pond
Of everyone working in Granby, 34% come in from elsewhere; 915 make the 10 km trip from Shefford. Of residents who leave for work, most head to Bromont (1,755).
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 Granby work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
6.6% of commuters in Granby walk, cycle or take transit
Few ride transit: 0.9%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 92% of commuters. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 12% against 21%.
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.
In the La Haute-Yamaska census division, 45% more people receive EI than in 2019
The count topped out in January 2021 at 5,570 people, 3.9 times the 2019 average. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 3.6 are on EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 5%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: the La Haute-Yamaska 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 Granby: graded B+
Better than 71% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #275 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Granby next to Canadian towns of 50,500 to 97,400: 17th of 48 on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Langford British Columbia | 59,664 | 81% | 6.2% | $93K | A |
| 2 | St. Albert Alberta | 74,621 | 77% | 9.1% | $118K | A |
| 3 | Grande Prairie Alberta | 71,160 | 73% | 12% | $103K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 7 | Blainville Quebec | 61,739 | 80% | 5.6% | $105K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 9 | Mirabel Quebec | 68,471 | 83% | 5.4% | $90K | B+ |
| 10 | Mascouche Quebec | 56,897 | 83% | 5% | $93K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 15 | Saint-Hyacinthe Quebec | 60,874 | 80% | 6.1% | $62K | B |
| 16 | Drummondville Quebec | 85,560 | 78% | 5.6% | $61K | B |
| 17 | Granby Quebec | 72,180 | 78% | 5.6% | $63K | B− |
| 18 | Repentigny Quebec | 91,290 | 80% | 5.9% | $91K | B− |
| 19 | Woodstock Ontario | 55,572 | 72% | 12% | $82K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 48 | Chomedey Quebec | 81,813 | 69% | 12% | $66K | D |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Granby, and others among Quebec’s towns.
How the places next to Granby compare on work
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granby | 78% | 5.6% | $63K | 19.9 min | B− | B+ |
| Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton 9.1 km | 80% | 7.2% | $88K | 25.7 min | B+ | C |
| Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby 9.3 km | 84% | 2.6% | $95K | 24 min | A | C− |
| Roxton Pond 9.6 km | 83% | 6% | $79K | 26.2 min | B+ | B− |
| Shefford 9.7 km | 82% | 4.1% | $96K | 27.4 min | A− | D |
| Bromont 11.9 km | 82% | 4.6% | $100K | 29.1 min | A− | B− |
| Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford 12.2 km | 81% | 4.2% | $79K | 22.6 min | A− | C+ |
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 Granby, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Commuters picked a band for their usual trip (under 15 minutes, 15 to 29, and so on). We place each person at the middle of their band, which lands a little above Statistics Canada’s own 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. How many people in the census division drew Employment Insurance each month; it moves with layoffs and hiring, yet people who don’t qualify are absent from it.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada surveys households every month; the results come out for metro areas and economic regions, never for single towns, and keep the rate current after 2021.
- In work. People in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64 (2021 Census). The census doesn’t cross work with age below the municipality, so this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood has; retirees don’t weigh on it.
- Unemployment. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- 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 Granby
What is the unemployment rate in Granby?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Montérégie economic region at 4.3%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 5.6%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Granby?
The median household in Granby had $63,100 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Granby get to work?
92% of commuters go by car, 0.9% take public transit, 4.8% walk and 0.9% cycle. On census day 12% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Granby?
On average 19.9 minutes; 52% take under 15 minutes and 4.2% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Granby work?
68% work in Granby itself; of those who leave, the most go to Bromont (1,755), then Cowansville (840).
How many jobs are there in Granby?
About 25,200 people had their usual place of work in Granby at the 2021 census, 1 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 2,230 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
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).