Photo: Veillg1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Grenville earn less than those in 95% of Canadian towns
Jobs located in Grenville: 410, for 580 residents with a usual workplace. 74% of people aged 15 to 64 in Grenville had a job at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. Out of work in May 2021: 8.2% of Grenville’s labour force, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns.
What stands out about work in Grenville
Work near the middle
At the 2021 census 74% of the 15-to-64s were in work (73% in the middle of Canadian towns); across all ages 15 and over, 52%. In work ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $55,900 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Grenville earns C− for jobs and income
Better than 20% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
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.
$55,900 a year: the median household in Grenville
Every other place of 2,500 or more in the Argenteuil census division has a higher median. That puts Grenville 25% below the median of Quebec’s towns, $74,100. The year is 2020: emergency benefits like CERB count in these incomes, and they raised the bottom of the range.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Each working day, more people leave Grenville for work than come in
About 2 residents leave for work for each person who comes in. Of those who commute, 23% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
77% of Grenville’s residents in work leave it to work; Hawkesbury takes the most
In the other direction the biggest source is Lachute, with 60.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
In and out of work in Grenville
Of the 5 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Argenteuil census division, 3 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 60% in October 2026. 56% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 52%: many residents are past working age. 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.
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 7.7% of Grenville’s commuters
The car is the way to work for 91% of commuters. Only 8.9% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%.
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 Grenville average 24.1 minutes
An hour or more: 12% 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 21.6 minutes. In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 49%, more than the 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.
43% more people are on EI in the Argenteuil census division than in 2019
Roughly 3.8 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 7%. January 2021 was the busiest month, with 2,320 people on EI, 3.4 times 2019’s average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Data for EI beneficiaries covers the Argenteuil 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).
Grenville grades A for walkability
Better than 88% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How Grenville compares with the places nearby
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grenville | 74% | 8.2% | $56K | 24.1 min | C− | A |
| Hawkesbury 2.6 km | 64% | 12% | $53K | 21.5 min | D | A |
| Grenville-sur-la-Rouge 4.1 km | 75% | 10% | $62K | 30.1 min | D | C− |
| Vankleek Hill 8.3 km | 75% | 8% | $83K | 24.1 min | B | C+ |
| East Hawkesbury 14.1 km | 79% | 7.3% | $80K | 29.5 min | B− | C− |
| Brownsburg-Chatham 14.9 km | 73% | 9% | $66K | 28.3 min | D | 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 Grenville, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- Household income. Before-tax total income of the middle household for 2020, from the census. Neighbourhood medians are worked out from bracket counts, since Statistics Canada publishes none of their own.
- 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. People receiving EI benefits each month, counted for the census division. It follows the local job market; it isn’t 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.
- Which towns we compare. Towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500 people or more, never a whole city and never a First Nations reserve. Middles are medians.
Questions about work in Grenville
How long is the commute from Grenville?
24.1 minutes is the average trip, with 49% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 12% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Grenville work?
Only 23% work in Grenville itself; the rest go first to Hawkesbury (190) and Lachute (60).
How many jobs are there in Grenville?
The 2021 census counted about 410 people working in Grenville: 0.7 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 46 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Grenville?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Laurentides economic region at 4.5%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 8.2%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Grenville?
Before tax, half the households in Grenville had more than $55,900 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Grenville get to work?
By car: 91% of commuters, 7.7% walk; on census day 8.9% of those in work worked from home.
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).