Photo: Veillg1 · CC BY-SA 4.0The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Hudson tops that of 89% of Canadian towns
Before tax, the typical household in Hudson brought in $101,400 in 2020, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900. Commutes from Hudson average 31.1 minutes, and 11% take an hour or more. Home was the workplace for 38% of its workers in May 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 21%.
Hudson and work: the main findings
More people in work than most towns
At the 2021 census 84% of the 15-to-64s were in work (73% in the middle of Canadian towns); across all ages 15 and over, 54%. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $101,400 before tax in 2020, where the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 31.1 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 11% last an hour or longer. The trip to work ↓
Many work from home
38% of workers worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Getting to work ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Hudson grades A− for jobs and income
Better than 76% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #127 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.
How many in Hudson have a job: 84% of 15-to-64s
Of the 12 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges census division, 11 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 54%. By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 62% of the wider area’s adults in work. 58% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. 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.
What households in Hudson earn
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 87% of Canadian towns.
Of the 12 other places of 2,500 or more in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges census division, 2 have a higher median. Against the middle of Quebec’s towns ($74,100), Hudson’s median is 37% above. Incomes here are 2020’s and include the pandemic payments, CERB among them, that propped up the lower end.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
The length of the trip to work in Hudson
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 28.2 minutes. In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 28%, fewer 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 8.4% of Hudson’s commuters
Transit takes 2.3% of commuters, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. 88% drive to work, fewer than the 90% in the middle of Quebec’s towns.
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.
More workers leave Hudson each day than arrive
1,180 residents of Hudson had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 865 people had theirs in Hudson, wherever they lived.
For every person who comes in to work, about 2 residents travel out. 28% 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.
72% of Hudson’s residents in work leave it to work; Montréal takes the most
- Saint-Lazare170
- Vaudreuil-Dorion90
- Rigaud75
- Montréal45
- Dollard-Des Ormeaux15
- Pointe-Fortune15
- Kirkland10
- Salaberry-de-Valleyfield10
- Saint-Zotique10
- Les Coteaux10
Of those coming in, Saint-Lazare supplies the most: 170.
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 Hudson work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
In the Vaudreuil-Soulanges census division, 40% more people receive EI than in 2019
The highest month was January 2021: 7,880 people, 4.1 times the 2019 level. That is about 2.8 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 5%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: the Vaudreuil-Soulanges 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).
The Walkability grade for Hudson: B+
Better than 68% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #298 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Ranked on jobs and income, Hudson is 165th among 700 Canadian towns of 3,900 to 7,500
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 2 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | North River Heights Manitoba | 7,228 | 82% | 8.4% | $143K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | Chibougamau Quebec | 7,273 | 82% | 3.7% | $85K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 23 | Shannon Quebec | 7,088 | 81% | 3.7% | $113K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 30 | Saint-Antonin Quebec | 4,633 | 85% | 3.9% | $76K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 163 | Larkspur Alberta | 5,472 | 76% | 12% | $110K | A− |
| 164 | South Calgary Alberta | 4,412 | 74% | 12% | $97K | A− |
| 165 | Hudson Quebec | 5,533 | 84% | 7.7% | $101K | A− |
| 166 | Leger Alberta | 4,108 | 72% | 11% | $137K | A− |
| 167 | Riverbend Manitoba | 5,453 | 74% | 7.1% | $119K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 700 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Hudson, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Jobs and income in the places around Hudson
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson | 84% | 7.7% | $101K | 31.1 min | A− | B+ |
| Kanesatake 3.8 km | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Saint-Lazare 6.3 km | 81% | 6.1% | $123K | 31 min | A− | B− |
| Oka 6.8 km | 80% | 6.7% | $86K | 30.9 min | B− | B |
| Saint-Placide 9.2 km | 72% | 7.9% | $74K | 36 min | D | B |
| Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac 9.8 km | 73% | 9.9% | $138K | 29.3 min | B− | C+ |
| Vaudreuil-Dorion 10.7 km | 80% | 7.2% | $89K | 28.2 min | B | B+ |
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 Hudson, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Trip times. Our average assumes everyone in, say, the 15-to-29-minute band takes 22 minutes. Across all the bands that runs a shade above Statistics Canada’s measured average.
- Where people commute. Only people with a usual place of work are in it: those who work from home or have no fixed site are not. Home and work are both counted by municipality.
- 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. Everyone with a job, whatever their age, divided by the residents aged 15 to 64 at the 2021 Census: below the municipality the census doesn’t split work by age, and this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood can be given.
- 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. 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.
- Which towns we compare. Any town of 2,500 or more counts, and so does any city neighbourhood that size; the city as a whole and First Nations reserves don’t. The middle is the median.
Questions about work in Hudson
How many jobs are there in Hudson?
The 2021 census counted about 865 people working in Hudson: 0.7 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 226 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Hudson?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Montréal metro area at 6.9%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 7.7%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Hudson?
At $101,400 before tax in 2020, the median household in Hudson compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Hudson get to work?
By car: 88% of commuters, 2.3% take public transit and 6.1% walk; on census day 38% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Hudson?
31.1 minutes is the average trip, with 28% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 11% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Hudson work?
28% work in Hudson itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Montréal (235), then Vaudreuil-Dorion (165).
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).