Photo: Veillg1 · CC0Households in Lachute have lower incomes than those in 94% of Canadian towns
8% of the labour force in Lachute was out of work at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. In Lachute, 69% of residents aged 15 to 64 were working in May 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. Most commutes from Lachute take well under an hour: the average is 26.3 minutes, and 9% take 60 minutes or longer.
Work in Lachute: the figures worth knowing
Lower incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $56,700 before tax in 2020, where the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
A local job centre
4,765 people work in Lachute and 4,110 residents commute to a fixed workplace; the middle of Canadian towns has 0.8 jobs per working resident. The daily tide ↓
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 Lachute: D
Better than 7% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #452 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.
What households earned in Lachute: $56,700 in 2020
Every other place of 2,500 or more in the Argenteuil census division has a higher median. That puts Lachute 23% below the median of Quebec’s towns, $74,100. 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).
Workers pour into Lachute: 14% more on a working day
47% 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.
2,842 people come into Lachute to work, most from Brownsburg-Chatham and Mirabel
Of everyone working in Lachute, 60% come in from elsewhere; 745 make the 6 km trip from Brownsburg-Chatham. Going the other way, Mirabel is the biggest single destination (390).
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 Lachute
None of the 4 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Argenteuil census division has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 49% were working. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 60% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 54% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. 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.
Leaving the car at home: 5.1% of commuters in Lachute
The car is the way to work for 93% of commuters. Home was the workplace for 12%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit takes 0.5% of commuters, against 3.5% 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).
Commuting times in Lachute
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 23.7 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 45% of commuters, 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 Argenteuil census division, 43% more people receive EI than in 2019
Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 7%. At its peak, in January 2021, 2,320 people were on EI, 3.4 times the 2019 average. That works out to around 3.8 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: one figure for all of 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).
Lachute earns B+ for walkability
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Where Lachute sits among Canadian towns of 10,800 to 20,900
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Saanich British Columbia | 12,986 | 85% | 5.9% | $121K | A+ |
| 2 | Sillery Quebec | 13,950 | 81% | 6.2% | $120K | A+ |
| 3 | Central Saanich British Columbia | 18,184 | 85% | 4.9% | $103K | A+ |
| 4 | Cap-Rouge Quebec | 17,139 | 81% | 4.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 9 | L'Aéroport Quebec | 13,630 | 84% | 5.2% | $90K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 506 | Humber Summit Ontario | 12,194 | 60% | 17% | $83K | D |
| 507 | Sacré-Coeur Quebec | 20,375 | 72% | 9.9% | $62K | D |
| 508 | Lachute Quebec | 15,469 | 69% | 8% | $57K | D |
| 509 | Downtown Ontario | 15,686 | 64% | 14% | $74K | D |
| 510 | Chester Nova Scotia | 11,740 | 68% | 13% | $65K | D |
| … | ||||||
| 555 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Lachute, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Around Lachute: jobs, pay and the commute
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lachute | 69% | 8% | $57K | 26.3 min | D | B+ |
| Brownsburg-Chatham 6.4 km | 73% | 9% | $66K | 28.3 min | D | C |
| Saint-André-d'Argenteuil 9.8 km | 81% | 5.5% | $70K | 29.6 min | C+ | C |
| Gore 12.2 km | 71% | 6.6% | $74K | 36.6 min | D | C |
| East Hawkesbury 16.2 km | 79% | 7.3% | $80K | 29.5 min | B− | C− |
| Saint-Placide 17.3 km | 72% | 7.9% | $74K | 36 min | D | 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 Lachute, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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 census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- 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. 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. 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. 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.
- 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 Lachute
Where do people in Lachute work?
Only 47% work in Lachute itself; the rest go first to Mirabel (390) and Saint-Jérôme (285).
How many jobs are there in Lachute?
Some 4,765 people worked in Lachute at the 2021 census: 1.2 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 459 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Lachute?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 8% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Laurentides economic region at 4.5% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Lachute?
Lachute’s middle household had $56,700 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Lachute get to work?
Driving takes 93% of commuters to work, 0.5% take public transit, 4.3% walk and 0.3% cycle, and on census day 12% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Lachute?
About 26.3 minutes on average, with 45% under a quarter-hour and 9% at an hour or longer.
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).