![Rue principale à l' Assomption . - [1930]](https://images.townratings.com/ca/town_images/52460028/def0e20b8d429e5ffd41.jpg)
Photo: Unknown Unknown · Public domainA larger share of people aged 15 to 64 are in work in L'Assomption than in 78% of Canadian towns
The median household in L'Assomption had $87,200 before tax in 2020, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns. Getting to work from L'Assomption takes 32.7 minutes on average, an hour or more for 11%. In May 2021, unemployment in L'Assomption reached 5.1%; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
Work in L'Assomption: the figures worth knowing
More people in work than most towns
In work at the 2021 census: 81% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 65% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 5.1% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 6.9% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 32.7 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 11% 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 L'Assomption: graded B−
Better than 52% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #258 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.
In L'Assomption, 81% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
Of the 4 other places of 2,500 people or more in the L'Assomption census division, 3 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
In October 2026, 62% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 68% of residents that age. Counting retirees, 65% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. 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.
Time on the road to work from L'Assomption
Timed exactly, the average is 29.6 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. Only 20% 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
L'Assomption is quieter on a working day than at night
8,165 residents of L'Assomption had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 4,955 people had theirs in L'Assomption, wherever they lived.
It sends out some 2 workers for every one it takes 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 L'Assomption’s residents in work leave it to work; Montréal takes the most
- Repentigny920
- L'Épiphanie325
- Lavaltrie255
- Montréal205
- Terrebonne165
- Saint-Sulpice105
- Saint-Paul85
- Joliette80
- Mascouche80
- Saint-Jacques55
- Montréal2,080
- Repentigny1,530
- Terrebonne690
- Joliette360
- Laval245
- Lavaltrie135
- Saint-Charles-Borromée135
- Montréal-Est130
- L'Épiphanie110
- Mascouche90
Inbound, the leader is Repentigny (920).
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 L'Assomption work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
What households in L'Assomption earn
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 70% of Canadian towns.
One of the 4 other places of 2,500+ in the L'Assomption census division has a higher median. That puts L'Assomption 18% above the median of Quebec’s towns, $74,100. CERB and the other emergency payments of 2020 are counted in these incomes, which lifted the lower ones 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).
Without a car, 5.8% of L'Assomption’s commuters get to work
Few ride transit: 1.7%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 93% of commuters. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 15% 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.
EI claims in the L'Assomption census division run 34% above their 2019 level
January 2021 was the busiest month, with 6,730 people on EI, 3.8 times 2019’s average. Roughly 3.6 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 1%.
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). Figures for EI beneficiaries are published for the L'Assomption census division as a whole, not for L'Assomption alone.
L'Assomption earns B+ for walkability
Better than 72% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #273 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
L'Assomption next to Canadian towns of 17,600 to 33,900: 135th of 346 on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yellowknife Northwest Territories | 22,858 | 80% | 5.8% | $148K | A+ |
| 2 | Arcola East Saskatchewan | 33,823 | 79% | 7.7% | $123K | A+ |
| 3 | Central Saanich British Columbia | 18,184 | 85% | 4.9% | $103K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 5 | Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures Quebec | 20,864 | 82% | 5.3% | $111K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 7 | L'Ancienne-Lorette Quebec | 17,876 | 84% | 4.4% | $86K | A+ |
| 8 | Val-Bélair Quebec | 30,003 | 84% | 4.3% | $96K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 133 | Laurendeau Quebec | 27,321 | 79% | 6.5% | $84K | B− |
| 134 | Oro-Medonte Ontario | 24,681 | 75% | 11% | $116K | B− |
| 135 | L'Assomption Quebec | 25,126 | 81% | 5.1% | $87K | B− |
| 136 | Summerside Prince Edward Island | 19,006 | 74% | 10% | $63K | B− |
| 137 | St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands Ontario | 31,360 | 78% | 11% | $87K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 346 | Parc-Extension Quebec | 29,066 | 61% | 16% | $48K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of L'Assomption, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Work in the places around L'Assomption
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Assomption | 81% | 5.1% | $87K | 32.7 min | B− | B+ |
| Saint-Sulpice 5.1 km | 86% | 4.3% | $83K | 32.8 min | B | B− |
| L'Épiphanie 5.5 km | 78% | 7% | $79K | 31.8 min | C | B |
| Sainte-Marie-Salomé 9.6 km | 77% | 8.6% | $71K | 29.2 min | C | C− |
| Verchères 10 km | 84% | 4.7% | $90K | 28 min | A− | A |
| Repentigny 10.2 km | 80% | 5.9% | $91K | 31.8 min | B− | A |
| Lavaltrie 10.7 km | 78% | 6% | $83K | 32.2 min | C+ | 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 L'Assomption, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Built from the census table that pairs each worker’s home municipality with their workplace municipality. A job here means someone who usually works in the municipality, local or not.
- 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. Monthly, and only for metro areas and economic regions. It is the up-to-date rate we set beside the census’s 2021 snapshot.
- In work. We divide the number of employed residents by the number aged 15 to 64. Workers past 64 still count on top, because the 2021 Census crosses work with age only for whole municipalities; in return, a retirement town’s pensioners don’t drag the rate down.
- Unemployment. The share of people 15 and over in the labour force, working or looking for work, who had no job on census day in May 2021.
- Household income. Taken from the 2021 Census, which asked about 2020: wages, pensions, investment income and government transfers together, before income tax, for the median household.
- 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 L'Assomption
What is the average household income in L'Assomption?
The median household in L'Assomption had $87,200 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in L'Assomption get to work?
93% of commuters drive, 1.7% take public transit, 3.5% walk and 0.6% cycle; 15% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from L'Assomption?
The average commute is 32.7 minutes; 20% of trips take under 15 minutes and 11% an hour or more.
Where do people in L'Assomption work?
Only 23% work in L'Assomption itself; the rest go first to Montréal (2,080) and Repentigny (1,530).
How many jobs are there in L'Assomption?
The 2021 census found about 4,955 people with their usual workplace in L'Assomption, or 0.6 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 702 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in L'Assomption?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Montréal metro area at 6.9%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 5.1%, 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).