Photo: Edgar Gariépy · Public domainMascouche has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.5 for each
The average trip to work from Mascouche is 31.3 minutes; 8.6% of commuters spend an hour or more getting there. Unemployment in Mascouche stood at 5% on census day 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. Before tax, the typical household in Mascouche brought in $92,700 in 2020, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns.
Work in Mascouche, in a few figures
More people in work than most towns
83% of people aged 15 to 64 had a job at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; counting everyone 15 and over, retirees included, it was 68%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
The Labour Force Survey had the area at 6.9% in October 2026; on census day in 2021 the town’s own rate was 5%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 31.3 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 8.6% last an hour or longer. 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 Mascouche: graded B+
Better than 66% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #188 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 Mascouche have a job: 83% of 15-to-64s
A larger share in work than in 85% of Canadian towns.
Counting those looking for work too, 71% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. Counting retirees, 68% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 62% of the wider area’s adults in work. 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.
The length of the trip to work in Mascouche
Timed exactly, the average is 27.9 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 20%, 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.
On a working day, Mascouche loses more workers than it gains
18,610 residents of Mascouche had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 8,800 people had theirs in Mascouche, wherever they lived.
It sends out some 3 workers for every one it takes in. 20% 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.
80% of Mascouche’s residents in work leave it to work; Montréal takes the most
- Montréal4,680
- Terrebonne3,855
- Laval2,560
- Repentigny745
- Blainville260
- Boisbriand235
- Saint-Eustache225
- Montréal-Est180
- Saint-Lin--Laurentides170
- Joliette150
In the other direction the biggest source is Terrebonne, with 2,095.
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 Mascouche work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Household income in Mascouche
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 78% of Canadian towns.
Set beside Quebec’s towns, where the median is $74,100, Mascouche sits 25% above. Incomes are for 2020, the first pandemic year, so CERB and other emergency payments are part of them.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
5.5% of commuters from Mascouche go without a car
The car is the way to work for 93% of commuters. Home was the workplace for 16%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit takes 2.7% of commuters, close to 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).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
EI claims in the Les Moulins census division run 36% above their 2019 level
At its peak, in January 2021, 9,660 people were on EI, 3.9 times the 2019 average. That is about 3.4 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: the Les Moulins 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).
Everyday places on foot in Mascouche: B+
Better than 71% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #276 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Mascouche is 16th of 67 Canadian towns of 39,800 to 76,800 people for jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boucherville Quebec | 41,910 | 82% | 5.2% | $111K | A |
| 2 | Langford British Columbia | 59,664 | 81% | 6.2% | $93K | A |
| 3 | St. Albert Alberta | 74,621 | 77% | 9.1% | $118K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 7 | Rouyn-Noranda Quebec | 43,270 | 79% | 4.8% | $76K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 9 | Blainville Quebec | 61,739 | 80% | 5.6% | $105K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 14 | Spruce Grove Alberta | 44,575 | 75% | 10% | $107K | B+ |
| 15 | Leduc Alberta | 39,966 | 74% | 12% | $100K | B+ |
| 16 | Mascouche Quebec | 56,897 | 83% | 5% | $93K | B+ |
| 17 | Lakeshore Ontario | 45,954 | 71% | 13% | $114K | B+ |
| 18 | Vaudreuil-Dorion Quebec | 46,413 | 80% | 7.2% | $89K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 67 | Port-Maurice Quebec | 45,720 | 69% | 12% | $69K | D |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Mascouche, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Work in the places around Mascouche
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mascouche | 83% | 5% | $93K | 31.3 min | B+ | B+ |
| Terrebonne 4.3 km | 80% | 5.9% | $95K | 32.6 min | B | A− |
| Saint-François 8 km | 76% | 7% | $97K | 35.4 min | C+ | A |
| Charlemagne 10.3 km | 80% | 6.5% | $67K | 28.2 min | C | A− |
| Rivière-des-Prairies 10.4 km | 74% | 6.9% | $103K | 35.1 min | C+ | A− |
| Marc-Aurèle-Fortin 11.8 km | 75% | 8.5% | $76K | 34 min | C− | A |
| Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan 12 km | 79% | 5.6% | $81K | 32.5 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 Mascouche, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. What the median household took in during 2020 before tax, as the census recorded it; an estimate built from income groups when the place is a neighbourhood.
- 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. 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. 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.
- 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 Mascouche
How do people in Mascouche get to work?
93% of commuters go by car, 2.7% take public transit, 2.4% walk and 0.4% cycle. On census day 16% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Mascouche?
On average 31.3 minutes; 20% take under 15 minutes and 8.6% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Mascouche work?
20% work in Mascouche itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Montréal (4,680), then Terrebonne (3,855).
How many jobs are there in Mascouche?
About 8,800 people had their usual place of work in Mascouche at the 2021 census, 0.5 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 1,578 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Mascouche?
The census put unemployment at 5% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Montréal metro area at 6.9%.
What is the average household income in Mascouche?
At $92,700 before tax in 2020, the median household in Mascouche compares with $85,900 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).