Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Mirabel has a larger share of its working-age people in jobs than 85% of Canadian towns
5.4% of the labour force in Mirabel was out of work at the 2021 census, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. Workers in Mirabel spend 29.6 minutes on the way to work on average, and 7.5% need an hour or more. The median household in Mirabel had $89,700 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
What sets Mirabel apart on jobs and income
More people in work than most towns
The 2021 census found 83% of 15-to-64s with a job (73% in the middle of Canadian towns). Count every adult, retirees too, and the figure is 70%. 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 5.4%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 29.6 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 7.5% 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 and income in Mirabel earn B+
Better than 68% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #172 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 Mirabel, 83% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 74%. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 70% of residents 15 and over were in work. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 62% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada counted on 11 May 2021, with much of the country under pandemic rules: more people were out of work or at home than usual.
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.
Commuting times in Mirabel
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 26.5 minutes. The middle of Quebec’s towns averages 26.5 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 21%, 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.
More of Mirabel’s workers leave each day than arrive
24% 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.
76% of Mirabel’s residents in work leave it to work; Laval takes the most
- Saint-Jérôme2,300
- Blainville1,565
- Laval1,225
- Saint-Colomban1,035
- Montréal995
- Terrebonne640
- Sainte-Sophie625
- Saint-Eustache605
- Lachute390
- Boisbriand375
- Laval2,935
- Saint-Jérôme2,710
- Montréal2,615
- Saint-Eustache1,895
- Blainville1,765
- Boisbriand1,220
- Sainte-Thérèse885
- Terrebonne515
- Lachute395
- Dorval330
Inbound, the leader is Saint-Jérôme (2,300).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
What households in Mirabel earn
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Set beside Quebec’s towns, where the median is $74,100, Mirabel sits 21% above. 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).
Leaving the car at home: 4% of commuters in Mirabel
Only 16% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit takes 1.3% of commuters, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 95% of commuters go by car, truck or van.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
40% more people are on EI in the Mirabel census division than in 2019
At its peak, in January 2021, 4,030 people were on EI, 4.1 times the 2019 average. That is about 3.5 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. Compared with a year earlier, 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 beneficiaries published for the Mirabel census division, not by town. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Mirabel grades B− for walkability
Better than 52% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #367 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Mirabel next to Canadian towns of 47,900 to 92,400: 10th of 57 on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Langford British Columbia | 59,664 | 81% | 6.2% | $93K | A |
| 2 | St. Albert Alberta | 74,621 | 77% | 9.1% | $118K | A |
| 3 | Grande Prairie Alberta | 71,160 | 73% | 12% | $103K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 7 | Blainville Quebec | 61,739 | 80% | 5.6% | $105K | B+ |
| 8 | North Vancouver British Columbia | 66,624 | 80% | 7.5% | $86K | B+ |
| 9 | Victoriaville Quebec | 49,863 | 82% | 4.4% | $61K | B+ |
| 10 | Mirabel Quebec | 68,471 | 83% | 5.4% | $90K | B+ |
| 11 | Mascouche Quebec | 56,897 | 83% | 5% | $93K | B+ |
| 12 | Halton Hills Ontario | 68,265 | 76% | 9.7% | $127K | B |
| 13 | Rimouski Quebec | 51,756 | 76% | 7.6% | $66K | B |
| 14 | Dollard-Des Ormeaux Quebec | 50,246 | 76% | 9.8% | $96K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 57 | Chomedey Quebec | 81,813 | 69% | 12% | $66K | D |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Mirabel, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Jobs and income in the places around Mirabel
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirabel | 83% | 5.4% | $90K | 29.6 min | B+ | B− |
| Blainville 5.7 km | 80% | 5.6% | $105K | 29.3 min | B+ | A− |
| Sainte-Thérèse 8.1 km | 80% | 7.8% | $65K | 26.7 min | C+ | A+ |
| Boisbriand 9.4 km | 78% | 7% | $87K | 27.4 min | B | A− |
| Saint-Eustache 11.4 km | 80% | 6% | $80K | 27.2 min | B | A− |
| Rosemère 11.6 km | 80% | 6.5% | $120K | 31.2 min | B+ | A |
| Lorraine 12.1 km | 79% | 7.5% | $130K | 31.7 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 Mirabel, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Trip times. Built from banded answers: each commuter’s usual one-way trip counts as the midpoint of the band they chose, and the result tends to sit slightly higher than Statistics Canada’s average.
- Where people commute. Statistics Canada’s place-of-work table counts people with a usual place of work by the municipality they live in and the one they work in. Jobs here are people whose usual workplace is in the municipality, wherever they live.
- Employment Insurance. How many people in the census division drew Employment Insurance each month; it moves with layoffs and hiring, yet people who don’t qualify are absent from it.
- The Labour Force Survey. A monthly household survey by Statistics Canada, reported for metro areas and economic regions only. It supplies a recent rate next to the 2021 census figure.
- In work. Why 15 to 64? Otherwise retirees would pull the rate down in older towns. The census can’t say how old a neighbourhood’s workers are, so the count of people in work takes every age.
- 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 2020 income of the household at the midpoint, all sources and before tax. Inside a city we rebuild it from the dissemination areas’ income bands, so there it is an estimate.
- 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 Mirabel
How do people in Mirabel get to work?
Driving takes 95% of commuters to work, 1.3% take public transit, 2.3% walk and 0.4% cycle, and on census day 16% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Mirabel?
About 29.6 minutes on average, with 21% under a quarter-hour and 7.5% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Mirabel work?
24% work in Mirabel itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Laval (2,935), then Saint-Jérôme (2,710).
How many jobs are there in Mirabel?
Some 19,995 people worked in Mirabel at the 2021 census: 0.9 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 2,402 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Mirabel?
The 2021 census found 5.4% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Montréal metro area, is 6.9% (October 2026).
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).