Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Pointe-Calumet has 0.1 jobs for every resident in work, so most leave town for work
The 2021 census put unemployment in Pointe-Calumet at 5.7%; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. From Pointe-Calumet, the drive or ride to work averages 31.3 minutes, with 5.6% going an hour or longer. Half the households in Pointe-Calumet had more than $78,600 in 2020, before tax, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns.
What sets Pointe-Calumet apart on jobs and income
More people in work than most towns
Counting everyone 15 and over, 65% were in work at the 2021 census; among those aged 15 to 64 it was 79%, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
5.7% of the labour force was out of work at the 2021 census (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns); the Labour Force Survey had the area at 6.9% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 31.3 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 5.6% 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 and income in Pointe-Calumet earn C+
Better than 37% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #324 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 Pointe-Calumet, 79% of the working-age population has a job
None of the 5 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Deux-Montagnes census division has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 65% of residents 15 and over were in work. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 62% in October 2026. The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 69%. The census was taken on 11 May 2021, mid-pandemic, when lockdowns had pushed unemployment up and sent many to work from home.
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 Pointe-Calumet
The middle of Quebec’s towns averages 26.5 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 18%, fewer than the 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 27.4 minutes (Statistics Canada).
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.
Each working day, more people leave Pointe-Calumet for work than come in
About 12 residents leave for work for each person who comes in. Of those who commute, 4.9% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
95% of Pointe-Calumet’s residents in work leave it to work; Laval takes the most
Of those coming in, Laval supplies the most: 35.
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 Pointe-Calumet earn
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 53% of Canadian towns.
Set beside Quebec’s towns, where the median is $74,100, Pointe-Calumet sits 6% above. Every other place of 2,500 or more in the Deux-Montagnes census division has a higher median. Pandemic support paid in 2020, CERB first among it, is part of these before-tax incomes.
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: 2.8% of commuters in Pointe-Calumet
Home was the workplace for 12%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Few ride transit: 1.4%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. Nearly everyone drives: 96% 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).
In the Deux-Montagnes census division, 39% more people receive EI than in 2019
Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 1%. January 2021 was the busiest month, with 6,100 people on EI, 3.9 times 2019’s average. That is about 3.7 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. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100). Pointe-Calumet shares its EI beneficiaries numbers with the rest of the Deux-Montagnes census division.
Walkability in Pointe-Calumet: graded C+
Better than 38% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #422 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Out of 707 Canadian towns of 4,500 to 8,700, Pointe-Calumet comes 468th on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 3 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 21 | Chibougamau Quebec | 7,273 | 82% | 3.7% | $85K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 25 | Shannon Quebec | 7,088 | 81% | 3.7% | $113K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 32 | Saint-Antonin Quebec | 4,633 | 85% | 3.9% | $76K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 466 | Tweddle Place Alberta | 5,211 | 64% | 14% | $86K | C+ |
| 467 | Westview Village Alberta | 6,590 | 63% | 15% | $83K | C+ |
| 468 | Pointe-Calumet Quebec | 6,427 | 79% | 5.7% | $79K | C+ |
| 469 | Lowertown West Ontario | 5,947 | 72% | 11% | $75K | C+ |
| 470 | Kildare-Redonda Manitoba | 8,294 | 75% | 8.8% | $78K | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 707 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Pointe-Calumet, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Next to Pointe-Calumet: how nearby places compare
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pointe-Calumet | 79% | 5.7% | $79K | 31.3 min | C+ | C+ |
| Saint-Joseph-du-Lac 2.8 km | 82% | 5.3% | $94K | 29.5 min | B+ | B |
| Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac 4.7 km | 82% | 5.2% | $97K | 31.3 min | B+ | A− |
| Oka 7.2 km | 80% | 6.7% | $86K | 30.9 min | B− | B |
| L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève 7.3 km | 78% | 7.5% | $99K | 30.7 min | B | A |
| Deux-Montagnes 7.8 km | 79% | 6.3% | $85K | 31.2 min | B− | A |
| Pierrefonds-Ouest 8.4 km | 74% | 9.5% | $96K | 29.2 min | B− | A |
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 Pointe-Calumet, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Statistics Canada counts EI beneficiaries each month by census division. Seasonal work makes it swing, so read it as a trend, not a jobless 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. People in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64 (2021 Census). The census doesn’t cross work with age below the municipality, so this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood has; retirees don’t weigh on it.
- 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. 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. One way, on a usual day, from the census’s travel-time bands. Band midpoints overstate it a little next to the figure Statistics Canada times.
- Which towns we compare. The comparison pool is places of 2,500 people or more, towns or neighbourhoods inside cities, without whole cities or reserves, and we compare with its median.
Questions about work in Pointe-Calumet
What is the average household income in Pointe-Calumet?
Before tax, half the households in Pointe-Calumet had more than $78,600 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Pointe-Calumet get to work?
96% of commuters go by car, 1.4% take public transit, 0.9% walk and 0.5% cycle. On census day 12% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Pointe-Calumet?
On average 31.3 minutes; 18% take under 15 minutes and 5.6% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Pointe-Calumet work?
Only 4.9% work in Pointe-Calumet itself; the rest go first to Laval (485) and Saint-Eustache (460).
How many jobs are there in Pointe-Calumet?
About 285 people had their usual place of work in Pointe-Calumet at the 2021 census, 0.1 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 123 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Pointe-Calumet?
The 2021 census found 5.7% 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).