Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Prévost works elsewhere: the town has 0.5 jobs for each resident in work
The 2021 census put unemployment in Prévost at 6.2%; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. An hour or more each way is the commute for 8.2% of workers in Prévost; the average is 29.5 minutes. Half the households in Prévost had more than $95,900 in 2020, before tax, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns.
What the numbers say about work in Prévost
More people in work than most towns
In work at the 2021 census: 80% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 62% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 6.2% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 4.5% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 29.5 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 8.2% 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Prévost: B+
Better than 68% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #174 of 507 in Quebec.
Its strongest measure is household income; 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.
Work for 80% of 15-to-64s in Prévost
Of the 4 other places of 2,500 people or more in the La Rivière-du-Nord census division, 3 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 62%. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 60% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 66%. 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.
The length of the trip to work in Prévost
Timed exactly, the average is 26.6 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of Quebec’s towns averages 26.5 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 23%, 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.
Each working day, more people leave Prévost for work than come in
Each person commuting in is matched by about 3 residents going out. The job is inside the municipality for 18% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
83% of Prévost’s residents in work leave it to work; Saint-Jérôme takes the most
- Saint-Jérôme1,395
- Mirabel370
- Montréal300
- Saint-Sauveur280
- Laval270
- Blainville160
- Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts160
- Boisbriand115
- Sainte-Adèle115
- Sainte-Thérèse105
In the other direction the biggest source is Saint-Jérôme, with 440.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Household income in Prévost
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 82% of Canadian towns.
One of the 4 other places of 2,500+ in the La Rivière-du-Nord census division has a higher median. Set beside Quebec’s towns, where the median is $74,100, Prévost sits 29% 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).
2.7% of commuters from Prévost go without a car
Few ride transit: 0.7%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. Nearly everyone drives: 96% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Home was the workplace for 17%, under the 21% 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).
38% more people are on EI in the La Rivière-du-Nord census division than in 2019
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 3.7 receive EI. Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 7%. The count topped out in January 2021 at 9,570 people, 3.8 times the 2019 average.
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). Nobody publishes EI beneficiaries for Prévost alone, so this card uses the figure for the La Rivière-du-Nord census division.
Walkability in Prévost: graded C+
Better than 42% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #403 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Ranked on jobs and income, Prévost is 158th among 567 Canadian towns of 10,000 to 19,300
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 156 | Aloha Estates British Columbia | 13,194 | 80% | 7% | $101K | B+ |
| 157 | Brookside - Briarbrook - Morgans Grant Ontario | 15,509 | 73% | 9.3% | $139K | B+ |
| 158 | Prévost Quebec | 14,275 | 80% | 6.2% | $96K | B+ |
| 159 | Findlay Creek Ontario | 14,089 | 72% | 11% | $133K | B+ |
| 160 | Mount Pleasant East Ontario | 16,373 | 77% | 11% | $115K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 567 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Prévost, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Work in the places around Prévost
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prévost | 80% | 6.2% | $96K | 29.5 min | B+ | C+ |
| Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs 4.6 km | 81% | 6.6% | $94K | 34.1 min | B | C |
| Saint-Hippolyte 6.3 km | 78% | 7.2% | $84K | 34.4 min | C+ | D |
| Piedmont 7.6 km | 78% | 12% | $78K | 30.6 min | C+ | B− |
| Saint-Jérôme 8.5 km | 75% | 7.1% | $63K | 26.8 min | C− | B+ |
| Sainte-Sophie 9.8 km | 79% | 5.7% | $84K | 34.9 min | C+ | C− |
| Saint-Sauveur 10.3 km | 76% | 9.1% | $71K | 30.3 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 Prévost, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- In work. How many residents held a job in May 2021, set against how many were 15 to 64. It reads a little high where many people work past 65, since below the municipality the census gives no breakdown of workers by age.
- 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 Prévost
Where do people in Prévost work?
Only 18% work in Prévost itself; the rest go first to Saint-Jérôme (1,395) and Mirabel (370).
How many jobs are there in Prévost?
The 2021 census found about 2,245 people with their usual workplace in Prévost, or 0.5 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 461 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Prévost?
At the 2021 census 6.2% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Laurentides economic region, gives 4.5% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Prévost?
The census puts Prévost at $95,900 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Prévost get to work?
96% of commuters drive, 0.7% take public transit, 1.6% walk and 0.4% cycle; 17% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Prévost?
The average commute is 29.5 minutes; 23% of trips take under 15 minutes and 8.2% an hour or more.
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).