Photo: Judicieux · CC BY-SA 4.0Sillery has higher household incomes than 96% of Canadian towns
37% of its workers worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. On average, people in Sillery spend 19.5 minutes getting to work, next to 26 for the middle of Canadian towns. In Sillery, 81% of residents aged 15 to 64 were working in May 2021, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%.
Where Sillery stands out on work
More people in work than most towns
81% 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 56%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
6.2% 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 4.5% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $119,800 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 19.5 minutes; the middle of Canadian towns is 26. Getting to work ↓
Many work from home
On census day, 37% of those in work were working at home; the middle of Canadian towns is 21%. Getting 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 Sillery earn A+
Better than almost every Canadian town on three measures together, #2 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.
Who in Sillery has a job
Of the 36 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Québec census division, 22 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 60%. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 56%: many residents are past working age. For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 63% in work in October 2026. These are census figures from May 2021, during COVID’s third wave; jobs have recovered since, which the Labour Force Survey shows.
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.
Half the households in Sillery had more than $119,800 in 2020
One of the 36 other places of 2,500+ in the Québec census division has a higher median. Against the middle of Quebec’s towns ($74,100), Sillery’s median is 62% above. Read the incomes as 2020’s, before tax: pandemic benefits such as CERB are in them, and they raised many low incomes for 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).
24% of commuters in Sillery walk, cycle or take transit
Transit takes 8.1% of commuters, above the 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. By bike: 4.8% of commuters, well above the 0.5% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. 72% drive to work, fewer than the 90% in the middle of Quebec’s 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.
In the Québec census division, 36% more people receive EI than in 2019
In January 2021 it reached 30,440, the most in the series and 4.8 times the 2019 average. That works out to around 2.6 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 3%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Data for EI beneficiaries covers the Québec 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).
On getting around on foot, Sillery grades A+
Better than almost every Canadian town on two measures together, #91 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Out of 581 Canadian towns of 9,800 to 18,800, Sillery comes 2nd on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 14 | Saint-Michel Quebec | 17,303 | 83% | 4.7% | $98K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 16 | Saint-Émile Quebec | 16,893 | 82% | 4.3% | $105K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 581 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Sillery, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Work next door to Sillery
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sillery | 81% | 6.2% | $120K | 19.5 min | A+ | A+ |
| Saint-Sacrement 2.1 km | 79% | 7.4% | $62K | 21.2 min | B− | A+ |
| Cité-Universitaire 2.5 km | 67% | 10% | $54K | 20.6 min | C− | A+ |
| Saint-Louis 3.3 km | 81% | 7.5% | $78K | 21.7 min | A− | A+ |
| Montcalm 3.4 km | 80% | 9.7% | $70K | 20.7 min | B+ | A+ |
| Lévis 3.5 km | 84% | 5.3% | $84K | 22.5 min | A | A− |
| Saint-Sauveur 3.8 km | 73% | 9.7% | $49K | 21.3 min | C− | 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 Sillery, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Trip times. The census asks how long the trip to work usually takes, in bands; our average uses each band’s middle, so it runs a little above Statistics Canada’s timed average.
- 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. 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. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- 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. Medians over towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents. Whole cities would swamp them and reserves sit outside the rankings, so neither is in.
- Neighbourhood figures. Everything here sums the dissemination areas inside Sillery’s lines, since the census has no neighbourhood profile; where people commute is on Québec’s page.
Questions about work in Sillery
How do people in Sillery get to work?
72% of commuters go by car, 8.1% take public transit, 11% walk and 4.8% cycle. On census day 37% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How many jobs are there in Sillery?
There is no count for a neighbourhood: the jobs figure, and where commuters go, are published for Québec as one municipality.
What is the unemployment rate in Sillery?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 6.2% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Québec metro area at 4.5% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Sillery?
The census puts Sillery at $119,800 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (Census Profile) · 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).