Photo: Nicolas Raymond from Bethesda, Maryland, USA · CC BY 2.0Household incomes in Rawdon are lower than in 83% of Canadian towns
Out of work in May 2021: 7.4% of Rawdon’s labour force; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. Most commutes from Rawdon take well under an hour: the average is 33.8 minutes, and 18% take 60 minutes or longer. At the 2021 census, 70% of Rawdon’s 15-to-64s were in work, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%.
Rawdon at work: what stands out
Less unemployment than most towns
7.4% 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 2.9% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $62,600 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 33.8 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 18% 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.
Rawdon grades D− for jobs and income
Better than 4% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #485 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 Rawdon were working in 2021
Of the 8 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Matawinie census division, 6 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Counting those looking for work too, 55% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 51%. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 60% in October 2026. Pandemic rules were in force on census day, 11 May 2021; the Labour Force Survey shows how jobs have moved since.
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 Rawdon had more than $62,600 in 2020
Against the middle of Quebec’s towns ($74,100), Rawdon’s median is 16% below. Of the 8 other places of 2,500 or more in the Matawinie census division, 3 have a higher median. Pandemic benefits paid in 2020 lifted the incomes at the bottom, and they are counted here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Time on the road to work from Rawdon
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 31.2 minutes. The middle of Quebec’s towns averages 26.5 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 32% of commuters, against 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.
Rawdon empties a little on a working day
The job is inside the municipality for 40% of its commuters.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
60% of Rawdon’s residents in work leave it to work; Joliette takes the most
In the other direction the biggest source is Sainte-Julienne, with 240.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Leaving the car at home: 5.2% of commuters in Rawdon
Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 13% against 21%. Transit takes 0.8% of commuters, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 93% 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).
EI claims in the Matawinie census division run 42% above their 2019 level
Roughly 4.5 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. The highest month was January 2021: 3,880 people, 3 times the 2019 level.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: one figure for all of the Matawinie 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).
Rawdon on foot: a B− grade
Better than 54% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #359 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Where Rawdon sits among Canadian towns of 9,200 to 17,700
| # | 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 | Walsh Acres/Lakeridge/Garden Ridge Saskatchewan | 9,325 | 80% | 6.7% | $127K | A+ |
| 4 | Cap-Rouge Quebec | 17,139 | 81% | 4.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 6 | Boischatel Quebec | 9,250 | 85% | 4.8% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 583 | Hochelaga Quebec | 11,355 | 73% | 9% | $58K | D− |
| 584 | Brookhaven-Amesbury Ontario | 17,541 | 58% | 17% | $75K | D− |
| 585 | Rawdon Quebec | 13,099 | 70% | 7.4% | $63K | D− |
| 586 | William Whyte Manitoba | 11,432 | 42% | 18% | $48K | D− |
| 587 | Grenet Quebec | 12,580 | 66% | 12% | $67K | D− |
| … | ||||||
| 601 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Rawdon, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Jobs and income in the places around Rawdon
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rawdon | 70% | 7.4% | $63K | 33.8 min | D− | B− |
| Sainte-Julienne 9.7 km | 73% | 7.1% | $74K | 37.5 min | D | C |
| Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare 12.3 km | 79% | 7.9% | $70K | 32.6 min | C− | C+ |
| Chertsey 12.7 km | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | 42.1 min | D− | C |
| Saint-Alexis 12.9 km | 79% | 7.2% | $84K | 33.1 min | C+ | B− |
| Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez 13.3 km | 70% | 11% | $61K | 35.5 min | D− | D |
| Saint-Liguori 14.1 km | 82% | 4.1% | $80K | 28.3 min | B | D |
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 Rawdon, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Employment Insurance. Beneficiaries of Employment Insurance, month by month, for the census division rather than the town. Many jobless people don’t qualify, so it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- 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. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- 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.
- 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. Counts of workers with a fixed workplace, by where they live and where they work, both taken as whole municipalities; the jobs figure takes everyone who works here, wherever home is.
- 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 Rawdon
What is the unemployment rate in Rawdon?
At the 2021 census 7.4% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Lanaudière economic region, gives 2.9% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Rawdon?
The median household in Rawdon had $62,600 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Rawdon get to work?
Driving takes 93% of commuters to work, 0.8% take public transit, 4.1% walk and 0.3% cycle, and on census day 13% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Rawdon?
About 33.8 minutes on average, with 32% under a quarter-hour and 18% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Rawdon work?
Only 40% work in Rawdon itself; the rest go first to Joliette (305) and Montréal (280).
How many jobs are there in Rawdon?
Some 2,830 people worked in Rawdon at the 2021 census: 0.9 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 417 businesses with employees in June 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).