Photo: Guillaume Hébert-Jodoin · CC BY 3.0Working-age people in Rougemont are more likely to have a job than in 78% of Canadian towns
Jobs located in Rougemont: 1,485, for 930 residents with a usual workplace. Median household income in Rougemont was $80,000 in 2020, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900. Joblessness at the 2021 census: 4.2% of Rougemont’s labour force, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Work in Rougemont, in a few figures
More people in work than most towns
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 81% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 65%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
The Labour Force Survey had the area at 4.3% in October 2026; on census day in 2021 the town’s own rate was 4.2%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
A local job centre
With 1,485 jobs based in Rougemont and 930 working residents, the ratio compares with 0.8 in the middle of Canadian towns. The daily tide ↓
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 Rougemont earn A−
Better than 75% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #138 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.
Rougemont at work: 81% of people aged 15 to 64
None of the 6 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Rouville census division has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 62% in October 2026. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 68% of residents that age. Counting retirees, 65% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. The census caught the labour market on 11 May 2021, deep in the pandemic, so unemployment and working from home both ran above normal.
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.
Every working day, Rougemont’s workforce grows by 49%
Each resident commuting out of Rougemont is matched by about 2 coming in. The job is inside the municipality for 32% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
1,190 people come into Rougemont to work, most from Saint-Césaire and Granby
80% of the people who work in Rougemont live outside it, 220 of them in Saint-Césaire, 5 km away. Saint-Césaire is where the largest group of commuters out goes, 95 of them.
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 Rougemont earn
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 56% of Canadian towns.
One of the 6 other places of 2,500+ in the Rouville census division has a higher median. The middle of Quebec’s towns is $74,100, and Rougemont is 8% above it. 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).
Without a car, 13% of Rougemont’s commuters get to work
Only 15% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. Fewer drive than in the middle of Quebec’s towns: 86% against 90%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
A shorter commute than the middle of Canadian towns: 23.7 minutes from Rougemont
In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 44%, more than the 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. An hour or more: 4.7% of commuters, close to the middle of Quebec’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 20.8 minutes.
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.
EI claims in the Rouville census division run 38% above their 2019 level
That works out to around 3.7 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 3%. The count topped out in January 2021 at 2,050 people, 3.4 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: the Rouville 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).
Rougemont earns B+ for walkability
Better than 65% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #315 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Rougemont is 150th of 527 Canadian towns of 2,500 to 3,800 people for jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Mount Royal Alberta | 2,758 | 83% | 12% | $188K | A+ |
| 2 | Central River Heights Manitoba | 2,736 | 84% | 5.4% | $137K | A+ |
| 3 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 5 | Kuujjuaq Quebec | 2,766 | 78% | 4.2% | $112K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 10 | Hatley Quebec | 2,512 | 89% | 4.1% | $103K | A+ |
| 11 | Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska Quebec | 3,307 | 85% | 4.8% | $91K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 148 | Brevoort Park Saskatchewan | 3,485 | 75% | 9.4% | $83K | A− |
| 149 | Saint-Jean-Baptiste Quebec | 3,332 | 87% | 3.9% | $80K | A− |
| 150 | Rougemont Quebec | 2,832 | 81% | 4.2% | $80K | A− |
| 151 | Vanscoy No. 345 Saskatchewan | 3,029 | 85% | 5.8% | $104K | A− |
| 152 | Electoral Area B, North Okanagan British Columbia | 3,415 | 75% | 6.4% | $83K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 527 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,724 | 43% | 30% | $51K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Rougemont, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Around Rougemont: jobs, pay and the commute
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rougemont | 81% | 4.2% | $80K | 23.7 min | A− | B+ |
| Saint-Césaire 4.7 km | 86% | 5.4% | $73K | 23 min | A− | A− |
| Sainte-Angèle-de-Monnoir 5.7 km | 89% | 4.3% | $82K | 27.2 min | A− | C |
| Saint-Damase 9.1 km | 86% | 4.6% | $82K | 22.7 min | A | B+ |
| Marieville 9.2 km | 85% | 4.7% | $78K | 28.5 min | B | B+ |
| Saint-Jean-Baptiste 9.9 km | 87% | 3.9% | $80K | 26.6 min | A− | B+ |
| Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford 12.7 km | 81% | 4.2% | $79K | 22.6 min | A− | C+ |
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 Rougemont, 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.
- Where people commute. Who travels where, from the census: workers with a regular workplace, sorted by the municipality they live in and the one they work in.
- Employment Insurance. People receiving EI benefits each month, counted for the census division. It follows the local job market; 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. Of everyone 15 or older who was working or job-hunting in the census week, the part still looking. Someone not seeking work isn’t in it at all.
- Household income. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- Which towns we compare. Every town and city neighbourhood with 2,500 residents or more; whole cities and First Nations reserves are left out. Each middle figure is a median.
Questions about work in Rougemont
How long is the commute from Rougemont?
About 23.7 minutes on average, with 44% under a quarter-hour and 4.7% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Rougemont work?
32% work in Rougemont itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Saint-Césaire (95), then Marieville (75).
How many jobs are there in Rougemont?
Some 1,485 people worked in Rougemont at the 2021 census: 1.6 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 121 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Rougemont?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 4.2% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Montérégie economic region at 4.3% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Rougemont?
The median household in Rougemont had $80,000 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Rougemont get to work?
Driving takes 86% of commuters to work, 12% walk and 1.3% cycle, and on census day 15% of those in work were at home.
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).