Photo: BAnQ · Public domainMost of Saint-André-d'Argenteuil works elsewhere: the town has 0.5 jobs for each resident in work
The median household in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil had $69,800 before tax in 2020, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900. When the 2021 census was taken, 5.5% of people in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil who wanted a job had none, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. Getting to work from Saint-André-d'Argenteuil takes 29.6 minutes on average, an hour or more for 9.8%.
Jobs and income in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil: what the figures say
More people in work than most towns
In work at the 2021 census: 81% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 56% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
5.5% 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 ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The median household had $69,800 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 29.6 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 9.8% last an hour or longer. 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.
Saint-André-d'Argenteuil grades C+ for jobs and income
Better than 35% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #335 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 Saint-André-d'Argenteuil have a job: 81% of 15-to-64s
All 4 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Argenteuil census division have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Counting retirees, 56% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 60% in work in October 2026. Working or looking, 60% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. May 2021, when the census was taken, was a pandemic spring; unemployment has come down since, as the Labour Force Survey records.
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.
What households in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 67% of Canadian towns.
Saint-André-d'Argenteuil’s median is 6% below the middle of Quebec’s towns ($74,100). One of the 4 other places of 2,500+ in the Argenteuil census division has 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).
Commuting times in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
Trips under 15 minutes: 27%, fewer than the 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 26 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of Quebec’s towns averages 26.5 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.
The daily tide in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil runs outward
For every person who comes in to work, about 3 residents travel out. 23% of residents who commute work inside the municipality, against 70% in the middle of Canadian towns.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
77% of Saint-André-d'Argenteuil’s residents in work leave it to work; Lachute takes the most
Lachute sends the largest group the other way, 75 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Saint-André-d'Argenteuil gets to work without a car for 4.9% of commuters
Nearly everyone drives: 93% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 17% against 21%. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% 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).
EI claims in the Argenteuil census division run 43% above their 2019 level
Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 7%. At its peak, in January 2021, 2,320 people were on EI, 3.4 times the 2019 average. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 3.8 are on EI.
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). Saint-André-d'Argenteuil doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from the Argenteuil census division.
On getting around on foot, Saint-André-d'Argenteuil grades C
Better than 28% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #453 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How Saint-André-d'Argenteuil ranks: 463rd of 714 Canadian towns of 2,500 to 4,500
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 6 | Kuujjuaq Quebec | 2,766 | 78% | 4.2% | $112K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 11 | Hatley Quebec | 2,512 | 89% | 4.1% | $103K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska Quebec | 3,307 | 85% | 4.8% | $91K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 461 | Inkster-Faraday Manitoba | 3,700 | 72% | 11% | $73K | C+ |
| 462 | Lakeshore Ontario | 3,127 | 77% | 11% | $80K | C+ |
| 463 | Saint-André-d'Argenteuil Quebec | 3,300 | 81% | 5.5% | $70K | C+ |
| 464 | Princeton British Columbia | 3,050 | 69% | 11% | $66K | C+ |
| 465 | Beresford New Brunswick | 4,389 | 69% | 12% | $67K | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 714 | 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 Saint-André-d'Argenteuil, and others among Quebec’s towns.
How Saint-André-d'Argenteuil compares with the places nearby
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-André-d'Argenteuil | 81% | 5.5% | $70K | 29.6 min | C+ | C |
| Lachute 9.8 km | 69% | 8% | $57K | 26.3 min | D | B+ |
| East Hawkesbury 9.8 km | 79% | 7.3% | $80K | 29.5 min | B− | C− |
| Rigaud 10.5 km | 78% | 7.5% | $80K | 32.2 min | C | B− |
| Saint-Placide 11.6 km | 72% | 7.9% | $74K | 36 min | D | B |
| Brownsburg-Chatham 13.2 km | 73% | 9% | $66K | 28.3 min | D | C |
| Très-Saint-Rédempteur 14.6 km | 83% | 4.4% | $87K | 37.1 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 Saint-André-d'Argenteuil, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada’s monthly survey, published for metro areas and economic regions rather than towns: it gives a current rate beside the census’s 2021 one.
- 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 census-week jobless rate for residents 15 and over. Its base is the labour force, those employed plus those actively looking.
- 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.
- 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. 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.
- Employment Insurance. Monthly EI recipients across the census division: a pulse of the local job market rather than a measure of who is out of work.
- 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 Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
What is the average household income in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil?
The census puts Saint-André-d'Argenteuil at $69,800 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil get to work?
93% of commuters drive, 4.9% walk; 17% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Saint-André-d'Argenteuil?
The average commute is 29.6 minutes; 27% of trips take under 15 minutes and 9.8% an hour or more.
Where do people in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil work?
23% work in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Lachute (260), then Mirabel (105).
How many jobs are there in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil?
The 2021 census found about 525 people with their usual workplace in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil, or 0.5 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. Statistics Canada counted 98 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil?
The 2021 census found 5.5% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Laurentides economic region, is 4.5% (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).