Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.4 jobs for each resident in work, most of Saint-Constant commutes out
The 2021 census put unemployment in Saint-Constant at 5.4%; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. An hour or more each way is the commute for 4.8% of workers in Saint-Constant; the average is 28.6 minutes. Half the households in Saint-Constant had more than $101,400 in 2020, before tax, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns.
What stands out about work in Saint-Constant
More people in work than most towns
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 82% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 68%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
The Labour Force Survey had the area at 6.9% in October 2026; on census day in 2021 the town’s own rate was 5.4%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household had $101,400 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
On jobs and income, Saint-Constant grades A−
Better than 81% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #100 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.
In Saint-Constant, 82% of the working-age population has a job
Of the 10 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Roussillon census division, 6 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Working or looking, 72% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 68%: many residents are past working age. In October 2026, 62% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. The figures are a snapshot of 11 May 2021, when pandemic rules still kept many people out of work or at 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.
What households in Saint-Constant earn
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 87% of Canadian towns.
Against the middle of Quebec’s towns ($74,100), Saint-Constant’s median is 37% above. Of the 10 other places of 2,500 or more in the Roussillon census division, 2 have a higher median. Incomes here are 2020’s and include the pandemic payments, CERB among them, that propped up the lower end.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Saint-Constant is quieter on a working day than at night
Each person commuting in is matched by about 4 residents going out. 17% 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.
83% of Saint-Constant’s residents in work leave it to work; Montréal takes the most
- Sainte-Catherine535
- Delson195
- Longueuil170
- Candiac155
- Montréal150
- Châteauguay130
- Saint-Rémi130
- La Prairie120
- Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu95
- Brossard90
- Montréal2,885
- Longueuil785
- Candiac680
- Delson595
- Brossard535
- Sainte-Catherine495
- Châteauguay460
- La Prairie385
- Boucherville220
- Saint-Rémi185
Sainte-Catherine sends the largest group the other way, 535 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Saint-Constant gets to work without a car for 8.8% of commuters
More people take transit to work here than in the middle of Quebec’s towns: 5.8% against 1.5%. The car is the way to work for 90% of commuters. Home was the workplace for 22%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 21%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
How long the commute from Saint-Constant takes
Trips under 15 minutes: 22%, fewer than the 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 25.3 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 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.
31% more people are on EI in the Roussillon census division than in 2019
In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 2%. At its peak, in January 2021, 9,250 people were on EI, 3.7 times the 2019 average. Roughly 3.3 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Not measured by town: EI beneficiaries (the Roussillon 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).
Saint-Constant on foot: a A grade
Better than 88% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #174 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Out of 225 Canadian towns of 22,500 to 43,400, Saint-Constant comes 29th on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yellowknife Northwest Territories | 22,858 | 80% | 5.8% | $148K | A+ |
| 2 | Whitehorse Yukon | 34,129 | 82% | 5.6% | $112K | A+ |
| 3 | Arcola East Saskatchewan | 33,823 | 79% | 7.7% | $123K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 5 | Val-Bélair Quebec | 30,003 | 84% | 4.3% | $96K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 7 | Sainte-Julie Quebec | 30,981 | 84% | 4.7% | $107K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 11 | Neufchatel Est—Lebourgneuf Quebec | 37,164 | 83% | 6.2% | $83K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 27 | Cranbrook British Columbia | 22,703 | 76% | 7.4% | $81K | A− |
| 28 | Riley Park British Columbia | 23,682 | 80% | 7.1% | $107K | A− |
| 29 | Saint-Constant Quebec | 32,124 | 82% | 5.4% | $101K | A− |
| 30 | Outremont Quebec | 24,629 | 76% | 9.3% | $108K | A− |
| 31 | Chambly Quebec | 31,870 | 84% | 4.5% | $101K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 225 | Parc-Extension Quebec | 29,066 | 61% | 16% | $48K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Saint-Constant, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Jobs and income in the places around Saint-Constant
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Constant | 82% | 5.4% | $101K | 28.6 min | A− | A |
| Sainte-Catherine 2.5 km | 81% | 5.6% | $88K | 26.8 min | B+ | A |
| Delson 2.5 km | 81% | 5.2% | $87K | 26.9 min | B+ | A |
| Candiac 5.4 km | 80% | 5.4% | $112K | 27 min | A | A− |
| Sault-Saint-Louis 6.5 km | 73% | 10% | $66K | 31.2 min | D | A+ |
| Cecil-P.-Newman 7.2 km | 69% | 12% | $64K | 31.7 min | D− | A+ |
| Desmarchais-Crawford 7.7 km | 77% | 8.6% | $73K | 31 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 Saint-Constant, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Commuters picked a band for their usual trip (under 15 minutes, 15 to 29, and so on). We place each person at the middle of their band, which lands a little above Statistics Canada’s own 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. 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. 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.
- In work. We divide the number of employed residents by the number aged 15 to 64. Workers past 64 still count on top, because the 2021 Census crosses work with age only for whole municipalities; in return, a retirement town’s pensioners don’t drag the rate down.
- Which towns we compare. Comparisons are with the median of Canadian towns and city neighbourhoods counting 2,500 people or more, reserves and entire cities excluded.
Questions about work in Saint-Constant
How many jobs are there in Saint-Constant?
The 2021 census found about 4,205 people with their usual workplace in Saint-Constant, or 0.4 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. Statistics Canada counted 656 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Saint-Constant?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Montréal metro area at 6.9%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 5.4%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Saint-Constant?
The median household in Saint-Constant had $101,400 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Saint-Constant get to work?
90% of commuters drive, 5.8% take public transit, 2.1% walk and 0.9% cycle; 22% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Saint-Constant?
The average commute is 28.6 minutes; 22% of trips take under 15 minutes and 4.8% an hour or more.
Where do people in Saint-Constant work?
Only 17% work in Saint-Constant itself; the rest go first to Montréal (2,885) and Longueuil (785).
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).