Photo: Cecil Adelaide · Public domainSaint-Eustache has a larger share of its working-age people in jobs than 76% of Canadian towns
Out of work in May 2021: 6% of Saint-Eustache’s labour force, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. Most commutes from Saint-Eustache take well under an hour: the average is 27.2 minutes, and 5.8% take 60 minutes or longer. Before tax, the typical household in Saint-Eustache brought in $80,300 in 2020, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900.
What sets Saint-Eustache apart on jobs and income
More people in work than most towns
With 80% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 61% of all adults employed. 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 6%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
A local job centre
18,275 people work in Saint-Eustache and 15,645 residents commute to a fixed workplace; the middle of Canadian towns has 0.8 jobs per working resident. 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.
On jobs and income, Saint-Eustache grades B
Better than 57% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #232 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.
80% of working-age people in Saint-Eustache have jobs
Of the 5 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Deux-Montagnes census division, 3 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 61%: many residents are past working age. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 62% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 65% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. 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.
Workers pour into Saint-Eustache: 13% more on a working day
15,645 residents of Saint-Eustache had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 18,275 people had theirs in Saint-Eustache, wherever they lived.
The job is inside the municipality for 34% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
13,018 people come into Saint-Eustache to work, most from Mirabel and Laval
- Mirabel1,895
- Laval1,550
- Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac1,265
- Deux-Montagnes1,215
- Montréal1,135
- Blainville665
- Boisbriand510
- Saint-Joseph-du-Lac500
- Saint-Jérôme495
- Pointe-Calumet460
- Laval3,015
- Montréal2,835
- Boisbriand670
- Mirabel605
- Blainville350
- Sainte-Thérèse320
- Deux-Montagnes305
- Dorval290
- Saint-Jérôme280
- Terrebonne230
Of everyone working in Saint-Eustache, 71% come in from elsewhere; 1,895 make the 11 km trip from Mirabel. Laval is where the largest group of commuters out goes, 3,015 of them.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
2021 Census, people with a usual place of work: where residents of Saint-Eustache work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
What households in Saint-Eustache earn
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 57% of Canadian towns.
Of the 5 other places of 2,500 or more in the Deux-Montagnes census division, 4 have a higher median. Against the middle of Quebec’s towns ($74,100), Saint-Eustache’s median is 8% above. 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).
Leaving the car at home: 7.5% of commuters in Saint-Eustache
The car is the way to work for 91% of commuters. Only 18% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. By transit: 3.6% of commuters, well above the 1.5% 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.
How long the commute from Saint-Eustache takes
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 24.3 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 28%, fewer than the 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
EI claims in the Deux-Montagnes census division run 39% 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 rose by 1%. January 2021 was the busiest month, with 6,100 people on EI, 3.9 times 2019’s average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries published for the Deux-Montagnes census division, not by town. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Saint-Eustache earns A− for walkability
Better than 84% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #203 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Out of 108 Canadian towns of 33,300 to 64,200, Saint-Eustache comes 39th on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whitehorse Yukon | 34,129 | 82% | 5.6% | $112K | A+ |
| 2 | Arcola East Saskatchewan | 33,823 | 79% | 7.7% | $123K | A+ |
| 3 | Dieppe New Brunswick | 35,986 | 79% | 6.7% | $87K | A |
| 4 | Neufchatel Est—Lebourgneuf Quebec | 37,164 | 83% | 6.2% | $83K | A |
| 5 | Boucherville Quebec | 41,910 | 82% | 5.2% | $111K | A |
| 6 | Val-d'Or Quebec | 33,353 | 81% | 4.5% | $76K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 37 | Port Moody British Columbia | 38,285 | 78% | 7.1% | $116K | B |
| 38 | Fabreville Quebec | 48,457 | 77% | 7.7% | $95K | B |
| 39 | Saint-Eustache Quebec | 47,562 | 80% | 6% | $80K | B |
| 40 | Saint-Hyacinthe Quebec | 60,874 | 80% | 6.1% | $62K | B |
| 41 | Penticton British Columbia | 39,068 | 75% | 8.4% | $68K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 108 | Sainte-Marie Quebec | 33,699 | 72% | 11% | $55K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Saint-Eustache, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Around Saint-Eustache: jobs, pay and the commute
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Eustache | 80% | 6% | $80K | 27.2 min | B | A− |
| Deux-Montagnes 3.1 km | 79% | 6.3% | $85K | 31.2 min | B− | A |
| Laval-Ouest 3.7 km | 73% | 8.6% | $87K | 31.9 min | C | A |
| Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac 5.5 km | 82% | 5.2% | $97K | 31.3 min | B+ | A− |
| Fabreville 6.1 km | 77% | 7.7% | $95K | 29.2 min | B | A− |
| Boisbriand 6.4 km | 78% | 7% | $87K | 27.4 min | B | A− |
| Sainte-Dorothée 8.3 km | 78% | 8.4% | $116K | 28.5 min | B+ | 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-Eustache, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- In work. Why 15 to 64? Otherwise retirees would pull the rate down in older towns. The census can’t say how old a neighbourhood’s workers are, so the count of people in work takes every age.
- Unemployment. The share of people 15 and over in the labour force, working or looking for work, who had no job on census day in May 2021.
- Household income. Before-tax total income of the middle household for 2020, from the census. Neighbourhood medians are worked out from bracket counts, since Statistics Canada publishes none of their own.
- Trip times. One way, on a usual day, from the census’s travel-time bands. Band midpoints overstate it a little next to the figure Statistics Canada times.
- Where people commute. Only people with a usual place of work are in it: those who work from home or have no fixed site are not. Home and work are both counted by municipality.
- Employment Insurance. A monthly count of Employment Insurance beneficiaries for the whole census division. It tracks the local job market, but it is not an unemployment rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Sampled each month and released for regions rather than towns, so its rate describes the area around the town.
- 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 Saint-Eustache
What is the average household income in Saint-Eustache?
Before tax, half the households in Saint-Eustache had more than $80,300 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Saint-Eustache get to work?
By car: 91% of commuters, 3.6% take public transit, 3.4% walk and 0.5% cycle; on census day 18% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Saint-Eustache?
27.2 minutes is the average trip, with 28% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 5.8% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Saint-Eustache work?
Only 34% work in Saint-Eustache itself; the rest go first to Laval (3,015) and Montréal (2,835).
How many jobs are there in Saint-Eustache?
The 2021 census counted about 18,275 people working in Saint-Eustache: 1.2 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 1,561 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Saint-Eustache?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 6% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Montréal metro area at 6.9% in 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).