Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.2 jobs for each resident in work, most of Saint-Hippolyte commutes out
In May 2021, unemployment in Saint-Hippolyte reached 7.2%, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns. An hour or more each way is the commute for 12% of workers in Saint-Hippolyte; the average is 34.4 minutes. Median household income in Saint-Hippolyte was $84,300 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
Saint-Hippolyte and work: the main findings
Less unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 7.2% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 4.5%. Unemployment ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 34.4 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 12% 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-Hippolyte earns C+ for jobs and income
Better than 38% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #322 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.
In Saint-Hippolyte, 78% of the working-age population has a job
Of the 4 other places of 2,500 people or more in the La Rivière-du-Nord census division, one has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 68%. Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 63%. By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 60% of the wider area’s adults in work. The census was taken on 11 May 2021, mid-pandemic, when lockdowns had pushed unemployment up and sent many to work from 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.
How long the commute from Saint-Hippolyte takes
The middle of Quebec’s towns averages 26.5 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 14%, fewer than the 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 31.2 minutes (Statistics Canada).
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.
More go out than come in: the working day in Saint-Hippolyte
3,760 residents of Saint-Hippolyte had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 900 people had theirs in Saint-Hippolyte, wherever they lived.
Outbound commuters outnumber inbound ones about 8 to 1. 14% 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.
86% of Saint-Hippolyte’s residents in work leave it to work; Saint-Jérôme takes the most
- Saint-Jérôme1,215
- Montréal290
- Mirabel280
- Laval200
- Prévost170
- Blainville95
- Saint-Sauveur95
- Sainte-Thérèse85
- Boisbriand80
- Saint-Eustache75
Coming the other way, Saint-Jérôme sends the most (110).
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-Hippolyte work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
What households in Saint-Hippolyte earn
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 65% of Canadian towns.
Of the 4 other places of 2,500 or more in the La Rivière-du-Nord census division, 2 have a higher median. Saint-Hippolyte’s median is 14% above the middle of Quebec’s towns ($74,100). 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).
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 1.8% of Saint-Hippolyte’s commuters
Only 17% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Few ride transit: 0.8%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. Nearly everyone drives: 97% 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).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
In the La Rivière-du-Nord census division, 38% more people receive EI than in 2019
Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 7%. In January 2021 it reached 9,570, the most in the series and 3.8 times the 2019 average. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 3.7 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). For EI beneficiaries, the only official count covers all of the La Rivière-du-Nord census division, Saint-Hippolyte included.
Walkability in Saint-Hippolyte: graded D
Better than 15% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #488 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Among Canadian towns of 8,800 to 16,900, Saint-Hippolyte ranks 379th of 611 for jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 5 | Boischatel Quebec | 9,250 | 85% | 4.8% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 9 | L'Aéroport Quebec | 13,630 | 84% | 5.2% | $90K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 377 | Shelburne Ontario | 10,767 | 75% | 10% | $99K | C+ |
| 378 | Professors Lake Ontario | 10,335 | 71% | 13% | $114K | C+ |
| 379 | Saint-Hippolyte Quebec | 12,550 | 78% | 7.2% | $84K | C+ |
| 380 | West Grey Ontario | 14,355 | 78% | 7.8% | $78K | C+ |
| 381 | Humewood-Cedarvale Ontario | 13,978 | 77% | 11% | $85K | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 611 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Saint-Hippolyte, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Work in the places around Saint-Hippolyte
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Hippolyte | 78% | 7.2% | $84K | 34.4 min | C+ | D |
| Prévost 6.3 km | 80% | 6.2% | $96K | 29.5 min | B+ | C+ |
| Sainte-Sophie 9.7 km | 79% | 5.7% | $84K | 34.9 min | C+ | C− |
| Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs 10.1 km | 81% | 6.6% | $94K | 34.1 min | B | C |
| Piedmont 10.3 km | 78% | 12% | $78K | 30.6 min | C+ | B− |
| Sainte-Adèle 12.5 km | 78% | 9% | $69K | 30.2 min | C− | B |
| Saint-Jérôme 12.6 km | 75% | 7.1% | $63K | 26.8 min | C− | B+ |
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-Hippolyte, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- Household income. What the median household took in during 2020 before tax, as the census recorded it; an estimate built from income groups when the place is a neighbourhood.
- Trip times. Our average assumes everyone in, say, the 15-to-29-minute band takes 22 minutes. Across all the bands that runs a shade above Statistics Canada’s measured 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. 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. 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. People in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64 (2021 Census). The census doesn’t cross work with age below the municipality, so this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood has; retirees don’t weigh on it.
- 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-Hippolyte
What is the average household income in Saint-Hippolyte?
Saint-Hippolyte’s middle household had $84,300 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Saint-Hippolyte get to work?
97% of commuters drive, 0.8% take public transit, 0.8% walk and 0.2% cycle; 17% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Saint-Hippolyte?
The average commute is 34.4 minutes; 14% of trips take under 15 minutes and 12% an hour or more.
Where do people in Saint-Hippolyte work?
14% work in Saint-Hippolyte itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Saint-Jérôme (1,215), then Montréal (290).
How many jobs are there in Saint-Hippolyte?
The 2021 census found about 900 people with their usual workplace in Saint-Hippolyte, or 0.2 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. Statistics Canada counted 348 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Saint-Hippolyte?
At the 2021 census 7.2% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Laurentides economic region, gives 4.5% 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).