Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Saint-Jérôme have lower incomes than those in 83% of Canadian towns
Most commutes from Saint-Jérôme take well under an hour: the average is 26.8 minutes, and 7.5% take 60 minutes or longer. Of Saint-Jérôme’s residents aged 15 to 64, 75% were employed when the 2021 census was taken; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. In May 2021, unemployment in Saint-Jérôme reached 7.1%, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
Work in Saint-Jérôme: the figures worth knowing
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 7.1%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $62,600 before tax in 2020, where the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
A local job centre
32,885 people work in Saint-Jérôme and 27,015 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.
Saint-Jérôme earns C− for jobs and income
Better than 19% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #403 of 507 in Quebec.
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; its weakest, household income.
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.
75% of working-age people in Saint-Jérôme have jobs
None of the 4 other places of 2,500 people or more in the La Rivière-du-Nord census division has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 62% in October 2026. 60% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 56%: many residents are past working age. Statistics Canada counted on 11 May 2021, with much of the country under pandemic rules: more people were out of work or at home than usual.
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.
Saint-Jérôme households: $62,600 a year at the median
Set beside Quebec’s towns, where the median is $74,100, Saint-Jérôme sits 16% below. Every other place of 2,500 or more in the La Rivière-du-Nord census division has a higher median. Read the incomes as 2020’s, before tax: pandemic benefits such as CERB are in them, and they raised many low incomes for that year.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Workers pour into Saint-Jérôme: 19% more on a working day
Of those who commute, 52% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
18,837 people come into Saint-Jérôme to work, most from Mirabel and Sainte-Sophie
- Mirabel2,710
- Sainte-Sophie2,155
- Saint-Colomban1,930
- Prévost1,395
- Saint-Hippolyte1,215
- Blainville1,035
- Laval810
- Montréal580
- Sainte-Adèle515
- Terrebonne375
- Mirabel2,300
- Montréal1,910
- Laval1,830
- Blainville1,025
- Boisbriand630
- Sainte-Thérèse545
- Saint-Eustache495
- Prévost440
- Saint-Sauveur430
- Sainte-Sophie330
Of everyone working in Saint-Jérôme, 57% come in from elsewhere; 2,710 make the 14 km trip from Mirabel. Going the other way, Mirabel is the biggest single destination (2,300).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Walking, cycling or transit: 7.6% of Saint-Jérôme’s commuters
Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 12% against 21%. By bus, train or subway: 2.8%, much as in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 91% 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).
Commuting times in Saint-Jérôme
Trips under 15 minutes: 34%, more than the 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 24.2 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 La Rivière-du-Nord census division run 38% above their 2019 level
Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 7%. The count topped out in January 2021 at 9,570 people, 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. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: the La Rivière-du-Nord 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).
Walkability in Saint-Jérôme: graded B+
Better than 72% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #271 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Saint-Jérôme and other Canadian towns of 59,600 to 115,000
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Langford British Columbia | 59,664 | 81% | 6.2% | $93K | A |
| 2 | St. Albert Alberta | 74,621 | 77% | 9.1% | $118K | A |
| 3 | North Vancouver British Columbia | 97,845 | 79% | 7.3% | $123K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 10 | Blainville Quebec | 61,739 | 80% | 5.6% | $105K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 12 | Mirabel Quebec | 68,471 | 83% | 5.4% | $90K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 14 | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Quebec | 100,806 | 80% | 5.8% | $75K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 43 | Niagara Falls Ontario | 113,983 | 60% | 23% | $75K | C |
| 44 | Welland Ontario | 66,480 | 65% | 15% | $72K | C− |
| 45 | Saint-Jérôme Quebec | 85,160 | 75% | 7.1% | $63K | C− |
| 46 | Cape Breton Nova Scotia | 106,752 | 59% | 20% | $63K | C− |
| 47 | Kawartha Lakes Ontario | 85,351 | 70% | 11% | $82K | C− |
| 48 | Chomedey Quebec | 81,813 | 69% | 12% | $66K | D |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Saint-Jérôme, and others among Quebec’s towns.
How Saint-Jérôme compares with the places nearby
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jérôme | 75% | 7.1% | $63K | 26.8 min | C− | B+ |
| Sainte-Sophie 7.2 km | 79% | 5.7% | $84K | 34.9 min | C+ | C− |
| Saint-Colomban 8.3 km | 80% | 5.4% | $100K | 34.5 min | B | C− |
| Prévost 8.5 km | 80% | 6.2% | $96K | 29.5 min | B+ | C+ |
| Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs 11 km | 81% | 6.6% | $94K | 34.1 min | B | C |
| Saint-Hippolyte 12.6 km | 78% | 7.2% | $84K | 34.4 min | C+ | D |
| Mirabel 14.1 km | 83% | 5.4% | $90K | 29.6 min | B+ | 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-Jérôme, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Everyone with a job, whatever their age, divided by the residents aged 15 to 64 at the 2021 Census: below the municipality the census doesn’t split work by age, and this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood can be given.
- 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. The 2020 income of the household at the midpoint, all sources and before tax. Inside a city we rebuild it from the dissemination areas’ income bands, so there it is an estimate.
- 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. 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. 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-Jérôme
How long is the commute from Saint-Jérôme?
26.8 minutes is the average trip, with 34% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 7.5% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Saint-Jérôme work?
Most stay: 52% work in Saint-Jérôme. The rest go first to Mirabel (2,300) and Montréal (1,910).
How many jobs are there in Saint-Jérôme?
The 2021 census counted about 32,885 people working in Saint-Jérôme: 1.2 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 2,329 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Saint-Jérôme?
Two figures answer it: 7.1% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 6.9% for the Montréal metro area in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Saint-Jérôme?
Before tax, half the households in Saint-Jérôme had more than $62,600 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Saint-Jérôme get to work?
By car: 91% of commuters, 2.8% take public transit, 4.3% walk and 0.5% cycle; on census day 12% of those in work worked from 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).