Photo: Antho116 · CC BY-SA 3.0The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Saint-Sulpice tops that of 94% of Canadian towns
Median household income in Saint-Sulpice was $83,200 in 2020, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900. From Saint-Sulpice, the drive or ride to work averages 32.8 minutes, with 13% going an hour or longer. Unemployment in Saint-Sulpice stood at 4.3% on census day 2021, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What Saint-Sulpice’s work numbers say
More people in work than most towns
In work at the 2021 census: 86% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 68% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 4.3% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 6.9% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 32.8 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 13% take an hour or more. 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.
Jobs and income in Saint-Sulpice earn B
Better than 58% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #231 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-Sulpice, 86% of the working-age population has a job
All 4 other places of 2,500 people or more in the L'Assomption census division have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 68%: many residents are past working age. For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 62% in work in October 2026. Working or looking, 71% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. 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.
The length of the trip to work in Saint-Sulpice
Only 20% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 29.7 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
Saint-Sulpice is quieter on a working day than at night
1,255 residents of Saint-Sulpice had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 295 people had theirs in Saint-Sulpice, wherever they lived.
It sends out some 6 workers for every one it takes in. 9.2% 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.
91% of Saint-Sulpice’s residents in work leave it to work; Montréal takes the most
- Montréal330
- Repentigny285
- Terrebonne140
- L'Assomption105
- Joliette70
- Lavaltrie45
- Mascouche30
- Laval25
- Montréal-Est25
- Charlemagne15
In the other direction the biggest source is Repentigny, with 45.
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-Sulpice work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
How Saint-Sulpice’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 63% of Canadian towns.
2 of the 4 other places of 2,500+ in the L'Assomption census division have a higher median. Set beside Quebec’s towns, where the median is $74,100, Saint-Sulpice sits 12% above. 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).
3.6% of commuters in Saint-Sulpice walk, cycle or take transit
The car is the way to work for 96% of commuters. Only 15% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Few ride transit: 1.5%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%.
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 L'Assomption census division, 34% more people receive EI than in 2019
At its peak, in January 2021, 6,730 people were on EI, 3.8 times the 2019 average. Roughly 3.6 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 1%.
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 L'Assomption census division, Saint-Sulpice included.
Everyday places on foot in Saint-Sulpice: B−
Better than 51% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #370 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
331st of 769: where Saint-Sulpice ranks among Canadian towns of 2,600 to 5,000
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 7 | Kuujjuaq Quebec | 2,766 | 78% | 4.2% | $112K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska Quebec | 3,307 | 85% | 4.8% | $91K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 24 | Saint-Elzéar Quebec | 2,842 | 90% | 3.8% | $89K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 329 | Greenbelt (east) Ontario | 3,094 | 57% | 9.6% | $129K | B |
| 330 | Sutton Quebec | 4,775 | 83% | 6.6% | $66K | B |
| 331 | Saint-Sulpice Quebec | 3,688 | 86% | 4.3% | $83K | B |
| 332 | Shuniah Ontario | 3,458 | 76% | 8.5% | $111K | B |
| 333 | Leila North Manitoba | 3,966 | 77% | 8.3% | $86K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 769 | 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-Sulpice, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Work in the places around Saint-Sulpice
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Sulpice | 86% | 4.3% | $83K | 32.8 min | B | B− |
| L'Assomption 5.1 km | 81% | 5.1% | $87K | 32.7 min | B− | B+ |
| Verchères 6.2 km | 84% | 4.7% | $90K | 28 min | A− | A |
| Lavaltrie 8.2 km | 78% | 6% | $83K | 32.2 min | C+ | B− |
| Repentigny 10 km | 80% | 5.9% | $91K | 31.8 min | B− | A |
| L'Épiphanie 10.2 km | 78% | 7% | $79K | 31.8 min | C | B |
| Contrecoeur 11.6 km | 81% | 5.9% | $82K | 30.7 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-Sulpice, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Trip times. How long getting to work normally takes, averaged from the census’s time bands at their middles; expect it to read slightly high against the timed figure.
- Where people commute. Built from the census table that pairs each worker’s home municipality with their workplace municipality. A job here means someone who usually works in the municipality, local or not.
- 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. 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. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. Towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500 people or more, never a whole city and never a First Nations reserve. Middles are medians.
Questions about work in Saint-Sulpice
What is the average household income in Saint-Sulpice?
Before tax, half the households in Saint-Sulpice had more than $83,200 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Saint-Sulpice get to work?
96% of commuters drive, 1.5% take public transit, 1.2% walk and 0.9% cycle; 15% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Saint-Sulpice?
The average commute is 32.8 minutes; 20% of trips take under 15 minutes and 13% an hour or more.
Where do people in Saint-Sulpice work?
Only 9.2% work in Saint-Sulpice itself; the rest go first to Montréal (330) and Repentigny (285).
How many jobs are there in Saint-Sulpice?
The 2021 census found about 295 people with their usual workplace in Saint-Sulpice, or 0.2 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 118 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Saint-Sulpice?
The census put unemployment at 4.3% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Montréal metro area at 6.9%.
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).