Photo: Anna Frodesiak · Public domainHouseholds in Sainte-Adèle have lower incomes than those in 69% of Canadian towns
In Sainte-Adèle, 78% of residents aged 15 to 64 were working in May 2021, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%. Commutes from Sainte-Adèle average 30.2 minutes, and 13% take an hour or more. Census day 2021 found 9% of Sainte-Adèle’s labour force without a job; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
Jobs and income in Sainte-Adèle: what the figures say
Lower incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $68,900 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 30.2 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.
Sainte-Adèle grades C− for jobs and income
Better than 25% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #380 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.
What households earned in Sainte-Adèle: $68,900 in 2020
Set beside Quebec’s towns, where the median is $74,100, Sainte-Adèle sits 7% below. 4 of the 6 other places of 2,500+ in the Les Pays-d'en-Haut census division have a higher median. CERB and the other emergency payments of 2020 are counted in these incomes, which lifted the lower ones 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).
How long the commute from Sainte-Adèle takes
In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 29%, fewer than the 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 27.3 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.
More of Sainte-Adèle’s workers leave each day than arrive
3,945 residents of Sainte-Adèle had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 2,705 people had theirs in Sainte-Adèle, wherever they lived.
About 2 residents leave for work for each person who comes in. Of those who commute, 30% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
70% of Sainte-Adèle’s residents in work leave it to work; Saint-Jérôme takes the most
- Saint-Jérôme515
- Saint-Sauveur445
- Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts310
- Montréal300
- Laval215
- Mirabel130
- Piedmont110
- Val-David70
- Prévost65
- Blainville60
Inbound, the leader is Saint-Jérôme (165).
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 Sainte-Adèle work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
How many in Sainte-Adèle were working in 2021
Of the 6 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Les Pays-d'en-Haut census division, 3 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 54% were working. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 60% in October 2026. Working or looking, 60% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. These are census figures from May 2021, during COVID’s third wave; jobs have recovered since, which the Labour Force Survey shows.
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.
6% of commuters from Sainte-Adèle go without a car
21% worked at home on census day, about the same as in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit takes 1.7% of commuters, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. The car is the way to work for 92% of commuters.
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 Les Pays-d'en-Haut census division, 18% more people receive EI than in 2019
The count topped out in January 2021 at 2,890 people, 3.8 times the 2019 average. That works out to around 3 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 6%.
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 Les Pays-d'en-Haut census division, Sainte-Adèle included.
Sainte-Adèle on foot: a B grade
Better than 59% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #339 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
413th of 549: where Sainte-Adèle ranks among Canadian towns of 10,700 to 20,500
| # | 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 | Central Saanich British Columbia | 18,184 | 85% | 4.9% | $103K | A+ |
| 4 | Cap-Rouge Quebec | 17,139 | 81% | 4.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 9 | L'Aéroport Quebec | 13,630 | 84% | 5.2% | $90K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 411 | Arbutus Ridge British Columbia | 15,083 | 64% | 9.6% | $89K | C− |
| 412 | Southgate Ontario | 11,599 | 73% | 7.8% | $86K | C− |
| 413 | Sainte-Adèle Quebec | 15,216 | 78% | 9% | $69K | C− |
| 414 | Fairview Nova Scotia | 16,296 | 69% | 13% | $63K | C− |
| 415 | A-B-C-D-Section (bramalea) Ontario | 16,400 | 65% | 15% | $95K | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 549 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Sainte-Adèle, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Work in the places around Sainte-Adèle
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Adèle | 78% | 9% | $69K | 30.2 min | C− | B |
| Piedmont 6.4 km | 78% | 12% | $78K | 30.6 min | C+ | B− |
| Val-Morin 6.7 km | 73% | 11% | $67K | 26.9 min | C− | C+ |
| Saint-Sauveur 7.8 km | 76% | 9.1% | $71K | 30.3 min | C− | B |
| Val-David 9.3 km | 73% | 12% | $64K | 27.3 min | C− | B |
| Morin-Heights 9.5 km | 78% | 7.8% | $87K | 31.4 min | C+ | C |
| Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson 11.1 km | 68% | 7.5% | $67K | 32.4 min | D | C |
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 Sainte-Adèle, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.
- 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 Sainte-Adèle
How do people in Sainte-Adèle get to work?
By car: 92% of commuters, 1.7% take public transit, 3.9% walk and 0.4% cycle; on census day 21% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Sainte-Adèle?
30.2 minutes is the average trip, with 29% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 13% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Sainte-Adèle work?
Only 30% work in Sainte-Adèle itself; the rest go first to Saint-Jérôme (515) and Saint-Sauveur (445).
How many jobs are there in Sainte-Adèle?
The 2021 census counted about 2,705 people working in Sainte-Adèle: 0.7 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 540 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Sainte-Adèle?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 9% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Laurentides economic region at 4.5% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Sainte-Adèle?
The median household in Sainte-Adèle had $68,900 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
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).