Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.3 jobs for each resident in work, most of Val-Morin commutes out
The average trip to work from Val-Morin is 26.9 minutes; 7.7% of commuters spend an hour or more getting there. Half the households in Val-Morin had more than $66,600 in 2020, before tax; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. At the 2021 census, Val-Morin sat at the middle of Canadian towns on work: 73% of 15-to-64s had a job.
Val-Morin at work: what stands out
Work near the middle
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 73% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 52%. In work ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $66,600 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Val-Morin earns C− for jobs and income
Better than 19% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #402 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.
Household income in Val-Morin
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 75% of Canadian towns.
That puts Val-Morin 10% below the median of Quebec’s towns, $74,100. Of the 5 other places of 2,500 or more in the Les Laurentides census division, 2 have a higher median. The year is 2020: emergency benefits like CERB count in these incomes, and they raised the bottom of the range.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
The daily tide in Val-Morin runs outward
Outbound commuters outnumber inbound ones about 5 to 1. 9% 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 Val-Morin’s residents in work leave it to work; Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts takes the most
Inbound, the leader is Val-David (35).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Who in Val-Morin has a job
Of the 5 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Les Laurentides census division, 2 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 52%. For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 60% in work in October 2026. 58% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. 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.
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 4.3% of Val-Morin’s commuters
Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 96% of commuters. 24% of everyone in work worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
How long the commute from Val-Morin takes
Only 27% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 23.6 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 Les Laurentides census division run 29% above their 2019 level
That is about 4 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 2%. The highest month was January 2021: 4,300 people, 3.3 times the 2019 level.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: one figure for all of the Les Laurentides 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).
Val-Morin on foot: a C+ grade
Better than 41% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #412 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Val-Morin places 559th of 694 on jobs and income among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 4,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 5 | Kuujjuaq Quebec | 2,766 | 78% | 4.2% | $112K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 10 | Hatley Quebec | 2,512 | 89% | 4.1% | $103K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 12 | Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska Quebec | 3,307 | 85% | 4.8% | $91K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 557 | Clareview Town Centre Alberta | 3,800 | 70% | 17% | $79K | C− |
| 558 | Inverness County, Subdivision C Nova Scotia | 3,314 | 67% | 17% | $72K | C− |
| 559 | Val-Morin Quebec | 3,226 | 73% | 11% | $67K | C− |
| 560 | Emerson-Franklin Manitoba | 2,686 | 77% | 5.3% | $67K | C− |
| 561 | Victoria Park Ontario | 3,574 | 68% | 13% | $65K | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 694 | 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 Val-Morin, and others among Quebec’s towns.
The work picture around Val-Morin
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val-Morin | 73% | 11% | $67K | 26.9 min | C− | C+ |
| Val-David 2.8 km | 73% | 12% | $64K | 27.3 min | C− | B |
| Sainte-Adèle 6.7 km | 78% | 9% | $69K | 30.2 min | C− | B |
| Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts 8.8 km | 73% | 9.7% | $59K | 21.3 min | C | A− |
| Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides 10.8 km | 74% | 11% | $62K | 34.9 min | D | D |
| Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson 11 km | 68% | 7.5% | $67K | 32.4 min | D | C |
| Morin-Heights 12.3 km | 78% | 7.8% | $87K | 31.4 min | C+ | 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 Val-Morin, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Household income. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- 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. 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. 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. 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. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- 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 Val-Morin
What is the unemployment rate in Val-Morin?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Laurentides economic region at 4.5%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 11%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Val-Morin?
Before tax, half the households in Val-Morin had more than $66,600 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Val-Morin get to work?
Driving takes 96% of commuters to work, 2.9% walk and 1.4% cycle, and on census day 24% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Val-Morin?
About 26.9 minutes on average, with 27% under a quarter-hour and 7.7% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Val-Morin work?
9% work in Val-Morin itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts (220), then Sainte-Adèle (115).
How many jobs are there in Val-Morin?
Statistics Canada counted 130 businesses with employees in June 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).