Photo: Gaétan Veillette · CC BY-SA 4.0Verchères has a larger share of its working-age people in jobs than 91% of Canadian towns
Out of work in May 2021: 4.7% of Verchères’ labour force, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns. The census counted 935 people working in Verchères and 2,035 residents commuting to a fixed workplace. Median household income in Verchères was $90,000 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
Work in Verchères, in a few figures
More people in work than most towns
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 84% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 63%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
4.7% of the labour force was out of work at the 2021 census (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns); the Labour Force Survey had the area at 6.9% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Verchères grades A− for jobs and income
Better than 80% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #105 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.
The share of 15-to-64s in work in Verchères: 84%
All 4 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Marguerite-D'Youville census division 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 63%. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 62% in October 2026. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 66% of residents that age. 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.
The daily tide in Verchères runs outward
Outbound commuters outnumber inbound ones about 3 to 1. 21% 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.
80% of Verchères’ residents in work leave it to work; Varennes takes the most
Coming the other way, Varennes sends the most (100).
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 Verchères work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
What households in Verchères earn
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 75% of Canadian towns.
The middle of Quebec’s towns is $74,100, and Verchères is 21% above it. Of the 4 other places of 2,500 or more in the Marguerite-D'Youville census division, 3 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).
Walking, cycling or transit: 9% of Verchères’ commuters
The middle of Quebec’s towns has 1.5% on transit; here it is 4.2%. 90% drive to work, about the same as in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 19% against 21%.
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.
28 minutes from Verchères to work, over the middle of Canadian towns
An hour or more: 4.4% of commuters, close to the middle of Quebec’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 25.1 minutes. In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. Only 26% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns.
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.
27% more people are on EI in the Marguerite-D'Youville census division than in 2019
In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 2%. January 2021 was the busiest month, with 3,740 people on EI, 3.7 times 2019’s average. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 2.9 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). Verchères doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from the Marguerite-D'Youville census division.
Getting around Verchères on foot earns A
Better than 89% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #169 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Ranked on jobs and income, Verchères is 135th among 697 Canadian towns of 4,100 to 7,900
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 2 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | North River Heights Manitoba | 7,228 | 82% | 8.4% | $143K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 20 | Chibougamau Quebec | 7,273 | 82% | 3.7% | $85K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 24 | Shannon Quebec | 7,088 | 81% | 3.7% | $113K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 31 | Saint-Antonin Quebec | 4,633 | 85% | 3.9% | $76K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 133 | Upper Tantallon Nova Scotia | 5,248 | 80% | 8.6% | $129K | A− |
| 134 | Inkster Gardens Manitoba | 6,115 | 75% | 8.8% | $107K | A− |
| 135 | Verchères Quebec | 5,819 | 84% | 4.7% | $90K | A− |
| 136 | Saint-Honoré Quebec | 6,984 | 79% | 4.9% | $90K | A− |
| 137 | Glenwood Manitoba | 6,617 | 80% | 7.6% | $86K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 697 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Verchères, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Work in the places around Verchères
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verchères | 84% | 4.7% | $90K | 28 min | A− | A |
| Saint-Sulpice 6.2 km | 86% | 4.3% | $83K | 32.8 min | B | B− |
| Repentigny 7.3 km | 80% | 5.9% | $91K | 31.8 min | B− | A |
| L'Assomption 10 km | 81% | 5.1% | $87K | 32.7 min | B− | B+ |
| Charlemagne 11.8 km | 80% | 6.5% | $67K | 28.2 min | C | A− |
| Varennes 12.1 km | 83% | 4.3% | $104K | 25.9 min | A | A− |
| Lavaltrie 13.1 km | 78% | 6% | $83K | 32.2 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 Verchères, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Household income. Before-tax total income of the middle household for 2020, from the census. Neighbourhood medians are worked out from bracket counts, since Statistics Canada publishes none of their own.
- 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. Only people with a usual place of work are in it: those who work from home or have no fixed site are not. Home and work are both counted by municipality.
- 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. It counts only people who wanted work and had none in May 2021, as a share of those working or searching; students and retirees who weren’t looking stay out of both sides.
- Which towns we compare. Any town of 2,500 or more counts, and so does any city neighbourhood that size; the city as a whole and First Nations reserves don’t. The middle is the median.
Questions about work in Verchères
What is the average household income in Verchères?
At $90,000 before tax in 2020, the median household in Verchères compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Verchères get to work?
Driving takes 90% of commuters to work, 4.2% take public transit, 4.2% walk and 0.6% cycle, and on census day 19% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Verchères?
About 28 minutes on average, with 26% under a quarter-hour and 4.4% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Verchères work?
21% work in Verchères itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Varennes (435), then Longueuil (305).
How many jobs are there in Verchères?
Some 935 people worked in Verchères at the 2021 census: 0.5 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 172 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Verchères?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Montréal metro area at 6.9%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 4.7%, against 9.9% 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).