Living in Brossard

In Brossard, tenants pay an average rent of €972 a month (2025) and unemployment is 9.5% (2021).

In May 2021, 19.2% of renter households spent at least 30% of income on housing. Foreign-born residents accounted for 45.4% of the population in 2021. The bachelor’s-or-higher share was 36.1% in 2021. The unemployment rate was 9.5% in May 2021.

Last checked 2026-10-1031 sources

Population91,525people1 Jan 2021Official source · Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Brossard (Census subdivision 2458007)

Median gross salary3,486EUR/month31 Dec 2020Official source · Statistics Canada

Average rent971.7EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Average Rent by Bedroom Type by Census Subdivision

Unemployment rate9.5%country median 8.4% — 13% aboveOfficial source · Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population

Recorded crime3,641incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Metro-area figureOfficial source · Police-reported Crime Severity Index and crime rate, by census metropolitan area, 2025

PM2.5, annual mean4.92µg/m³country median 3.6 — 35% aboveOfficial source · Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 annual daily-mean station observations, reproducibly aggregated as an arithmetic mean for eligible stations within 25 km of the target city coordinate. This is a derived place observation, not an asserted municipal monitor aggregate.

Higher unemployment than 61% of Canadian cities that publish it, less recorded crime than 91% of Canadian cities that publish it and dirtier air than 70% of Canadian cities that publish it.

Which Canada-wide rules apply when you move to Brossard?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

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Housing and cost

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€50

Mobile plan, 10 GB€24

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	49.79 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Bell Fibe 500 home internet²Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	24.27 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Public Mobile 50GB plan¹⁰Official · national market
Households spending over 30% of income on rent	19.2 %	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population¹⁹Official
Dwellings	37,275 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹¹Official
Main residence dwellings	35,885 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹²Official
Average monthly rent (two-bedroom)	1,020 EUR/month	31 Oct 2023	CMHC Urban Rental Market Survey — Average Rents in Urban Centres (CSD table), October 2023³Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	971.7 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Average Rent by Bedroom Type by Census Subdivision¹Official

Is Brossard a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker50%strong on work, weak on safety · range 41–59%

Skilled employee58%strong on work, weak on safety · range 50–66%

Student44%strong on education, weak on work · range 36–52%

Family58%strong on family, weak on cost · range 49–67%

Retirement41%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 30–52%

Work and income

What is the typical salary in Brossard?

The median gross salary is about 3,486 EUR/month (2020). The regional series (home-region basis, 2020) is a separate labelled row in the table.

City-scope median, gross, before tax and social contributions.

Median gross salary: 3,486 EUR/month · Statistics Canada¹³
Median gross salary (regional): 2,440 EUR/month · 2026-09-17 · www150.statcan.gc.ca²²

What is the unemployment rate in Brossard?

The unemployment rate is 9.5 % (May 2021). Source: Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population¹⁹

Unemployment across cities in CanadaUnemployment in Brossard is 9.5%. Of 515 cities with data, 125 have unemployment of 6 to under 8%.

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0–22–44–66–88–1010–1212–1414–1616–1818–2020–22

Brossard 9.5%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Employment rate	56.9 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹²Official
Median gross salary	3,486 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	Statistics Canada¹³Official
Median gross salary (regional)	2,440 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	www150.statcan.gc.ca²²Official
Unemployment rate	9.5 %country median 8.4%	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population¹⁹Official

What does a salary buy in Brossard?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€1,634of €2,680 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	€2,680
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · Average Rent by Bedroom Type by Census Subdivision · 2025-12-31	− €972
Internet€50 · official · Bell Fibe 500 home internet · 2026-09-30	− €50
Mobile plan€24 · official · Public Mobile 50GB plan · 2026-09-30	− €24
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€1,634

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Brossard. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

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Safety

How safe is Brossard?

Police recorded 3,641 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Police-reported Crime Severity Index and crime rate, by census metropolitan area, 2025⁹

Recorded crime across major citiesBrossard highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Winnipeg7,894

Edmonton7,108

Halifax6,020

Vancouver5,438

Calgary4,796

London4,743

Québec4,630

Ottawa4,298

Hamilton4,257

Toronto4,177

Gatineau3,756

Montreal3,674

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	3,641 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Police-reported Crime Severity Index and crime rate, by census metropolitan area, 2025⁹Official · metropolitan-area figure

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Workers commuting by bicycle	1.1 %	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population¹⁹Official
Workers commuting by public transport	14.1 %	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population¹⁹Official
Workers walking to work	3.5 %	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population¹⁹Official
Destinations from nearest airport	4 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat⁷Official
Nearest airport	YHU	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁸Official
Distance to nearest airport	7.4 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁸Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Brossard. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

IRCC newcomer language-learning services finder — State Language Course

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Brossard.

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Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 was 4.92 µg/m³ in 2024. Annual NO₂ was 7.88 µg/m³ in 2024.

Is the air quality good in Brossard?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 4.9 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

PM2.5 — annual mean: 4.92 µg/m³ · Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 annual daily-mean station observations, reproducibly aggregated as an arithmetic mean for eligible stations within 25 km of the target city coordinate. This is a derived place observation, not an asserted municipal monitor aggregate.⁵

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.54.9WHO 5 · EU 25

NO₂7.9WHO 10 · EU 40

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in CanadaAnnual PM2.5 in Brossard is 4.9 µg/m³. Of 123 cities with data, 46 have annual PM2.5 of 3 to under 4 µg/m³.

1–22–33–44–55–66–77–88–99–1010–1113–1415–1616–1717–1820–2140–41

Brossard 4.9

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	7.88 µg/m³country median 7.0	2024	Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 station DMean observation retained at source grain; no place value is asserted because the approved 25 km observation condition is not met.⁶Official
PM2.5 — annual mean	4.92 µg/m³country median 3.6	2024	Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 annual daily-mean station observations, reproducibly aggregated as an arithmetic mean for eligible stations within 25 km of the target city coordinate. This is a derived place observation, not an asserted municipal monitor aggregate.⁵Official
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 7.79 · Feb 11.35 · Mar 22.78 · Apr 26.02 · May 30.99 · Jun 32.77 · Jul 36.61 · Aug 34.73 · Sep 34.17 · Oct 26.37 · Nov 20.63 · Dec 17.12 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁴Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -41.45 · Feb -35.98 · Mar -32.83 · Apr -11.88 · May -2.87 · Jun 3.11 · Jul 8.64 · Aug 7.66 · Sep 0.72 · Oct -4.58 · Nov -20.9 · Dec -34.8 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁴Official
Average temperature by month	Jan -11.25 · Feb -9.59 · Mar -3.32 · Apr 5.4 · May 13.16 · Jun 18.53 · Jul 21.72 · Aug 21.09 · Sep 16.85 · Oct 8.81 · Nov 1.43 · Dec -6.62 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁴Official

Population and city profile

The city covered 52 km² in 2021. Population density was 2,025.3 people per km² in 2021.

How many people live in Brossard?

The published population was 91,525 people in 2021. Source: Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Brossard (Census subdivision 2458007)¹⁷

Foreign residents and their share come from different publications that count different groups (for example citizens of another country, or people born abroad, or of foreign origin), so 11,910 is not 40.8% of the population. Each row names its source.

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport87%
Foreign residents13%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Area	45.19 km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹²Official
City area	52 km²	2021	Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021 (Brossard, CSD 2458007)¹⁶Official
Foreign-resident share	40.8 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁴Official
Foreign residents	11,910 people	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile 2021 characteristic 1512: not Canadian citizens, population in private households, 25% sample data, at CSD grain. This is the exact foreign-citizenship interpretation used for foreign population total; it is not immigrant status.¹⁸Official
Population density	2,025 people/km²	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile 2021 characteristic 6: population density per square kilometre at CSD grain. This is the exact CSD value; it is not a CMA or province observation.¹⁸Official
Population	91,525 people	1 Jan 2021	Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Brossard (Census subdivision 2458007)¹⁷Official

Population over time22 published observations, 2001–2022

64,358

74,141

83,925

93,708

91,68420012005200920152022

Population rose 38.1% between 2001 and 2022, from 66,382 to 91,684.

International community in Brossard

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Total - Place of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total - Place of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data	36,370	100.0%
Asia	18,440	50.7%
China	7,055	19.4%
Africa	6,765	18.6%
Europe	5,610	15.4%
Americas	5,525	15.2%
Other places of birth in Africa	3,145	8.6%
Other places of birth in Americas	1,775	4.9%
Morocco	1,550	4.3%
Other places of birth in Asia	1,510	4.2%
Viet Nam	1,400	3.8%

Show 48 more groups

Published group	People	Share
Afghanistan	1,335	3.7%
Hong Kong	1,145	3.1%
Iran	1,135	3.1%
Colombia	1,115	3.1%
Other places of birth in Europe	1,075	3.0%
Romania	1,045	2.9%
India	1,045	2.9%
France	990	2.7%
Algeria	960	2.6%
Egypt	850	2.3%
Haiti	780	2.1%
Lebanon	755	2.1%
Pakistan	700	1.9%
Philippines	565	1.6%
Peru	540	1.5%
Greece	400	1.1%
United States of America	395	1.1%
Portugal	380	1.0%
Italy	365	1.0%
Korea, South	365	1.0%
Russian Federation	345	0.9%
Taiwan	330	0.9%
Bangladesh	330	0.9%
Brazil	265	0.7%
Syria	265	0.7%
Poland	255	0.7%
Mexico	240	0.7%
Iraq	200	0.5%
Ukraine	195	0.5%
United Kingdom	195	0.5%
Turkey	190	0.5%
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	185	0.5%
Trinidad and Tobago	145	0.4%
Germany	125	0.3%
El Salvador	120	0.3%
Sri Lanka	110	0.3%
Guyana	90	0.2%
Croatia	70	0.2%
Jamaica	60	0.2%
Serbia	60	0.2%
Hungary	50	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	45	0.1%
Netherlands	30	0.1%
Nigeria	30	0.1%
Oceania and other places of birth	30	0.1%
Ethiopia	15	0.0%
South Africa, Republic of	15	0.0%
Eritrea	10	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²⁰

Citizenship

Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample data · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample data	89,145	100.0%
Canadian citizens	77,230	86.6%
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over	61,575	69.1%
Canadian citizens aged under 18	15,655	17.6%
Not Canadian citizens	11,910	13.4%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²⁰

Language spoken at home

Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data	90,470	100.0%
Single responses	81,620	90.2%
Official languages	55,570	61.4%
French	39,285	43.4%
Non-official languages	26,055	28.8%
Non-Indigenous languages	26,055	28.8%
English	16,280	18.0%
Indo-European languages	10,535	11.6%
Sino-Tibetan languages	9,965	11.0%
Chinese languages	9,960	11.0%
Multiple responses	8,850	9.8%

Show 118 more groups

Published group	People	Share
Mandarin	5,745	6.4%
Italic (Romance) languages	5,155	5.7%
Yue (Cantonese)	3,860	4.3%
Spanish	3,555	3.9%
Indo-Iranian languages	3,500	3.9%
Afro-Asiatic languages	2,775	3.1%
English and French	2,670	3.0%
Semitic languages	2,660	2.9%
Arabic	2,650	2.9%
French and non-official language(s)	2,535	2.8%
Iranian languages	2,360	2.6%
Persian languages	2,320	2.6%
English and non-official language(s)	2,055	2.3%
English, French and non-official language(s)	1,470	1.6%
Dari	1,245	1.4%
Balto-Slavic languages	1,215	1.3%
Slavic languages	1,210	1.3%
Indo-Aryan languages	1,140	1.3%
Austro-Asiatic languages	1,095	1.2%
Vietnamese	1,035	1.1%
Iranian Persian	910	1.0%
Romanian	840	0.9%
Russian	725	0.8%
Portuguese	645	0.7%
Creole languages	505	0.6%
Greek	480	0.5%
Urdu	350	0.4%
Morisyen	315	0.3%
Korean	300	0.3%
Bulgarian	265	0.3%
Bengali	265	0.3%
Dravidian languages	230	0.3%
Punjabi (Panjabi)	215	0.2%
Austronesian languages	205	0.2%
Turkic languages	170	0.2%
Persian (Farsi), n.o.s.	165	0.2%
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	155	0.2%
Hindi	150	0.2%
Haitian Creole	145	0.2%
Tamil	145	0.2%
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	140	0.2%
Turkish	130	0.1%
Niger-Congo languages	130	0.1%
Multiple non-official languages	125	0.1%
Polish	125	0.1%
Italian	115	0.1%
Gujarati	100	0.1%
Wu (Shanghainese)	95	0.1%
Berber languages	95	0.1%
Armenian	95	0.1%
Chinese, n.o.s.	90	0.1%
Kabyle	90	0.1%
Khmer (Cambodian)	65	0.1%
Albanian	60	0.1%
Telugu	50	0.1%
Ukrainian	45	0.0%
Uralic languages	40	0.0%
Hungarian	40	0.0%
Wolof	35	0.0%
Rundi (Kirundi)	30	0.0%
Hakka	30	0.0%
Tai-Kadai languages	30	0.0%
Creole, n.o.s.	30	0.0%
Malayalam	30	0.0%
Serbo-Croatian	30	0.0%
Japanese	30	0.0%
Swahili	25	0.0%
Sign languages	25	0.0%
Lao	25	0.0%
Germanic languages	25	0.0%
High German languages	25	0.0%
Pashto	25	0.0%
Malagasy languages	20	0.0%
German	20	0.0%
American Sign Language	15	0.0%
Coptic	15	0.0%
Malagasy, n.o.s.	15	0.0%
Serbian	15	0.0%
Sinhala (Sinhalese)	15	0.0%
Kurdish	15	0.0%
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.	10	0.0%
Nilo-Saharan languages	10	0.0%
Quebec Sign Language	10	0.0%
Azerbaijani	10	0.0%
Uzbek	10	0.0%
Tamazight	10	0.0%
Merina	10	0.0%
Creole languages, n.i.e.	10	0.0%
Czech	10	0.0%
Bosnian	10	0.0%
Marathi	10	0.0%
Indo-Aryan languages, n.i.e.	10	0.0%
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)	10	0.0%
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	5	0.0%
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.	5	0.0%
Sign languages, n.i.e.	5	0.0%
Chinese languages, n.i.e.	5	0.0%
Tibeto-Burman languages	5	0.0%
Thai	5	0.0%
Turkic languages, n.i.e.	5	0.0%
Cushitic languages	5	0.0%
Amharic	5	0.0%
Hebrew	5	0.0%
Hiligaynon	5	0.0%
Ilocano	5	0.0%
Indonesian	5	0.0%
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	5	0.0%
Kannada	5	0.0%
Baltic languages	5	0.0%
Latvian	5	0.0%
Croatian	5	0.0%
Slovak	5	0.0%
Swiss German	5	0.0%
Kacchi	5	0.0%
Kashmiri	5	0.0%
Nepali	5	0.0%
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.	5	0.0%
Bamanankan	5	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²⁰

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents born abroad	45.4 %	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population¹⁹Official
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher	36.1 %	11 May 2021	Statistics Canada Table 98-10-0387-04: highest certificate, diploma or degree²¹Official
Households	35,885 households	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹²Official
Labour force participation rate	62.9 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹²Official
Median age	42.8 years	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁵Official

Alternatives for people set on Brossard

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Candiac as a Brossard alternative in the same region

11 km away, better on 3 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

Median gross pay, region: €3,333 Candiac vs €2,440 Brossard+37%
Unemployment: 5.4% Candiac vs 9.5% Brossard−43%
Median gross pay, city: €4,466 Candiac vs €3,486 Brossard+28%
Nearest airport: 16.8 km Candiac vs 7.4 km Brossard+127%
Foreign residents: 16.6% Candiac vs 40.8% Brossard−59%
Residents: 22,997 Candiac vs 91,525 Brossard−75%
Annual PM2.5: 4.8 µg/m³ Candiac vs 4.9 µg/m³ Brossardsame level

Full comparison More about Candiac

Maple Ridge as a Brossard alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 3661 km, better on 4 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Nearest airport: 27.6 km Maple Ridge vs 7.4 km Brossard+273%
Unemployment: 6.7% Maple Ridge vs 9.5% Brossard−29%
Annual PM2.5: 2.7 µg/m³ Maple Ridge vs 4.9 µg/m³ Brossard−45%
Foreign residents: 22.5% Maple Ridge vs 40.8% Brossard−45%
Median gross pay, region: €2,854 Maple Ridge vs €2,440 Brossard+17%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 6,943 Maple Ridge vs 3,641 Brossardno percentage
Median gross pay, city: €3,758 Maple Ridge vs €3,486 Brossard+8%

Full comparison More about Maple Ridge

Cities near Brossard

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

La Prairie 6.8 km away

Salary: 4,003 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Candiac 10.6 km away

Salary: 4,466 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville 10.8 km away

Salary: 4,630 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Sainte-Catherine 11.7 km away

Salary: 3,333 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Westmount 11.9 km away

Salary: 5,447 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Saint-Philippe 13.0 km away

Salary: 3,595 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Delson 13.6 km away

Salary: 3,355 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Alternative cities in Canada

Other cities in Canada to compare with Brossard, nearest in population first.

All Canada cities

Maple Ridge90,990 residents Chilliwack93,203 residents Newmarket87,942 residents Repentigny86,100 residents Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu97,873 residents Kamloops97,902 residents

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Brossard?

The published population was 91,525 people in 2021. Source: Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Brossard (Census subdivision 2458007).

Is the air quality good in Brossard?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 4.9 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 annual daily-mean station observations, reproducibly aggregated as an arithmetic mean for eligible stations within 25 km of the target city coordinate. This is a derived place observation, not an asserted municipal monitor aggregate..

How safe is Brossard?

What is the typical salary in Brossard?

The median gross salary is about 3,486 EUR/month (2020). The regional series (home-region basis, 2020) is a separate labelled row in the table. Source: Statistics Canada.

What is the unemployment rate in Brossard?

The unemployment rate is 9.5 % (May 2021). Source: Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population.

What is the typical salary around Brossard?

The median gross salary is 2,440 EUR/month. Source: www150.statcan.gc.ca.

Is Brossard a good place to live?

Brossard may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Brossard?

La Prairie, Carignan, Candiac, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Sainte-Catherine are near Brossard. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Asia live in Brossard?

The official country of birth distribution records 18,440 people (50.7%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Brossard, Canada: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 62b4628d21c81b983a92b74cfd34c3fc]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ca/brossard/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX citation

@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_brossard-canada-population-rent-salary-cost-of-living_cdfd4d9398ae,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Brossard, Canada: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {62b4628d21c81b983a92b74cfd34c3fc},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ca/brossard/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

Markdown citation

[Brossard, Canada: population, rent, salary, cost of living](https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ca/brossard/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version 62b4628d21c81b983a92b74cfd34c3fc; retrieved 2026-10-16; built 2026-10-16.

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