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Living in Candiac

In Candiac, unemployment is 5.4% (2021).

For Candiac, the unemployment rate was 5.4% in May 2021. Foreign-born residents accounted for 18.7% of the population in 2021. The bachelor’s-or-higher share was 38.4% in 2021.

Last checked 2026-10-0731 sources

Population22,997people1 Jan 2021Official source · Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Candiac (Census subdivision 2467020)
Median gross salary4,466EUR/month31 Dec 2020Official source · Statistics Canada
Average rent1,140EUR/month30 Jun 2026Regional figureOfficial source · Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, average asking rents
Unemployment rate5.4%country median 8.4% — 36% belowOfficial 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 mean4.8µg/m³country median 3.6 — 32% 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.

Lower unemployment than 87% of Canadian cities that publish it, less recorded crime than 91% of Canadian cities that publish it and dirtier air than 67% of Canadian cities that publish it.

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

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

Housing and cost

15% of renter households spent at least 30% of income on housing in May 2021.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Candiac recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€50
Mobile plan, 10 GB€24
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited49.79 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Bell Fibe 500 home internet1Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB24.27 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Public Mobile 50GB plan10Official · national market
Households spending over 30% of income on rent15 %11 May 2021Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population19Official
Dwellings8,960 dwellings31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada11Official
Main residence dwellings8,731 dwellings31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada12Official
Average monthly rent (two-bedroom)1,183 EUR/month31 Oct 2023CMHC Urban Rental Market Survey — Average Rents in Urban Centres (CSD table), October 20233Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)1,140 EUR/month30 Jun 2026Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, average asking rents2Official · regional context

Is Candiac 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 worker57%strong on work, weak on safety · range 48–66%
Skilled employee65%strong on work, weak on safety · range 57–73%
Student48%strong on education, weak on work · range 40–56%
Family62%strong on family, weak on cost · range 53–71%
Retirement41%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 30–52%

Work and income

What is the typical salary in Candiac?

The median gross salary is about 4,466 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: 4,466 EUR/month · Statistics Canada13
  • Median gross salary (regional): 3,333 EUR/month · 2026-09-17 · www150.statcan.gc.ca22

What is the unemployment rate in Candiac?

The unemployment rate is 5.4 % (May 2021). Source: Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population19

Unemployment across cities in CanadaUnemployment in Candiac is 5.4%. Of 515 cities with data, 125 have unemployment of 6 to under 8%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Employment rate65.1 %31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada12Official
Median gross salary4,466 EUR/month31 Dec 2020Statistics Canada13Official
Median gross salary (regional)3,333 EUR/month31 Dec 2020www150.statcan.gc.ca22Official
Unemployment rate5.4 %country median 8.4%11 May 2021Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population19Official

What does a salary buy in Candiac?

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

Candiac median gross pay: €4,466 (Statistics Canada, 2020-12-31).
Left over each month€2,124of €3,338 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.€3,338
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, average asking rents · 2026-06-30− €1,140
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€2,124
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Candiac Salary needed to live in Candiac

Public employment service

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

Country-level information

Job Bank and public employment services — Public employment service

Government of Canada

Job SearchMigrant Support

Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Candiac. Sources checked through 12 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Candiac?

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 citiesCandiac highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Candiac highlighted

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
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents3,641 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Police-reported Crime Severity Index and crime rate, by census metropolitan area, 20259Official · metropolitan-area figure

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Workers commuting by bicycle1.1 %11 May 2021Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population19Official
Workers commuting by public transport6.1 %11 May 2021Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population19Official
Workers walking to work1.6 %11 May 2021Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population19Official
Destinations from nearest airport4 count13 Jun 2026OpenFlights — routes.dat7Official
Nearest airportYHU13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv8Official
Distance to nearest airport16.8 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv8Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Candiac. 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

For newcomers to Canada.

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

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Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 was 4.8 µg/m³ in 2024. Annual NO₂ was 8.02 µg/m³ in 2024.

Is the air quality good in Candiac?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 4.8 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.5

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

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

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 Candiac is 4.8 µg/m³. Of 123 cities with data, 46 have annual PM2.5 of 3 to under 4 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
NO₂ — annual mean8.02 µg/m³country median 7.02024Official 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 mean4.8 µg/m³country median 3.62024Official 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 temperatureJan 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 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center4Official
Monthly extreme low temperatureJan -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 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center4Official
Average temperature by monthJan -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 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center4Official

Population and city profile

The city covered 17.6 km² in 2021. Population density was 1,331.3 people per km² in 2021.

How many people live in Candiac?

The published population was 22,997 people in 2021. Source: Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Candiac (Census subdivision 2467020)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 1,200 is not 16.6% of the population. Each row names its source.

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
Area17.27 km²31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada12Official
City area17.6 km²2021Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021 (Candiac, CSD 2467020)16Official
Foreign-resident share16.59 %31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada14Official
Foreign residents1,200 people11 May 2021Statistics 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 density1,331 people/km²11 May 2021Statistics 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
Population22,997 people1 Jan 2021Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Candiac (Census subdivision 2467020)17Official
Population over time22 published observations, 2001–2022

Population rose 82.5% between 2001 and 2022, from 12,987 to 23,698.

International community in Candiac

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 groupPeopleShare
Total - Place of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data3,735100.0%
Asia1,22032.7%
Europe89023.8%
Americas86023.0%
Africa76520.5%
China58015.5%
Other places of birth in Americas2657.1%
Other places of birth in Africa2556.8%
Morocco2205.9%
Egypt2155.8%
Iran2005.4%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Colombia1955.2%
France1855.0%
Romania1855.0%
Other places of birth in Europe1855.0%
Peru1153.1%
Other places of birth in Asia1153.1%
Italy802.1%
Mexico752.0%
Algeria701.9%
Portugal651.7%
United States of America601.6%
Lebanon551.5%
Brazil501.3%
Russian Federation501.3%
Korea, South501.3%
Haiti451.2%
Afghanistan451.2%
India401.1%
Greece350.9%
United Kingdom350.9%
Hong Kong350.9%
Taiwan350.9%
Viet Nam350.9%
Ukraine300.8%
El Salvador250.7%
Poland250.7%
Germany200.5%
Trinidad and Tobago150.4%
Philippines150.4%

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 groupPeopleShare
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample data22,535100.0%
Canadian citizens21,33594.7%
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over15,98570.9%
Canadian citizens aged under 185,35523.8%
Not Canadian citizens1,2005.3%

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 groupPeopleShare
Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data22,550100.0%
Single responses21,29094.4%
Official languages18,90083.8%
French16,09571.4%
English2,80512.4%
Non-official languages2,39010.6%
Non-Indigenous languages2,39010.6%
Multiple responses1,2555.6%
Indo-European languages1,2555.6%
Sino-Tibetan languages8603.8%
Chinese languages8603.8%
Show 51 more groups
Published groupPeopleShare
Italic (Romance) languages8353.7%
Mandarin7253.2%
English and French7203.2%
Spanish5652.5%
French and non-official language(s)2551.1%
Indo-Iranian languages2201.0%
Iranian languages1900.8%
Persian languages1900.8%
Iranian Persian1650.7%
English, French and non-official language(s)1550.7%
Balto-Slavic languages1550.7%
Slavic languages1550.7%
Afro-Asiatic languages1500.7%
Semitic languages1500.7%
Arabic1400.6%
Romanian1350.6%
Yue (Cantonese)1150.5%
English and non-official language(s)1150.5%
Portuguese1100.5%
Russian950.4%
Korean650.3%
Bulgarian350.2%
Indo-Aryan languages250.1%
Dari250.1%
Italian250.1%
Greek200.1%
Chinese, n.o.s.150.1%
Multiple non-official languages150.1%
Dravidian languages150.1%
Wu (Shanghainese)100.0%
Austro-Asiatic languages100.0%
Polish100.0%
Ukrainian100.0%
Persian (Farsi), n.o.s.100.0%
Niger-Congo languages100.0%
Sign languages50.0%
Quebec Sign Language50.0%
Uralic languages50.0%
Hungarian50.0%
Hebrew50.0%
Vietnamese50.0%
Creole languages50.0%
Tamil50.0%
Telugu50.0%
Albanian50.0%
Armenian50.0%
Germanic languages50.0%
High German languages50.0%
German50.0%
Punjabi (Panjabi)50.0%
Urdu50.0%

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

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Residents born abroad18.7 %11 May 2021Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population19Official
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher38.4 %11 May 2021Statistics Canada Table 98-10-0387-04: highest certificate, diploma or degree21Official
Households8,730 households31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada12Official
Labour force participation rate68.8 %31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada12Official
Median age42 years31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada15Official

Alternatives for people set on Candiac

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.

Cities near Candiac

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

Delson 3.2 km away
Salary
3,355 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31
La Prairie 3.9 km away
Salary
4,003 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31
Saint-Constant 4.3 km away
Salary
3,540 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31
Saint-Philippe 5.4 km away
Salary
3,595 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31
Brossard 10.6 km away
Salary
3,486 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31
Westmount 12.7 km away
Salary
5,447 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

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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 Candiac?

The published population was 22,997 people in 2021. Source: Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Candiac (Census subdivision 2467020).

Is the air quality good in Candiac?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 4.8 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 Candiac?

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, 2025.

What is the typical salary in Candiac?

The median gross salary is about 4,466 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 Candiac?

The unemployment rate is 5.4 % (May 2021). Source: Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population.

What is the typical salary around Candiac?

The median gross salary is 3,333 EUR/month. Source: www150.statcan.gc.ca.

Is Candiac a good place to live?

Candiac 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 Candiac?

Delson, La Prairie, Saint-Constant, Sainte-Catherine, Saint-Philippe are near Candiac. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Asia live in Candiac?

The official country of birth distribution records 1,220 people (32.7%) 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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