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Living in Granby

In Granby, unemployment is 5.6% (2021).

The city covered 152.4 km² in 2021. Population density was 452.1 people per km² in 2021. The unemployment rate was 5.6% in May 2021. Monthly precipitation was 95 mm in January and 122.2 mm in July.

Last checked 2026-09-2624 sources

Population69,025people1 Jan 2021Official source · Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Granby (Census subdivision 2447017)
Median gross salary2,789EUR/month31 Dec 2020Official source · Statistics Canada
Unemployment rate5.6%country median 8.4% — 33% belowOfficial source · Statistics Canada — 2021 Census Profile, unemployment rate at CSD grain
Recorded crime3,673incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, Canada, provinces, territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Canadian Forces Military Police
PM2.5, annual mean4.28µg/m³country median 3.6 — 18% 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 84% of Canadian cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 91% of Canadian cities that publish it.

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

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

Housing and cost

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Granby 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 plan8Official · national market
Households spending over 30% of income on rent15.6 %31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada10Official
Dwellings32,766 dwellings31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada9Official
G05 Main Residential Dwellings31,850 dwellings31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada11Official
Average monthly rent (two-bedroom)731 EUR/month31 Dec 2025Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, average rents for areas with a population of 10,000 and over2Official

Is Granby 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 worker53%strong on work, weak on safety · range 44–62%
Skilled employee57%strong on work, weak on education · range 48–66%
Student38%strong on cost, weak on education · range 27–49%
Family54%strong on family, weak on education · range 43–65%
Retirement63%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 52–74%

Work and income

What is the typical salary in Granby?

The median gross salary is about 2,789 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. the regional series (home-region basis, {period}) is a separate labelled row in the table — shown in the table below.

  • Median gross salary: 2,789 EUR/month · Statistics Canada12
  • Median gross salary (regional): 2,157 EUR/month · 2026-09-17 · www150.statcan.gc.ca19

What is the unemployment rate in Granby?

The unemployment rate is 5.6 % (May 2021). Source: Statistics Canada — 2021 Census Profile, unemployment rate at CSD grain15

Unemployment across cities in CanadaUnemployment in Granby is 5.6%. Of 515 cities with data, 125 have unemployment of 6 to under 8%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Employment rate56.8 %31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada11Official
Median gross salary2,789 EUR/month31 Dec 2020Statistics Canada12Official
Median gross salary (regional)2,157 EUR/month31 Dec 2020www150.statcan.gc.ca19Official
Unemployment rate5.6 %country median 8.4%11 May 2021Statistics Canada — 2021 Census Profile, unemployment rate at CSD grain15Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Granby. 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 Granby. Sources checked through 12 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Granby?

Police recorded about 3,673 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, Canada, provinces, territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Canadian Forces Military Police4

Recorded crime across major citiesGranby highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Granby 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 residents3,673 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, Canada, provinces, territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Canadian Forces Military Police4Official · county

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport4 count13 Jun 2026OpenFlights — routes.dat6Official
Nearest airportYHU13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv7Official
Distance to nearest airport55 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv7Official

Language courses and integration

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

English, Frenchfree
National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Granby.

Find courses near Granby

Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were −9.1°C in January and 20.4°C in July. Annual PM2.5 was 4.28 µg/m³ in 2024.

Is the air quality good in Granby?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 4.3 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: 4.28 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
Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
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 Granby is 4.3 µg/m³. Of 122 cities with data, 46 have annual PM2.5 of 3 to under 4 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
PM2.5 — annual mean4.28 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
Average daytime high by monthJan -4.6 · Feb -3.2 · Mar 2.2 · Apr 10.5 · May 18.7 · Jun 23.3 · Jul 25.6 · Aug 24.6 · Sep 20.3 · Oct 12.8 · Nov 5.8 · Dec -1 °C31 Dec 2020Canadian Climate Normals — GRANBY, 1991-20203Official
Average night-time low by monthJan -13.4 · Feb -11.9 · Mar -6.4 · Apr 0.9 · May 8 · Jun 13 · Jul 15.7 · Aug 14.8 · Sep 10.6 · Oct 4.6 · Nov -1.5 · Dec -8.4 °C31 Dec 2020Canadian Climate Normals — GRANBY, 1991-20203Official
Average temperature by monthJan -9.1 · Feb -7.4 · Mar -2.2 · Apr 5.9 · May 13.1 · Jun 18.3 · Jul 20.4 · Aug 19.5 · Sep 15.4 · Oct 8.6 · Nov 2.2 · Dec -4.9 °C31 Dec 2020Canadian Climate Normals — GRANBY, 1991-20203Official
Average precipitation by monthJan 95 · Feb 73.9 · Mar 88 · Apr 101.4 · May 100.3 · Jun 120.6 · Jul 122.2 · Aug 112.6 · Sep 113.4 · Oct 109.2 · Nov 91.7 · Dec 98.1 mm31 Dec 2020Canadian Climate Normals — GRANBY, 1991-20203Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in Granby?

The published population was 69,025 people in 2021. Source: Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Granby (Census subdivision 2447017)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 1,775 is not 5.3% 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
Area152.7 km²31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada11Official
City area152.4 km²2021Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021 (Granby, CSD 2447005)16Official
Foreign-resident share5.33 %31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada13Official
Foreign residents1,775 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 density452.1 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
Population69,025 people1 Jan 2021Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Granby (Census subdivision 2447017)17Official
Population over time22 published observations, 2001–2022

Population rose 25.2% between 2001 and 2022, from 56,578 to 70,858.

International community in Granby

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 data3,550100.0%
Americas1,10531.1%
Europe95526.9%
Africa90525.5%
Asia59016.6%
Colombia53515.1%
France45512.8%
Other places of birth in Africa39511.1%
Congo, Democratic Republic of the2456.9%
Other places of birth in Americas2005.6%
Afghanistan1504.2%
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Published groupPeopleShare
United States of America1454.1%
Other places of birth in Europe1454.1%
Algeria1303.7%
Syria1203.4%
Morocco1153.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina952.7%
Haiti802.3%
Romania802.3%
Other places of birth in Asia752.1%
Mexico601.7%
Turkey501.4%
Brazil451.3%
Italy451.3%
Lebanon451.3%
Viet Nam401.1%
Germany351.0%
Pakistan351.0%
Ukraine300.8%
Philippines300.8%
China250.7%
El Salvador200.6%
Peru200.6%
Egypt200.6%
Croatia150.4%
Portugal150.4%
United Kingdom150.4%
Netherlands100.3%
Iran100.3%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source10

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 data66,585100.0%
Canadian citizens64,81597.3%
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over52,66579.1%
Canadian citizens aged under 1812,15018.2%
Not Canadian citizens1,7752.7%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source10

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% data67,725100.0%
Single responses66,48598.2%
Official languages64,69095.5%
French63,54593.8%
Non-official languages1,7902.6%
Non-Indigenous languages1,7902.6%
Multiple responses1,2451.8%
English1,1501.7%
Indo-European languages1,1451.7%
Italic (Romance) languages8251.2%
Spanish7351.1%
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Published groupPeopleShare
English and French6451.0%
French and non-official language(s)4700.7%
Afro-Asiatic languages2400.4%
Semitic languages2100.3%
Indo-Iranian languages2050.3%
Arabic2000.3%
Iranian languages1800.3%
Persian languages1800.3%
Niger-Congo languages1700.3%
Dari1600.2%
Balto-Slavic languages900.1%
Slavic languages900.1%
Swahili850.1%
Sino-Tibetan languages750.1%
Chinese languages700.1%
English, French and non-official language(s)700.1%
Vietnamese600.1%
Austro-Asiatic languages550.1%
English and non-official language(s)500.1%
Serbo-Croatian500.1%
Portuguese400.1%
Bosnian350.1%
Rundi (Kirundi)300.0%
Mandarin300.0%
Austronesian languages300.0%
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)300.0%
Romanian300.0%
Indo-Aryan languages250.0%
Sign languages200.0%
Chinese, n.o.s.200.0%
Russian200.0%
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)150.0%
Yue (Cantonese)150.0%
Turkic languages150.0%
Turkish150.0%
Berber languages150.0%
Creole languages150.0%
Haitian Creole150.0%
Serbian150.0%
Ukrainian150.0%
Germanic languages150.0%
High German languages150.0%
German150.0%
Persian (Farsi), n.o.s.150.0%
Italian150.0%
Lingala100.0%
Nilo-Saharan languages100.0%
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.100.0%
Sign languages, n.i.e.100.0%
Tai-Kadai languages100.0%
Multiple non-official languages100.0%
Kabyle100.0%
Chadic languages100.0%
Mina100.0%
Urdu100.0%
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)100.0%
Wolof50.0%
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.50.0%
Quebec Sign Language50.0%
Tibeto-Burman languages50.0%
Tibetan50.0%
Lao50.0%
Thai50.0%
Maltese50.0%
Albanian50.0%
Armenian50.0%
Polish50.0%
Swiss German50.0%
Greek50.0%
Hindi50.0%
Iranian Persian50.0%
Éwé50.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source10

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Residents born abroad5.3 %31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada10Official
Households31,850 households31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada11Official
Labour force participation rate60.2 %31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada11Official
Median age47.6 years31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada14Official

Alternatives for people set on Granby

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.

Saint-Hyacinthe as a Granby alternative in the same region

29 km away, better on 2 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

  • Foreign residents: 7.7% Saint-Hyacinthe vs 5.3% Granby+44%
  • Nearest airport: 38.2 km Saint-Hyacinthe vs 55.0 km Granby−31%
  • Unemployment: 6.1% Saint-Hyacinthe vs 5.6% Granby+9%
  • Residents: 57,239 Saint-Hyacinthe vs 69,025 Granby−17%
  • Median gross pay, region: €2,200 Saint-Hyacinthe vs €2,157 Granbysame level
  • Median gross pay, city: €2,789 Saint-Hyacinthe vs €2,789 Granbysame level
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,673 Saint-Hyacinthe vs 3,673 Granbysame level

Aurora as a Granby alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 554 km, better on 5 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

  • Foreign residents: 36.8% Aurora vs 5.3% Granby+590%
  • Unemployment: 11.8% Aurora vs 5.6% Granby+111%
  • Median gross pay, city: €4,357 Aurora vs €2,789 Granby+56%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,094 Aurora vs €2,157 Granby+43%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,296 Aurora vs 3,673 Granby+17%
  • Annual PM2.5: 3.6 µg/m³ Aurora vs 4.3 µg/m³ Granby−17%
  • Nearest airport: 39.5 km Aurora vs 55.0 km Granby−28%

Cities near Granby

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

Cowansville 22.3 km away
Salary
2,680 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Alternative cities in Canada

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Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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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 Granby?

The published population was 69,025 people in 2021. Source: Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Granby (Census subdivision 2447017).

Is the air quality good in Granby?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 4.3 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 Granby?

Police recorded about 3,673 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, Canada, provinces, territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Canadian Forces Military Police.

What is the typical salary in Granby?

The median gross salary is about 2,789 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 Granby?

The unemployment rate is 5.6 % (May 2021). Source: Statistics Canada — 2021 Census Profile, unemployment rate at CSD grain.

What is the typical salary around Granby?

The median gross salary is 2,157 EUR/month. Source: www150.statcan.gc.ca.

Is Granby a good place to live?

Granby 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 Granby?

Saint-Pie, Saint-Césaire, Cowansville, Farnham are near Granby. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Total - Place of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data live in Granby?

The official country of birth distribution records 3,550 people (100.0%) 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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