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Living in La Prairie

In La Prairie, tenants pay an average rent of €737 a month (2025) and unemployment is 6.1% (2021).

The nearest airport was YWK, 298.3 km away, with 10 listed destinations in June 2026. In May 2021, the foreign population was 1,320.

Last checked 2026-10-1028 sources

Population26,406people1 Jan 2021Official source · Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, La Prairie (Census subdivision 2467015)
Median gross salary4,003EUR/month31 Dec 2020Official source · Statistics Canada
Average rent737.3EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Average Rent by Bedroom Type by Census Subdivision
Unemployment rate6.06%country median 8.4% — 28% belowOfficial source · Statistics Canada
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 mean6.44µg/m³31 Dec 2024Official source · data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca

Lower unemployment than 78% 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 La Prairie?

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

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for La Prairie. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
La Prairie 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 internet2Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB24.27 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Public Mobile 50GB plan8Official · national market
Households spending over 30% of income on rent16.7 %31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada10Official
Dwellings11,309 dwellings31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada9Official
Main residence dwellings11,049 dwellings31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada11Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)737.3 EUR/month31 Dec 2025Average Rent by Bedroom Type by Census Subdivision1Official

Is La Prairie 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 worker58%strong on work, weak on safety · range 48–68%
Skilled employee62%strong on work, weak on education · range 53–71%
Student43%strong on cost, weak on education · range 32–54%
Family54%strong on family, weak on education · range 43–65%
Retirement58%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 45–71%

Work and income

What is the typical salary in La Prairie?

The median gross salary is about 4,003 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: 4,003 EUR/month · Statistics Canada12
  • Median gross salary (regional): 3,007 EUR/month · 2026-09-17 · www150.statcan.gc.ca19

What is the unemployment rate in La Prairie?

The unemployment rate is about 6.1 % (2021).

  • Unemployment rate: 6.06 % · Statistics Canada13
Unemployment across cities in CanadaUnemployment in La Prairie is 6.1%. Of 515 cities with data, 125 have unemployment of 6 to under 8%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Employment rate63.6 %31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada11Official
Median gross salary4,003 EUR/month31 Dec 2020Statistics Canada12Official
Median gross salary (regional)3,007 EUR/month31 Dec 2020www150.statcan.gc.ca19Official
Unemployment rate6.06 %country median 8.4%31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada13Official

What does a salary buy in La Prairie?

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

La Prairie median gross pay: €4,003 (Statistics Canada, 2020-12-31).
Left over each month€2,201of €3,013 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.€3,013
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · Average Rent by Bedroom Type by Census Subdivision · 2025-12-31− €737
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€2,201
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in La Prairie Salary needed to live in La Prairie

Public employment service

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

Safety

How safe is La Prairie?

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, 20257

Recorded crime across major citiesLa Prairie highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with La Prairie 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, 20257Official · metropolitan-area figure

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport10 count13 Jun 2026OpenFlights — routes.dat5Official
Nearest airportYWK13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv6Official
Distance to nearest airport298.3 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv6Official

Language courses and integration

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

Find courses near La Prairie

Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in La Prairie?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 6.4 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

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

  • PM2.5 — annual mean: 6.44 µg/m³ · data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca3
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 La Prairie is 6.4 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
PM2.5 — annual mean6.44 µg/m³31 Dec 2024data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca3Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context
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

How many people live in La Prairie?

The published population was 26,406 people in 2021. Source: Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, La Prairie (Census subdivision 2467015)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 1,320 is not 16.8% 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
Area43.47 km²31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada11Official
City area46.6 km²2021Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021 (La Prairie, CSD 2467012)16Official
Foreign-resident share16.8 %31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada14Official
Foreign residents1,320 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 density607.4 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
Population26,406 people1 Jan 2021Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, La Prairie (Census subdivision 2467015)17Official
Population over time22 published observations, 2001–2022

Population rose 36.9% between 2001 and 2022, from 19,335 to 26,477.

International community in La Prairie

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 data4,400100.0%
Asia1,73539.4%
Europe1,15526.3%
Americas77517.6%
Africa73516.7%
China72016.4%
France3357.6%
Other places of birth in Africa2906.6%
Other places of birth in Americas2806.4%
Romania2756.3%
Other places of birth in Europe2455.6%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Iran2154.9%
Colombia1854.2%
Algeria1603.6%
Other places of birth in Asia1453.3%
Morocco1303.0%
Brazil1052.4%
Egypt1052.4%
Hong Kong1002.3%
Viet Nam1002.3%
Afghanistan952.2%
Lebanon751.7%
Haiti701.6%
Portugal701.6%
Philippines651.5%
Peru601.4%
India601.4%
Korea, South551.3%
Russian Federation501.1%
Ukraine501.1%
United States of America400.9%
Germany350.8%
Italy350.8%
Congo, Democratic Republic of the300.7%
Bangladesh300.7%
Pakistan250.6%
Poland200.5%
Turkey200.5%
Taiwan200.5%
Mexico150.3%
United Kingdom150.3%
El Salvador100.2%
Greece100.2%
Netherlands100.2%

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 data26,195100.0%
Canadian citizens24,88095.0%
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over19,30573.7%
Canadian citizens aged under 185,57521.3%
Not Canadian citizens1,3205.0%

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% data26,280100.0%
Single responses24,99095.1%
Official languages22,08584.0%
French20,34077.4%
Non-official languages2,90511.1%
Non-Indigenous languages2,90511.1%
English1,7456.6%
Indo-European languages1,4905.7%
Multiple responses1,2954.9%
Sino-Tibetan languages9103.5%
Chinese languages9103.5%
Show 59 more groups
Published groupPeopleShare
Italic (Romance) languages9103.5%
Mandarin6752.6%
Spanish5402.1%
English and French5101.9%
French and non-official language(s)4001.5%
Indo-Iranian languages2901.1%
Balto-Slavic languages2450.9%
Slavic languages2450.9%
Afro-Asiatic languages2400.9%
Romanian2350.9%
Semitic languages2300.9%
Arabic2300.9%
Iranian languages2200.8%
Persian languages2200.8%
Yue (Cantonese)2000.8%
English and non-official language(s)1900.7%
Russian1750.7%
English, French and non-official language(s)1700.6%
Iranian Persian1350.5%
Portuguese1350.5%
Austro-Asiatic languages650.2%
Indo-Aryan languages650.2%
Dari650.2%
Vietnamese600.2%
Creole languages550.2%
Bulgarian500.2%
Korean500.2%
Bengali350.1%
Austronesian languages300.1%
Greek300.1%
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)250.1%
Multiple non-official languages250.1%
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)250.1%
Morisyen250.1%
Dravidian languages250.1%
Turkic languages200.1%
Haitian Creole200.1%
Telugu200.1%
Turkish150.1%
Berber languages150.1%
Kabyle150.1%
Ukrainian150.1%
Hindi150.1%
Persian (Farsi), n.o.s.150.1%
Albanian100.0%
Armenian100.0%
Punjabi (Panjabi)100.0%
Urdu100.0%
Italian100.0%
Niger-Congo languages100.0%
Sign languages50.0%
Quebec Sign Language50.0%
Hakka50.0%
Wu (Shanghainese)50.0%
Azerbaijani50.0%
Khmer (Cambodian)50.0%
Malayalam50.0%
Tamil50.0%
Japanese50.0%

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

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Residents born abroad16.8 %31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada10Official
Households11,050 households31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada11Official
Labour force participation rate67.7 %31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada11Official
Median age42.8 years31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada15Official

Alternatives for people set on La Prairie

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.

Westmount as a La Prairie alternative in the same region

11 km away, better on 3 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

  • Median gross pay, city: €5,447 Westmount vs €4,003 La Prairie+36%
  • Foreign residents: 27.6% Westmount vs 16.8% La Prairie+64%
  • Unemployment: 7.7% Westmount vs 6.1% La Prairie+27%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,540 Westmount vs €3,007 La Prairie+18%
  • Annual PM2.5: 7.1 µg/m³ Westmount vs 6.4 µg/m³ La Prairie+10%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,641 Westmount vs 3,641 La Prairiesame level

Aurora as a La Prairie alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 497 km, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

  • Foreign residents: 36.8% Aurora vs 16.8% La Prairie+119%
  • Residents: 62,057 Aurora vs 26,406 La Prairie+135%
  • Nearest airport: 39.5 km Aurora vs 298.3 km La Prairie−87%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,296 Aurora vs 3,641 La Prairieno percentage
  • Median gross pay, city: €4,357 Aurora vs €4,003 La Prairie+9%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,094 Aurora vs €3,007 La Prairiesame level

Cities near La Prairie

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

Candiac 3.9 km away
Salary
4,466 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31
Delson 6.8 km away
Salary
3,355 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31
Brossard 6.8 km away
Salary
3,486 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31
Saint-Constant 7.6 km away
Salary
3,540 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31
Saint-Philippe 7.9 km away
Salary
3,595 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31
Westmount 10.6 km away
Salary
5,447 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Alternative cities in Canada

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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 La Prairie?

The published population was 26,406 people in 2021. Source: Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, La Prairie (Census subdivision 2467015).

Is the air quality good in La Prairie?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 6.4 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca.

How safe is La Prairie?

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 La Prairie?

The median gross salary is about 4,003 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 La Prairie?

The unemployment rate is about 6.1 % (2021). Source: Statistics Canada.

What is the typical salary around La Prairie?

The median gross salary is 3,007 EUR/month. Source: www150.statcan.gc.ca.

Is La Prairie a good place to live?

La Prairie 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 La Prairie?

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

How many people born in Asia live in La Prairie?

The official country of birth distribution records 1,735 people (39.4%) 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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