Living in Saint-Joseph-du-Lac

In Saint-Joseph-du-Lac, unemployment is 5.3% (2021).

Saint-Joseph-du-Lac's population was 7,325 at the end of 2022. The city faced an unemployment rate of 5.28% at the end of 2021. At the end of 2021, the foreign population in Saint-Joseph-du-Lac numbered 245.

Last checked 2026-09-2426 sources

Population7,325people31 Dec 2022Official source · Statistics Canada

Median gross salary3,399EUR/month31 Dec 2020Official source · Statistics Canada

Average rent852.6EUR/month31 Dec 2025Metro-area figureOfficial source · CMHC Rental Market Survey: average rents for areas with population 10,000 and over, table 34-10-0133-01

Unemployment rate5.28%country median 8.4% — 37% 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 mean6.14µg/m³31 Dec 2024Official source · data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca

Lower unemployment than 88% 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 Saint-Joseph-du-Lac?

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

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Housing and cost

At the end of 2021, 12.8% of renter households spent at least 30% of income on housing. The number of dwellings in Saint-Joseph-du-Lac reached 2,819 at the end of 2021.

No city-level rent figure is published for Saint-Joseph-du-Lac. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

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 internet¹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	24.27 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Public Mobile 50GB plan⁷Official · national market
Households spending over 30% of income on rent	12.8 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹¹Official
Dwellings	2,819 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada⁹Official
Main residence dwellings	2,743 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹²Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	852.6 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	CMHC Rental Market Survey: average rents for areas with population 10,000 and over, table 34-10-0133-01²Official · metropolitan-area figure

Is Saint-Joseph-du-Lac a good place to live?

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Remote worker57%strong on work, weak on safety · range 47–67%

Skilled employee62%strong on work, weak on education · range 53–71%

Student42%strong on cost, weak on education · range 31–53%

Family57%strong on family, weak on education · range 46–68%

Retirement58%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 45–71%

Work and income

Employment rates for Saint-Joseph-du-Lac measured 67.1% at the end of 2021. At the end of 2021, Saint-Joseph-du-Lac's labour force participation was 70.7%.

What is the typical salary in Saint-Joseph-du-Lac?

The median gross salary is about 3,399 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: 3,399 EUR/month · Statistics Canada¹³
Median gross salary (regional): 2,658 EUR/month · 2026-09-17 · www150.statcan.gc.ca¹⁷

What is the unemployment rate in Saint-Joseph-du-Lac?

The unemployment rate is about 5.3 % (2021).

Unemployment rate: 5.28 % · Statistics Canada¹⁴

Unemployment across cities in CanadaUnemployment in Saint-Joseph-du-Lac is 5.3%. Of 515 cities with data, 125 have unemployment of 6 to under 8%.

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Saint-Joseph-du-Lac 5.3%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Employment rate	67.1 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹²Official
Median gross salary	3,399 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	Statistics Canada¹³Official
Median gross salary (regional)	2,658 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	www150.statcan.gc.ca¹⁷Official
Unemployment rate	5.28 %country median 8.4%	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁴Official

What does a salary buy in Saint-Joseph-du-Lac?

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

Left over each month€1,694of €2,620 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.	€2,620
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · CMHC Rental Market Survey: average rents for areas with population 10,000 and over, table 34-10-0133-01 · 2025-12-31	− €853
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	€1,694

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Saint-Joseph-du-Lac. 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

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Safety

How safe is Saint-Joseph-du-Lac?

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, 2025⁶

Recorded crime across major citiesSaint-Joseph-du-Lac 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, 2025⁶Official · metropolitan-area figure

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Distance to the nearest major airport	17 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁵Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	YMX	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁵Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Saint-Joseph-du-Lac. 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

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Saint-Joseph-du-Lac?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 6.1 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: 6.14 µg/m³ · data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca³

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

PM2.56.1WHO 5 · EU 25

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 Saint-Joseph-du-Lac is 6.1 µg/m³. Of 123 cities with data, 46 have annual PM2.5 of 3 to under 4 µg/m³.

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Saint-Joseph-du-Lac 6.1

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	6.14 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca³Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context
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 · coordinate grid
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 · coordinate grid
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 · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

Saint-Joseph-du-Lac covered an area of 41.2 km² at the end of 2021. Households in Saint-Joseph-du-Lac numbered 2,740 at the end of 2021. Saint-Joseph-du-Lac had a median age of 40.8 years at the end of 2021.

How many people live in Saint-Joseph-du-Lac?

The published population was 7,325 people in 2022. Source: Statistics Canada¹⁰

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport96.7%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Area	41.22 km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹²Official
City area	41.22 km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁵Official
Foreign-resident share	3.5 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada⁸Official
Foreign residents	245 people	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada⁸Official
Population density	170.6 people/km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁵Official
Population	7,325 people	31 Dec 2022	Statistics Canada¹⁰Official

Population over time22 published observations, 2001–2022

4,788

5,696

6,605

7,513

7,32520012005200920152022

Population rose 47.2% between 2001 and 2022, from 4,976 to 7,325.

International community in Saint-Joseph-du-Lac

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	240	100.0%
Europe	110	45.8%
Americas	60	25.0%
France	60	25.0%
Africa	35	14.6%
Asia	35	14.6%
Morocco	25	10.4%
Other places of birth in Asia	25	10.4%
United States of America	20	8.3%
Haiti	10	4.2%
Other places of birth in Americas	10	4.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Poland	10	4.2%
Other places of birth in Europe	10	4.2%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹¹

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	7,010	100.0%
Canadian citizens	6,930	98.9%
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over	5,280	75.3%
Canadian citizens aged under 18	1,650	23.5%
Not Canadian citizens	80	1.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹¹

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	7,020	100.0%
Single responses	6,915	98.5%
Official languages	6,835	97.4%
French	6,600	94.0%
English	240	3.4%
Multiple responses	110	1.6%
English and French	80	1.1%
Non-official languages	80	1.1%
Non-Indigenous languages	80	1.1%
Indo-European languages	55	0.8%
Italic (Romance) languages	40	0.6%

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Published group	People	Share
Spanish	30	0.4%
French and non-official language(s)	25	0.4%
Afro-Asiatic languages	10	0.1%
Semitic languages	10	0.1%
Arabic	10	0.1%
Balto-Slavic languages	10	0.1%
Slavic languages	10	0.1%
Russian	10	0.1%
Romanian	10	0.1%
Niger-Congo languages	10	0.1%
Sino-Tibetan languages	5	0.1%
Chinese languages	5	0.1%
Mandarin	5	0.1%
English and non-official language(s)	5	0.1%
Italian	5	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹¹

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents born abroad	3.4 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹¹Official
Households	2,740 households	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹²Official
Labour force participation rate	70.7 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹²Official
Median age	40.8 years	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁶Official

Alternatives for people set on Saint-Joseph-du-Lac

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.

Hudson as a Saint-Joseph-du-Lac alternative in the same region

15 km away, better on 3 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Foreign residents: 17.6% Hudson vs 3.5% Saint-Joseph-du-Lac+404%
Median gross pay, city: €4,521 Hudson vs €3,399 Saint-Joseph-du-Lac+33%
Unemployment: 7.7% Hudson vs 5.3% Saint-Joseph-du-Lac+46%
Residents: 5,614 Hudson vs 7,325 Saint-Joseph-du-Lac−23%
Median gross pay, region: €2,810 Hudson vs €2,658 Saint-Joseph-du-Lac+6%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,641 Hudson vs 3,641 Saint-Joseph-du-Lacsame level
Annual PM2.5: 6.1 µg/m³ Hudson vs 6.1 µg/m³ Saint-Joseph-du-Lacsame level

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Aurora as a Saint-Joseph-du-Lac alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 464 km, better on 3 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Foreign residents: 36.8% Aurora vs 3.5% Saint-Joseph-du-Lac+950%
Median gross pay, city: €4,357 Aurora vs €3,399 Saint-Joseph-du-Lac+28%
Median gross pay, region: €3,094 Aurora vs €2,658 Saint-Joseph-du-Lac+16%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,296 Aurora vs 3,641 Saint-Joseph-du-Lacno percentage

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Cities near Saint-Joseph-du-Lac

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

Pointe-Calumet 4.5 km away

Salary: 2,745 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac 5.2 km away

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

Saint-Eustache 8.6 km away

Salary: 3,224 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Deux-Montagnes 9.1 km away

Salary: 3,268 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Kirkland 13.9 km away

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

Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue 14.9 km away

Salary: 3,676 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Hudson 14.9 km away

Salary: 4,521 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Vaudreuil-Dorion 15.0 km away

Salary: 3,268 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

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Hampstead7,333 residents Chibougamau7,344 residents Baie-Saint-Paul7,355 residents Louiseville7,279 residents West St. Paul7,242 residents Chandler7,421 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 Saint-Joseph-du-Lac?

The published population was 7,325 people in 2022. Source: Statistics Canada.

Is the air quality good in Saint-Joseph-du-Lac?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 6.1 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 Saint-Joseph-du-Lac?

What is the typical salary in Saint-Joseph-du-Lac?

The median gross salary is about 3,399 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 Saint-Joseph-du-Lac?

The unemployment rate is about 5.3 % (2021). Source: Statistics Canada.

What is the typical salary around Saint-Joseph-du-Lac?

The median gross salary is 2,658 EUR/month. Source: www150.statcan.gc.ca.

Is Saint-Joseph-du-Lac a good place to live?

Saint-Joseph-du-Lac 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 Saint-Joseph-du-Lac?

Pointe-Calumet, Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, Saint-Eustache, Deux-Montagnes, Kirkland are near Saint-Joseph-du-Lac. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Europe live in Saint-Joseph-du-Lac?

The official country of birth distribution records 110 people (45.8%) 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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