Living in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines

In Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, tenants pay an average rent of €846 a month (2025) and unemployment is 6.2% (2021).

Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines had a population of 15,861 at the end of 2022. An unemployment rate of 6.19% was measured at the end of 2021. Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines was home to 515 foreign residents at the end of 2021.

Last checked 2026-10-1027 sources

Population15,861people31 Dec 2022Official source · Statistics Canada

Median gross salary2,789EUR/month31 Dec 2020Official source · Statistics Canada

Average rent845.6EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Average Rent by Bedroom Type by Census Subdivision

Unemployment rate6.19%country median 8.4% — 26% 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 mean7.31µg/m³31 Dec 2024Official source · data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca

Lower unemployment than 77% 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 Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines?

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

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Housing and cost

Renter households in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines spending 30% or more on housing totalled 14.9% at the end of 2021. The number of dwellings in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines reached 6,005 at the end of 2021.

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 plan⁸Official · national market
Households spending over 30% of income on rent	14.9 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹²Official
Dwellings	6,005 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁰Official
Main residence dwellings	5,882 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹³Official
Average monthly rent (two-bedroom)	800.7 EUR/month	31 Oct 2023	CMHC Urban Rental Market Survey — Average Rents in Urban Centres (CSD table), October 2023³Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	845.6 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Average Rent by Bedroom Type by Census Subdivision¹Official

Is Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines a good place to live?

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Remote worker52%strong on work, weak on safety · range 42–62%

Skilled employee58%strong on work, weak on education · range 49–67%

Student40%strong on cost, weak on education · range 29–51%

Family53%strong on family, weak on education · range 42–64%

Retirement57%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 44–70%

Work and income

The employment rate of 64.4% was recorded at the end of 2021. Labour force participation in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines stood at 68.6% at the end of 2021.

What is the typical salary in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines?

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.

Median gross salary: 2,789 EUR/month · Statistics Canada¹⁴
Median gross salary (regional): 2,222 EUR/month · 2026-09-17 · www150.statcan.gc.ca¹⁸

What is the unemployment rate in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines?

The unemployment rate is about 6.2 % (2021).

Unemployment rate: 6.19 % · Statistics Canada¹⁵

Unemployment across cities in CanadaUnemployment in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines is 6.2%. 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

Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines 6.2%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Employment rate	64.4 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹³Official
Median gross salary	2,789 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	Statistics Canada¹⁴Official
Median gross salary (regional)	2,222 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	www150.statcan.gc.ca¹⁸Official
Unemployment rate	6.19 %country median 8.4%	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁵Official

What does a salary buy in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines?

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

Left over each month€1,306of €2,226 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.	€2,226
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · Average Rent by Bedroom Type by Census Subdivision · 2025-12-31	− €846
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	€1,306

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines. 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 Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines?

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 citiesSainte-Anne-des-Plaines 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, 2025⁷Official · metropolitan-area figure

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Distance to the nearest major airport	20 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁶Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	YMX	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁶Official

Language courses and integration

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

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IRCC newcomer language-learning services finder — State Language Course

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.3 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: 7.31 µg/m³ · data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca⁴

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

PM2.57.3WHO 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 Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines is 7.3 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

Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines 7.3

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	7.31 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca⁴Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 5.5 · Feb 2.86 · Mar 21.17 · Apr 23.63 · May 30.76 · Jun 32.45 · Jul 32.16 · Aug 31.2 · Sep 31.62 · Oct 25.65 · Nov 19.43 · Dec 14.19 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁵Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -39.48 · Feb -37.21 · Mar -32.57 · Apr -16.98 · May -5.25 · Jun 1.18 · Jul 6.71 · Aug 5.17 · Sep -1.86 · Oct -7.28 · Nov -21.9 · Dec -36.37 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁵Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -13.06 · Feb -11.48 · Mar -5.78 · Apr 3.32 · May 11.62 · Jun 16.9 · Jul 19.62 · Aug 18.61 · Sep 14.61 · Oct 6.98 · Nov -0.29 · Dec -8.48 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁵Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

At the end of 2021, the city's area measured 93.4 km². The number of households reached 5,880 at the end of 2021. Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines recorded a median age of 39.6 years at the end of 2021.

How many people live in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines?

The published population was 15,861 people in 2022. Source: Statistics Canada¹¹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport96.8%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Area	93.44 km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹³Official
City area	93.44 km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁶Official
Foreign-resident share	3.55 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada⁹Official
Foreign residents	515 people	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada⁹Official
Population density	162.9 people/km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁶Official
Population	15,861 people	31 Dec 2022	Statistics Canada¹¹Official

Population over time22 published observations, 2001–2022

12,926

13,977

15,027

16,078

15,86120012005200920152022

Population rose 20.3% between 2001 and 2022, from 13,183 to 15,861.

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents born abroad	3.5 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹²Official
Households	5,880 households	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹³Official
Labour force participation rate	68.6 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹³Official
Median age	39.6 years	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁷Official

Alternatives for people set on Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines

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.

Blainville as a Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines alternative in the same region

12 km away, better on 4 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Foreign residents: 11.7% Blainville vs 3.6% Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines+230%
Residents: 62,700 Blainville vs 15,861 Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines+295%
Median gross pay, city: €3,813 Blainville vs €2,789 Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines+37%
Median gross pay, region: €2,789 Blainville vs €2,222 Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines+25%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,099 Blainville vs 3,641 Sainte-Anne-des-Plainesno percentage
Unemployment: 5.6% Blainville vs 6.2% Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines−10%
Annual PM2.5: 7.3 µg/m³ Blainville vs 7.3 µg/m³ Sainte-Anne-des-Plainessame level

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Aurora as a Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 486 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 3.6% Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines+935%
Median gross pay, city: €4,357 Aurora vs €2,789 Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines+56%
Median gross pay, region: €3,094 Aurora vs €2,222 Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines+39%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,296 Aurora vs 3,641 Sainte-Anne-des-Plainesno percentage

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Cities near Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines

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

Blainville 12.3 km away

Salary: 3,813 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Saint-Jérôme 14.3 km away

Salary: 2,832 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Boisbriand 16.7 km away

Salary: 3,377 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan 19.2 km away

Salary: 2,941 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Saint-Eustache 23.2 km away

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

Alternative cities in Canada

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Laurentides15,768 residents Kenora15,766 residents West Nipissing15,744 residents Sooke15,991 residents Summerside15,993 residents Strathroy16,056 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 Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines?

The published population was 15,861 people in 2022. Source: Statistics Canada.

Is the air quality good in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.3 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 Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines?

What is the typical salary in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines?

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 Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines?

The unemployment rate is about 6.2 % (2021). Source: Statistics Canada.

What is the typical salary around Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines?

The median gross salary is 2,222 EUR/month. Source: www150.statcan.gc.ca.

Is Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines a good place to live?

Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines 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 Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines?

Bois-des-Filion, Blainville, Sainte-Thérèse, Saint-Jérôme, Rosemère are near Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

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  title = {Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Canada: population, rent, salary},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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}

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