Photo: WinterE229 WinterforceMedia · Public domainHousehold incomes in Beaumont are higher than in 98% of Canadian towns
In May 2021, unemployment in Beaumont reached 8.7%; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. 2,260 people have their usual place of work in Beaumont, against 6,095 residents who travel to a job. Jobs were held by 76% of people aged 15 to 64 in Beaumont in 2021, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%.
What Beaumont’s work numbers say
Work near the middle
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 76% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 66%. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
At $130,300 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Jobs and income in Beaumont earn B+
Better than 68% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #131 of 474 in Alberta.
Its strongest measure is household income; its weakest, trip times.
Graded against Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more; less unemployment and a shorter commute count in its favour.
How the grade works
Census 2021 measures, weighed equally against every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 people or more: the share of residents aged 15 to 64 in work, median household income (2020), the unemployment rate and the average commute. Each becomes a percentile; their average sets the letter.
Before tax, the median household in Beaumont had $130,300
Beaumont’s median is 41% above the middle of Alberta’s towns ($92,250). 17 of the 211 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 11 have a higher median. In 2020 emergency benefits topped up many low incomes, and the census counts them here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Beaumont empties a little on a working day
It sends out some 5 workers for every one it takes in. Of those who commute, 19% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
81% of Beaumont’s residents in work leave it to work; Edmonton takes the most
Of those coming in, Edmonton supplies the most: 645.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
2021 Census, people with a usual place of work: where residents of Beaumont work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Who in Beaumont has a job
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 168 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
A more recent figure, for the wider area: 64% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. The census caught the labour market on 11 May 2021, deep in the pandemic, so unemployment and working from home both ran above normal.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: people in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64, and the census unemployment rate (15 and over); the 25-to-54 rate is Statistics Canada’s own (98-10-0485). The Labour Force Survey and business counts are context, not grade inputs.
Leaving the car at home: 3.7% of commuters in Beaumont
21% worked at home on census day, about the same as in the middle of Canadian towns. Few ride transit: 1%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 94% of commuters.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
At 28.3 minutes, commutes from Beaumont are longer than in the middle of Canadian towns
In the middle of Alberta’s towns, the average commute is 25.8 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 22%, fewer than the 39% in the middle of Alberta’s towns. Long trips are rarer than in the middle of Alberta’s towns: 5.7% take an hour or more, against 7%. Timed exactly, the average is 25.8 minutes (Statistics Canada).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: commuting duration in five bands; our average uses each band’s middle (75 minutes for an hour or more), so it runs about two minutes above Statistics Canada’s own.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
In Census Division No. 11, 30% more people receive EI than in 2019
For EI beneficiaries, the only official count covers all of Census Division No. 11, Beaumont included.
At its peak, in January 2021, 97,990 people were on EI, 3.1 times the 2019 average. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4.2 receive EI. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 5%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
How walkable Beaumont is: B
Better than 57% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #387 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Beaumont next to Canadian towns of 18,400 to 35,500: 65th of 325 on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yellowknife Northwest Territories | 22,858 | 80% | 5.8% | $148K | A+ |
| 2 | Whitehorse Yukon | 34,129 | 82% | 5.6% | $112K | A+ |
| 3 | Arcola East Saskatchewan | 33,823 | 79% | 7.7% | $123K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 12 | Lloydminster (Part) Alberta | 21,267 | 75% | 11% | $98K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 52 | Fort Saskatchewan Alberta | 30,575 | 74% | 11% | $113K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 55 | Grande Prairie County No. 1 Alberta | 25,883 | 78% | 9.6% | $120K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 63 | Old Barrhaven West Ontario | 22,012 | 74% | 10% | $128K | B+ |
| 64 | Pitt Meadows British Columbia | 20,892 | 81% | 6.4% | $104K | B+ |
| 65 | Beaumont Alberta | 26,305 | 76% | 8.7% | $130K | B+ |
| 66 | Mount Pearl Newfoundland and Labrador | 24,266 | 72% | 10% | $81K | B+ |
| 67 | Steinbach Manitoba | 21,671 | 78% | 5.7% | $72K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 325 | Parc-Extension Quebec | 29,066 | 61% | 16% | $48K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Beaumont, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Next to Beaumont: how nearby places compare
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumont | 76% | 8.7% | $130K | 28.3 min | B+ | B |
| The Orchards At Ellerslie 6.4 km | 82% | 7.9% | $119K | 29.4 min | A− | B+ |
| Summerside 7.5 km | 77% | 9.8% | $128K | 28.2 min | B+ | A− |
| Walker 7.6 km | 74% | 11% | $111K | 29 min | B | A− |
| Charlesworth 8.3 km | 77% | 12% | $112K | 26.5 min | A− | B+ |
| Ellerslie 8.7 km | 70% | 11% | $103K | 26.8 min | B− | A |
| Callaghan 9.4 km | 67% | 14% | $100K | 29.4 min | C | A− |
The people of each place: the share in work, unemployment, household income and the average commute, with both grades once they come.
What this data can and can’t tell you
What each figure measures for Beaumont, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- The Labour Force Survey. Monthly, and only for metro areas and economic regions. It is the up-to-date rate we set beside the census’s 2021 snapshot.
- In work. How many residents held a job in May 2021, set against how many were 15 to 64. It reads a little high where many people work past 65, since below the municipality the census gives no breakdown of workers by age.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- Household income. Taken from the 2021 Census, which asked about 2020: wages, pensions, investment income and government transfers together, before income tax, for the median household.
- Trip times. The census asks how long the trip to work usually takes, in bands; our average uses each band’s middle, so it runs a little above Statistics Canada’s timed average.
- Where people commute. Built from the census table that pairs each worker’s home municipality with their workplace municipality. A job here means someone who usually works in the municipality, local or not.
- Employment Insurance. Beneficiaries of Employment Insurance, month by month, for the census division rather than the town. Many jobless people don’t qualify, so it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- Which towns we compare. Any town of 2,500 or more counts, and so does any city neighbourhood that size; the city as a whole and First Nations reserves don’t. The middle is the median.
Questions about work in Beaumont
Where do people in Beaumont work?
19% work in Beaumont itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Edmonton (3,005), then Leduc County (650).
How many jobs are there in Beaumont?
The 2021 census found about 2,260 people with their usual workplace in Beaumont, or 0.4 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 694 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Beaumont?
The census put unemployment at 8.7% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Edmonton metro area at 7.1%.
What is the average household income in Beaumont?
Beaumont’s middle household had $130,300 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Beaumont get to work?
94% of commuters drive, 1% take public transit, 2.6% walk and 0.1% cycle; 21% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Beaumont?
The average commute is 28.3 minutes; 22% of trips take under 15 minutes and 5.7% an hour or more.
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (Census Profile) · Statistics Canada, tables 98-10-0458 and 98-10-0459 (commuting) · Statistics Canada, table 14-10-0323 (EI beneficiaries) · Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (14-10-0459, 14-10-0462) · Statistics Canada, Canadian Business Counts (33-10-1176) · grades: TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).