Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Beausejour tops that of 72% of Canadian towns
Census day 2021 found 10% of Beausejour’s labour force without a job, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. 1,860 people have their usual place of work in Beausejour, against 1,090 residents who travel to a job. Half the households in Beausejour had more than $71,100 in 2020, before tax, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900.
What sets Beausejour apart on jobs and income
More people in work than most towns
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 79% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 55%. In work ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $71,100 before tax in 2020, where the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
A local job centre
With 1,860 jobs based in Beausejour and 1,090 working residents, the ratio compares with 0.8 in the middle of Canadian towns. The daily tide ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 29.6 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 13% last an hour or longer. The trip to work ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Jobs & income in Beausejour: graded C
Better than 34% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #146 of 185 in Manitoba.
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; 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.
In Beausejour, 79% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
61% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 55%. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 66% in October 2026. May 2021, when the census was taken, was a pandemic spring; unemployment has come down since, as the Labour Force Survey records.
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.
Household income in Beausejour
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 64% of Canadian towns.
Set beside Manitoba’s towns, where the median is $83,900, Beausejour sits 15% below. The year is 2020: emergency benefits like CERB count in these incomes, and they raised the bottom of the range.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
A working day adds 61% to the people at work in Beausejour
Beausejour takes in some 2 workers for every resident it sends out. Of those who commute, 52% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
29.6 minutes from Beausejour to work, over the middle of Canadian towns
An hour or more: 13% of commuters, above the 5.5% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 26.4 minutes. The middle of Manitoba’s towns averages 23.6 minutes. Only 43% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 46% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns.
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.
1,289 people come into Beausejour to work, most from Brokenhead and Oakbank
- Brokenhead430
- Oakbank200
- Winnipeg190
- St. Clements100
- Lac du Bonnet65
- Reynolds50
- Whitemouth35
- Pinawa35
- St. Andrews25
- Alexander20
- Winnipeg210
- Selkirk110
- Oakbank65
- Pinawa35
- Lac du Bonnet25
- Lac du Bonnet15
- Rosser15
- St. Andrews10
69% of the people who work in Beausejour live outside it, 430 of them in Brokenhead, 10 km away. Of residents who leave for work, most head to Winnipeg (210).
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 Beausejour work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
9.6% of commuters from Beausejour go without a car
89% drive to work, more than the 87% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. Only 11% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns.
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.
EI claims in Census Division No. 12 run 13% above their 2019 level
That is about 4.4 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 rose by 6%. The count topped out in January 2021 at 1,200 people, 2.1 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: Census Division No. 12. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Beausejour grades A− for walkability
Better than 84% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #95 of 185 in Manitoba.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Beausejour is 522nd of 778 Canadian towns of 2,500 to 4,800 people for jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Mount Royal Alberta | 2,758 | 83% | 12% | $188K | A+ |
| 2 | Central River Heights Manitoba | 2,736 | 84% | 5.4% | $137K | A+ |
| 3 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| 4 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 520 | Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part Ontario | 3,606 | 76% | 9.3% | $80K | C |
| 521 | Thorncliff Alberta | 3,564 | 65% | 17% | $85K | C |
| 522 | Beausejour Manitoba | 3,565 | 79% | 10% | $71K | C |
| 523 | Ekota Alberta | 2,509 | 65% | 17% | $95K | C |
| 524 | Bedford Quebec | 2,845 | 76% | 6.6% | $55K | C |
| … | ||||||
| 778 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,724 | 43% | 30% | $51K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Beausejour, and others among Manitoba’s towns.
Next to Beausejour: how nearby places compare
Beausejour has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 10–28 km out.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beausejour | 79% | 10% | $71K | 29.6 min | C | A− |
| Brokenhead 10.4 km | 76% | 7.8% | $94K | 37.5 min | C+ | C− |
| St. Clements 26.2 km | 78% | 7.1% | $96K | 31.5 min | B− | D |
| Oakbank 26.4 km | 79% | 5.3% | $114K | 32.6 min | B | C |
| Selkirk 28 km | 66% | 10% | $68K | 22.1 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 Beausejour, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Where people commute. Jobs count everyone whose usual workplace lies in the municipality, residents or commuters from elsewhere, from Statistics Canada’s home-by-workplace table.
- 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.
- The Labour Force Survey. The most recent unemployment rate on the page comes from this monthly survey, which covers the wider metro area or economic region, not the town.
- In work. Why 15 to 64? Otherwise retirees would pull the rate down in older towns. The census can’t say how old a neighbourhood’s workers are, so the count of people in work takes every age.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- Household income. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- 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.
- 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 Beausejour
What is the unemployment rate in Beausejour?
Two figures answer it: 10% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 4.1% for the Southeast economic region in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Beausejour?
Before tax, half the households in Beausejour had more than $71,100 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Beausejour get to work?
Driving takes 89% of commuters to work, 9.6% walk, and on census day 11% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Beausejour?
About 29.6 minutes on average, with 43% under a quarter-hour and 13% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Beausejour work?
Most stay: 52% work in Beausejour. The rest go first to Winnipeg (210) and Selkirk (110).
How many jobs are there in Beausejour?
Some 1,860 people worked in Beausejour at the 2021 census: 1.7 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 212 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
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).