Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Beckwith top those of 98% of Canadian towns
Working at home: 31% of its workers, where the middle of Canadian towns has 21%. 540 people have their usual place of work in Beckwith, against 2,475 residents who travel to a job. The 2021 census found 79% of working-age people in Beckwith employed; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%.
What the numbers say about work in Beckwith
More people in work than most towns
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 79% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 63%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 6.4% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 7.3% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
At $126,200 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 30 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 4.8% take an hour or more. 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.
Beckwith grades B+ for jobs and income
Better than 72% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #130 of 866 in Ontario.
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.
How many in Beckwith were working in 2021
Of the 8 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Lanark census division, 7 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 61% in work in October 2026. Counting those looking for work too, 68% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 63%: many residents are past working age. Census day was 11 May 2021, in the pandemic’s third wave: unemployment ran high and many worked from home, so these figures describe that spring rather than today.
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.
Before tax, the median household in Beckwith had $126,200
No other place of 2,500 or more in the Lanark census division has a higher median. Set beside Ontario’s towns, where the median is $91,600, Beckwith sits 38% above. Pandemic support paid in 2020, CERB first among it, is part of these before-tax incomes.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
A longer commute than the middle of Canadian towns: 30 minutes from Beckwith
An hour or more: 4.8% of commuters, under the 7.9% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 26.6 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of Ontario’s towns, the average commute is 28.6 minutes.
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.
More go out than come in: the working day in Beckwith
About 6 residents leave for work for each person who comes in. The job is inside the municipality for 7.3% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
93% of Beckwith’s residents in work leave it to work; Ottawa takes the most
- Ottawa1,225
- Carleton Place670
- Smiths Falls145
- Perth110
- Almonte105
- Arnprior15
- Montague10
- Kingston10
Inbound, the leader is Ottawa (90).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Beckwith gets to work without a car for 2.9% of commuters
Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 96% of commuters.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
EI claims in the Lanark census division run 20% above their 2019 level
Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 rose by 1%. The count topped out in February 2021 at 3,450 people, 2.6 times the 2019 average. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 4.1 are on EI.
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). Beckwith doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from the Lanark census division.
How walkable Beckwith is: D
Better than 12% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #838 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Among Canadian towns of 7,100 to 13,600, Beckwith ranks 172nd of 653 for jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | North River Heights Manitoba | 7,228 | 82% | 8.4% | $143K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 9 | Glebe-Dows Lake Ontario | 13,436 | 80% | 9.4% | $113K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 14 | Wellesley Ontario | 12,413 | 84% | 3.9% | $119K | A+ |
| 15 | Perth East Ontario | 13,423 | 86% | 3.9% | $96K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 170 | Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley British Columbia | 7,830 | 74% | 9.4% | $89K | B+ |
| 171 | Lincoln New Brunswick | 8,093 | 75% | 6.5% | $86K | B+ |
| 172 | Beckwith Ontario | 10,073 | 79% | 6.4% | $126K | B+ |
| 173 | West Queen West Ontario | 13,599 | 81% | 7.5% | $103K | B+ |
| 174 | Baie-Saint-Paul Quebec | 7,760 | 79% | 5.2% | $65K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 653 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Beckwith, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Work in and around Beckwith
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beckwith | 79% | 6.4% | $126K | 30 min | B+ | D |
| Carleton Place 3.5 km | 78% | 7.8% | $89K | 26 min | B+ | A |
| Almonte 14.9 km | 79% | 7.6% | $100K | 29.4 min | B+ | B |
| Corkery 17.8 km | 83% | 4.7% | $158K | 29.5 min | A | D |
| Munster - Ashton 18.3 km | 80% | 7.6% | $126K | 32 min | B+ | D− |
| Drummond/North Elmsley 18.9 km | 78% | 7.2% | $97K | 27.2 min | B+ | D |
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 Beckwith, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Trip times. How long getting to work normally takes, averaged from the census’s time bands at their middles; expect it to read slightly high against the timed figure.
- Where people commute. Who travels where, from the census: workers with a regular workplace, sorted by the municipality they live in and the one they work in.
- Employment Insurance. How many people in the census division drew Employment Insurance each month; it moves with layoffs and hiring, yet people who don’t qualify are absent from it.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada’s monthly survey, published for metro areas and economic regions rather than towns: it gives a current rate beside the census’s 2021 one.
- 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. The share of people 15 and over in the labour force, working or looking for work, who had no job on census day in May 2021.
- Household income. Half of households had more than this before tax in 2020, half less, counting every source of income. For a neighbourhood we estimate the median from the income brackets of its dissemination areas.
- Which towns we compare. Comparisons are with the median of Canadian towns and city neighbourhoods counting 2,500 people or more, reserves and entire cities excluded.
Questions about work in Beckwith
Where do people in Beckwith work?
Only 7.3% work in Beckwith itself; the rest go first to Ottawa (1,225) and Carleton Place (670).
How many jobs are there in Beckwith?
The 2021 census found about 540 people with their usual workplace in Beckwith, or 0.2 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. Statistics Canada counted 209 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Beckwith?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 6.4% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Ottawa-Gatineau, Ontario part metro area at 7.3% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Beckwith?
Beckwith’s middle household had $126,200 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Beckwith get to work?
96% of commuters drive, 2.9% walk; 31% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Beckwith?
The average commute is 30 minutes; 22% of trips take under 15 minutes and 4.8% 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).