Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Beasley ranks among the lowest-earning Canadian towns by household income
Jobs were held by 49% of people aged 15 to 64 in Beasley in 2021, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns. At 29.7 minutes on average, the trip to work from Beasley compares with 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Buses, trains and subways take 17% of its commuters to work.
What Beasley’s work numbers say
Fewer people in work than most towns
In work at the 2021 census: 49% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 47% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 17% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 7.6% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $47,400 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 29.7 minutes; the middle of Canadian towns is 26. Getting to work ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Beasley earns D− for jobs and income
Behind almost every Canadian town on three measures together, #863 of 866 in Ontario.
Its strongest measure is trip times; its weakest, household income.
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 and out of work in Beasley
None of the 105 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Hamilton census division has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 56% of residents that age. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 61% in October 2026. 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.
Household income in Beasley: $47,400 at the median
Every other place of 2,500 or more in the Hamilton census division has a higher median. That puts Beasley 48% below the median of Ontario’s towns, $91,600. Pandemic benefits paid in 2020 lifted the incomes at the bottom, and they are counted here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Before tax, 2020: lower than in almost any Canadian town.
29% of commuters from Beasley go without a car
68% drive to work, fewer than the 88% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. Working at home: 21%, close to the middle of Canadian towns. More people walk to work here than in the middle of Ontario’s towns: 11% against 3.2%.
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.
38% more people are on EI in the Hamilton census division than in 2019
That works out to around 4.1 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 rose by 1%. The count topped out in January 2021 at 30,560 people, 3.3 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries published for the Hamilton census division, not by town. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Walking in Beasley earns A+
Better than almost every Canadian town on two measures together, #66 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Where Beasley sits among Canadian towns of 4,400 to 8,600
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 3 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 7 | Sioux Lookout Ontario | 6,122 | 79% | 5.7% | $103K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 9 | Island Park-Wellington Village Ontario | 5,486 | 81% | 7% | $161K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 24 | Alta Vista Ontario | 8,387 | 78% | 8.3% | $138K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 717 | Beechborough-Greenbrook Ontario | 6,419 | 60% | 17% | $63K | D− |
| 718 | Gibson Ontario | 7,581 | 50% | 21% | $55K | D− |
| 719 | Beasley Ontario | 6,338 | 49% | 17% | $47K | D− |
| 720 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Beasley, and others among Ontario’s towns.
The work picture around Beasley
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beasley | 49% | 17% | $47K | 29.7 min | D− | A+ |
| Landsdale 0.7 km | 58% | 14% | $57K | 29.9 min | D− | A+ |
| North End East 1 km | 62% | 16% | $73K | 29.8 min | D | A+ |
| Corktown 1.2 km | 63% | 13% | $52K | 30.3 min | D− | A+ |
| Central 1.2 km | 61% | 15% | $56K | 27.4 min | D− | A+ |
| Stinson 1.3 km | 60% | 14% | $55K | 30.9 min | D− | A+ |
| Durand 1.6 km | 65% | 13% | $49K | 29.1 min | D− | 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 Beasley, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Employment Insurance. A monthly count of Employment Insurance beneficiaries for the whole census division. It tracks the local job market, but it is not an unemployment rate.
- 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. The census-week jobless rate for residents 15 and over. Its base is the labour force, those employed plus those actively looking.
- 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.
- Trip times. Commuters picked a band for their usual trip (under 15 minutes, 15 to 29, and so on). We place each person at the middle of their band, which lands a little above Statistics Canada’s own timed average.
- Which towns we compare. The comparison pool is places of 2,500 people or more, towns or neighbourhoods inside cities, without whole cities or reserves, and we compare with its median.
- Neighbourhood figures. Beasley’s census figures are summed from its dissemination areas. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages are published only for the whole municipality, so they are on Hamilton’s page.
Questions about work in Beasley
What is the unemployment rate in Beasley?
The census put unemployment at 17% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Hamilton metro area at 7.6%.
What is the average household income in Beasley?
Beasley’s middle household had $47,400 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Beasley get to work?
68% of commuters drive, 17% take public transit, 11% walk and 0.6% cycle; 21% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How many jobs are there in Beasley?
The census places jobs by municipality, so the answer is in Hamilton’s figures, with the flows of its commuters.
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (Census Profile) · 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).