Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Beaconsfield has some of the highest household incomes of any Canadian town
Jobs were held by 77% of people aged 15 to 64 in Beaconsfield in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. Beaconsfield is the usual workplace of 2,445 people, and 4,570 of its own residents commute to a job. On census day, 43% of workers here were at home, next to 21% in the middle of Canadian towns.
The short version on work in Beaconsfield
Less unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 7.2% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 6.9% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household had $138,200 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Many work from home
On census day, 43% of those in work were working at home; the middle of Canadian towns is 21%. 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.
Jobs & income in Beaconsfield: graded A−
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 Beaconsfield were working in 2021
Of the 89 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Montréal census division, 67 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Counting retirees, 59% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 62% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 64%. 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 Beaconsfield: $138,200 at the median
2 of the 89 other places of 2,500+ in the Montréal census division have a higher median. Against the middle of Quebec’s towns ($74,100), Beaconsfield’s median is 87% above. That year, 2020, brought emergency benefits that count in these totals, before tax.
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: higher than in almost any Canadian town.
Walking, cycling or transit: 13% of Beaconsfield’s commuters
By transit: 7.7% of commuters, well above the 1.5% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Fewer drive than in the middle of Quebec’s towns: 84% against 90%.
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.
On a working day, Beaconsfield loses more workers than it gains
About 2 residents leave for work for each person who comes in. The job is inside the municipality for 18% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
82% of Beaconsfield’s residents in work leave it to work; Montréal takes the most
In the other direction the biggest source is Montréal, with 495.
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 Beaconsfield work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Close to the middle of Canadian towns: commutes from Beaconsfield average 26.8 minutes
Timed exactly, the average is 24.1 minutes (Statistics Canada). Only 30% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. An hour or more: 6.7% of commuters, above the 5.3% in the middle of Quebec’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.
52% more people are on EI in the Montréal census division than in 2019
That works out to around 2.6 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 7%. January 2021 was the busiest month, with 103,570 people on EI, 5.2 times 2019’s average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: one figure for all of the Montréal census division. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Walkability in Beaconsfield: graded A
Better than 93% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #144 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
75th of 470: where Beaconsfield ranks among Canadian towns of 13,600 to 26,200
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yellowknife Northwest Territories | 22,858 | 80% | 5.8% | $148K | A+ |
| 2 | Sillery Quebec | 13,950 | 81% | 6.2% | $120K | A+ |
| 3 | Central Saanich British Columbia | 18,184 | 85% | 4.9% | $103K | A+ |
| 4 | Cap-Rouge Quebec | 17,139 | 81% | 4.3% | $126K | A+ |
| 5 | L'Aéroport Quebec | 13,630 | 84% | 5.2% | $90K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 73 | Saugeen Shores Ontario | 18,167 | 73% | 8% | $103K | A− |
| 74 | Glen Cairn Ontario | 14,020 | 75% | 10% | $113K | A− |
| 75 | Beaconsfield Quebec | 19,430 | 77% | 7.2% | $138K | A− |
| 76 | Saint-Lazare Quebec | 22,895 | 81% | 6.1% | $123K | A− |
| 77 | Greektown British Columbia | 16,618 | 79% | 8.5% | $101K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 470 | Oakridge Ontario | 13,913 | 51% | 21% | $60K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Beaconsfield, and others among Quebec’s towns.
How the places next to Beaconsfield compare on work
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaconsfield | 77% | 7.2% | $138K | 26.8 min | A− | A |
| Kirkland 2 km | 75% | 8% | $128K | 27.4 min | B+ | A |
| Pierrefonds-Ouest 3.8 km | 74% | 9.5% | $96K | 29.2 min | B− | A |
| Baie-D'Urfé 4.1 km | 75% | 8.8% | $147K | 27.6 min | B+ | A |
| Pointe-Claire 4.9 km | 78% | 8.4% | $93K | 24.8 min | A− | A+ |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue 6.8 km | 75% | 9.5% | $81K | 27.2 min | C+ | A+ |
| L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève 6.9 km | 78% | 7.5% | $99K | 30.7 min | B | 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 Beaconsfield, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- In work. People in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64 (2021 Census). The census doesn’t cross work with age below the municipality, so this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood has; retirees don’t weigh on it.
- 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.
- Where people commute. Only people with a usual place of work are in it: those who work from home or have no fixed site are not. Home and work are both counted by municipality.
- 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. Statistics Canada surveys households every month; the results come out for metro areas and economic regions, never for single towns, and keep the rate current after 2021.
- 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 Beaconsfield
What is the average household income in Beaconsfield?
Beaconsfield’s middle household had $138,200 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Beaconsfield get to work?
84% of commuters drive, 7.7% take public transit, 4% walk and 1.1% cycle; 43% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Beaconsfield?
The average commute is 26.8 minutes; 30% of trips take under 15 minutes and 6.7% an hour or more.
Where do people in Beaconsfield work?
Only 18% work in Beaconsfield itself; the rest go first to Montréal (1,685) and Pointe-Claire (660).
How many jobs are there in Beaconsfield?
The 2021 census found about 2,445 people with their usual workplace in Beaconsfield, or 0.5 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 593 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Beaconsfield?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Montréal metro area at 6.9%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 7.2%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
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).