Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Working-age people in Beaumont are more likely to have a job than in 93% of Canadian towns
Jobs located in Beaumont: 365, for 975 residents with a usual workplace. Half the households in Beaumont had more than $99,600 in 2020, before tax, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Unemployment in Beaumont stood at 4.6% on census day 2021, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
Where Beaumont stands out on work
More people in work than most towns
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 85% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 65%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 4.6% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 4.5% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $99,600 in 2020, against $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 & income in Beaumont: graded A+
Better than 96% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #19 of 507 in Quebec.
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.
Work for 85% of 15-to-64s in Beaumont
Of the 4 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Bellechasse census division, 2 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
69% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. Counting retirees, 65% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. In October 2026, 63% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. 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.
How Beaumont’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 85% of Canadian towns.
The middle of Quebec’s towns is $74,100, and Beaumont is 34% above it. No other place of 2,500 or more in the Bellechasse census division has a higher median. Because 2020 was the first year of the pandemic, emergency benefits make up 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).
The daily tide in Beaumont runs outward
975 residents of Beaumont had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 365 people had theirs in Beaumont, wherever they lived.
For every person who comes in to work, about 4 residents travel out. Of those who commute, 14% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
86% of Beaumont’s residents in work leave it to work; Lévis takes the most
In the other direction the biggest source is Lévis, with 125.
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.
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 3.8% of Beaumont’s commuters
Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 95% of commuters. Only 18% worked at home on census day, against 21% 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.
At 24.3 minutes, commutes from Beaumont are close to the middle of Canadian towns
Only 25% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Long trips are rarer than in the middle of Quebec’s towns: 4.2% take an hour or more, against 5.3%. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 21.1 minutes. In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
In the Bellechasse census division, 27% more people receive EI than in 2019
The highest month was January 2021: 1,810 people, 3.2 times the 2019 level. That works out to around 3.2 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%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: the Bellechasse 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).
Beaumont grades C− for walkability
Better than 19% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #477 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
34th of 666: where Beaumont ranks among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 4,300
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 5 | Kuujjuaq Quebec | 2,766 | 78% | 4.2% | $112K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 10 | Hatley Quebec | 2,512 | 89% | 4.1% | $103K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 12 | Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska Quebec | 3,307 | 85% | 4.8% | $91K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 32 | Meadow Lake No. 588 Saskatchewan | 2,712 | 89% | 3.7% | $89K | A+ |
| 33 | Plessisville Quebec | 2,718 | 90% | 2.4% | $78K | A+ |
| 34 | Beaumont Quebec | 3,188 | 85% | 4.6% | $100K | A+ |
| 35 | Moosomin Saskatchewan | 2,906 | 81% | 4.5% | $83K | A+ |
| 36 | Brookside Alberta | 3,173 | 80% | 8.6% | $141K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 666 | 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 Beaumont, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Jobs near Beaumont: the places around it
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumont | 85% | 4.6% | $100K | 24.3 min | A+ | C− |
| Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans 4.3 km | 84% | 8.2% | $95K | 26.7 min | A | D |
| Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse 8 km | 85% | 3.9% | $81K | 24.5 min | A− | A− |
| Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse 8.1 km | 78% | 6.9% | $85K | 25.2 min | B+ | A− |
| Sainte-Pétronille 9.5 km | 80% | 7% | $109K | 27.2 min | A− | D− |
| Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans 9.5 km | 86% | 6.2% | $84K | 23.5 min | A | C− |
| L'Ange-Gardien 12.6 km | 83% | 4.9% | $91K | 25.4 min | A | C |
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. 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. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- 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. The 2020 income of the household at the midpoint, all sources and before tax. Inside a city we rebuild it from the dissemination areas’ income bands, so there it is an estimate.
- Trip times. Our average assumes everyone in, say, the 15-to-29-minute band takes 22 minutes. Across all the bands that runs a shade above Statistics Canada’s measured 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. 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.
- 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
How many jobs are there in Beaumont?
Some 365 people worked in Beaumont at the 2021 census: 0.4 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 108 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Beaumont?
The census put unemployment at 4.6% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Québec metro area at 4.5%.
What is the average household income in Beaumont?
Beaumont’s middle household had $99,600 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Beaumont get to work?
Driving takes 95% of commuters to work, 3.8% walk, and on census day 18% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Beaumont?
About 24.3 minutes on average, with 25% under a quarter-hour and 4.2% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Beaumont work?
14% work in Beaumont itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Lévis (535), then Québec (135).
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).