Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Working-age people in Beaupré are more likely to have a job than in 69% of Canadian towns
When the 2021 census was taken, 7.6% of people in Beaupré who wanted a job had none, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns. The median household in Beaupré had $75,000 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. An hour or more each way is the commute for 3% of workers in Beaupré; the average is 26.1 minutes.
Work in Beaupré: the figures worth knowing
More people in work than most towns
In work at the 2021 census: 79% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 56% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
Unemployment near the middle
Unemployment was 7.6% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 4.7% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
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 Beaupré: graded B−
Better than 49% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #272 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.
In Beaupré, 79% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
Of the 5 other places of 2,500 people or more in the La Côte-de-Beaupré census division, one has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 62% of the wider area’s adults in work. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 61% of residents that age. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 56% of residents 15 and over were in work. Statistics Canada counted on 11 May 2021, with much of the country under pandemic rules: more people were out of work or at home than usual.
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.
The commute in and out of Beaupré balances out
The job is inside the municipality for 29% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
71% of Beaupré’s residents in work leave it to work; Québec takes the most
Coming the other way, Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges sends the most (235).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
How Beaupré’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 55% of Canadian towns.
Of the 5 other places of 2,500 or more in the La Côte-de-Beaupré census division, 4 have a higher median. The middle of Quebec’s towns is $74,100, and Beaupré is 1% above it. Read the incomes as 2020’s, before tax: pandemic benefits such as CERB are in them, and they raised many low incomes for that year.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 3.4% of Beaupré’s commuters
Nearly everyone drives: 96% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Home was the workplace for 18%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Few ride transit: 0.7%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
Time on the road to work from Beaupré
Timed exactly, the average is 23.6 minutes (Statistics Canada). Trips under 15 minutes: 41%, more than the 31% 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.
29% more people are on EI in the La Côte-de-Beaupré census division than in 2019
In January 2021 it reached 1,820, the most in the series and 3.6 times the 2019 average. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 3.2 receive EI. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 7%.
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). Figures for EI beneficiaries are published for the La Côte-de-Beaupré census division as a whole, not for Beaupré alone.
Walking in Beaupré earns C
Better than 33% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #437 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Among Canadian towns of 3,000 to 5,800, Beaupré ranks 372nd of 746 for jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| 2 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 3 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 8 | Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska Quebec | 3,307 | 85% | 4.8% | $91K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 21 | Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard Quebec | 3,018 | 85% | 4.5% | $83K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 28 | Havre-Saint-Pierre Quebec | 3,389 | 76% | 6.6% | $96K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 370 | New Glasgow Prince Edward Island | 5,502 | 76% | 12% | $81K | B− |
| 371 | Macewan Glen Alberta | 4,718 | 68% | 13% | $113K | B− |
| 372 | Beaupré Quebec | 4,314 | 79% | 7.6% | $75K | B− |
| 373 | Lamont County Alberta | 3,918 | 82% | 7.7% | $86K | B− |
| 374 | Malmo Plains Alberta | 4,150 | 67% | 13% | $104K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 746 | Saint-Alexis-des-Monts Quebec | 3,190 | 61% | 11% | $50K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Beaupré, and others among Quebec’s towns.
How the places next to Beaupré compare on work
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaupré | 79% | 7.6% | $75K | 26.1 min | B− | C |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré 3.4 km | 73% | 9.1% | $59K | 26.8 min | D | B+ |
| Saint-Joachim 4.5 km | 80% | 6.5% | $76K | 24.3 min | B | B− |
| Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges 11.1 km | 79% | 6.9% | $87K | 33.5 min | B− | D |
| Château-Richer 13.1 km | 82% | 6% | $80K | 26.8 min | B | C− |
| Saint-Tite-des-Caps 14.3 km | 74% | 11% | $60K | 32.4 min | D | D |
| Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans 14.4 km | 87% | 8% | $80K | 31.5 min | B | 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 Beaupré, 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. Of everyone 15 or older who was working or job-hunting in the census week, the part still looking. Someone not seeking work isn’t in it at all.
- 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. 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.
- Where people commute. Statistics Canada’s place-of-work table counts people with a usual place of work by the municipality they live in and the one they work in. Jobs here are people whose usual workplace is in the municipality, wherever they live.
- 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. 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. Every town and city neighbourhood with 2,500 residents or more; whole cities and First Nations reserves are left out. Each middle figure is a median.
Questions about work in Beaupré
What is the average household income in Beaupré?
The median household in Beaupré had $75,000 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Beaupré get to work?
96% of commuters drive, 0.7% take public transit and 2.7% walk; 18% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Beaupré?
The average commute is 26.1 minutes; 41% of trips take under 15 minutes and 3% an hour or more.
Where do people in Beaupré work?
29% work in Beaupré itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Québec (500), then Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré (155).
How many jobs are there in Beaupré?
The 2021 census found about 1,185 people with their usual workplace in Beaupré, or 1 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. Statistics Canada counted 122 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Beaupré?
At the 2021 census 7.6% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Capitale-Nationale economic region, gives 4.7% in October 2026.
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).