Photo: Gaétan Veillette · CC BY-SA 4.0Working-age people in Bécancour have jobs more often than in 79% of Canadian towns
Jobs located in Bécancour: 5,675, for 4,705 residents with a usual workplace. Half the households in Bécancour had more than $75,100 in 2020, before tax, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns. In May 2021, unemployment in Bécancour reached 4.4%; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
Jobs and income in Bécancour: what the figures say
More people in work than most towns
With 81% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 62% of all adults employed. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
4.4% of the labour force was out of work at the 2021 census (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns); the Labour Force Survey had the area at 5.5% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
A local job centre
5,675 people work in Bécancour and 4,705 residents commute to a fixed workplace; the middle of Canadian towns has 0.8 jobs per working resident. The daily tide ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 22.6 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 3.7% 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.
Bécancour earns B+ for jobs and income
Better than 74% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #147 of 507 in Quebec.
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; 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 Bécancour, 81% of the working-age population has a job
Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 62%. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 57% in October 2026. Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 64%. The figures are a snapshot of 11 May 2021, when pandemic rules still kept many people out of work or at home.
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.
Every working day, Bécancour’s workforce grows by 17%
4,705 residents of Bécancour had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 5,675 people had theirs in Bécancour, wherever they lived.
Of those who commute, 39% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
Bécancour has a quicker trip to work than the middle of Canadian towns: 22.6 minutes
In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 35% of commuters, against 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. An hour or more: 3.7% of commuters, under the 5.3% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 20.3 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.
3,849 people come into Bécancour to work, most from Trois-Rivières and Shawinigan
- Trois-Rivières2,070
- Shawinigan275
- Nicolet255
- Victoriaville130
- Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel95
- Saint-Maurice70
- Saint-Boniface60
- Saint-Étienne-des-Grès60
- Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets55
- Saint-Célestin55
- Trois-Rivières1,560
- Nicolet425
- Saint-Léonard-d'Aston100
- Drummondville95
- Shawinigan75
- Daveluyville55
- Saint-Célestin50
- Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets45
- Québec35
- Victoriaville35
Of everyone working in Bécancour, 68% come in from elsewhere; 2,070 make the 12 km trip from Trois-Rivières. Of residents who leave for work, most head to Trois-Rivières (1,560).
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 Bécancour work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
How Bécancour’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 54% of Canadian towns.
The middle of Quebec’s towns is $74,100, and Bécancour is 1% above it. Incomes are for 2020, the first pandemic year, so CERB and other emergency payments are part of them.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Bécancour gets to work without a car for 4.1% of commuters
Transit takes 0.3% of commuters, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. The car is the way to work for 95% of commuters. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 18% against 21%.
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.
In the Bécancour census division, 33% more people receive EI than in 2019
In the twelve months to August 2026 the number rose by 6%. The count topped out in January 2021 at 1,240 people, 2.9 times the 2019 average. That is about 4.5 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division.
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). Behind EI beneficiaries sits data gathered across the Bécancour census division, with Bécancour one part of it.
How walkable Bécancour is: B−
Better than 49% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #376 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Ranked on jobs and income, Bécancour is 119th among 552 Canadian towns of 10,500 to 20,200
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Saanich British Columbia | 12,986 | 85% | 5.9% | $121K | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 9 | L'Aéroport Quebec | 13,630 | 84% | 5.2% | $90K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 117 | Kanata Lakes Ontario | 19,861 | 72% | 9.9% | $132K | B+ |
| 118 | Sainte-Catherine Quebec | 17,782 | 81% | 5.6% | $88K | B+ |
| 119 | Bécancour Quebec | 14,943 | 81% | 4.4% | $75K | B+ |
| 120 | The Nation / La Nation Ontario | 15,122 | 83% | 5% | $105K | B+ |
| 121 | Chapel Hill North Ontario | 11,715 | 71% | 9.6% | $129K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 552 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Bécancour, and others among Quebec’s towns.
Work next door to Bécancour
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bécancour | 81% | 4.4% | $75K | 22.6 min | B+ | B− |
| Trois-Rivières 11.7 km | 75% | 6.6% | $61K | 19.7 min | C+ | A− |
| Nicolet 14.4 km | 83% | 4% | $66K | 19.6 min | A− | B+ |
| Champlain 15.5 km | 79% | 4.1% | $72K | 26.1 min | B− | C |
| Saint-Maurice 18.4 km | 83% | 5.5% | $83K | 24.1 min | A− | C− |
| Saint-Wenceslas 19 km | 76% | 0% | $71K | 24.6 min | C+ | 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 Bécancour, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- In work. Everyone with a job, whatever their age, divided by the residents aged 15 to 64 at the 2021 Census: below the municipality the census doesn’t split work by age, and this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood can be given.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- Household income. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- 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. 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. Statistics Canada counts EI beneficiaries each month by census division. Seasonal work makes it swing, so read it as a trend, not a jobless rate.
- 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.
- 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 Bécancour
How long is the commute from Bécancour?
22.6 minutes is the average trip, with 35% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 3.7% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Bécancour work?
Only 39% work in Bécancour itself; the rest go first to Trois-Rivières (1,560) and Nicolet (425).
How many jobs are there in Bécancour?
The 2021 census counted about 5,675 people working in Bécancour: 1.2 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 502 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Bécancour?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 4.4% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Trois-Rivières metro area at 5.5% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Bécancour?
At $75,100 before tax in 2020, the median household in Bécancour compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Bécancour get to work?
By car: 95% of commuters, 0.3% take public transit, 3.6% walk and 0.2% cycle; on census day 18% of those in work worked from home.
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).