Photo: Harfang · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Bonaventure have lower incomes than those in 80% of Canadian towns
For 4.9% of commuters in Bonaventure, the trip to work lasts an hour or more; the average is 20 minutes. 75% of people aged 15 to 64 in Bonaventure had a job at the 2021 census, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%. In May 2021, unemployment in Bonaventure reached 10%; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
Work in Bonaventure: the figures worth knowing
Lower incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $64,000 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
A local job centre
With 1,090 jobs based in Bonaventure and 920 working residents, the ratio compares with 0.8 in the middle of Canadian towns. The daily tide ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 20 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 4.9% last an hour or longer. 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.
Bonaventure grades C+ for jobs and income
Better than 45% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #290 of 507 in Quebec.
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.
Bonaventure households: $64,000 a year at the median
The middle of Quebec’s towns is $74,100, and Bonaventure is 14% below it. The year is 2020: emergency benefits like CERB count in these incomes, and they raised the bottom of the range.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
A working day adds 16% to the people at work in Bonaventure
Of those who commute, 51% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
Bonaventure has a quicker trip to work than the middle of Canadian towns: 20 minutes
Trips under 15 minutes: 55%, more than the 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 18.1 minutes (Statistics Canada). 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.
623 people come into Bonaventure to work, most from Saint-Siméon and Paspébiac
- Saint-Siméon150
- Paspébiac85
- Caplan85
- New Richmond70
- Saint-Elzéar60
- New Carlisle35
- Saint-Alphonse35
- Hope25
- Chandler20
- Port-Daniel--Gascons10
- New Carlisle85
- New Richmond75
- Maria75
- Paspébiac60
- Caplan40
- Saint-Alphonse30
- Carleton-sur-Mer20
- Saint-Elzéar15
- Saint-Siméon15
- Chandler10
57% of the people who work in Bonaventure live outside it, 150 of them in Saint-Siméon, 8 km away. Outbound, New Carlisle takes the most: 85 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Work and the working-age population of Bonaventure
A larger share in work than in 51% of Canadian towns.
Counting retirees, 50% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 45% in work in October 2026. Counting those looking for work too, 56% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. These are census figures from May 2021, during COVID’s third wave; jobs have recovered since, which the Labour Force Survey shows.
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.
Leaving the car at home: 5.9% of commuters in Bonaventure
Few ride transit: 1%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 93% of commuters. Home was the workplace for 11%, under the 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).
25% fewer people are on EI in the Bonaventure census division than in 2019
Roughly 8.4 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. In January 2021 it reached 2,270, the most in the series and 1.6 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: the Bonaventure 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).
Bonaventure on foot: a B grade
Better than 63% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #324 of 507 in Quebec.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Ranked on jobs and income, Bonaventure is 268th among 497 Canadian towns of 2,500 to 3,700
| # | 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+ |
| 11 | Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska Quebec | 3,307 | 85% | 4.8% | $91K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 266 | Allendale Alberta | 2,951 | 69% | 14% | $83K | B− |
| 267 | Trillium Industrial Park Ontario | 3,420 | 69% | 11% | $87K | C+ |
| 268 | Bonaventure Quebec | 2,719 | 75% | 10% | $64K | C+ |
| 269 | Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay British Columbia | 2,758 | 76% | 7.2% | $81K | C+ |
| 270 | Munroe West Manitoba | 2,532 | 74% | 9.2% | $76K | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 497 | 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 Bonaventure, and others among Quebec’s towns.
How Bonaventure compares with the places nearby
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonaventure | 75% | 10% | $64K | 20 min | C+ | B |
| Saint-Siméon 8.2 km | 86% | 7.7% | $70K | 19.3 min | A | D− |
| New Carlisle 11.1 km | 55% | 18% | $61K | 17.4 min | C− | A− |
| Paspébiac 16.3 km | 70% | 14% | $61K | 20.4 min | C | B+ |
| Caplan 16.4 km | 71% | 7.7% | $62K | 19.9 min | C | D |
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 Bonaventure, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Unemployment. It counts only people who wanted work and had none in May 2021, as a share of those working or searching; students and retirees who weren’t looking stay out of both sides.
- 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. Who travels where, from the census: workers with a regular workplace, sorted by the municipality they live in and the one they work in.
- 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. 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. We divide the number of employed residents by the number aged 15 to 64. Workers past 64 still count on top, because the 2021 Census crosses work with age only for whole municipalities; in return, a retirement town’s pensioners don’t drag the rate down.
- 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 Bonaventure
How many jobs are there in Bonaventure?
About 1,090 people had their usual place of work in Bonaventure at the 2021 census, 1.2 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 129 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Bonaventure?
The census put unemployment at 10% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine economic region at 10%.
What is the average household income in Bonaventure?
Bonaventure’s middle household had $64,000 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Bonaventure get to work?
93% of commuters go by car, 1% take public transit, 3.4% walk and 1.5% cycle. On census day 11% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Bonaventure?
On average 20 minutes; 55% take under 15 minutes and 4.9% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Bonaventure work?
Most stay: 51% work in Bonaventure. The rest go first to New Carlisle (85) and New Richmond (75).
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).