Photo: Beauce1977 at English Wikipedia · Public domainMore of Frampton’s 15-to-64s are in work than in 97% of Canadian towns
Census day 2021 found 2.8% of Frampton’s labour force without a job, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. 170 people have their usual place of work in Frampton, against 405 residents who travel to a job. Half the households in Frampton had more than $68,900 in 2020, before tax, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900.
Where Frampton stands out on work
More people in work than most towns
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 88% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 61%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 2.8% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 2.3%. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $68,900 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 29 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 9.2% 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.
Jobs & income in Frampton: graded B−
Better than 47% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
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 Frampton, 88% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
Of the 6 other places of 2,500 people or more in the La Nouvelle-Beauce census division, 3 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
In October 2026, 61% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. Working or looking, 62% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. Counting retirees, 61% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. Census day was 11 May 2021, in the pandemic’s third wave: unemployment ran high and many worked from home, so these figures describe that spring rather than today.
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.
What households in Frampton earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 69% of Canadian towns.
The middle of Quebec’s towns is $74,100, and Frampton is 7% below it. Every other place of 2,500 or more in the La Nouvelle-Beauce census division has a higher median. In 2020 emergency benefits topped up many low incomes, and the census counts them here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Frampton has a slower trip to work than the middle of Canadian towns: 29 minutes
In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. Only 23% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. An hour or more: 9.2% of commuters, above the 5.3% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 24.9 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.
On a working day, Frampton loses more workers than it gains
About 4 residents leave for work for each person who comes in. 21% of residents who commute work inside the municipality, against 70% in the middle of Canadian towns.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
79% of Frampton’s residents in work leave it to work; Sainte-Marie takes the most
In the other direction the biggest source is Sainte-Marie, with 35.
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 Frampton work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
4.6% of commuters from Frampton go without a car
Only 19% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. 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.
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.
EI claims in the La Nouvelle-Beauce census division run 37% above their 2019 level
January 2021 was the busiest month, with 1,850 people on EI, 3.2 times 2019’s average. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 3.2 are on EI. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 1%.
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). Nobody publishes EI beneficiaries for Frampton alone, so this card uses the figure for the La Nouvelle-Beauce census division.
On getting around on foot, Frampton grades C−
Better than 25% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
The places around Frampton, side by side
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frampton | 88% | 2.8% | $69K | 29 min | B− | C− |
| Saint-Malachie 6.3 km | 86% | 5.3% | $64K | 26.9 min | B− | B− |
| Saints-Anges 8.3 km | 90% | 3.5% | $83K | 24.1 min | A | D |
| Sainte-Marguerite 9.2 km | 88% | 4.5% | $75K | 23.2 min | A− | C |
| Saint-Léon-de-Standon 13 km | 76% | 7.4% | $52K | 33.8 min | D | C |
| Vallée-Jonction 13.2 km | 86% | 3% | $70K | 18.4 min | A | B− |
| Sainte-Claire 14.8 km | 82% | 3.5% | $72K | 21.8 min | B+ | B+ |
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 Frampton, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Unemployment. The share of people 15 and over in the labour force, working or looking for work, who had no job on census day in May 2021.
- 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. One way, on a usual day, from the census’s travel-time bands. Band midpoints overstate it a little next to the figure Statistics Canada times.
- 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. Monthly EI recipients across the census division: a pulse of the local job market rather than a measure of who is out of work.
- 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. 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.
- Which towns we compare. The comparison pool is places of 2,500 people or more, towns or neighbourhoods inside cities, without whole cities or reserves, and we compare with its median.
Questions about work in Frampton
What is the average household income in Frampton?
The median household in Frampton had $68,900 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Frampton get to work?
Driving takes 95% of commuters to work, 4.6% walk, and on census day 19% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Frampton?
About 29 minutes on average, with 23% under a quarter-hour and 9.2% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Frampton work?
Only 21% work in Frampton itself; the rest go first to Sainte-Marie (65) and Québec (35).
How many jobs are there in Frampton?
Some 170 people worked in Frampton at the 2021 census: 0.4 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 48 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Frampton?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Chaudière-Appalaches economic region at 2.3%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 2.8%, 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).