Photo: Judicieux · CC BY-SA 4.0Working-age people in Vallée-Jonction have jobs more often than in 95% of Canadian towns
3% of the labour force in Vallée-Jonction was out of work at the 2021 census, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns. Jobs located in Vallée-Jonction: 1,545, for 660 residents with a usual workplace. The median household in Vallée-Jonction had $69,700 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
Jobs and income in Vallée-Jonction: what the figures say
More people in work than most towns
The 2021 census found 86% of 15-to-64s with a job (73% in the middle of Canadian towns). Count every adult, retirees too, and the figure is 64%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 3% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 2.3% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $69,700 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
A local job centre
With 1,545 jobs based in Vallée-Jonction and 660 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 18.4 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 3.1% 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Vallée-Jonction: A
Better than 89% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
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.
Work for 86% of 15-to-64s in Vallée-Jonction
Of the 6 other places of 2,500 people or more in the La Nouvelle-Beauce census division, one has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 64% were working. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 61% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. Working or looking, 66% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. 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.
What households in Vallée-Jonction earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 67% of Canadian towns.
The middle of Quebec’s towns is $74,100, and Vallée-Jonction is 6% below it. Every other place of 2,500 or more in the La Nouvelle-Beauce census division has a higher median. 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).
On a working day, 1,735 people work in Vallée-Jonction, 2 times its working residents
For every resident who leaves Vallée-Jonction for work, about 4 people come in. 46% 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.
At 18.4 minutes, commutes from Vallée-Jonction are shorter than in the middle of Canadian towns
An hour or more: 3.1% 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 15.6 minutes. In the middle of Quebec’s towns, the average commute is 26.5 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 60% of commuters, against 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.
1,239 people come into Vallée-Jonction to work, most from Sainte-Marie and Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce
80% of the people who work in Vallée-Jonction live outside it, 225 of them in Sainte-Marie, 11 km away. Of residents who leave for work, most head to Sainte-Marie (120).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 5% of Vallée-Jonction’s commuters
The car is the way to work for 93% of commuters. 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%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
37% more people are on EI in the La Nouvelle-Beauce census division than in 2019
The count topped out in January 2021 at 1,850 people, 3.2 times the 2019 average. That works out to around 3.2 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number 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). Vallée-Jonction shares its EI beneficiaries numbers with the rest of the La Nouvelle-Beauce census division.
The Walkability grade for Vallée-Jonction: B−
Better than 49% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
The places around Vallée-Jonction, side by side
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vallée-Jonction | 86% | 3% | $70K | 18.4 min | A | B− |
| Saints-Anges 5.8 km | 90% | 3.5% | $83K | 24.1 min | A | D |
| Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce 8.4 km | 84% | 4.9% | $71K | 19.9 min | A | B− |
| Saint-Frédéric 8.4 km | 89% | 2.8% | $71K | 22.9 min | A− | B− |
| Sainte-Marie 11.1 km | 86% | 4.9% | $78K | 19.6 min | A | B |
| Saint-Elzéar 11.2 km | 90% | 3.8% | $89K | 21.2 min | A+ | C+ |
| Frampton 13.2 km | 88% | 2.8% | $69K | 29 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 Vallée-Jonction, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Built from banded answers: each commuter’s usual one-way trip counts as the midpoint of the band they chose, and the result tends to sit slightly higher than Statistics Canada’s 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. 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.
- The Labour Force Survey. Sampled each month and released for regions rather than towns, so its rate describes the area around the town.
- In work. Why 15 to 64? Otherwise retirees would pull the rate down in older towns. The census can’t say how old a neighbourhood’s workers are, so the count of people in work takes every age.
- Unemployment. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- 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 Vallée-Jonction
What is the average household income in Vallée-Jonction?
The median household in Vallée-Jonction had $69,700 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Vallée-Jonction get to work?
Driving takes 93% of commuters to work, 5% walk, and on census day 19% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Vallée-Jonction?
About 18.4 minutes on average, with 60% under a quarter-hour and 3.1% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Vallée-Jonction work?
46% work in Vallée-Jonction itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Sainte-Marie (120), then Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce (55).
How many jobs are there in Vallée-Jonction?
Some 1,545 people worked in Vallée-Jonction at the 2021 census: 2.3 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 110 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Vallée-Jonction?
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 3%, 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).