Photo: ...some guy · CC BY 2.0Alnwick has a smaller share of its working-age people in jobs than 95% of Canadian towns
The 2021 census put unemployment in Alnwick at 22%, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns. Jobs located in Alnwick: 260, for 800 residents with a usual workplace. Half the households in Alnwick had more than $60,200 in 2020, before tax; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
The work figures that set Alnwick apart
Fewer people in work than most towns
The 2021 census found 57% of 15-to-64s with a job (73% in the middle of Canadian towns). Count every adult, retirees too, and the figure is 39%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 22% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 9.6%. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $60,200 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Jobs and income in Alnwick earn D−
Better than 4% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #2,515 of 2,589 Canadian towns.
Its strongest measure is trip times; its weakest, the share of 15-to-64s in work.
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 Alnwick, 57% of the working-age population has a job
The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 48% in October 2026. Counting those looking for work too, 49% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 39%: many residents are past working age. 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.
Household income in Alnwick
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 88% of Canadian towns.
That puts Alnwick 18% below the median of New Brunswick’s towns, $73,200. 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).
More of Alnwick’s workers leave each day than arrive
Outbound commuters outnumber inbound ones about 5 to 1. 17% 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.
83% of Alnwick’s residents in work leave it to work; Neguac takes the most
- Neguac290
- Miramichi200
- Tracadie65
- Dieppe20
- New Maryland15
- Fredericton15
- Shippagan15
- Doaktown10
- Esgenoôpetitj 1410
- Bathurst10
In the other direction the biggest source is Tracadie, with 45.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Without a car, 4% of Alnwick’s commuters get to work
Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 93% of commuters. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 10% against 21%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
At 27.3 minutes, commutes from Alnwick are close to the middle of Canadian towns
Trips under 15 minutes: 33%, fewer than the 44% in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns. An hour or more: 5.8% of commuters, above the 2.7% in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 25.1 minutes. In the middle of New Brunswick’s towns, the average commute is 20.8 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.
10% fewer people are on EI in the Northumberland census division than in 2019
The count topped out in February 2021 at 7,050 people, 1.6 times the 2019 average. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 11.2 are on EI.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: one figure for all of the Northumberland 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).
The walkability of Alnwick: C−
Better than 21% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #36 of 60 in New Brunswick.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Alnwick next to Canadian towns of 2,600 to 5,100
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 6 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 69 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 3,198 | 79% | 4.9% | $105K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 96 | Grand Manan New Brunswick | 2,648 | 78% | 12% | $77K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 765 | Bonnechere Valley Ontario | 4,326 | 67% | 8.9% | $67K | D− |
| 766 | Colchester County, Subdivision A Nova Scotia | 3,891 | 67% | 12% | $64K | D− |
| 767 | Alnwick New Brunswick | 3,767 | 57% | 22% | $60K | D− |
| 768 | Spaniard's Bay Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,664 | 53% | 20% | $64K | D− |
| 769 | McCauley Alberta | 4,060 | 48% | 21% | $43K | D− |
| … | ||||||
| 794 | 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 Alnwick, and others among New Brunswick’s towns.
How Alnwick compares with the places nearby
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alnwick | 57% | 22% | $60K | 27.3 min | D− | C− |
| Esgenoôpetitj 14 2.6 km | 39% | 34% | $57K | 22 min | D | B− |
| Neguac 5 km | 61% | 16% | $63K | 25.3 min | D | 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 Alnwick, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Household income. Before-tax total income of the middle household for 2020, from the census. Neighbourhood medians are worked out from bracket counts, since Statistics Canada publishes none of their own.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 Alnwick
How do people in Alnwick get to work?
Driving takes 93% of commuters to work, 4% walk, and on census day 10% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Alnwick?
About 27.3 minutes on average, with 33% under a quarter-hour and 5.8% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Alnwick work?
Only 17% work in Alnwick itself; the rest go first to Neguac (290) and Miramichi (200).
How many jobs are there in Alnwick?
Some 260 people worked in Alnwick at the 2021 census: 0.3 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 96 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Alnwick?
The census put unemployment at 22% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Campbellton-Miramichi economic region at 9.6%.
What is the average household income in Alnwick?
The census puts Alnwick at $60,200 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 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).