Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainWith 0.3 jobs for each resident in work, most of Bathurst commutes out
The median household in Bathurst had $72,700 before tax in 2020, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900. At the 2021 census, 71% of Bathurst’s 15-to-64s were in work, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns. For 4.1% of commuters in Bathurst, the trip to work lasts an hour or more; the average is 18.8 minutes.
The short version on work in Bathurst
Lower incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $72,700 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 18.8 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 4.1% 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.
Jobs and income in Bathurst earn B−
Better than 48% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #28 of 60 in New Brunswick.
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.
What households in Bathurst earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 59% of Canadian towns.
No other place of 2,500 or more in the Gloucester census division has a higher median. Against the middle of New Brunswick’s towns ($73,200), Bathurst’s median is 1% below. 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).
Commuting times in Bathurst
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 16.8 minutes. The middle of New Brunswick’s towns averages 20.8 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 49% of commuters, against 44% in the middle of New Brunswick’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.
The daily tide in Bathurst runs outward
It sends out some 5 workers for every one it takes in. 13% 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.
87% of Bathurst’s residents in work leave it to work; Bathurst (New Brunswick part) takes the most
- Bathurst (New Brunswick part)90
- Beresford40
- Beresford25
- Pabineau 1120
- Petit-Rocher15
- New Bandon15
- Belledune10
- Tracadie10
- Allardville10
Bathurst (New Brunswick part) sends the largest group the other way, 90 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
In and out of work in Bathurst
Of the 7 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Gloucester census division, 5 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 56%. Counting retirees, 50% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. In October 2026, 48% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. May 2021, when the census was taken, was a pandemic spring; unemployment has come down since, as the Labour Force Survey records.
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.
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 1.3% of Bathurst’s commuters
Transit takes 0.8% of commuters, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 94% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 12% against 21%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
EI claims in the Gloucester census division run 8% below their 2019 level
For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 16.1 are on EI. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 7%. The highest month was February 2021: 15,370 people, 1.6 times the 2019 level.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: the Gloucester 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).
How walkable Bathurst is: D
Better than 6% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #56 of 60 in New Brunswick.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
For jobs and income, Bathurst is 382nd of 728 Canadian towns of 3,400 to 6,500
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 2 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | South Tuxedo Manitoba | 3,629 | 85% | 6.8% | $110K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 24 | Hanwell New Brunswick | 5,108 | 78% | 7.2% | $107K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 141 | Grand Bay-Westfield New Brunswick | 5,202 | 78% | 6.3% | $98K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 380 | Duggan Alberta | 6,247 | 69% | 13% | $86K | B− |
| 381 | Anderson Walk British Columbia | 4,210 | 75% | 7.8% | $99K | B− |
| 382 | Bathurst New Brunswick | 4,840 | 71% | 11% | $73K | B− |
| 383 | Mulmur Ontario | 3,813 | 76% | 9.9% | $117K | B− |
| 384 | Bells Corners West Ontario | 4,422 | 74% | 9.9% | $85K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 728 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Bathurst, and others among New Brunswick’s towns.
Jobs near Bathurst: the places around it
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bathurst | 71% | 11% | $73K | 18.8 min | B− | D |
| Bathurst 7.4 km | 65% | 12% | $55K | 15.6 min | C− | B+ |
| Beresford 10.2 km | 69% | 12% | $67K | 18.8 min | C+ | B− |
| Nigadoo 13 km | 63% | 14% | $69K | 20.1 min | C | C |
| Beresford 13.9 km | 67% | 12% | $70K | 21.7 min | C | D |
| Petit-Rocher 18.8 km | 66% | 11% | $59K | 21.5 min | C− | 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 Bathurst, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Where people commute. Statistics Canada’s place-of-work table counts people with a usual place of work by the municipality they live in and the one they work in. Jobs here are people whose usual workplace is in the municipality, wherever they live.
- 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. Sampled each month and released for regions rather than towns, so its rate describes the area around 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. 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. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- 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.
- 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 Bathurst
How long is the commute from Bathurst?
18.8 minutes is the average trip, with 49% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 4.1% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Bathurst work?
13% work in Bathurst itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Bathurst (New Brunswick part) (1,135), then Beresford (35).
How many jobs are there in Bathurst?
Statistics Canada counted 90 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Bathurst?
The 2021 census found 11% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Campbellton-Miramichi economic region, is 9.6% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Bathurst?
Before tax, half the households in Bathurst had more than $72,700 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Bathurst get to work?
By car: 94% of commuters, 0.8% take public transit and 0.5% walk; on census day 12% 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).