Photo: JP3G · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Bertrand trail those of 97% of Canadian towns
Bertrand counted 66% of its 15-to-64s in jobs at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. 65 people have their usual place of work in Bertrand, against 305 residents who travel to a job. Out of work in May 2021: 12% of Bertrand’s labour force, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
Jobs and income in Bertrand: what the figures say
Fewer people in work than most towns
66% of people aged 15 to 64 had a job at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; counting everyone 15 and over, retirees included, it was 44%. In work ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $53,800 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 21.4 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.
Jobs & income in Bertrand: graded D
Better than 13% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
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.
Work and the working-age population of Bertrand
Of the 8 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Gloucester census division, 2 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 48% in work in October 2026. Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 50%. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 44%: many residents are past working age. 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.
What households earned in Bertrand: $53,800 in 2020
Every other place of 2,500 or more in the Gloucester census division has a higher median. That puts Bertrand 27% below the median of New Brunswick’s towns, $73,200. These are 2020 incomes, before tax, and they include pandemic benefits such as CERB, which lifted many lower incomes that year.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
At 21.4 minutes, commutes from Bertrand are shorter than in the middle of Canadian towns
Timed exactly, the average is 17.8 minutes (Statistics Canada). Trips under 15 minutes: 39%, fewer than the 44% in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns. 4.9% spend an hour or longer getting to work; the middle of New Brunswick’s towns has 2.7%.
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.
Bertrand is quieter on a working day than at night
For every person who comes in to work, about 11 residents travel out. The job is inside the municipality for 14% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
87% of Bertrand’s residents in work leave it to work; Caraquet takes the most
Of those coming in, Caraquet supplies the most: 20.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Leaving the car at home: 2.4% of commuters in Bertrand
The car is the way to work for 99% of commuters. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 4.5% against 21%. 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).
In the Gloucester census division, 8% fewer people receive EI than in 2019
In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 7%. The count topped out in February 2021 at 15,370 people, 1.6 times the 2019 average. That is about 16.1 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division.
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). For EI beneficiaries, the only official count covers all of the Gloucester census division, Bertrand included.
Everyday places on foot in Bertrand: D
Better than 10% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Next to Bertrand: how nearby places compare
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bertrand | 66% | 12% | $54K | 21.4 min | D | D |
| Paquetville 8.1 km | 53% | 21% | $53K | 28.9 min | D− | D |
| Caraquet 11.9 km | 74% | 12% | $66K | 16.6 min | B− | B |
| New Bandon 15.7 km | 69% | 15% | $55K | 25.6 min | D | C− |
| Inkerman 18.8 km | 61% | 16% | $64K | 23.2 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 Bertrand, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Household income. What the median household took in during 2020 before tax, as the census recorded it; an estimate built from income groups when the place is a neighbourhood.
- 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. How many residents held a job in May 2021, set against how many were 15 to 64. It reads a little high where many people work past 65, since below the municipality the census gives no breakdown of workers by age.
- Unemployment. Of everyone 15 or older who was working or job-hunting in the census week, the part still looking. Someone not seeking work isn’t in it at all.
- 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 Bertrand
How do people in Bertrand get to work?
99% of commuters go by car, 2.4% walk. On census day 4.5% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Bertrand?
On average 21.4 minutes; 39% take under 15 minutes and 4.9% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Bertrand work?
14% work in Bertrand itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Caraquet (160), then Paquetville (30).
How many jobs are there in Bertrand?
About 65 people had their usual place of work in Bertrand at the 2021 census, 0.2 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 29 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Bertrand?
The census put unemployment at 12% 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 Bertrand?
The median household in Bertrand had $53,800 before tax in 2020, 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).