Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Households in Bouctouche have lower incomes than those in 87% of Canadian towns
With 73% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, Bouctouche matches the middle of Canadian towns. The census counted 1,305 people working in Bouctouche and 780 residents commuting to a fixed workplace. Out of work in May 2021: 13% of Bouctouche’s labour force, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What sets Bouctouche apart on jobs and income
More unemployment than most towns
13% of the labour force was out of work at the 2021 census (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns); the Labour Force Survey had the area at 7.1% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The median household had $60,500 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
A local job centre
1,305 people work in Bouctouche and 780 residents commute to a fixed workplace; the middle of Canadian towns has 0.8 jobs per working resident. The daily tide ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 20.8 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 3.2% 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.
On jobs and income, Bouctouche grades C
Better than 32% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #48 of 60 in New Brunswick.
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.
In and out of work in Bouctouche
None of the 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Kent census division has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 61% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 53% were working. For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 59% in work in October 2026. 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 Bouctouche: $60,500 in 2020
Every other place of 2,500 or more in the Kent census division has a higher median. Bouctouche’s median is 17% below the middle of New Brunswick’s towns ($73,200). CERB and the other emergency payments of 2020 are counted in these incomes, which lifted the lower ones 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).
Each working day, Bouctouche’s workforce swells by 57%
Bouctouche takes in some 2 workers for every resident it sends out. Of those who commute, 48% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
20.8 minutes from Bouctouche to work, under the middle of Canadian towns
A quarter-hour or less for 53% of commuters, against 44% in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns. An hour or more: 3.2% of commuters, close to the middle of New Brunswick’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 17.6 minutes (Statistics Canada).
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.
934 people come into Bouctouche to work, most from Wellington and Cocagne
- Wellington375
- Cocagne120
- Saint Mary95
- Dundas60
- Saint-Antoine45
- Richibucto45
- Moncton25
- Dieppe20
- Shediac15
- Shediac15
- Moncton105
- Richibucto60
- Dieppe45
- Shediac35
- Wellington25
- Saint Mary20
- Saint-Antoine20
- Shediac15
- Dundas15
- Cocagne15
Of everyone working in Bouctouche, 72% come in from elsewhere; 375 make the 4 km trip from Wellington. Going the other way, Moncton is the biggest single destination (105).
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 Bouctouche work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Leaving the car at home: 6.4% of commuters in Bouctouche
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.
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.
7% fewer people are on EI in the Kent census division than in 2019
At its peak, in February 2021, 5,570 people were on EI, 1.6 times the 2019 average. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 10.4 are on EI.
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 Kent census division, Bouctouche included.
The walkability of Bouctouche: B−
Better than 55% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #18 of 60 in New Brunswick.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Bouctouche is 304th of 458 Canadian towns of 2,500 to 3,600 people for jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 48 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 3,198 | 79% | 4.9% | $105K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 64 | Grand Manan New Brunswick | 2,648 | 78% | 12% | $77K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 104 | Wakefield New Brunswick | 2,749 | 81% | 7.3% | $71K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 302 | Sussex New Brunswick | 2,742 | 74% | 11% | $73K | C |
| 303 | Trois-Pistoles Quebec | 3,123 | 73% | 6.2% | $48K | C |
| 304 | Bouctouche New Brunswick | 2,678 | 73% | 13% | $61K | C |
| 305 | Turner Valley Alberta | 2,784 | 77% | 8% | $85K | C |
| 306 | Delwood Alberta | 3,491 | 67% | 15% | $86K | C |
| … | ||||||
| 458 | 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 Bouctouche, and others among New Brunswick’s towns.
Work in and around Bouctouche
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouctouche | 73% | 13% | $61K | 20.8 min | C | B− |
| Wellington 3.6 km | 76% | 14% | $70K | 24.7 min | C+ | D |
| Saint Mary 11.1 km | 68% | 11% | $69K | 32.6 min | D | D |
| Saint-Antoine 11.5 km | 83% | 5.8% | $78K | 29.5 min | B− | B− |
| Cocagne 13.8 km | 77% | 15% | $74K | 26.1 min | C+ | C |
| Richibucto 17.7 km | 73% | 11% | $68K | 22.5 min | C | D |
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 Bouctouche, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- Household income. Half of households had more than this before tax in 2020, half less, counting every source of income. For a neighbourhood we estimate the median from the income brackets of its dissemination areas.
- 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. Only people with a usual place of work are in it: those who work from home or have no fixed site are not. Home and work are both counted by municipality.
- 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.
- 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 Bouctouche
How long is the commute from Bouctouche?
On average 20.8 minutes; 53% take under 15 minutes and 3.2% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Bouctouche work?
Only 48% work in Bouctouche itself; the rest go first to Moncton (105) and Richibucto (60).
How many jobs are there in Bouctouche?
About 1,305 people had their usual place of work in Bouctouche at the 2021 census, 1.7 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 137 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Bouctouche?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Moncton-Richibucto economic region at 7.1%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 13%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Bouctouche?
The median household in Bouctouche had $60,500 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Bouctouche get to work?
93% of commuters go by car, 6.4% walk. On census day 13% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
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).