Photo: Dr Wilson · CC BY-SA 3.0Where Cap-Pelé earns its living
Half the households in Cap-Pelé had more than $75,800 in 2020, before tax; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. 14% of the labour force in Cap-Pelé was out of work at the 2021 census, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns. Most commutes from Cap-Pelé take well under an hour: the average is 18.7 minutes, and 0% take 60 minutes or longer.
What stands out about work in Cap-Pelé
More unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 14% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 7.1%. Unemployment ↓
A local job centre
With 935 jobs based in Cap-Pelé and 765 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 18.7 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 0% 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 Cap-Pelé: B
Better than 65% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #18 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.
In Cap-Pelé, 74% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
Of the 10 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Westmorland census division, 5 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 53% of residents 15 and over were in work. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 59% in October 2026. Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 62%. The census was taken on 11 May 2021, mid-pandemic, when lockdowns had pushed unemployment up and sent many to work from 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.
Every working day, Cap-Pelé’s workforce grows by 18%
Of those who commute, 49% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
The length of the trip to work in Cap-Pelé
Trips under 15 minutes: 57%, more than the 44% in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns. 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.
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.
557 people come into Cap-Pelé to work, most from Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est and Shediac
60% of the people who work in Cap-Pelé live outside it, 350 of them in Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est, 5 km away. Outbound, Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est takes the most: 145 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
What households in Cap-Pelé earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 53% of Canadian towns.
The middle of New Brunswick’s towns is $73,200, and Cap-Pelé is 4% above it. Of the 10 other places of 2,500 or more in the Westmorland census division, 5 have a higher median. Pandemic support paid in 2020, CERB first among it, is part of these before-tax incomes.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Leaving the car at home: 3.2% of commuters in Cap-Pelé
Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 95% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Only 16% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
In the Westmorland census division, 29% more people receive EI than in 2019
That works out to around 6.3 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 4%. The count topped out in February 2021 at 13,960 people, 2.4 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Data for EI beneficiaries covers the Westmorland 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).
Walkability in Cap-Pelé: graded C+
Better than 42% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #27 of 60 in New Brunswick.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Cap-Pelé next to Canadian towns of 2,500 to 4,200: 228th of 639 on 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 55 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 3,198 | 79% | 4.9% | $105K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 78 | Grand Manan New Brunswick | 2,648 | 78% | 12% | $77K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 142 | Wakefield New Brunswick | 2,749 | 81% | 7.3% | $71K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 226 | Sunnyside Alberta | 2,976 | 81% | 10% | $74K | B |
| 227 | Lake of Bays Ontario | 4,105 | 80% | 11% | $90K | B |
| 228 | Cap-Pelé New Brunswick | 3,092 | 74% | 14% | $76K | B |
| 229 | Trinity Ontario | 2,708 | 77% | 10% | $115K | B |
| 230 | Normandin Quebec | 3,065 | 82% | 6.1% | $67K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 639 | 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 Cap-Pelé, and others among New Brunswick’s towns.
Jobs near Cap-Pelé: the places around it
The nearest places to Cap-Pelé with figures are 5–26 km away.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cap-Pelé | 74% | 14% | $76K | 18.7 min | B | C+ |
| Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est 5 km | 73% | 12% | $83K | 23.9 min | B− | D |
| Shediac 19.7 km | 72% | 10% | $67K | 18.9 min | C+ | B+ |
| Shediac 23.1 km | 80% | 12% | $78K | 23.3 min | B+ | C− |
| Dundas 25.3 km | 74% | 11% | $77K | 27.4 min | C | D |
| Botsford 26.2 km | 55% | 19% | $58K | 31.2 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 Cap-Pelé, 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. Our average assumes everyone in, say, the 15-to-29-minute band takes 22 minutes. Across all the bands that runs a shade above Statistics Canada’s measured average.
- 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. 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. 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 census-week jobless rate for residents 15 and over. Its base is the labour force, those employed plus those actively looking.
- 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 Cap-Pelé
What is the average household income in Cap-Pelé?
The median household in Cap-Pelé had $75,800 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Cap-Pelé get to work?
Driving takes 95% of commuters to work, 3.2% walk, and on census day 16% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Cap-Pelé?
About 18.7 minutes on average, with 57% under a quarter-hour and 0% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Cap-Pelé work?
49% work in Cap-Pelé itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est (145), then Shediac (75).
How many jobs are there in Cap-Pelé?
Some 935 people worked in Cap-Pelé at the 2021 census: 1.2 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 117 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Cap-Pelé?
At the 2021 census 14% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Moncton-Richibucto economic region, gives 7.1% in October 2026.
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).