Photo: Skaarup.HA · CC BY-SA 4.0Chipman has lower household incomes than 98% of Canadian towns
520 people have their usual place of work in Chipman, against 260 residents who travel to a job. Of Chipman’s residents aged 15 to 64, 70% were employed when the 2021 census was taken; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. Unemployment in Chipman stood at 11% on census day 2021, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
Work in Chipman: the figures worth knowing
Lower incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $51,400 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
A local job centre
With 520 jobs based in Chipman and 260 working residents, the ratio compares with 0.8 in the middle of Canadian towns. The daily tide ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Chipman grades D for jobs and income
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.
Chipman households: $51,400 a year at the median
The middle of New Brunswick’s towns is $73,200, and Chipman is 30% below it. Because 2020 was the first year of the pandemic, emergency benefits make up 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).
A working day adds 75% to the people at work in Chipman
Each resident commuting out of Chipman is matched by about 4 coming in. The job is inside the municipality for 65% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
351 people come into Chipman to work, most from Minto and Chipman
- Minto80
- Chipman80
- Waterborough75
- Northfield30
- Fredericton25
- Blissfield20
- Sheffield10
- Waterford10
- Kingsclear10
- Fredericton40
- Minto20
- Cambridge10
- Saint Marys10
68% of the people who work in Chipman live outside it, 80 of them in Minto, 18 km away. Of residents who leave for work, most head to Fredericton (40).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
The share of 15-to-64s in work in Chipman: 70%
A smaller share in work than in 72% of Canadian towns.
By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 60% of the wider area’s adults in work. The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 48%. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 43% were working. 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.
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 3.9% of Chipman’s commuters
The car is the way to work for 95% of commuters. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 18% 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).
23.6 minutes from Chipman to work, under the middle of Canadian towns
Trips under 15 minutes: 64%, more than the 44% in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns. An hour or more: 16% 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 22.5 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.
EI claims in the Queens census division run 4% below their 2019 level
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 7.4 receive EI. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 6%. At its peak, in March 2021, 1,010 people were on EI, 1.8 times the 2019 average.
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). Behind EI beneficiaries sits data gathered across the Queens census division, with Chipman one part of it.
The walkability of Chipman: B−
Better than 47% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Work next door to Chipman
Chipman has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 18–43 km out.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipman | 70% | 11% | $51K | 23.6 min | D | B− |
| Minto 18.3 km | 64% | 16% | $50K | 30.5 min | D− | B |
| Canning 28.3 km | 71% | 12% | $70K | 34.4 min | D | C− |
| Havelock 42.6 km | 66% | 10% | $66K | 30.3 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 Chipman, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Employment Insurance. People receiving EI benefits each month, counted for the census division. It follows the local job market; it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. A monthly household survey by Statistics Canada, reported for metro areas and economic regions only. It supplies a recent rate next to the 2021 census figure.
- In work. Why 15 to 64? Otherwise retirees would pull the rate down in older towns. The census can’t say how old a neighbourhood’s workers are, so the count of people in work takes every 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.
- 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. Built from banded answers: each commuter’s usual one-way trip counts as the midpoint of the band they chose, and the result tends to sit slightly higher than Statistics Canada’s average.
- 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.
- 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 Chipman
What is the average household income in Chipman?
The census puts Chipman at $51,400 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Chipman get to work?
By car: 95% of commuters, 3.9% walk; on census day 18% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Chipman?
23.6 minutes is the average trip, with 64% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 16% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Chipman work?
65% work in Chipman itself; of those who leave, the most go to Fredericton (40), then Minto (20).
How many jobs are there in Chipman?
The 2021 census counted about 520 people working in Chipman: 2 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 43 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Chipman?
The census put unemployment at 11% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Fredericton-Oromocto economic region at 6.6%.
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).