Photo: Phil284 · CC BY-SA 3.0Cocagne has 0.4 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out
Unemployment in Cocagne stood at 15% on census day 2021, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns. The median household in Cocagne had $74,100 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Of Cocagne’s residents aged 15 to 64, 77% were employed when the 2021 census was taken, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What Cocagne’s work numbers say
Work near the middle
77% 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 55%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 15% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 7.1% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
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, Cocagne grades C+
Better than 43% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #33 of 60 in New Brunswick.
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; its weakest, trip times.
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.
Cocagne at work: 77% of people aged 15 to 64
All 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Kent census division have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 59% in October 2026. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 64% of residents that age. Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 55%. Pandemic rules were in force on census day, 11 May 2021; the Labour Force Survey shows how jobs have moved since.
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.
Each working day, more people leave Cocagne for work than come in
For every person who comes in to work, about 5 residents travel out. Of those who commute, 19% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
82% of Cocagne’s residents in work leave it to work; Moncton takes the most
- Dundas45
- Shediac25
- Moncton20
- Wellington20
- Bouctouche15
- Dieppe10
- Saint Mary10
Of those coming in, Dundas supplies the most: 45.
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 Cocagne earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 56% of Canadian towns.
That puts Cocagne 1% above the median of New Brunswick’s towns, $73,200. One of the 3 other places of 2,500+ in the Kent census division has a higher median. 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).
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 4.1% of Cocagne’s commuters
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.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
Close to the middle of Canadian towns: commutes from Cocagne average 26.1 minutes
Timed exactly, the average is 23.7 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of New Brunswick’s towns averages 20.8 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 26%, fewer than the 44% in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns. Long trips, an hour or more, are about as common as in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns: 2.3%.
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.
7% fewer people are on EI in the Kent census division than in 2019
That is about 10.4 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. In February 2021 it reached 5,570, the most in the series and 1.6 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Not measured by town: EI beneficiaries (the Kent 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).
Everyday places on foot in Cocagne: C
Better than 34% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #28 of 60 in New Brunswick.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Cocagne places 326th of 578 on jobs and income among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 4,000
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 52 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 3,198 | 79% | 4.9% | $105K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 70 | Grand Manan New Brunswick | 2,648 | 78% | 12% | $77K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 128 | Wakefield New Brunswick | 2,749 | 81% | 7.3% | $71K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 324 | Grey Manitoba | 2,655 | 79% | 5.2% | $73K | C+ |
| 325 | Hampton New Brunswick | 3,268 | 73% | 6.9% | $89K | C+ |
| 326 | Cocagne New Brunswick | 2,982 | 77% | 15% | $74K | C+ |
| 327 | Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier Quebec | 3,400 | 66% | 6.1% | $109K | C+ |
| 328 | Eaux Claires Alberta | 3,334 | 69% | 16% | $89K | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 578 | 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 Cocagne, and others among New Brunswick’s towns.
Cocagne and its neighbours: work and income
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cocagne | 77% | 15% | $74K | 26.1 min | C+ | C |
| Dundas 6.7 km | 74% | 11% | $77K | 27.4 min | C | D |
| Saint-Antoine 9 km | 83% | 5.8% | $78K | 29.5 min | B− | B− |
| Bouctouche 13.8 km | 73% | 13% | $61K | 20.8 min | C | B− |
| Shediac 15.7 km | 80% | 12% | $78K | 23.3 min | B+ | C− |
| Wellington 16.6 km | 76% | 14% | $70K | 24.7 min | C+ | D |
| Saint Mary 17.4 km | 68% | 11% | $69K | 32.6 min | D | 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 Cocagne, 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. We divide the number of employed residents by the number aged 15 to 64. Workers past 64 still count on top, because the 2021 Census crosses work with age only for whole municipalities; in return, a retirement town’s pensioners don’t drag the rate down.
- Unemployment. The share of people 15 and over in the labour force, working or looking for work, who had no job on census day in May 2021.
- 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. 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. Jobs count everyone whose usual workplace lies in the municipality, residents or commuters from elsewhere, from Statistics Canada’s home-by-workplace table.
- Employment Insurance. How many people in the census division drew Employment Insurance each month; it moves with layoffs and hiring, yet people who don’t qualify are absent from it.
- 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 Cocagne
What is the average household income in Cocagne?
The median household in Cocagne had $74,100 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Cocagne get to work?
95% of commuters go by car, 4.1% walk. On census day 15% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Cocagne?
On average 26.1 minutes; 26% take under 15 minutes and 2.3% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Cocagne work?
Only 19% work in Cocagne itself; the rest go first to Moncton (185) and Bouctouche (120).
How many jobs are there in Cocagne?
About 315 people had their usual place of work in Cocagne at the 2021 census, 0.4 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 105 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Cocagne?
Two figures answer it: 15% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 7.1% for the Moncton-Richibucto economic region in the Labour Force Survey of 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).