Photo: Martin Cathrae from Charlottetown, PE, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Household incomes in Denmark trail those of 93% of Canadian towns
11% of the labour force in Denmark was out of work at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. Denmark is the usual workplace of 35 people, and 270 of its own residents commute to a job. The 2021 census found 58% of working-age people in Denmark employed, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns.
What sets Denmark apart on jobs and income
Fewer people in work than most towns
At the 2021 census 58% of the 15-to-64s were in work (73% in the middle of Canadian towns); across all ages 15 and over, 42%. In work ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $57,300 before tax in 2020, where the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 31.4 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 7.7% 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.
On jobs and income, Denmark grades D−
Behind almost every Canadian town on three measures together.
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 and out of work in Denmark
A smaller share in work than in 95% of Canadian towns.
Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 42% were working. By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 56% of the wider area’s adults in work. Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 47%. The figures are a snapshot of 11 May 2021, when pandemic rules still kept many people out of work or at 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.
Half the households in Denmark had more than $57,300 in 2020
The middle of New Brunswick’s towns is $73,200, and Denmark is 22% below it. Pandemic benefits paid in 2020 lifted the incomes at the bottom, and they are counted here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
At 31.4 minutes, commutes from Denmark are longer than in the middle of Canadian towns
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 28.4 minutes. In the middle of New Brunswick’s towns, the average commute is 20.8 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 12%, fewer than the 44% in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns. 7.7% 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.
The daily tide in Denmark runs outward
About 40 residents leave for work for each person who comes in.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
89% of Denmark’s residents in work leave it to work; Grand Falls / Grand-Sault takes the most
No other place sends enough people to work in Denmark to be counted.
- Grand Falls / Grand-Sault75
- Perth-Andover60
- Plaster Rock25
- Wakefield15
- Gordon15
- Saint-André15
- Andover10
- Drummond10
- Edmundston10
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 0% of Denmark’s commuters
Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 92% of commuters.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
EI claims in the Victoria census division are back near their 2019 level
The highest month was February 2021: 2,300 people, 2.1 times the 2019 level. That works out to around 7.2 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number rose by 1%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: the Victoria 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).
On getting around on foot, Denmark grades D−
Better than 2% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Work in the places around Denmark
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 58% | 11% | $57K | 31.4 min | D− | D− |
| Drummond 10 km | 78% | 12% | $77K | 17.1 min | A− | D− |
| Grand Falls 11.2 km | 70% | 3.9% | $75K | 20.9 min | C+ | D− |
| Gordon 11.8 km | 61% | 15% | $61K | 24 min | D | D− |
| Grand Falls / Grand-Sault 14.3 km | 70% | 9.8% | $59K | 15.2 min | C | A− |
| Plaster Rock 16.2 km | 57% | 14% | $51K | 19.9 min | D | B |
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 Denmark, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Employment Insurance. Beneficiaries of Employment Insurance, month by month, for the census division rather than the town. Many jobless people don’t qualify, so it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. The most recent unemployment rate on the page comes from this monthly survey, which covers the wider metro area or economic region, not 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. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- 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. 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.
- 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 Denmark
How many jobs are there in Denmark?
The 2021 census counted about 35 people working in Denmark: 0.1 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 36 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Denmark?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 11% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Edmundston-Woodstock economic region at 6.1% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Denmark?
Denmark’s middle household had $57,300 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Denmark get to work?
By car: 92% of commuters; on census day 11% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Denmark?
31.4 minutes is the average trip, with 12% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 7.7% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Denmark work?
11% work in Denmark itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Grand Falls / Grand-Sault (75), then Perth-Andover (60).
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).