Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainWith 0.1 jobs for each resident in work, most of Drummond commutes out
In May 2021, unemployment in Drummond reached 12%, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. For 2.6% of commuters in Drummond, the trip to work lasts an hour or more; the average is 17.1 minutes. Median household income in Drummond was $76,900 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
The work figures that set Drummond apart
Work near the middle
Counting everyone 15 and over, 61% were in work at the 2021 census; among those aged 15 to 64 it was 78%, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. In work ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 17.1 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 2.6% 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, Drummond grades A−
Better than 83% 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.
Time on the road to work from Drummond
The middle of New Brunswick’s towns averages 20.8 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 55%, more than the 44% in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 15.5 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.
Drummond is quieter on a working day than at night
680 residents of Drummond had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 95 people had theirs in Drummond, wherever they lived.
Outbound commuters outnumber inbound ones about 12 to 1. 6.2% of residents who commute work inside the municipality, against 70% in the middle of Canadian towns.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
94% of Drummond’s residents in work leave it to work; Grand Falls / Grand-Sault takes the most
- Grand Falls / Grand-Sault25
- Saint-André15
- Saint-Léonard10
- Grand Falls / Grand-Sault400
- Saint-André105
- Drummond35
- Grand Falls25
- Saint-Léonard20
- Saint-Léonard15
- Edmundston15
- Perth-Andover10
- Plaster Rock10
Inbound, the leader is Grand Falls / Grand-Sault (25).
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 Drummond work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
In Drummond, 78% of the working-age population has a job
A larger share in work than in 63% of Canadian towns.
A more recent figure, for the wider area: 56% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. 69% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 61% were working. 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.
How Drummond’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 50% of Canadian towns.
Set beside New Brunswick’s towns, where the median is $73,200, Drummond sits 5% above. 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).
Drummond gets to work without a car for 0% of commuters
Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 97% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 10% against 21%.
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.
About as many people are on EI in the Victoria census division as in 2019
Roughly 7.2 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 1%. The highest month was February 2021: 2,300 people, 2.1 times the 2019 level.
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). Nobody publishes EI beneficiaries for Drummond alone, so this card uses the figure for the Victoria census division.
Everyday places on foot in Drummond: D−
Better than 2% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
The places around Drummond, side by side
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drummond | 78% | 12% | $77K | 17.1 min | A− | D− |
| Grand Falls / Grand-Sault 7.5 km | 70% | 9.8% | $59K | 15.2 min | C | A− |
| Denmark 10 km | 58% | 11% | $57K | 31.4 min | D− | D− |
| Saint-André 10.6 km | 70% | 9.6% | $69K | 17.5 min | C+ | C− |
| Grand Falls 13.9 km | 70% | 3.9% | $75K | 20.9 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 Drummond, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Household income. Taken from the 2021 Census, which asked about 2020: wages, pensions, investment income and government transfers together, before income tax, for the median household.
- Trip times. How long getting to work normally takes, averaged from the census’s time bands at their middles; expect it to read slightly high against the timed figure.
- Where people commute. Counts of workers with a fixed workplace, by where they live and where they work, both taken as whole municipalities; the jobs figure takes everyone who works here, wherever home is.
- 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.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada’s monthly survey, published for metro areas and economic regions rather than towns: it gives a current rate beside the census’s 2021 one.
- 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. 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. Towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500 people or more, never a whole city and never a First Nations reserve. Middles are medians.
Questions about work in Drummond
How many jobs are there in Drummond?
About 95 people had their usual place of work in Drummond at the 2021 census, 0.1 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 82 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Drummond?
At the 2021 census 12% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Edmundston-Woodstock economic region, gives 6.1% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Drummond?
At $76,900 before tax in 2020, the median household in Drummond compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Drummond get to work?
97% of commuters go by car. On census day 10% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Drummond?
On average 17.1 minutes; 55% take under 15 minutes and 2.6% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Drummond work?
Only 6.2% work in Drummond itself; the rest go first to Grand Falls / Grand-Sault (400) and Saint-André (105).
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).