Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainDundas has 0.4 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out
Before tax, the typical household in Dundas brought in $77,200 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. At the 2021 census, 74% of Dundas’ 15-to-64s were in work; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. Unemployment in Dundas stood at 11% on census day 2021, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
Dundas and work: the main findings
Work near the middle
74% 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 53%. In work ↓
Unemployment near the middle
On census day in 2021 11% 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 ↓
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, Dundas grades C
Better than 32% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #46 of 60 in New Brunswick.
Its strongest measure is household income; 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.
On a working day, Dundas loses more workers than it gains
Each person commuting in is matched by about 3 residents going 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.
81% of Dundas’ residents in work leave it to work; Moncton takes the most
- Moncton460
- Shediac155
- Dieppe120
- Bouctouche60
- Cocagne45
- Shediac40
- Saint-Antoine35
- Wellington30
- Riverview25
- Richibucto20
Of those coming in, Cocagne supplies the most: 55.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Who in Dundas has a job
Of the 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Kent census division, one has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 59% of the wider area’s adults in work. The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 59%. Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 53%. 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.
Earnings at home in Dundas: households
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 50% of Canadian towns.
No other place of 2,500 or more in the Kent census division has a higher median. That puts Dundas 5% above the median of New Brunswick’s towns, $73,200. Read the incomes as 2020’s, before tax: pandemic benefits such as CERB are in them, and they raised many low incomes for 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).
3.2% of commuters in Dundas walk, cycle or take transit
Only 14% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 93% 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).
At 27.4 minutes, commutes from Dundas are close to the middle of Canadian towns
Only 23% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 44% in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns. An hour or more: 2.3% of commuters, close to the middle of New Brunswick’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 24.2 minutes (Statistics Canada). 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.
7% fewer people are on EI in the Kent census division than in 2019
That works out to around 10.4 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. At its peak, in February 2021, 5,570 people were on EI, 1.6 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 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).
On getting around on foot, Dundas grades D
Better than 14% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #41 of 60 in New Brunswick.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
For jobs and income, Dundas is 506th of 739 Canadian towns of 3,300 to 6,400
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 2 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | Hay River Northwest Territories | 3,317 | 78% | 6.5% | $129K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 28 | Hanwell New Brunswick | 5,108 | 78% | 7.2% | $107K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 147 | Grand Bay-Westfield New Brunswick | 5,202 | 78% | 6.3% | $98K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 504 | Stirling-Rawdon Ontario | 5,489 | 74% | 8.4% | $81K | C |
| 505 | Shippagan New Brunswick | 4,721 | 69% | 11% | $61K | C |
| 506 | Dundas New Brunswick | 4,733 | 74% | 11% | $77K | C |
| 507 | Saint-Tite Quebec | 3,759 | 77% | 5.5% | $50K | C |
| 508 | Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay British Columbia | 5,243 | 70% | 7.9% | $67K | C |
| … | ||||||
| 739 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Dundas, and others among New Brunswick’s towns.
Jobs near Dundas: the places around it
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundas | 74% | 11% | $77K | 27.4 min | C | D |
| Cocagne 6.7 km | 77% | 15% | $74K | 26.1 min | C+ | C |
| Shediac 9.9 km | 80% | 12% | $78K | 23.3 min | B+ | C− |
| Shediac 11.6 km | 72% | 10% | $67K | 18.9 min | C+ | B+ |
| Saint-Antoine 14.5 km | 83% | 5.8% | $78K | 29.5 min | B− | 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 Dundas, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. It counts only people who wanted work and had none in May 2021, as a share of those working or searching; students and retirees who weren’t looking stay out of both sides.
- 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. 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. 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.
- 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 Dundas
Where do people in Dundas work?
19% work in Dundas itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Moncton (460), then Shediac (155).
How many jobs are there in Dundas?
About 580 people had their usual place of work in Dundas at the 2021 census, 0.4 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 159 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Dundas?
The 2021 census found 11% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Moncton-Richibucto economic region, is 7.1% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Dundas?
Dundas’s middle household had $77,200 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Dundas get to work?
93% of commuters go by car, 3.2% walk. On census day 14% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Dundas?
On average 27.4 minutes; 23% take under 15 minutes and 2.3% take an hour or longer.
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).