Households in Esgenoôpetitj 14 have lower incomes than those in 93% of Canadian towns
In Esgenoôpetitj 14, 39% of residents aged 15 to 64 were working in May 2021, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%. From Esgenoôpetitj 14, the drive or ride to work averages 22 minutes, with 12% going an hour or longer. Joblessness at the 2021 census: 34% of Esgenoôpetitj 14’s labour force; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
Where Esgenoôpetitj 14 stands out on work
Fewer people in work than most towns
With 39% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 36% of all adults employed. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 34% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 9.6% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $57,300 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 22 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 12% 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Esgenoôpetitj 14: D
Better than 8% of Canadian towns 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.
Work for 39% of 15-to-64s in Esgenoôpetitj 14
The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 48% in October 2026. The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 55%. May 2021, when the census was taken, was a pandemic spring; unemployment has come down since, as the Labour Force Survey records.
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.
A smaller share in work than in almost any Canadian town.
Esgenoôpetitj 14 households: $57,300 a year at the median
Set beside New Brunswick’s towns, where the median is $73,200, Esgenoôpetitj 14 sits 22% below. 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).
At 22 minutes, commutes from Esgenoôpetitj 14 are shorter than in the middle of Canadian towns
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 18.4 minutes. The middle of New Brunswick’s towns averages 20.8 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 63%, more than the 44% in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns.
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.
A commuter town: Esgenoôpetitj 14 sends out more workers than it takes in
For every person who comes in to work, about 2 residents travel out. The job is inside the municipality for 68% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
32% of Esgenoôpetitj 14’s residents in work leave it to work; Bas-Caraquet takes the most
- Bas-Caraquet20
- Alnwick15
- Blackville10
- Red Bank 410
- New Maryland10
Miramichi sends the largest group the other way, 20 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Walking, cycling or transit: 6.2% of Esgenoôpetitj 14’s commuters
88% drive to work, fewer than the 95% in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns. Home was the workplace for 5.8%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
10% fewer people are on EI in the Northumberland census division than in 2019
The count topped out in February 2021 at 7,050 people, 1.6 times the 2019 average. That works out to around 11.2 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: the Northumberland 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).
Walkability in Esgenoôpetitj 14: graded B−
Better than 52% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Jobs near Esgenoôpetitj 14: the places around it
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esgenoôpetitj 14 | 39% | 34% | $57K | 22 min | D | B− |
| Alnwick 2.6 km | 57% | 22% | $60K | 27.3 min | D− | C− |
| Neguac 5.5 km | 61% | 16% | $63K | 25.3 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 Esgenoôpetitj 14, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. Statistics Canada counts EI beneficiaries each month by census division. Seasonal work makes it swing, so read it as a trend, not a jobless 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. 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. The 2020 income of the household at the midpoint, all sources and before tax. Inside a city we rebuild it from the dissemination areas’ income bands, so there it is an estimate.
- Which towns we compare. Comparisons are with the median of Canadian towns and city neighbourhoods counting 2,500 people or more, reserves and entire cities excluded.
- A First Nations reserve. Esgenoôpetitj 14’s figures are its own, though Statistics Canada rounds or suppresses some for small communities. A reserve has no overall grade and sits in no ranked list.
Questions about work in Esgenoôpetitj 14
How many jobs are there in Esgenoôpetitj 14?
The 2021 census counted about 175 people working in Esgenoôpetitj 14: 0.9 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 42 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Esgenoôpetitj 14?
The 2021 census found 34% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Campbellton-Miramichi economic region, is 9.6% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Esgenoôpetitj 14?
Esgenoôpetitj 14’s middle household had $57,300 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Esgenoôpetitj 14 get to work?
By car: 88% of commuters, 6.2% walk; on census day 5.8% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Esgenoôpetitj 14?
22 minutes is the average trip, with 63% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 12% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Esgenoôpetitj 14 work?
Most stay: 68% work in Esgenoôpetitj 14. The rest go first to Bas-Caraquet (20) and Alnwick (15).
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).