Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainMost of Glenelg works elsewhere: the town has 0.1 jobs for each resident in work
Glenelg counted 71% of its 15-to-64s in jobs at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. Median household income in Glenelg was $67,500 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. When the 2021 census was taken, 11% of people in Glenelg who wanted a job had none, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
Jobs and income in Glenelg: what the figures say
Lower incomes than most towns
The median household had $67,500 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 22.7 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 3.3% 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, Glenelg grades C
Better than 29% 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.
Household income in Glenelg
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 72% of Canadian towns.
Glenelg’s median is 8% below the middle of New Brunswick’s towns ($73,200). That year, 2020, brought emergency benefits that count in these totals, before tax.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Glenelg has a quicker trip to work than the middle of Canadian towns: 22.7 minutes
Timed exactly, the average is 20.8 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of New Brunswick’s towns, the average commute is 20.8 minutes. Only 32% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 44% in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns. An hour or more: 3.3% of commuters, close to 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.
More go out than come in: the working day in Glenelg
About 18 residents leave for work for each person who comes in. 2.9% 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.
97% of Glenelg’s residents in work leave it to work; Miramichi takes the most
Coming the other way, Miramichi sends the most (25).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
In and out of work in Glenelg
A smaller share in work than in 67% of Canadian towns.
Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 51%. By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 48% of the wider area’s adults in work. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 58% of residents that age. The census caught the labour market on 11 May 2021, deep in the pandemic, so unemployment and working from home both ran above normal.
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.
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 1.7% of Glenelg’s commuters
Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 7.6% against 21%. The car is the way to work for 96% 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 Northumberland census division run 10% below their 2019 level
That is about 11.2 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. The count topped out in February 2021 at 7,050 people, 1.6 times the 2019 average.
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). For EI beneficiaries, the only official count covers all of the Northumberland census division, Glenelg included.
Everyday places on foot in Glenelg: D
Better than 7% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Work next door to Glenelg
Distances here run 20–28 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Glenelg.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenelg | 71% | 11% | $68K | 22.7 min | C | D |
| Miramichi 20.4 km | 72% | 11% | $66K | 16.8 min | C+ | B− |
| Hardwicke 21.6 km | 65% | 17% | $66K | 25.7 min | D | D |
| Rogersville 24 km | 43% | 32% | $58K | 29.4 min | D− | D− |
| Rogersville 28.4 km | 54% | 21% | $47K | 27.4 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 Glenelg, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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.
- Employment Insurance. People receiving EI benefits each month, counted for the census division. It follows the local job market; it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- 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. People in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64 (2021 Census). The census doesn’t cross work with age below the municipality, so this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood has; retirees don’t weigh on it.
- 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. Half of households had more than this before tax in 2020, half less, counting every source of income. For a neighbourhood we estimate the median from the income brackets of its dissemination areas.
- Trip times. The census asks how long the trip to work usually takes, in bands; our average uses each band’s middle, so it runs a little above Statistics Canada’s timed average.
- Which towns we compare. Any town of 2,500 or more counts, and so does any city neighbourhood that size; the city as a whole and First Nations reserves don’t. The middle is the median.
Questions about work in Glenelg
Where do people in Glenelg work?
2.9% work in Glenelg itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Miramichi (385), then Chatham (25).
How many jobs are there in Glenelg?
The 2021 census found about 40 people with their usual workplace in Glenelg, or 0.1 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 30 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Glenelg?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Campbellton-Miramichi economic region at 9.6%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 11%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Glenelg?
Before tax, half the households in Glenelg had more than $67,500 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Glenelg get to work?
96% of commuters drive, 1.7% take public transit; 7.6% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Glenelg?
The average commute is 22.7 minutes; 32% of trips take under 15 minutes and 3.3% an hour or more.
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).