Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center · Public domainA smaller share of people aged 15 to 64 are in work in Gordon than in 93% of Canadian towns
Gordon is the usual workplace of 85 people, and 345 of its own residents commute to a job. Before tax, the typical household in Gordon brought in $60,500 in 2020, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900. 15% of the labour force in Gordon was out of work at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What Gordon’s work numbers say
Fewer people in work than most towns
With 61% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 43% of all adults employed. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
15% of the labour force was out of work at the 2021 census (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns); the Labour Force Survey had the area at 6.1% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $60,500 before tax in 2020, where the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
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 Gordon: 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.
In Gordon, 61% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 56% in October 2026. Working or looking, 50% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 43%. The census was taken on 11 May 2021, mid-pandemic, when lockdowns had pushed unemployment up and sent many to work from 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.
Earnings at home in Gordon: households
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 87% of Canadian towns.
The middle of New Brunswick’s towns is $73,200, and Gordon is 17% below it. These are 2020 incomes, before tax, and they include pandemic benefits such as CERB, which lifted many lower incomes 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).
The daily tide in Gordon runs outward
Each person commuting in is matched by about 9 residents going out. The job is inside the municipality for 15% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
85% of Gordon’s residents in work leave it to work; Plaster Rock takes the most
Inbound, the leader is Plaster Rock (15).
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: 0% of Gordon’s commuters
Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 98% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 12% against 21%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
Shorter than the middle of Canadian towns: commutes from Gordon average 24 minutes
Trips under 15 minutes: 37%, fewer than the 44% in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns. An hour or more: 4.1% of commuters, above the 2.7% in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 21 minutes. 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.
About as many people are on EI in the Victoria census division as in 2019
At its peak, in February 2021, 2,300 people were on EI, 2.1 times the 2019 average. That works out to around 7.2 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 1%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: 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).
Everyday places on foot in Gordon: D−
Better than 2% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How Gordon compares with the places nearby
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon | 61% | 15% | $61K | 24 min | D | D− |
| Plaster Rock 6.7 km | 57% | 14% | $51K | 19.9 min | D | B |
| Denmark 11.8 km | 58% | 11% | $57K | 31.4 min | D− | 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 Gordon, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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.
- 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. 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. 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. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- Unemployment. The share of people 15 and over in the labour force, working or looking for work, who had no job on census day in May 2021.
- 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 Gordon
Where do people in Gordon work?
15% work in Gordon itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Plaster Rock (155), then Perth-Andover (75).
How many jobs are there in Gordon?
The 2021 census counted about 85 people working in Gordon: 0.3 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 42 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Gordon?
The 2021 census found 15% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Edmundston-Woodstock economic region, is 6.1% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Gordon?
Before tax, half the households in Gordon had more than $60,500 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Gordon get to work?
By car: 98% of commuters; on census day 12% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Gordon?
24 minutes is the average trip, with 37% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 4.1% taking 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).