Photo: Dr Wilson · CC BY-SA 3.0The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Inkerman trails that of 92% of Canadian towns
From Inkerman, the drive or ride to work averages 23.2 minutes, with 4.2% going an hour or longer. In 2020, a household at the middle of Inkerman had $63,700 before tax, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900. When the 2021 census was taken, 16% of people in Inkerman who wanted a job had none, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
The work figures that set Inkerman apart
Fewer people in work than most towns
Counting everyone 15 and over, 43% were in work at the 2021 census; among those aged 15 to 64 it was 61%, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 16% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 9.6%. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
At $63,700 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
More jobs than the typical town
With 610 jobs based in Inkerman and 590 working residents, the ratio compares with 0.8 in the middle of Canadian towns. The daily tide ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Inkerman earns D for jobs and income
Better than 13% 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.
61% of working-age people in Inkerman have jobs
None of the 8 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Gloucester census division has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
A more recent figure, for the wider area: 48% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. Working or looking, 52% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 43% of residents 15 and over were in work. Statistics Canada counted on 11 May 2021, with much of the country under pandemic rules: more people were out of work or at home than usual.
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.
What households in Inkerman earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 80% of Canadian towns.
Against the middle of New Brunswick’s towns ($73,200), Inkerman’s median is 13% below. Of the 8 other places of 2,500 or more in the Gloucester census division, 4 have a higher median. 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).
As many come into Inkerman to work as leave
The job is inside the municipality for 24% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
468 people come into Inkerman to work, most from Tracadie and Shippagan
- Tracadie230
- Shippagan40
- Caraquet30
- Caraquet25
- Paquetville20
- Saint-Isidore20
- Saint-Isidore15
- Bas-Caraquet15
- Shippagan15
- Lamèque15
77% of the people who work in Inkerman live outside it, 230 of them in Tracadie, 19 km away. Of residents who leave for work, most head to Caraquet (125).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 0% of Inkerman’s commuters
Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 96% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Home was the workplace for 4.6%, under the 21% 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).
How long the commute from Inkerman takes
Only 28% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 44% in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 21.6 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.
8% fewer people are on EI in the Gloucester census division than in 2019
Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 7%. The highest month was February 2021: 15,370 people, 1.6 times the 2019 level. That works out to around 16.1 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. 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 Gloucester census division, Inkerman included.
Inkerman earns C− for walkability
Better than 17% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Work in and around Inkerman
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inkerman | 61% | 16% | $64K | 23.2 min | D | C− |
| Caraquet 8.2 km | 71% | 19% | $64K | 23.2 min | C− | D− |
| Shippagan 14.2 km | 73% | 11% | $60K | 16.8 min | C+ | A− |
| Caraquet 15.2 km | 74% | 12% | $66K | 16.6 min | B− | B |
| Bas-Caraquet 15.9 km | 61% | 15% | $60K | 17.7 min | C− | C− |
| Bertrand 18.8 km | 66% | 12% | $54K | 21.4 min | D | D |
| Tracadie 19 km | 62% | 15% | $61K | 21.6 min | C− | 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 Inkerman, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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 surveys households every month; the results come out for metro areas and economic regions, never for single towns, and keep the rate current after 2021.
- 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. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- 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.
- 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 Inkerman
How many jobs are there in Inkerman?
About 610 people had their usual place of work in Inkerman at the 2021 census, 1 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 74 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Inkerman?
The 2021 census found 16% 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 Inkerman?
The census puts Inkerman at $63,700 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Inkerman get to work?
96% of commuters go by car. On census day 4.6% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Inkerman?
On average 23.2 minutes; 28% take under 15 minutes and 4.2% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Inkerman work?
24% work in Inkerman itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Caraquet (125), then Tracadie (95).
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).