Photo: Dr Wilson · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Kedgwick earn less than those in 91% of Canadian towns
An hour or more each way is the commute for 6.3% of workers in Kedgwick; the average is 18.3 minutes. Of Kedgwick’s residents aged 15 to 64, 64% were employed when the 2021 census was taken, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns. Unemployment in Kedgwick stood at 17% on census day 2021, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What the numbers say about work in Kedgwick
Fewer people in work than most towns
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 64% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 45%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
17% 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 9.6% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
At $58,800 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 18.3 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 6.3% 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.
Kedgwick grades C− for jobs and income
Better than 20% 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.
The share of 15-to-64s in work in Kedgwick: 64%
Of the 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Restigouche census division, 2 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 54% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 45% were working. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 48% in October 2026. 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.
Kedgwick households: $58,800 a year at the median
The middle of New Brunswick’s towns is $73,200, and Kedgwick is 20% below it. One of the 3 other places of 2,500+ in the Restigouche census division has a higher median. Incomes are for 2020, the first pandemic year, so CERB and other emergency payments are part of them.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Commuting times in Kedgwick
A quarter-hour or less for 60% of commuters, against 44% in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 15.3 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.
Each working day, more people leave Kedgwick for work than come in
It sends out some 2 workers for every one it takes in. 55% 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.
45% of Kedgwick’s residents in work leave it to work; Saint-Quentin takes the most
- Saint-Quentin55
- Saint-Quentin35
- Eldon30
- Atholville15
Of those coming in, Saint-Quentin 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.
Leaving the car at home: 4.2% of commuters in Kedgwick
Nearly everyone drives: 93% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Home was the workplace for 11%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Few ride transit: 1.4%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
In the Restigouche census division, the count on EI is close to where it was in 2019
That is about 11.4 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 7%. The highest month was March 2021: 4,190 people, 1.6 times the 2019 level.
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 Restigouche census division, Kedgwick included.
The Walkability grade for Kedgwick: B−
Better than 50% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
The places around Kedgwick, side by side
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kedgwick | 64% | 17% | $59K | 18.3 min | C− | B− |
| Saint-Quentin 14.2 km | 73% | 19% | $71K | 17.5 min | B− | D− |
| Saint-Quentin 15.3 km | 70% | 16% | $60K | 13.8 min | C+ | 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 Kedgwick, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Employment Insurance. Monthly EI recipients across the census division: a pulse of the local job market rather than a measure of who is out of work.
- 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. 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.
- 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. Built from banded answers: each commuter’s usual one-way trip counts as the midpoint of the band they chose, and the result tends to sit slightly higher than Statistics Canada’s average.
- 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.
- 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 Kedgwick
How long is the commute from Kedgwick?
The average commute is 18.3 minutes; 60% of trips take under 15 minutes and 6.3% an hour or more.
Where do people in Kedgwick work?
Most stay: 55% work in Kedgwick. The rest go first to Saint-Quentin (130) and Saint-Quentin (80).
How many jobs are there in Kedgwick?
The 2021 census found about 430 people with their usual workplace in Kedgwick, or 0.8 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. Statistics Canada counted 98 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Kedgwick?
The 2021 census found 17% 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 Kedgwick?
The census puts Kedgwick at $58,800 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Kedgwick get to work?
93% of commuters drive, 1.4% take public transit and 2.8% walk; 11% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
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).