Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainMcAdam’s household incomes are lower than in 93% of Canadian towns
Of McAdam’s residents aged 15 to 64, 61% were employed when the 2021 census was taken, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. An hour or more each way is the commute for 12% of workers in McAdam; the average is 22.4 minutes. The 2021 census put unemployment in McAdam at 12%, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns.
What stands out about work in McAdam
Fewer people in work than most towns
61% of people aged 15 to 64 had a job at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; counting everyone 15 and over, retirees included, it was 43%. In work ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $57,000 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 22.4 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.
Jobs and income in McAdam earn D
Better than 10% 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.
61% of working-age people in McAdam have jobs
None of the 8 other places of 2,500 people or more in the York census division has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 60% of the wider area’s adults in work. Counting those looking for work too, 48% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 43% were working. 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.
Household income in McAdam: $57,000 at the median
Set beside New Brunswick’s towns, where the median is $73,200, McAdam sits 22% below. Every other place of 2,500 or more in the York census division has a higher median. 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 length of the trip to work in McAdam
Timed exactly, the average is 21.3 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of New Brunswick’s towns averages 20.8 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 66%, 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.
In and out of McAdam: the working day evens out
69% 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.
31% of McAdam’s residents in work leave it to work; St. Stephen takes the most
- Manners Sutton40
- McAdam10
- Kingsclear10
- St. Stephen20
- McAdam20
- Fredericton20
- Fort McMurray10
Inbound, the leader is Manners Sutton (40).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Without a car, 9.5% of McAdam’s commuters get to work
Fewer drive than in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns: 87% against 95%. Home was the workplace for 8.5%, 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).
In the York census division, 24% more people receive EI than in 2019
Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 6%. The highest month was February 2021: 6,620 people, 2.5 times the 2019 level. That works out to around 4.7 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 York 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 McAdam: A
Better than 86% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
McAdam and its neighbours: work and income
McAdam has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 28–40 km out.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McAdam | 61% | 12% | $57K | 22.4 min | D | A |
| Manners Sutton 27.7 km | 72% | 10% | $73K | 34.1 min | D | D− |
| Saint James 30 km | 75% | 14% | $61K | 28.1 min | C− | D− |
| Prince William 37.3 km | 75% | 9.9% | $70K | 31.9 min | C− | D |
| Saint David 39.2 km | 67% | 10% | $67K | 21 min | C | D |
| Saint Stephen 39.9 km | 67% | 10% | $66K | 21.2 min | C− | 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 McAdam, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Employment Insurance. Beneficiaries of Employment Insurance, month by month, for the census division rather than the town. Many jobless people don’t qualify, so 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. We divide the number of employed residents by the number aged 15 to 64. Workers past 64 still count on top, because the 2021 Census crosses work with age only for whole municipalities; in return, a retirement town’s pensioners don’t drag the rate down.
- Unemployment. Of everyone 15 or older who was working or job-hunting in the census week, the part still looking. Someone not seeking work isn’t in it at all.
- 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. One way, on a usual day, from the census’s travel-time bands. Band midpoints overstate it a little next to the figure Statistics Canada times.
- 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. Comparisons are with the median of Canadian towns and city neighbourhoods counting 2,500 people or more, reserves and entire cities excluded.
Questions about work in McAdam
How long is the commute from McAdam?
On average 22.4 minutes; 66% take under 15 minutes and 12% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in McAdam work?
Most stay: 69% work in McAdam. The rest go first to St. Stephen (20) and McAdam (20).
How many jobs are there in McAdam?
About 275 people had their usual place of work in McAdam at the 2021 census, 1 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 34 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in McAdam?
Two figures answer it: 12% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 6.6% for the Fredericton-Oromocto economic region in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in McAdam?
The median household in McAdam had $57,000 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in McAdam get to work?
87% of commuters go by car, 9.5% walk. On census day 8.5% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
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).