Photo: Ultimograph5 · CC BY-SA 4.0Working-age people in Neguac have jobs less often than in 93% of Canadian towns
The census counted 665 people working in Neguac and 390 residents commuting to a fixed workplace. Half the households in Neguac had more than $63,300 in 2020, before tax, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns. Out of work in May 2021: 16% of Neguac’s labour force; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
Neguac at work: what stands out
Fewer people in work than most towns
The 2021 census found 61% of 15-to-64s with a job (73% in the middle of Canadian towns). Count every adult, retirees too, and the figure is 45%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 16% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 9.6% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $63,300 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
A local job centre
665 people work in Neguac and 390 residents commute to a fixed workplace; the middle of Canadian towns has 0.8 jobs per working resident. 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.
Jobs and income in Neguac earn 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 Neguac, 61% of the working-age population has a job
An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 45% of residents 15 and over were in work. In October 2026, 48% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 54%. The figures are a snapshot of 11 May 2021, when pandemic rules still kept many people out of work or at 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.
Household income in Neguac
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 81% of Canadian towns.
That puts Neguac 14% below the median of New Brunswick’s towns, $73,200. Incomes here are 2020’s and include the pandemic payments, CERB among them, that propped up the lower end.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Each working day, Neguac’s workforce swells by 58%
For every resident who leaves Neguac for work, about 2 people come in. 46% 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.
484 people come into Neguac to work, most from Alnwick and Tracadie
Of everyone working in Neguac, 73% come in from elsewhere; 290 make the 5 km trip from Alnwick. Of residents who leave for work, most head to Miramichi (75).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
2021 Census, people with a usual place of work: where residents of Neguac work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Without a car, 1.9% of Neguac’s commuters get to work
Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 14% against 21%. Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 97% of commuters.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
Close to the middle of Canadian towns: commutes from Neguac average 25.3 minutes
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 24.2 minutes. In the middle of New Brunswick’s towns, the average commute is 20.8 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 48%, more than the 44% in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns. 7.7% spend an hour or longer getting to work; the middle of New Brunswick’s towns has 2.7%.
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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
10% fewer people are on EI in the Northumberland census division than in 2019
That is about 11.2 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. At its peak, in February 2021, 7,050 people were on EI, 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). Neguac doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from the Northumberland census division.
How walkable Neguac is: C
Better than 27% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Work in and around Neguac
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neguac | 61% | 16% | $63K | 25.3 min | D | C |
| Alnwick 5 km | 57% | 22% | $60K | 27.3 min | D− | C− |
| Esgenoôpetitj 14 5.5 km | 39% | 34% | $57K | 22 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 Neguac, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- The Labour Force Survey. A monthly household survey by Statistics Canada, reported for metro areas and economic regions only. It supplies a recent rate next to the 2021 census figure.
- In work. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- Unemployment. The census-week jobless rate for residents 15 and over. Its base is the labour force, those employed plus those actively looking.
- Household income. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- Trip times. Commuters picked a band for their usual trip (under 15 minutes, 15 to 29, and so on). We place each person at the middle of their band, which lands a little above Statistics Canada’s own timed average.
- Where people commute. Who travels where, from the census: workers with a regular workplace, sorted by the municipality they live in and the one they work in.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. Towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500 people or more, never a whole city and never a First Nations reserve. Middles are medians.
Questions about work in Neguac
What is the unemployment rate in Neguac?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 16% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Campbellton-Miramichi economic region at 9.6% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Neguac?
At $63,300 before tax in 2020, the median household in Neguac compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Neguac get to work?
Driving takes 97% of commuters to work, 1.9% walk, and on census day 14% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Neguac?
About 25.3 minutes on average, with 48% under a quarter-hour and 7.7% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Neguac work?
Only 46% work in Neguac itself; the rest go first to Miramichi (75) and Tracadie (50).
How many jobs are there in Neguac?
Some 665 people worked in Neguac at the 2021 census: 1.7 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 107 businesses with employees in June 2026.
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).