Photo: Patrick Emond (mon conjoint) et moi même (Isabelle Provencher). · Public domainWorking-age people in Nigadoo are less likely to have a job than in 90% of Canadian towns
The census counted 125 people working in Nigadoo and 265 residents commuting to a fixed workplace. Half the households in Nigadoo had more than $69,300 in 2020, before tax, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Nigadoo had an unemployment rate of 14% at the 2021 census, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
The short version on work in Nigadoo
Fewer people in work than most towns
63% 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 45%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 14% 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
At $69,300 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 20.1 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 2.9% 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.
On jobs and income, Nigadoo grades C
Better than 27% 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.
63% of working-age people in Nigadoo have jobs
Of the 8 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Gloucester census division, one has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 45%: many residents are past working age. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 48% in October 2026. Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 51%. 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.
Earnings at home in Nigadoo: households
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 68% of Canadian towns.
2 of the 8 other places of 2,500+ in the Gloucester census division have a higher median. That puts Nigadoo 5% below the median of New Brunswick’s towns, $73,200. Pandemic benefits paid in 2020 lifted the incomes at the bottom, and they are counted here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Shorter than the middle of Canadian towns: commutes from Nigadoo average 20.1 minutes
Only 41% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 44% in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns. Long trips, an hour or more, are about as common as in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns: 2.9%. Timed exactly, the average is 16.1 minutes (Statistics Canada).
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.
More of Nigadoo’s workers leave each day than arrive
About 3 residents leave for work for each person who comes in. The job is inside the municipality for 13% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
87% of Nigadoo’s residents in work leave it to work; Bathurst takes the most
Beresford sends the largest group the other way, 40 people.
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: 2.9% of Nigadoo’s commuters
Nearly everyone drives: 94% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Only 13% worked at home on census day, against 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).
8% fewer people are on EI in the Gloucester census division than in 2019
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 16.1 receive EI. Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 7%. In February 2021 it reached 15,370, the most in the series and 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). For EI beneficiaries, the only official count covers all of the Gloucester census division, Nigadoo included.
Nigadoo on foot: a C grade
Better than 30% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
The places around Nigadoo, side by side
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigadoo | 63% | 14% | $69K | 20.1 min | C | C |
| Beresford 3.7 km | 67% | 12% | $70K | 21.7 min | C | D |
| Beresford 4.6 km | 69% | 12% | $67K | 18.8 min | C+ | B− |
| Petit-Rocher 5.8 km | 66% | 11% | $59K | 21.5 min | C− | B |
| Bathurst 13 km | 71% | 11% | $73K | 18.8 min | B− | D |
| Bathurst 13.2 km | 65% | 12% | $55K | 15.6 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 Nigadoo, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada’s monthly survey, published for metro areas and economic regions rather than towns: it gives a current rate beside the census’s 2021 one.
- 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. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- 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. The census asks how long the trip to work usually takes, in bands; our average uses each band’s middle, so it runs a little above Statistics Canada’s timed 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. 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.
- Which towns we compare. Medians over towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents. Whole cities would swamp them and reserves sit outside the rankings, so neither is in.
Questions about work in Nigadoo
Where do people in Nigadoo work?
13% work in Nigadoo itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Bathurst (130), then Beresford (40).
How many jobs are there in Nigadoo?
About 125 people had their usual place of work in Nigadoo at the 2021 census, 0.5 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 27 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Nigadoo?
At the 2021 census 14% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Campbellton-Miramichi economic region, gives 9.6% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Nigadoo?
The census puts Nigadoo at $69,300 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Nigadoo get to work?
94% of commuters go by car, 2.9% walk. On census day 13% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Nigadoo?
On average 20.1 minutes; 41% take under 15 minutes and 2.9% take an hour or longer.
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).