Photo: David Wilson · CC BY 2.0Household incomes in Petit-Rocher trail those of 90% of Canadian towns
11% of the labour force in Petit-Rocher was out of work at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. Getting to work from Petit-Rocher takes 21.5 minutes on average, an hour or more for 2.3%. 495 people have their usual place of work in Petit-Rocher, against 520 residents who travel to a job.
The work numbers behind Petit-Rocher
Fewer people in work than most towns
At the 2021 census 66% of the 15-to-64s were in work (73% in the middle of Canadian towns); across all ages 15 and over, 44%. In work ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $59,300 before tax in 2020, where the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 21.5 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 2.3% 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.
Petit-Rocher grades C− for jobs and income
Better than 16% 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.
In Petit-Rocher, 66% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
Of the 8 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Gloucester census division, 2 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Counting retirees, 44% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 48% in work in October 2026. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 49% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. Census day was 11 May 2021, in the pandemic’s third wave: unemployment ran high and many worked from home, so these figures describe that spring rather than today.
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.
Before tax, the median household in Petit-Rocher had $59,300
Set beside New Brunswick’s towns, where the median is $73,200, Petit-Rocher sits 19% below. 7 of the 8 other places of 2,500+ in the Gloucester census division have 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).
How long the commute from Petit-Rocher takes
Trips under 15 minutes: 33%, fewer than the 44% in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 18.4 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.
In and out of Petit-Rocher: the working day evens out
The job is inside the municipality for 27% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
73% of Petit-Rocher’s residents in work leave it to work; Bathurst takes the most
Of those coming in, Beresford supplies the most: 210.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
3.9% of commuters in Petit-Rocher walk, cycle or take transit
The car is the way to work for 92% of commuters. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 12% against 21%. Hardly anyone takes transit to work, 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).
EI claims in the Gloucester census division run 8% below their 2019 level
Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 7%. The highest month was February 2021: 15,370 people, 1.6 times the 2019 level. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 16.1 receive EI.
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). Petit-Rocher doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from the Gloucester census division.
How walkable Petit-Rocher is: B
Better than 62% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
The work picture around Petit-Rocher
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petit-Rocher | 66% | 11% | $59K | 21.5 min | C− | B |
| Nigadoo 5.8 km | 63% | 14% | $69K | 20.1 min | C | C |
| Beresford 6.8 km | 67% | 12% | $70K | 21.7 min | C | D |
| Beresford 9.5 km | 69% | 12% | $67K | 18.8 min | C+ | B− |
| Bathurst 18.2 km | 65% | 12% | $55K | 15.6 min | C− | B+ |
| Bathurst 18.8 km | 71% | 11% | $73K | 18.8 min | B− | 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 Petit-Rocher, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Before-tax total income of the middle household for 2020, from the census. Neighbourhood medians are worked out from bracket counts, since Statistics Canada publishes none of their own.
- 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.
- Where people commute. Only people with a usual place of work are in it: those who work from home or have no fixed site are not. Home and work are both counted by municipality.
- Employment Insurance. A monthly count of Employment Insurance beneficiaries for the whole census division. It tracks the local job market, but it is not an unemployment rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Sampled each month and released for regions rather than towns, so its rate describes the area around the town.
- 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 Petit-Rocher
What is the unemployment rate in Petit-Rocher?
The census put unemployment at 11% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Campbellton-Miramichi economic region at 9.6%.
What is the average household income in Petit-Rocher?
The median household in Petit-Rocher had $59,300 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Petit-Rocher get to work?
By car: 92% of commuters, 3.9% walk; on census day 12% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Petit-Rocher?
21.5 minutes is the average trip, with 33% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 2.3% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Petit-Rocher work?
27% work in Petit-Rocher itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Bathurst (260), then Beresford (25).
How many jobs are there in Petit-Rocher?
The 2021 census counted about 495 people working in Petit-Rocher: 1 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 71 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
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).