Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainPrince William has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.5 for each
In 2020, a household at the middle of Prince William had $69,500 before tax, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900. For 3.8% of commuters in Prince William, the trip to work lasts an hour or more; the average is 31.9 minutes. Prince William counted 75% of its 15-to-64s in jobs at the 2021 census, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns.
The work numbers behind Prince William
Lower incomes than most towns
At $69,500 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 31.9 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 3.8% 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.
Prince William earns C− for jobs and income
Better than 15% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; its weakest, trip times.
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.
What households in Prince William earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 67% of Canadian towns.
The middle of New Brunswick’s towns is $73,200, and Prince William is 5% below it. Every other place of 2,500 or more in the York census division has a higher median. That year, 2020, brought emergency benefits that count in these totals, before tax.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Time on the road to work from Prince William
Trips under 15 minutes: 18%, fewer than the 44% in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 28.5 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.
On a working day, Prince William loses more workers than it gains
Each person commuting in is matched by about 3 residents going out. The job is inside the municipality for 20% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
80% of Prince William’s residents in work leave it to work; Fredericton takes the most
- Fredericton140
- Harvey15
- Kingsclear15
- St. Stephen10
- Manners Sutton10
- Starlight Village10
Of those coming in, Miramichi supplies the most: 10.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
In and out of work in Prince William
Of the 8 other places of 2,500 people or more in the York census division, one has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 56% of residents 15 and over were in work. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 62% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. 62% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. Statistics Canada counted on 11 May 2021, with much of the country under pandemic rules: more people were out of work or at home than usual.
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.
Walking, cycling or transit: 2.6% of Prince William’s commuters
21% worked at home on census day, about the same as in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 96% of commuters go by car, truck or van.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
EI claims in the York census division run 24% above their 2019 level
February 2021 was the busiest month, with 6,620 people on EI, 2.5 times 2019’s average. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 4.7 are on EI. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 rose by 6%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Data for EI beneficiaries covers 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).
Walkability in Prince William: graded D
Better than 11% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Around Prince William: jobs, pay and the commute
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince William | 75% | 9.9% | $70K | 31.9 min | C− | D |
| Queensbury 9.8 km | 64% | 10% | $74K | 33.5 min | D | D− |
| Kingsclear 11.3 km | 75% | 6.5% | $106K | 25.4 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 Prince William, 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. 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. 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. What the median household took in during 2020 before tax, as the census recorded it; an estimate built from income groups when the place is a neighbourhood.
- 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. 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. Any town of 2,500 or more counts, and so does any city neighbourhood that size; the city as a whole and First Nations reserves don’t. The middle is the median.
Questions about work in Prince William
What is the average household income in Prince William?
At $69,500 before tax in 2020, the median household in Prince William compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Prince William get to work?
96% of commuters go by car, 2.6% walk. On census day 21% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Prince William?
On average 31.9 minutes; 18% take under 15 minutes and 3.8% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Prince William work?
20% work in Prince William itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Fredericton (140), then Harvey (15).
How many jobs are there in Prince William?
About 120 people had their usual place of work in Prince William at the 2021 census, 0.5 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 31 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Prince William?
Two figures answer it: 9.9% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 6.5% for the Fredericton metro area in the Labour Force Survey of October 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).