Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainWith 0.1 jobs for each resident in work, most of Queensbury commutes out
64% of people aged 15 to 64 in Queensbury had a job at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. Most commutes from Queensbury take well under an hour: the average is 33.5 minutes, and 2.3% take 60 minutes or longer. Median household income in Queensbury was $74,200 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
The short version on work in Queensbury
Fewer people in work than most towns
At the 2021 census 64% of the 15-to-64s were in work (73% in the middle of Canadian towns); across all ages 15 and over, 47%. In work ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 33.5 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.
Queensbury grades D for jobs and income
Better than 6% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is household income; 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.
Work and the working-age population of Queensbury
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.
52% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 47%. For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 62% in work in October 2026. May 2021, when the census was taken, was a pandemic spring; unemployment has come down since, as the Labour Force Survey records.
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.
How long the commute from Queensbury takes
The middle of New Brunswick’s towns averages 20.8 minutes. Only 9.2% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 44% in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 29.9 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.
A commuter town: Queensbury sends out more workers than it takes in
About 32 residents leave for work for each person who comes in. Of those who commute, 8.3% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
92% of Queensbury’s residents in work leave it to work; Fredericton takes the most
No other place sends enough people to work in Queensbury to be counted.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Household income in Queensbury
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 56% of Canadian towns.
Of the 8 other places of 2,500 or more in the York census division, 7 have a higher median. Against the middle of New Brunswick’s towns ($73,200), Queensbury’s median is 1% above. Because 2020 was the first year of the pandemic, emergency benefits make up part of these before-tax incomes.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
0% of commuters in Queensbury walk, cycle or take transit
Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 97% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Only 11% worked at home on census day, against 21% 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
Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 rose by 6%. February 2021 was the busiest month, with 6,620 people on EI, 2.5 times 2019’s average. 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. EI beneficiaries: one figure for all of 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).
Walking in Queensbury earns D−
Better than 2% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Neighbouring places to Queensbury, compared
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queensbury | 64% | 10% | $74K | 33.5 min | D | D− |
| Prince William 9.8 km | 75% | 9.9% | $70K | 31.9 min | C− | D |
| Bright 10.4 km | 72% | 11% | $76K | 29.2 min | C− | C− |
| Kingsclear 10.5 km | 75% | 6.5% | $106K | 25.4 min | B+ | D |
| Nackawic 19.2 km | 74% | 6.1% | $69K | 25.4 min | C | C+ |
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 Queensbury, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Statistics Canada counts EI beneficiaries each month by census division. Seasonal work makes it swing, so read it as a trend, not a jobless rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. The most recent unemployment rate on the page comes from this monthly survey, which covers the wider metro area or economic region, not the town.
- In work. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- 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. The 2020 income of the household at the midpoint, all sources and before tax. Inside a city we rebuild it from the dissemination areas’ income bands, so there it is an estimate.
- Trip times. Built from banded answers: each commuter’s usual one-way trip counts as the midpoint of the band they chose, and the result tends to sit slightly higher than Statistics Canada’s average.
- 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 Queensbury
Where do people in Queensbury work?
8.3% work in Queensbury itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Fredericton (165), then Nackawic (40).
How many jobs are there in Queensbury?
Statistics Canada counted 31 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Queensbury?
At the 2021 census 10% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Fredericton metro area, gives 6.5% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Queensbury?
Before tax, half the households in Queensbury had more than $74,200 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Queensbury get to work?
By car: 97% of commuters; on census day 11% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Queensbury?
33.5 minutes is the average trip, with 9.2% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 2.3% taking an hour or more.
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).