Photo: Not specified · Public domainRichmond has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.1 for each
Richmond counted 69% of its 15-to-64s in jobs at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. The median household in Richmond had $70,600 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Unemployment in Richmond stood at 11% on census day 2021, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
The work figures that set Richmond apart
Work near the middle
In work at the 2021 census: 69% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 54% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
At $70,600 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
The Jobs & income grade for Richmond: C
Better than 26% 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.
Earnings at home in Richmond: households
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 65% of Canadian towns.
Set beside New Brunswick’s towns, where the median is $73,200, Richmond sits 4% below. 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).
More workers leave Richmond each day than arrive
About 12 residents leave for work for each person who comes in. The job is inside the municipality for 5.8% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
94% of Richmond’s residents in work leave it to work; Woodstock takes the most
Of those coming in, Woodstock 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.
Work and the working-age population of Richmond
A smaller share in work than in 74% of Canadian towns.
The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 56% in October 2026. Counting those looking for work too, 61% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 54% were working. 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.
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 0% of Richmond’s commuters
Nearly everyone drives: 98% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 13% against 21%. 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).
23.6 minutes from Richmond to work, under the middle of Canadian towns
3.7% spend an hour or longer getting to work; the middle of New Brunswick’s towns has 2.7%. Timed exactly, the average is 21.5 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of New Brunswick’s towns averages 20.8 minutes. Only 28% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 44% in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns.
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.
EI claims in the Carleton census division run 12% above their 2019 level
Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 rose by 3%. In March 2021 it reached 2,150, the most in the series and 2.2 times the 2019 average. Roughly 6.2 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI.
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 Carleton 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).
Getting around Richmond on foot earns D−
Better than 2% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
The places around Richmond, side by side
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond | 69% | 11% | $71K | 23.6 min | C | D− |
| Woodstock 11.5 km | 79% | 7.7% | $81K | 17.6 min | A | D |
| Woodstock 13.7 km | 74% | 9.2% | $60K | 16.7 min | C+ | B |
| Northampton 19.2 km | 75% | 9.4% | $78K | 16.1 min | A− | 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 Richmond, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. We divide the number of employed residents by the number aged 15 to 64. Workers past 64 still count on top, because the 2021 Census crosses work with age only for whole municipalities; in return, a retirement town’s pensioners don’t drag the rate down.
- Unemployment. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- 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. 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.
- Where people commute. Jobs count everyone whose usual workplace lies in the municipality, residents or commuters from elsewhere, from Statistics Canada’s home-by-workplace table.
- 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. 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 Richmond
Where do people in Richmond work?
5.8% work in Richmond itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Woodstock (230), then Wakefield (95).
How many jobs are there in Richmond?
The 2021 census found about 55 people with their usual workplace in Richmond, or 0.1 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. Statistics Canada counted 30 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Richmond?
The 2021 census found 11% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Edmundston-Woodstock economic region, is 6.1% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Richmond?
At $70,600 before tax in 2020, the median household in Richmond compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Richmond get to work?
98% of commuters drive; 13% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Richmond?
The average commute is 23.6 minutes; 28% of trips take under 15 minutes and 3.7% 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).