Photo: James Mann from Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada · CC BY 2.0Riverview has 0.5 jobs for every resident in work, so most leave town for work
7.8% of the labour force in Riverview was out of work at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. An hour or more each way is the commute for 3% of workers in Riverview; the average is 18.9 minutes. Half the households in Riverview had more than $79,600 in 2020, before tax, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns.
The work figures that set Riverview apart
More people in work than most towns
79% 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 59%. In work ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 18.9 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 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.
Riverview grades A for jobs and income
Better than 85% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #10 of 60 in New Brunswick.
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.
The share of 15-to-64s in work in Riverview: 79%
A larger share in work than in 69% of Canadian towns.
The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 61% in October 2026. The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 64%. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 59%: many residents are past working age. These are census figures from May 2021, during COVID’s third wave; jobs have recovered since, which the Labour Force Survey shows.
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 Riverview takes
In the middle of New Brunswick’s towns, the average commute is 20.8 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 44%, close to the middle of New Brunswick’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 16.7 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.
Riverview is quieter on a working day than at night
Each person commuting in is matched by about 3 residents going out. 29% of residents who commute work inside the municipality, against 70% in the middle of Canadian towns.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
71% of Riverview’s residents in work leave it to work; Moncton takes the most
- Moncton825
- Coverdale185
- Dieppe180
- Moncton90
- Hillsborough45
- Salisbury45
- Salisbury40
- Shediac30
- Hillsborough25
- Shediac25
- Moncton3,825
- Dieppe625
- Moncton65
- Shediac45
- Shediac45
- Coverdale40
- Salisbury40
- Hillsborough35
- Dorchester35
- Sackville25
Moncton sends the largest group the other way, 825 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
How Riverview’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 55% of Canadian towns.
Set beside New Brunswick’s towns, where the median is $73,200, Riverview sits 9% above. CERB and the other emergency payments of 2020 are counted in these incomes, which lifted the lower ones that year.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 5.5% of Riverview’s commuters
20% worked at home on census day, about the same as in the middle of Canadian towns. Few ride transit: 1%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 92% of commuters.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
EI claims in the Albert census division run 28% above their 2019 level
In the twelve months to August 2026 the number rose by 5%. The highest month was February 2021: 2,390 people, 2.5 times the 2019 level. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 5.8 receive 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 Albert 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).
The Walkability grade for Riverview: B+
Better than 65% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #14 of 60 in New Brunswick.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Riverview next to Canadian towns of 15,800 to 30,500: 36th of 384 on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yellowknife Northwest Territories | 22,858 | 80% | 5.8% | $148K | A+ |
| 2 | Central Saanich British Columbia | 18,184 | 85% | 4.9% | $103K | A+ |
| 3 | Cap-Rouge Quebec | 17,139 | 81% | 4.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 18 | Quispamsis New Brunswick | 20,240 | 78% | 7.2% | $113K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 34 | Rosedale-Moore Park Ontario | 20,268 | 78% | 9.3% | $129K | A |
| 35 | Bridlewood - Emerald Meadows Ontario | 25,824 | 77% | 8.9% | $136K | A |
| 36 | Riverview New Brunswick | 22,614 | 79% | 7.8% | $80K | A |
| 37 | Candiac Quebec | 24,920 | 80% | 5.4% | $112K | A |
| 38 | Brooks Alberta | 17,537 | 72% | 8.8% | $91K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 173 | Miramichi New Brunswick | 19,402 | 72% | 11% | $66K | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 190 | Edmundston New Brunswick | 18,174 | 72% | 7.9% | $59K | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 384 | Parc-Extension Quebec | 29,066 | 61% | 16% | $48K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Riverview, and others among New Brunswick’s towns.
How Riverview compares with the places nearby
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverview | 79% | 7.8% | $80K | 18.9 min | A | B+ |
| Moncton 5.9 km | 74% | 9.1% | $68K | 16.6 min | B | A |
| Coverdale 7 km | 74% | 7.6% | $88K | 25.4 min | B− | D |
| Dieppe 7.3 km | 79% | 6.7% | $87K | 18 min | A | B− |
| Moncton 13.9 km | 80% | 7.2% | $91K | 22 min | A | D |
| Hillsborough 15.2 km | 67% | 16% | $65K | 35.9 min | D− | D− |
| Hillsborough 17.9 km | 70% | 8.3% | $62K | 25.4 min | D | 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 Riverview, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. How many residents held a job in May 2021, set against how many were 15 to 64. It reads a little high where many people work past 65, since below the municipality the census gives no breakdown of workers by age.
- 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. 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. Who travels where, from the census: workers with a regular workplace, sorted by the municipality they live in and the one they work in.
- 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 Riverview
What is the average household income in Riverview?
The median household in Riverview had $79,600 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Riverview get to work?
92% of commuters go by car, 1% take public transit, 4.1% walk and 0.4% cycle. On census day 20% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Riverview?
On average 18.9 minutes; 44% take under 15 minutes and 3% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Riverview work?
29% work in Riverview itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Moncton (3,825), then Dieppe (625).
How many jobs are there in Riverview?
About 3,635 people had their usual place of work in Riverview at the 2021 census, 0.5 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 402 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Riverview?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Moncton metro area at 7.2%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 7.8%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
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).