Photo: Larry from Charlottetown, PEI, Canada · CC BY 2.0Working-age people in Sackville are less likely to have a job than in 75% of Canadian towns
Joblessness at the 2021 census: 12% of Sackville’s labour force; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. Commutes from Sackville average 17.5 minutes, and 1.8% take an hour or more. The median household in Sackville had $68,100 before tax in 2020, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns.
What the numbers say about work in Sackville
Lower incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $68,100 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
More jobs than the typical town
With 1,755 jobs based in Sackville and 1,620 working residents, the ratio compares with 0.8 in the middle of Canadian towns. The daily tide ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 17.5 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 1.8% 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Sackville: C+
Better than 40% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #36 of 60 in New Brunswick.
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.
What households in Sackville earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 71% of Canadian towns.
8 of the 10 other places of 2,500+ in the Westmorland census division have a higher median. Sackville’s median is 7% below the middle of New Brunswick’s towns ($73,200). 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).
Workers pour into Sackville: 6% more on a working day
Of those who commute, 62% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
Time on the road to work from Sackville
The middle of New Brunswick’s towns averages 20.8 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 58% of commuters, against 44% in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 15.8 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.
754 people come into Sackville to work, most from Sackville (New Brunswick part) and Moncton
- Sackville (New Brunswick part)210
- Moncton85
- Amherst60
- Dieppe55
- Memramcook50
- Westmorland45
- Springhill35
- Botsford30
- Riverview25
- Dorchester25
- Amherst205
- Moncton160
- Dieppe70
- Westmorland45
- Dorchester40
- Springhill25
- Sheffield10
- Riverview10
- Fredericton10
43% of the people who work in Sackville live outside it, 210 of them in Sackville (New Brunswick part), 8 km away. Going the other way, Amherst is the biggest single destination (205).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
In Sackville, 69% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
None of the 10 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Westmorland census division has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 58%. Counting retirees, 51% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 59% 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.
Walking, cycling or transit: 16% of Sackville’s commuters
Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. On foot: 15% of commuters, well above the 2.9% in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns. 83% drive to work, fewer than the 95% in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns. 25% of everyone in work 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).
EI claims in the Westmorland census division run 29% above their 2019 level
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 6.3 receive EI. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 rose by 4%. In February 2021 it reached 13,960, the most in the series and 2.4 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries published for the Westmorland census division, not by town. 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 Sackville: graded A
Better than 88% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #5 of 60 in New Brunswick.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
435th of 700: where Sackville ranks among Canadian towns of 4,600 to 8,900
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 3 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 30 | Hanwell New Brunswick | 5,108 | 78% | 7.2% | $107K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 136 | Grand Bay-Westfield New Brunswick | 5,202 | 78% | 6.3% | $98K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 177 | Saint Marys New Brunswick | 5,701 | 75% | 7% | $92K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 433 | Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Quebec | 5,393 | 75% | 9.5% | $81K | C+ |
| 434 | Electoral Area E, Nanaimo British Columbia | 7,125 | 70% | 9.7% | $93K | C+ |
| 435 | Sackville New Brunswick | 6,572 | 69% | 12% | $68K | C+ |
| 436 | Hanover Ontario | 8,723 | 73% | 9.5% | $69K | C+ |
| 437 | Mountview Ontario | 7,752 | 69% | 12% | $91K | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 700 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Sackville, and others among New Brunswick’s towns.
How the places next to Sackville compare on work
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sackville | 69% | 12% | $68K | 17.5 min | C+ | A |
| Sackville 8.1 km | 79% | 6.3% | $71K | 23.9 min | B− | D |
| Dorchester 10.9 km | 30% | 7% | $63K | 29.1 min | D− | — |
| Amherst 15.1 km | 65% | 12% | $56K | 16.3 min | C− | A |
| Memramcook 17.8 km | 79% | 6.7% | $81K | 25.9 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 Sackville, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. 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.
- The Labour Force Survey. Sampled each month and released for regions rather than towns, so its rate describes the area around the town.
- In work. Everyone with a job, whatever their age, divided by the residents aged 15 to 64 at the 2021 Census: below the municipality the census doesn’t split work by age, and this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood can be given.
- Unemployment. The share of people 15 and over in the labour force, working or looking for work, who had no job on census day in May 2021.
- 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 Sackville
What is the average household income in Sackville?
The census puts Sackville at $68,100 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Sackville get to work?
Driving takes 83% of commuters to work, 15% walk and 1% cycle, and on census day 25% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Sackville?
About 17.5 minutes on average, with 58% under a quarter-hour and 1.8% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Sackville work?
Most stay: 62% work in Sackville. The rest go first to Amherst (205) and Moncton (160).
How many jobs are there in Sackville?
Some 1,755 people worked in Sackville at the 2021 census: 1.1 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 210 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Sackville?
At the 2021 census 12% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Moncton-Richibucto economic region, gives 7.1% in 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).