Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainA smaller share of people aged 15 to 64 are in work in Saint George than in 69% of Canadian towns
Half the households in Saint George had more than $76,500 in 2020, before tax, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns. 550 people have their usual place of work in Saint George, against 770 residents who travel to a job. Of everyone in Saint George working or looking for work in May 2021, 13% were unemployed; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
Jobs and income in Saint George: what the figures say
Work near the middle
In work at the 2021 census: 71% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 54% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
Unemployment near the middle
Census day in 2021 put 13% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 6% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
On jobs and income, Saint George grades C
Better than 34% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #43 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.
A commuter town: Saint George sends out more workers than it takes in
Each person commuting in is matched by about 2 residents going out. 22% 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.
78% of Saint George’s residents in work leave it to work; St. George takes the most
- Pennfield120
- St. George60
- Saint John45
- Saint Patrick20
- St. Stephen20
- Musquash15
- West Isles15
- Campobello Island10
- Lepreau10
- Blacks Harbour10
- St. George360
- Saint John70
- Blacks Harbour35
- Saint Andrews30
- Musquash25
- Pennfield25
- St. Stephen25
- Lepreau15
- Fredericton10
Pennfield sends the largest group the other way, 120 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
2021 Census, people with a usual place of work: where residents of Saint George work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
In Saint George, 71% of the working-age population has a job
62% 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 54%. For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 59% in work in October 2026. The census caught the labour market on 11 May 2021, deep in the pandemic, so unemployment and working from home both ran above normal.
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 Saint George’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 51% of Canadian towns.
Saint George’s median is 5% above the middle of New Brunswick’s towns ($73,200). The year is 2020: emergency benefits like CERB count in these incomes, and they raised the bottom of the range.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Walking, cycling or transit: 1% of Saint George’s commuters
The car is the way to work for 96% of commuters. Only 8.8% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
At 24.6 minutes, commutes from Saint George are close to the middle of Canadian towns
Timed exactly, the average is 22.2 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of New Brunswick’s towns, the average commute is 20.8 minutes. Only 41% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 44% in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns. An hour or more: 8.2% of commuters, above the 2.7% 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
17% fewer people are on EI in the Charlotte census division than in 2019
Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 5%. At its peak, in February 2021, 2,730 people were on EI, 1.8 times the 2019 average. That works out to around 7.6 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 counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100). Figures for EI beneficiaries are published for the Charlotte census division as a whole, not for Saint George alone.
Saint George grades D for walkability
Better than 5% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #2,574 of 2,589 Canadian towns.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Saint George next to Canadian towns of 2,500 to 3,600: 294th of 458 on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Mount Royal Alberta | 2,758 | 83% | 12% | $188K | A+ |
| 2 | Central River Heights Manitoba | 2,736 | 84% | 5.4% | $137K | A+ |
| 3 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 48 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 3,198 | 79% | 4.9% | $105K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 64 | Grand Manan New Brunswick | 2,648 | 78% | 12% | $77K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 104 | Wakefield New Brunswick | 2,749 | 81% | 7.3% | $71K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 292 | Richmond Quebec | 3,419 | 78% | 4.8% | $52K | C |
| 293 | Head of St Margarets Bay Nova Scotia | 2,885 | 68% | 11% | $101K | C |
| 294 | Saint George New Brunswick | 2,675 | 71% | 13% | $77K | C |
| 295 | Thorncliff Alberta | 3,564 | 65% | 17% | $85K | C |
| 296 | Beausejour Manitoba | 3,565 | 79% | 10% | $71K | C |
| … | ||||||
| 458 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,724 | 43% | 30% | $51K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Saint George, and others among New Brunswick’s towns.
The places around Saint George, side by side
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint George | 71% | 13% | $77K | 24.6 min | C | D |
| St. George 7.3 km | 76% | 13% | $68K | 20.6 min | B− | B+ |
| Pennfield 9.8 km | 68% | 12% | $69K | 26.5 min | D | D |
| Saint Andrews 15.9 km | 80% | 4.7% | $74K | 16.5 min | A | A+ |
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 Saint George, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Who travels where, from the census: workers with a regular workplace, sorted by the municipality they live in and the one they work in.
- Employment Insurance. A monthly count of Employment Insurance beneficiaries for the whole census division. It tracks the local job market, but it is not 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. 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. 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.
- Household income. Half of households had more than this before tax in 2020, half less, counting every source of income. For a neighbourhood we estimate the median from the income brackets of its dissemination areas.
- 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 Saint George
How long is the commute from Saint George?
The average commute is 24.6 minutes; 41% of trips take under 15 minutes and 8.2% an hour or more.
Where do people in Saint George work?
22% work in Saint George itself. Of those who leave, the most go to St. George (360), then Saint John (70).
How many jobs are there in Saint George?
The 2021 census found about 550 people with their usual workplace in Saint George, or 0.7 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 62 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Saint George?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 13% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Saint John-St. Stephen economic region at 6% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Saint George?
The census puts Saint George at $76,500 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Saint George get to work?
96% of commuters drive, 1% walk; 8.8% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
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).