Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainSimonds has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.2 for each
The 2021 census found 69% of working-age people in Simonds employed, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns. Workers in Simonds spend 29.4 minutes on the way to work on average, and 3.1% need an hour or more. Median household income in Simonds was $80,000 in 2020, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900.
Jobs and income in Simonds: what the figures say
Work near the middle
At the 2021 census 69% of the 15-to-64s were in work (73% in the middle of Canadian towns); across all ages 15 and over, 55%. In work ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 29.4 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 3.1% 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.
Jobs & income in Simonds: graded C−
Better than 19% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #56 of 60 in New Brunswick.
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.
Commuting times in Simonds
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 26.2 minutes. In the middle of New Brunswick’s towns, the average commute is 20.8 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 8.9%, fewer than the 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.
On a working day, Simonds loses more workers than it gains
Outbound commuters outnumber inbound ones about 11 to 1. 5.9% 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.
94% of Simonds’ residents in work leave it to work; Saint John takes the most
- Cape Breton105
- Saint John940
- Rothesay75
- Quispamsis60
- St. Martins25
- Saint Martins10
- Musquash10
- Fredericton10
- Kincardine10
Cape Breton sends the largest group the other way, 105 people.
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 Simonds
A smaller share in work than in 75% of Canadian towns.
In October 2026, 59% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. Working or looking, 62% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 55%: many residents are past working age. The figures are a snapshot of 11 May 2021, when pandemic rules still kept many people out of work or at home.
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.
Earnings at home in Simonds: households
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 56% of Canadian towns.
Set beside New Brunswick’s towns, where the median is $73,200, Simonds sits 9% above. Incomes here are 2020’s and include the pandemic payments, CERB among them, that propped up the lower end.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Simonds gets to work without a car for 2.1% of commuters
The car is the way to work for 97% of commuters. Only 10% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit takes 0.9% of commuters, 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).
EI claims in the Saint John census division run 6% above their 2019 level
In the twelve months to August 2026 the number rose by 4%. At its peak, in February 2021, 6,290 people were on EI, 2.6 times the 2019 average. That is about 5.4 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in 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 Saint John 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).
Simonds earns D for walkability
Better than 9% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #48 of 60 in New Brunswick.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Out of 746 Canadian towns of 3,000 to 5,800, Simonds comes 608th on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| 2 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 3 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 31 | Hanwell New Brunswick | 5,108 | 78% | 7.2% | $107K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 55 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 3,198 | 79% | 4.9% | $105K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 606 | West Elgin Ontario | 5,566 | 73% | 9.4% | $75K | C− |
| 607 | Kilkenny Alberta | 5,481 | 60% | 15% | $83K | C− |
| 608 | Simonds New Brunswick | 4,263 | 69% | 11% | $80K | C− |
| 609 | Niakwa Place Manitoba | 3,461 | 68% | 10% | $70K | C− |
| 610 | Clareview Town Centre Alberta | 3,800 | 70% | 17% | $79K | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 746 | Saint-Alexis-des-Monts Quebec | 3,190 | 61% | 11% | $50K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Simonds, and others among New Brunswick’s towns.
Simonds and its neighbours: work and income
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simonds | 69% | 11% | $80K | 29.4 min | C− | D |
| Rothesay 13.7 km | 77% | 8.7% | $100K | 20.3 min | A | B− |
| Saint Martins 15.5 km | 70% | 14% | $64K | 39.4 min | D− | D− |
| Quispamsis 15.6 km | 78% | 7.2% | $113K | 22.4 min | A | C |
| Saint John 18.2 km | 69% | 11% | $63K | 17.5 min | C | A |
| Hampton 18.2 km | 73% | 6.9% | $89K | 27.2 min | C+ | 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 Simonds, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Why 15 to 64? Otherwise retirees would pull the rate down in older towns. The census can’t say how old a neighbourhood’s workers are, so the count of people in work takes every age.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- 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. 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. People receiving EI benefits each month, counted for the census division. It follows the local job market; it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- 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 Simonds
How do people in Simonds get to work?
By car: 97% of commuters, 0.9% take public transit and 1.2% walk; on census day 10% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Simonds?
29.4 minutes is the average trip, with 8.9% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 3.1% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Simonds work?
5.9% work in Simonds itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Saint John (940), then Rothesay (75).
How many jobs are there in Simonds?
In June 2026, 43 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Simonds?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Saint John metro area at 5.7%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 11%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Simonds?
The census puts Simonds at $80,000 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 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).