Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0A place people come to for work: St. George has 2.2 jobs per resident in work
The median household in St. George had $68,300 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Unemployment in St. George stood at 13% on census day 2021, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns. Commutes from St. George average 20.6 minutes, and 6% take an hour or more.
What St. George’s work numbers say
More unemployment than most towns
13% of the labour force was out of work at the 2021 census (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns); the Labour Force Survey had the area at 6% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
At $68,300 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 20.6 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 6% 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.
On jobs and income, St. George grades B−
Better than 53% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
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.
In St. George, 76% of the working-age population has a job
Of the 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Charlotte census division, 2 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 56%. In October 2026, 59% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 65% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. 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 St. George’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 71% of Canadian towns.
St. George’s median is 7% below the middle of New Brunswick’s towns ($73,200). Of the 3 other places of 2,500 or more in the Charlotte census division, 2 have a higher median. Pandemic support paid in 2020, CERB first among it, is part of these before-tax incomes.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
On a working day, 1,215 people work in St. George, 2 times its working residents
520 residents of St. George had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 1,135 people had theirs in St. George, wherever they lived.
For every resident who leaves St. George for work, about 4 people come in. 55% 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.
Time on the road to work from St. George
Timed exactly, the average is 17.6 minutes (Statistics Canada). A quarter-hour or less for 56% of commuters, 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
852 people come into St. George to work, most from Saint George and Pennfield
- Saint George360
- Pennfield160
- Blacks Harbour65
- Saint John45
- St. Stephen40
- Lepreau25
- Saint Croix25
- Saint Stephen25
- Dumbarton20
- Saint Andrews15
- Blacks Harbour65
- Saint George60
- Saint John45
- St. Stephen20
- Pennfield15
- Saint Andrews15
75% of the people who work in St. George live outside it, 360 of them in Saint George, 7 km away. Blacks Harbour is where the largest group of commuters out goes, 65 of them.
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 St. George work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
St. George gets to work without a car for 4.5% of commuters
The car is the way to work for 95% of commuters. Home was the workplace for 11%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Few ride transit: 1.5%, 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.
EI claims in the Charlotte census division run 17% below their 2019 level
That is about 7.6 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 5%. In February 2021 it reached 2,730, the most in the series and 1.8 times the 2019 average.
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). St. George doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from the Charlotte census division.
St. George grades B+ for walkability
Better than 67% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Neighbouring places to St. George, compared
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. George | 76% | 13% | $68K | 20.6 min | B− | B+ |
| Saint George 7.3 km | 71% | 13% | $77K | 24.6 min | C | D |
| Pennfield 9 km | 68% | 12% | $69K | 26.5 min | D | D |
| Saint Andrews 19.1 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 St. George, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Unemployment. The census-week jobless rate for residents 15 and over. Its base is the labour force, those employed plus those actively looking.
- 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. 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. Built from the census table that pairs each worker’s home municipality with their workplace municipality. A job here means someone who usually works in the municipality, local or not.
- 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.
- 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 St. George
How long is the commute from St. George?
The average commute is 20.6 minutes; 56% of trips take under 15 minutes and 6% an hour or more.
Where do people in St. George work?
Most stay: 55% work in St. George. The rest go first to Blacks Harbour (65) and Saint George (60).
How many jobs are there in St. George?
The 2021 census found about 1,135 people with their usual workplace in St. George, or 2.2 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. Statistics Canada counted 77 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in St. 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 St. George?
The census puts St. George at $68,300 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in St. George get to work?
95% of commuters drive, 1.5% take public transit and 3% walk; 11% 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).