Photo: P199 · CC0Working-age people in Stanley have jobs less often than in 86% of Canadian towns
17% of the labour force in Stanley was out of work at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. Workers in Stanley spend 37.1 minutes on the way to work on average, and 18% need an hour or more. The median household in Stanley had $65,700 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
Jobs and income in Stanley: what the figures say
Fewer people in work than most towns
With 65% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 43% of all adults employed. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 17% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 6.6% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $65,700 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 37.1 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 18% take an hour or more. 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 Stanley: D−
Better than 3% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
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.
In Stanley, 65% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
None of the 8 other places of 2,500 people or more in the York census division has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 43% of residents 15 and over were in work. By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 60% of the wider area’s adults in work. Counting those looking for work too, 52% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. 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.
Household income in Stanley
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 76% of Canadian towns.
The middle of New Brunswick’s towns is $73,200, and Stanley is 10% below it. Every other place of 2,500 or more in the York census division has a higher median. Read the incomes as 2020’s, before tax: pandemic benefits such as CERB are in them, and they raised many low incomes for 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).
The length of the trip to work in Stanley
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 31.7 minutes. In the middle of New Brunswick’s towns, the average commute is 20.8 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 30%, 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.
Walking, cycling or transit: 5% of Stanley’s commuters
Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 92% of commuters. Home was the workplace for 13%, under the 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).
In the York census division, 24% more people receive EI than in 2019
That is about 4.7 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number rose by 6%. February 2021 was the busiest month, with 6,620 people on EI, 2.5 times 2019’s 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). For EI beneficiaries, the only official count covers all of the York census division, Stanley included.
Getting around Stanley on foot earns C
Better than 28% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Work in and around Stanley
The nearest places to Stanley with figures are 24–30 km away.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley | 65% | 17% | $66K | 37.1 min | D− | C |
| Douglas 23.7 km | 76% | 8.8% | $87K | 25.2 min | B | D |
| Saint Marys 26.6 km | 75% | 7% | $92K | 23.1 min | B+ | D |
| Bright 29.8 km | 72% | 11% | $76K | 29.2 min | C− | C− |
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 Stanley, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Trip times. How long getting to work normally takes, averaged from the census’s time bands at their middles; expect it to read slightly high against the timed figure.
- 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.
- 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. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- Household income. Before-tax total income of the middle household for 2020, from the census. Neighbourhood medians are worked out from bracket counts, since Statistics Canada publishes none of their own.
- Which towns we compare. The comparison pool is places of 2,500 people or more, towns or neighbourhoods inside cities, without whole cities or reserves, and we compare with its median.
Questions about work in Stanley
What is the unemployment rate in Stanley?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 17% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Fredericton-Oromocto economic region at 6.6% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Stanley?
Before tax, half the households in Stanley had more than $65,700 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Stanley get to work?
By car: 92% of commuters, 5% walk; on census day 13% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Stanley?
37.1 minutes is the average trip, with 30% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 18% taking an hour or more.
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).