Photo: ...some guy · CC BY 2.0Working-age people in Tracadie have jobs less often than in 91% of Canadian towns
Tracadie had an unemployment rate of 15% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. Most commutes from Tracadie take well under an hour: the average is 21.6 minutes, and 6.2% take 60 minutes or longer. Half the households in Tracadie had more than $61,400 in 2020, before tax, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900.
What sets Tracadie apart on jobs and income
Fewer people in work than most towns
With 62% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 45% of all adults employed. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 15% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 9.6%. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $61,400 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 21.6 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 6.2% 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.
Tracadie earns C− for jobs and income
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.
62% of working-age people in Tracadie have jobs
None of the 7 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Gloucester census division has 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 45%. In October 2026, 48% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 53% of residents that 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 Tracadie: households
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 86% of Canadian towns.
Set beside New Brunswick’s towns, where the median is $73,200, Tracadie sits 16% below. 4 of the 7 other places of 2,500+ in the Gloucester census division have a higher median. In 2020 emergency benefits topped up many low incomes, and the census counts them here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Commuting times in Tracadie
A quarter-hour or less for 50% of commuters, against 44% in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 19.2 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.
A commuter town: Tracadie sends out more workers than it takes in
About 1 residents leave for work for each person who comes in. 66% 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.
34% of Tracadie’s residents in work leave it to work; Caraquet takes the most
- Saint-Isidore170
- Paquetville115
- Inkerman95
- Alnwick65
- Caraquet65
- Shippagan55
- Neguac50
- Saint-Isidore50
- Shippagan50
- Allardville35
Of those coming in, Saint-Isidore supplies the most: 170.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Walking, cycling or transit: 2.8% of Tracadie’s commuters
Home was the workplace for 8.8%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit takes 0.9% of commuters, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. The car is the way to work for 96% of commuters.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
8% fewer people are on EI in the Gloucester census division than in 2019
In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 7%. In February 2021 it reached 15,370, the most in the series and 1.6 times the 2019 average. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 16.1 receive EI.
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). Tracadie doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from the Gloucester census division.
Walkability in Tracadie: graded C
Better than 29% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #29 of 60 in New Brunswick.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Tracadie places 454th of 546 on jobs and income among Canadian towns of 11,500 to 22,200
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Saanich British Columbia | 12,986 | 85% | 5.9% | $121K | A+ |
| 2 | Sillery Quebec | 13,950 | 81% | 6.2% | $120K | A+ |
| 3 | Central Saanich British Columbia | 18,184 | 85% | 4.9% | $103K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 29 | Quispamsis New Brunswick | 20,240 | 78% | 7.2% | $113K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 32 | Rothesay New Brunswick | 12,626 | 77% | 8.7% | $100K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 37 | Moncton New Brunswick | 12,238 | 80% | 7.2% | $91K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 452 | Brighton Ontario | 12,900 | 64% | 10% | $81K | C− |
| 453 | Elliot Lake Ontario | 12,317 | 52% | 17% | $50K | C− |
| 454 | Tracadie New Brunswick | 16,453 | 62% | 15% | $61K | C− |
| 455 | Maizerets Quebec | 14,571 | 70% | 8.4% | $48K | C− |
| 456 | Saint-Henri Quebec | 17,309 | 74% | 11% | $65K | D |
| … | ||||||
| 546 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Tracadie, and others among New Brunswick’s towns.
Work in the places around Tracadie
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tracadie | 62% | 15% | $61K | 21.6 min | C− | C |
| Saint-Isidore 10.3 km | 60% | 15% | $51K | 24.6 min | D | D |
| Inkerman 19 km | 61% | 16% | $64K | 23.2 min | D | 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 Tracadie, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. 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.
- 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 Tracadie
Where do people in Tracadie work?
66% work in Tracadie itself; of those who leave, the most go to Caraquet (300), then Inkerman (230).
How many jobs are there in Tracadie?
The 2021 census counted about 3,950 people working in Tracadie: 0.9 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 549 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Tracadie?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 15% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Campbellton-Miramichi economic region at 9.6% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Tracadie?
The census puts Tracadie at $61,400 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Tracadie get to work?
By car: 96% of commuters, 0.9% take public transit, 1.7% walk and 0.2% cycle; on census day 8.8% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Tracadie?
21.6 minutes is the average trip, with 50% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 6.2% 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).