Photo: Bethanyamurray · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Upper Miramichi are lower than in 93% of Canadian towns
Upper Miramichi counted 57% of its 15-to-64s in jobs at the 2021 census, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns. The average trip to work from Upper Miramichi is 37.7 minutes; 25% of commuters spend an hour or more getting there. Out of work in May 2021: 25% of Upper Miramichi’s labour force, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What stands out about work in Upper Miramichi
Fewer people in work than most towns
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 57% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 36%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 25% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 9.6% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $57,000 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 37.7 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 25% 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.
Upper Miramichi grades D− for jobs and income
Behind almost every Canadian town 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.
Work and the working-age population of Upper Miramichi
A smaller share in work than in 96% of Canadian towns.
Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 36%. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 48% in October 2026. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 49% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. The census was taken on 11 May 2021, mid-pandemic, when lockdowns had pushed unemployment up and sent many to work from 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.
The median household in Upper Miramichi had $57,000 in 2020
Upper Miramichi’s median is 22% below the middle of New Brunswick’s towns ($73,200). 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).
Commuting times in Upper Miramichi
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 34.5 minutes. The middle of New Brunswick’s towns averages 20.8 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 24%, 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.
Each working day, more people leave Upper Miramichi for work than come in
Each person commuting in is matched by about 5 residents going out. Of those who commute, 33% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
67% of Upper Miramichi’s residents in work leave it to work; Fredericton takes the most
- Doaktown25
- Fredericton10
- Fredericton140
- Doaktown85
- Miramichi10
- Starlight Village10
- Stanley10
Of those coming in, Doaktown supplies the most: 25.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 0% of Upper Miramichi’s commuters
Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 94% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Home was the workplace for 11%, 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 Northumberland census division, 10% fewer people receive EI than in 2019
The highest month was February 2021: 7,050 people, 1.6 times the 2019 level. Roughly 11.2 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI.
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 Northumberland 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).
Walking in Upper Miramichi earns D−
Better than 2% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Jobs and income in the places around Upper Miramichi
The nearest places to Upper Miramichi with figures are 39–60 km away.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Miramichi | 57% | 25% | $57K | 37.7 min | D− | D− |
| Stanley 38.9 km | 65% | 17% | $66K | 37.1 min | D− | C |
| Saint Marys 53.1 km | 75% | 7% | $92K | 23.1 min | B+ | D |
| Minto 56.9 km | 64% | 16% | $50K | 30.5 min | D− | B |
| Blackville 57.1 km | 41% | 35% | $60K | 30.1 min | D− | D |
| Chipman 59.8 km | 70% | 11% | $51K | 23.6 min | D | B− |
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 Upper Miramichi, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. The census-week jobless rate for residents 15 and over. Its base is the labour force, those employed plus those actively looking.
- 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. Our average assumes everyone in, say, the 15-to-29-minute band takes 22 minutes. Across all the bands that runs a shade above Statistics Canada’s measured average.
- Where people commute. Jobs count everyone whose usual workplace lies in the municipality, residents or commuters from elsewhere, from Statistics Canada’s home-by-workplace table.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. Any town of 2,500 or more counts, and so does any city neighbourhood that size; the city as a whole and First Nations reserves don’t. The middle is the median.
Questions about work in Upper Miramichi
Where do people in Upper Miramichi work?
33% work in Upper Miramichi itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Fredericton (140), then Doaktown (85).
How many jobs are there in Upper Miramichi?
Some 190 people worked in Upper Miramichi at the 2021 census: 0.5 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 51 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Upper Miramichi?
At the 2021 census 25% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Campbellton-Miramichi economic region, gives 9.6% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Upper Miramichi?
The census puts Upper Miramichi at $57,000 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Upper Miramichi get to work?
Driving takes 94% of commuters to work, and on census day 11% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Upper Miramichi?
About 37.7 minutes on average, with 24% under a quarter-hour and 25% at an hour or longer.
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).