Photo: Quincylvania · CC0A smaller share of people aged 15 to 64 are in work in Bishop's Falls than in 96% of Canadian towns
Bishop's Falls is the usual workplace of 485 people, and 795 of its own residents commute to a job. Before tax, the typical household in Bishop's Falls brought in $59,400 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. 19% of the labour force in Bishop's Falls was out of work at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
What Bishop's Falls’ work numbers say
Fewer people in work than most towns
In work at the 2021 census: 56% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 39% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
19% 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 10% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The median household had $59,400 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 20.4 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 5.4% 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.
Jobs and income in Bishop's Falls earn D
Better than 14% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #24 of 32 in Newfoundland and Labrador.
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.
In Bishop's Falls, 56% of the working-age population has a job
Of the 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 6, one has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 43% of the wider area’s adults in work. Counting those looking for work too, 48% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 39% of residents 15 and over were in work. The census caught the labour market on 11 May 2021, deep in the pandemic, so unemployment and working from home both ran above normal.
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 Bishop's Falls’ household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 89% of Canadian towns.
That puts Bishop's Falls 7% below the median of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, $63,700. 2 of the 3 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 6 have a higher median. That year, 2020, brought emergency benefits that count in these totals, before tax.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
20.4 minutes from Bishop's Falls to work, under the middle of Canadian towns
Long trips, an hour or more, are about as common as in the middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns: 5.4%. Timed exactly, the average is 18.2 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, the average commute is 19 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 42%, fewer than the 56% in the middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’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.
More workers leave Bishop's Falls each day than arrive
Each person commuting in is matched by about 2 residents going out. The job is inside the municipality for 34% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
66% of Bishop's Falls’ residents in work leave it to work; Grand Falls-Windsor takes the most
- Grand Falls-Windsor130
- Division No. 6, Subd. D25
- Northern Arm15
- Botwood15
- Peterview10
Coming the other way, Grand Falls-Windsor sends the most (130).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Without a car, 3% of Bishop's Falls’ commuters get to work
The car is the way to work for 95% of commuters. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 4.3% against 21%. Hardly anyone takes transit to work, 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).
In Census Division No. 6, 16% fewer people receive EI than in 2019
Bishop's Falls doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from Census Division No. 6.
Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 11%. The count topped out in February 2021 at 5,240 people, 1.8 times the 2019 average. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 9.4 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).
On getting around on foot, Bishop's Falls grades C+
Better than 40% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #23 of 32 in Newfoundland and Labrador.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
For jobs and income, Bishop's Falls is 571st of 666 Canadian towns of 2,500 to 4,300
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Mount Royal Alberta | 2,758 | 83% | 12% | $188K | A+ |
| 2 | Central River Heights Manitoba | 2,736 | 84% | 5.4% | $137K | A+ |
| 3 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 17 | Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,601 | 78% | 9.5% | $130K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 420 | Pasadena Newfoundland and Labrador | 3,930 | 67% | 15% | $83K | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 470 | Channel-Port aux Basques Newfoundland and Labrador | 3,379 | 61% | 17% | $63K | C |
| … | ||||||
| 569 | Enderby British Columbia | 3,292 | 69% | 7.1% | $59K | D |
| 570 | Hill Park Ontario | 3,262 | 63% | 11% | $79K | D |
| 571 | Bishop's Falls Newfoundland and Labrador | 3,162 | 56% | 19% | $59K | D |
| 572 | Musquodoboit Harbour Nova Scotia | 2,719 | 70% | 13% | $82K | D |
| 573 | Senneterre Quebec | 2,832 | 69% | 6.5% | $59K | D |
| … | ||||||
| 666 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,724 | 43% | 30% | $51K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Bishop's Falls, and others among Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns.
Around Bishop's Falls: jobs, pay and the commute
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop's Falls | 56% | 19% | $59K | 20.4 min | D | C+ |
| Grand Falls-Windsor 13.7 km | 62% | 16% | $66K | 13.9 min | C | B |
| Botwood 17.1 km | 52% | 22% | $55K | 19.3 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 Bishop's Falls, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada surveys households every month; the results come out for metro areas and economic regions, never for single towns, and keep the rate current after 2021.
- In work. People in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64 (2021 Census). The census doesn’t cross work with age below the municipality, so this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood has; retirees don’t weigh on it.
- Unemployment. It counts only people who wanted work and had none in May 2021, as a share of those working or searching; students and retirees who weren’t looking stay out of both sides.
- Household income. Taken from the 2021 Census, which asked about 2020: wages, pensions, investment income and government transfers together, before income tax, for the median household.
- Trip times. One way, on a usual day, from the census’s travel-time bands. Band midpoints overstate it a little next to the figure Statistics Canada times.
- Where people commute. Only people with a usual place of work are in it: those who work from home or have no fixed site are not. Home and work are both counted by municipality.
- 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. Comparisons are with the median of Canadian towns and city neighbourhoods counting 2,500 people or more, reserves and entire cities excluded.
Questions about work in Bishop's Falls
What is the average household income in Bishop's Falls?
The census puts Bishop's Falls at $59,400 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Bishop's Falls get to work?
95% of commuters drive, 3% walk; 4.3% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Bishop's Falls?
The average commute is 20.4 minutes; 42% of trips take under 15 minutes and 5.4% an hour or more.
Where do people in Bishop's Falls work?
Only 34% work in Bishop's Falls itself; the rest go first to Grand Falls-Windsor (435) and Botwood (30).
How many jobs are there in Bishop's Falls?
The 2021 census found about 485 people with their usual workplace in Bishop's Falls, or 0.6 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 85 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Bishop's Falls?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 19% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the South Coast-Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame-Central-Bonavista Bay economic region at 10% in October 2026.
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).