Photo: ParsonsPhotographyNL · CC BY-SA 4.0Burgeo’s household incomes are lower than in 98% of Canadian towns
The 2021 census put unemployment in Burgeo at 22%, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns. Getting to work from Burgeo takes 14.8 minutes on average, an hour or more for 6.2%. Of Burgeo’s residents aged 15 to 64, 56% were employed when the 2021 census was taken, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What stands out about work in Burgeo
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 33% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
Unemployment stood at 22% on census day in 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The median household had $51,500 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 14.8 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 6.2% 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.
Jobs and income in Burgeo earn C−
Better than 19% 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 Burgeo, 56% of the working-age population has a job
A smaller share in work than in 96% of Canadian towns.
Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 43% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 33%. 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.
Before tax, the median household in Burgeo had $51,500
That puts Burgeo 19% below the median of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, $63,700. These are 2020 incomes, before tax, and they include pandemic benefits such as CERB, which lifted many lower incomes 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 Burgeo
In the middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, the average commute is 19 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 78% of commuters, against 56% in the middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 20.9 minutes (Statistics Canada).
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 go out than come in: the working day in Burgeo
Outbound commuters outnumber inbound ones about 4 to 1. 70% of residents who commute work inside the municipality, the same as in the middle of Canadian towns.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
30% of Burgeo’s residents in work leave it to work; Ramea takes the most
No other place sends enough people to work in Burgeo to be counted.
- Ramea20
- Division No. 4, Subdivision A15
- St. John's10
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, 9.4% of Burgeo’s commuters get to work
Fewer drive than in the middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns: 83% against 92%. 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).
EI claims in Census Division No. 3 run 20% below their 2019 level
Nobody publishes EI beneficiaries for Burgeo alone, so this card uses the figure for Census Division No. 3.
Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 11%. The count topped out in March 2021 at 3,600 people, 1.5 times the 2019 average. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 20.8 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).
Burgeo grades A− for walkability
Better than 85% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Around Burgeo: jobs, pay and the commute
Distances here run 112–117 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Burgeo.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burgeo | 56% | 22% | $52K | 14.8 min | C− | A− |
| St. George's 111.9 km | 46% | 25% | $55K | 21.6 min | D | C |
| Division No. 4, Subdivision B 112.7 km | 46% | 34% | $49K | 23.8 min | D− | B− |
| Channel-Port aux Basques 115.5 km | 61% | 17% | $63K | 12.6 min | C | A− |
| Stephenville Crossing 117 km | 42% | 28% | $48K | 17.7 min | D | 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 Burgeo, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Employment Insurance. Statistics Canada counts EI beneficiaries each month by census division. Seasonal work makes it swing, so read it as a trend, not a jobless rate.
- 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.
- Unemployment. Of everyone 15 or older who was working or job-hunting in the census week, the part still looking. Someone not seeking work isn’t in it at all.
- Household income. Half of households had more than this before tax in 2020, half less, counting every source of income. For a neighbourhood we estimate the median from the income brackets of its dissemination areas.
- 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. Who travels where, from the census: workers with a regular workplace, sorted by the municipality they live in and the one they work in.
- 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 Burgeo
How do people in Burgeo get to work?
83% of commuters drive, 9.4% walk; 9.9% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Burgeo?
The average commute is 14.8 minutes; 78% of trips take under 15 minutes and 6.2% an hour or more.
Where do people in Burgeo work?
Most stay: 70% work in Burgeo. The rest go first to Ramea (20) and Division No. 4, Subdivision A (15).
How many jobs are there in Burgeo?
The 2021 census found about 160 people with their usual workplace in Burgeo, or 0.8 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. Statistics Canada counted 76 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Burgeo?
About 22%, by the census of May 2021, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Burgeo?
Before tax, half the households in Burgeo had more than $51,500 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
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, 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).