Photo: KDBelliveau · CC BY-SA 4.0Burin has a smaller share of its working-age people in jobs than 88% of Canadian towns
The median household in Burin had $65,700 before tax in 2020, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns. Burin had an unemployment rate of 18% at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. Most commutes from Burin take well under an hour: the average is 22.7 minutes, and 7.6% take 60 minutes or longer.
What sets Burin apart on jobs and income
Fewer people in work than most towns
At the 2021 census 64% of the 15-to-64s were in work (73% in the middle of Canadian towns); across all ages 15 and over, 46%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
18% of the labour force was out of work at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. 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 ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 22.7 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 7.6% 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 Burin earn C−
Better than 17% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
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 Burin, 64% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 56%. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 46% of residents 15 and over were in work. 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.
What households in Burin earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 76% of Canadian towns.
Set beside Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, where the median is $63,700, Burin sits 3% above. 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).
How long the commute from Burin takes
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 22.3 minutes. In the middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, the average commute is 19 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 40%, 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.
About as many people come in to work in Burin as leave
43% 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.
57% of Burin’s residents in work leave it to work; Marystown takes the most
- Marystown175
- Lewin's Cove45
- Fox Cove-Mortier40
- Winterland35
- Garnish20
- Division No. 2, Subd. E15
- Grand Bank15
- St. Lawrence10
- Marystown300
- St. Lawrence30
- St. John's10
- Lewin's Cove10
- Edmonton10
In the other direction the biggest source is Marystown, with 175.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 2.3% of Burin’s commuters
Only 3.9% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 94% of commuters.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
In Census Division No. 2, 15% fewer people receive EI than in 2019
In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 15%. The count topped out in February 2021 at 3,910 people, 1.6 times the 2019 average. Roughly 15.5 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 published for Census Division No. 2, not by town. 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 Burin earns C
Better than 26% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Jobs and income in the places around Burin
The nearest places to Burin with figures are 11–49 km away.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burin | 64% | 18% | $66K | 22.7 min | C− | C |
| Marystown 11 km | 55% | 20% | $60K | 14.9 min | C− | C+ |
| St. Lawrence 23.2 km | 64% | 18% | $64K | 12.4 min | C | A− |
| Grand Bank 44.1 km | 60% | 18% | $57K | 15.7 min | C− | A |
| Fortune 49.5 km | 56% | 22% | $57K | 17.7 min | C− | 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 Burin, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Employment Insurance. Beneficiaries of Employment Insurance, month by month, for the census division rather than the town. Many jobless people don’t qualify, so it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- 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. 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. 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. Commuters picked a band for their usual trip (under 15 minutes, 15 to 29, and so on). We place each person at the middle of their band, which lands a little above Statistics Canada’s own timed average.
- Where people commute. Built from the census table that pairs each worker’s home municipality with their workplace municipality. A job here means someone who usually works in the municipality, local or not.
- 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 Burin
How long is the commute from Burin?
22.7 minutes is the average trip, with 40% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 7.6% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Burin work?
Only 43% work in Burin itself; the rest go first to Marystown (300) and St. Lawrence (30).
How many jobs are there in Burin?
The 2021 census counted about 650 people working in Burin: 1 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 79 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Burin?
At the 2021 census, unemployment stood at 18%; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
What is the average household income in Burin?
The census puts Burin at $65,700 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Burin get to work?
By car: 94% of commuters, 2.3% walk; on census day 3.9% of those in work worked from home.
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).