Photo: Ycleymans · CC BY-SA 4.0Working-age people in Gambo are less likely to have a job than in 96% of Canadian towns
The census counted 270 people working in Gambo and 385 residents commuting to a fixed workplace. Before tax, the typical household in Gambo brought in $59,300 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Out of work in May 2021: 26% of Gambo’s labour force, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
Work in Gambo, in a few figures
Fewer people in work than most towns
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 55% 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
On census day in 2021 26% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 10%. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $59,300 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
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 Gambo earn D
Better than 6% 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.
Gambo at work: 55% of people aged 15 to 64
None of the 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 7 has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
A more recent figure, for the wider area: 43% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. 49% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 36% 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.
How Gambo’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 90% of Canadian towns.
Of the 3 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 7, 2 have a higher median. That puts Gambo 7% below the median of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, $63,700. The year is 2020: emergency benefits like CERB count in these incomes, and they raised the bottom of the range.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
More go out than come in: the working day in Gambo
Outbound commuters outnumber inbound ones about 2 to 1. 48% 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.
52% of Gambo’s residents in work leave it to work; Gander takes the most
- Hare Bay25
- Gander20
- Division No. 7, Subdivision E10
- Dover10
- Gander150
- Glovertown20
- Corner Brook10
In the other direction the biggest source is Hare Bay, with 25.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
2021 Census, people with a usual place of work: where residents of Gambo work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Gambo gets to work without a car for 10% of commuters
85% drive to work, fewer than the 92% in the middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns. Home was the workplace for 6.1%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit takes 1.9% of commuters, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. On foot: 8.4% of commuters, well above the 3.5% in the middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
Close to the middle of Canadian towns: commutes from Gambo average 24.8 minutes
Trips under 15 minutes: 47%, fewer than the 56% in the middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns. 6.5% spend an hour or longer getting to work; the middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns has 4.6%. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 27.2 minutes. In the middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, the average commute is 19 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
In Census Division No. 7, 21% fewer people receive EI than in 2019
The highest month was February 2021: 7,640 people, 1.6 times the 2019 level. That is about 15.4 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 18%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries published for Census Division No. 7, 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).
The Walkability grade for Gambo: B+
Better than 72% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Around Gambo: jobs, pay and the commute
Gambo has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 15–36 km out.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gambo | 55% | 26% | $59K | 24.8 min | D | B+ |
| Glovertown 15.3 km | 51% | 23% | $62K | 18 min | C− | C+ |
| Gander 35.8 km | 67% | 14% | $80K | 12.3 min | B | B− |
| Centreville-Wareham-Trinity 36.4 km | 39% | 31% | $56K | 29 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 Gambo, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Built from banded answers: each commuter’s usual one-way trip counts as the midpoint of the band they chose, and the result tends to sit slightly higher than Statistics Canada’s 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.
- Employment Insurance. How many people in the census division drew Employment Insurance each month; it moves with layoffs and hiring, yet people who don’t qualify are absent from it.
- The Labour Force Survey. A monthly household survey by Statistics Canada, reported for metro areas and economic regions only. It supplies a recent rate next to the 2021 census figure.
- 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.
- 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 Gambo
What is the average household income in Gambo?
Before tax, half the households in Gambo had more than $59,300 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Gambo get to work?
Driving takes 85% of commuters to work, 1.9% take public transit and 8.4% walk, and on census day 6.1% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Gambo?
About 24.8 minutes on average, with 47% under a quarter-hour and 6.5% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Gambo work?
48% work in Gambo itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Gander (150), then Glovertown (20).
How many jobs are there in Gambo?
Some 270 people worked in Gambo at the 2021 census: 0.7 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 65 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Gambo?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the South Coast-Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame-Central-Bonavista Bay economic region at 10%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 26%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
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).