Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Working-age people in Glovertown are less likely to have a job than in 98% of Canadian towns
Half the households in Glovertown had more than $61,500 in 2020, before tax; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Joblessness at the 2021 census: 23% of Glovertown’s labour force, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns. The census counted 385 people working in Glovertown and 325 residents commuting to a fixed workplace.
Work in Glovertown, in a few figures
Fewer people in work than most towns
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 51% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 35%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 23% 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 $61,500 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
A local job centre
385 people work in Glovertown and 325 residents commute to a fixed workplace; the middle of Canadian towns has 0.8 jobs per working resident. The daily tide ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 18 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 6.2% 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 Glovertown earn C−
Better than 19% 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 Glovertown, 51% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
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.
Counting retirees, 35% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 43% in October 2026. 45% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. 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.
Household income in Glovertown
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 85% of Canadian towns.
Against the middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns ($63,700), Glovertown’s median is 3% below. One of the 3 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 7 has a higher median. 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).
Every working day, Glovertown’s workforce grows by 15%
Inbound commuters outnumber outbound ones about 2 to 1 in Glovertown. 77% 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.
A shorter commute than the middle of Canadian towns: 18 minutes from Glovertown
Trips under 15 minutes: 70%, more than the 56% in the middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns. 6.2% 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 17.7 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.
134 people come into Glovertown to work, most from Sandringham and Traytown
- Sandringham30
- Traytown25
- Clarenville20
- Gambo20
- Gander25
- Eastport10
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
6.2% of commuters from Glovertown go without a car
The car takes 85% of commuters here, under the 92% in the middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns. Home was the workplace for 14%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. 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).
21% fewer people are on EI in Census Division No. 7 than in 2019
Figures for EI beneficiaries are published for Census Division No. 7 as a whole, not for Glovertown alone.
In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 18%. In February 2021 it reached 7,640, the most in the series and 1.6 times the 2019 average. Roughly 15.4 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 counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
How walkable Glovertown is: C+
Better than 36% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Next to Glovertown: how nearby places compare
Glovertown has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 15–39 km out.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glovertown | 51% | 23% | $62K | 18 min | C− | C+ |
| Gambo 15.3 km | 55% | 26% | $59K | 24.8 min | D | B+ |
| Division No. 7, Subdivision E 36.4 km | 55% | 25% | $60K | 29.6 min | D− | C |
| Centreville-Wareham-Trinity 38.7 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 Glovertown, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Household income. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- Trip times. How long getting to work normally takes, averaged from the census’s time bands at their middles; expect it to read slightly high against the timed figure.
- 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. 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.
- 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. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- 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 Glovertown
How do people in Glovertown get to work?
Driving takes 85% of commuters to work, 6.2% walk, and on census day 14% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Glovertown?
About 18 minutes on average, with 70% under a quarter-hour and 6.2% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Glovertown work?
77% work in Glovertown itself; of those who leave, the most go to Gander (25), then Eastport (10).
How many jobs are there in Glovertown?
Some 385 people worked in Glovertown at the 2021 census: 1.2 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 80 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Glovertown?
The census put unemployment at 23% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the South Coast-Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame-Central-Bonavista Bay economic region at 10%.
What is the average household income in Glovertown?
The median household in Glovertown had $61,500 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 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).