Photo: Tango7174 · CC BY-SA 4.0Paradise’s household incomes are higher than in 94% of Canadian towns
3,705 people have their usual place of work in Paradise, against 8,330 residents who travel to a job. Jobs were held by 77% of people aged 15 to 64 in Paradise in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. The 2021 census put unemployment in Paradise at 8.5%, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns.
The work numbers behind Paradise
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household had $111,200 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 20.9 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 4.4% 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 Paradise earn A
Its strongest measure is household income; 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.
Paradise households: $111,200 a year at the median
Of the 13 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 1, 2 have a higher median. That puts Paradise 75% above the median of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, $63,700. 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).
Paradise has a quicker trip to work than the middle of Canadian towns: 20.9 minutes
An hour or more: 4.4% of commuters, close to the middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 19.3 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns averages 19 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 34%, 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.
Each working day, more people leave Paradise for work than come in
Outbound commuters outnumber inbound ones about 3 to 1. The job is inside the municipality for 18% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
82% of Paradise’s residents in work leave it to work; St. John's takes the most
- St. John's4,735
- Mount Pearl1,325
- Conception Bay South330
- Long Harbour-Mount Arlington Heights85
- Holyrood30
- Portugal Cove-St. Philip's30
- Torbay30
- Division No. 10, Subd. E (SNO)25
- Fort McMurray25
- Bay Roberts15
In the other direction the biggest source is St. John's, with 780.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Who in Paradise has a job
Of the 13 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 1, 12 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 74%. In October 2026, 62% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. Pandemic rules were in force on census day, 11 May 2021; the Labour Force Survey shows how jobs have moved since.
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.
Paradise gets to work without a car for 2.8% of commuters
Nearly everyone drives: 93% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Only 19% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Few ride transit: 1.2%, 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. 1, 4% fewer people receive EI than in 2019
Paradise doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from Census Division No. 1.
Roughly 7.3 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 11%. February 2021 was the busiest month, with 31,470 people on EI, 2.2 times 2019’s average.
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, Paradise grades B−
Better than 50% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #16 of 32 in Newfoundland and Labrador.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Paradise next to Canadian towns of 18,300 to 35,300: 11th of 327 on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yellowknife Northwest Territories | 22,858 | 80% | 5.8% | $148K | A+ |
| 2 | Whitehorse Yukon | 34,129 | 82% | 5.6% | $112K | A+ |
| 3 | Arcola East Saskatchewan | 33,823 | 79% | 7.7% | $123K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 9 | Sainte-Julie Quebec | 30,981 | 84% | 4.7% | $107K | A+ |
| 10 | Wilmot Ontario | 22,890 | 81% | 6.8% | $115K | A |
| 11 | Paradise Newfoundland and Labrador | 26,155 | 77% | 8.5% | $111K | A |
| 12 | Lloydminster (Part) Alberta | 21,267 | 75% | 11% | $98K | A |
| 13 | Quispamsis New Brunswick | 20,240 | 78% | 7.2% | $113K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 66 | Mount Pearl Newfoundland and Labrador | 24,266 | 72% | 10% | $81K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 75 | Conception Bay South Newfoundland and Labrador | 29,725 | 72% | 11% | $94K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 184 | Corner Brook Newfoundland and Labrador | 20,549 | 65% | 14% | $64K | C |
| … | ||||||
| 327 | Parc-Extension Quebec | 29,066 | 61% | 16% | $48K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Paradise, and others among Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns.
Work in and around Paradise
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paradise | 77% | 8.5% | $111K | 20.9 min | A | B− |
| Mount Pearl 5 km | 72% | 10% | $81K | 18 min | B+ | B |
| Portugal Cove-St. Philip's 7.6 km | 76% | 7.9% | $114K | 22.9 min | A | C |
| Conception Bay South 9.5 km | 72% | 11% | $94K | 22.4 min | B+ | C+ |
| St. John's 9.8 km | 68% | 12% | $75K | 17.1 min | B− | A |
| Wabana 12.7 km | 38% | 12% | $37K | 33.2 min | D− | B+ |
| Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove 14.4 km | 78% | 12% | $87K | 22.3 min | A− | 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 Paradise, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- 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. 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. Statistics Canada’s place-of-work table counts people with a usual place of work by the municipality they live in and the one they work in. Jobs here are people whose usual workplace is in the municipality, wherever they live.
- 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. 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.
- 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 Paradise
What is the unemployment rate in Paradise?
At the 2021 census 8.5% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the St. John's metro area, gives 6.5% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Paradise?
At $111,200 before tax in 2020, the median household in Paradise compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Paradise get to work?
93% of commuters drive, 1.2% take public transit and 1.6% walk; 19% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Paradise?
The average commute is 20.9 minutes; 34% of trips take under 15 minutes and 4.4% an hour or more.
Where do people in Paradise work?
18% work in Paradise itself. Of those who leave, the most go to St. John's (4,735), then Mount Pearl (1,325).
How many jobs are there in Paradise?
The 2021 census found about 3,705 people with their usual workplace in Paradise, or 0.4 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. Statistics Canada counted 612 businesses with employees in June 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).