Photo: Original Uploader was Sheldoncoles at 07:56, 17. Feb. 2007. · Public domainWorking-age people in St. Anthony are less likely to have a job than in 91% of Canadian towns
Half the households in St. Anthony had more than $76,500 in 2020, before tax, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900. An hour or more each way is the commute for 1.4% of workers in St. Anthony; the average is 11.7 minutes. The 2021 census put unemployment in St. Anthony at 19%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
St. Anthony at work: what stands out
Fewer people in work than most towns
Counting everyone 15 and over, 44% were in work at the 2021 census; among those aged 15 to 64 it was 62%, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
19% of the labour force was out of work at the 2021 census (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns); the Labour Force Survey had the area at 8.4% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
A local job centre
875 people work in St. Anthony and 600 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 11.7 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 1.4% 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.
St. Anthony grades B− for jobs and income
Better than 51% 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.
The share of 15-to-64s in work in St. Anthony: 62%
Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 44%: many residents are past working age. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 51% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 54%. Statistics Canada counted on 11 May 2021, with much of the country under pandemic rules: more people were out of work or at home than usual.
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.
Workers pour into St. Anthony: 42% more on a working day
Inbound commuters outnumber outbound ones about 6 to 1 in St. Anthony. The job is inside the municipality for 92% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
Commuting times in St. Anthony
The middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns averages 19 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 84% of commuters, against 56% in the middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 8.8 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.
326 people come into St. Anthony to work, most from St. Lunaire-Griquet and Division No. 9, Subd. D
- St. Lunaire-Griquet105
- Division No. 9, Subd. D75
- Goose Cove East45
- Division No. 9, Subdivision C20
- Roddickton-Bide Arm15
- Flower's Cove15
- Raleigh10
- Flower's Cove10
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
How St. Anthony’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 51% of Canadian towns.
Against the middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns ($63,700), St. Anthony’s median is 20% above. Incomes here are 2020’s and include the pandemic payments, CERB among them, that propped up the lower end.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
7.4% of commuters from St. Anthony go without a car
The car takes 89% of commuters here, under the 92% in the middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 6.3% against 21%. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns.
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. 9 run 14% below their 2019 level
February 2021 was the busiest month, with 4,620 people on EI, 1.5 times 2019’s average. Roughly 19.5 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 13%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Not measured by town: EI beneficiaries (Census Division No. 9). 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 of St. Anthony: B+
Better than 66% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Around St. Anthony: jobs, pay and the commute
St. Anthony has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 86–110 km out.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Anthony | 62% | 19% | $77K | 11.7 min | B− | B+ |
| Division No. 9, Subdivision C 85.9 km | 45% | 38% | $67K | 27 min | D | C− |
| Blanc-Sablon 110.3 km | 69% | 18% | $91K | 10.2 min | A− | 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 St. Anthony, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Employment Insurance. A monthly count of Employment Insurance beneficiaries for the whole census division. It tracks the local job market, but it is not an unemployment rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Monthly, and only for metro areas and economic regions. It is the up-to-date rate we set beside the census’s 2021 snapshot.
- 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. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- 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. 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. 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.
- 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 St. Anthony
How long is the commute from St. Anthony?
On average 11.7 minutes; 84% take under 15 minutes and 1.4% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in St. Anthony work?
92% work in St. Anthony itself; of those who leave, the most go to Flower's Cove (10).
How many jobs are there in St. Anthony?
About 875 people had their usual place of work in St. Anthony at the 2021 census, 1.5 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 115 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in St. Anthony?
The 2021 census found 19% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the West Coast-Northern Peninsula-Labrador economic region, is 8.4% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in St. Anthony?
The median household in St. Anthony had $76,500 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in St. Anthony get to work?
89% of commuters go by car, 7.4% walk. On census day 6.3% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
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).