Photo: Trevcars1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Stephenville Crossing are among the lowest of any Canadian town
For 5.7% of commuters in Stephenville Crossing, the trip to work lasts an hour or more; the average is 17.7 minutes. Of Stephenville Crossing’s residents aged 15 to 64, 42% were employed when the 2021 census was taken, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. In May 2021, unemployment in Stephenville Crossing reached 28%, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns.
Stephenville Crossing and work: the main findings
Fewer people in work than most towns
The 2021 census found 42% of 15-to-64s with a job (73% in the middle of Canadian towns). Count every adult, retirees too, and the figure is 29%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 28% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 8.4%. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $48,300 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
A local job centre
With 300 jobs based in Stephenville Crossing and 255 working residents, the ratio compares with 0.8 in the middle of Canadian towns. The daily tide ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 17.7 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 5.7% 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 Stephenville Crossing earn D
Better than 13% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is trip times; its weakest, household income.
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.
42% of working-age people in Stephenville Crossing have jobs
Counting retirees, 29% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 51% in October 2026. Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 41%. The census was taken on 11 May 2021, mid-pandemic, when lockdowns had pushed unemployment up and sent many to work from 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.
A smaller share in work than in almost any Canadian town.
Household income in Stephenville Crossing: $48,300 at the median
Set beside Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, where the median is $63,700, Stephenville Crossing sits 24% below. Pandemic benefits paid in 2020 lifted the incomes at the bottom, and they are counted here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Before tax, 2020: lower than in almost any Canadian town.
On a working day Stephenville Crossing gains 16% in workers
54% 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.
Time on the road to work from Stephenville Crossing
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 14.6 minutes. The middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns averages 19 minutes. Only 54% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 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.
163 people come into Stephenville Crossing to work, most from Stephenville and Division No. 4, Subd. C
- Stephenville45
- Division No. 4, Subd. C35
- St. George's20
- Division No. 4, Subd. D15
- Kippens15
- Corner Brook15
- Port au Port West-Aguathuna-Felix Cove10
- Stephenville100
- Kippens10
54% of the people who work in Stephenville Crossing live outside it, 45 of them in Stephenville, 12 km away. Stephenville is where the largest group of commuters out goes, 100 of them.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Without a car, 10% of Stephenville Crossing’s commuters get to work
On foot: 7.1% of commuters, well above the 3.5% in the middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns. Fewer drive than in the middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns: 89% against 92%. Only 9.2% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. By bus, train or subway: 2.9%, much as 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).
4% fewer people are on EI in Census Division No. 4 than in 2019
Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 11%. In February 2021 it reached 3,230, the most in the series and 1.5 times the 2019 average. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 16 are on EI.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: one figure for all of Census Division No. 4. 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 Stephenville Crossing: A
Better than 88% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Jobs near Stephenville Crossing: the places around it
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephenville Crossing | 42% | 28% | $48K | 17.7 min | D | A |
| St. George's 10 km | 46% | 25% | $55K | 21.6 min | D | C |
| Stephenville 11.9 km | 54% | 17% | $50K | 15.4 min | C− | A− |
| Kippens 14.6 km | 64% | 17% | $82K | 15.2 min | B | D |
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 Stephenville Crossing, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. Sampled each month and released for regions rather than towns, so its rate describes the area around the town.
- 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. 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. The census asks how long the trip to work usually takes, in bands; our average uses each band’s middle, so it runs a little above Statistics Canada’s timed average.
- Which towns we compare. Medians over towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents. Whole cities would swamp them and reserves sit outside the rankings, so neither is in.
Questions about work in Stephenville Crossing
What is the unemployment rate in Stephenville Crossing?
Two figures answer it: 28% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 8.4% for the West Coast-Northern Peninsula-Labrador economic region in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Stephenville Crossing?
The census puts Stephenville Crossing at $48,300 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Stephenville Crossing get to work?
Driving takes 89% of commuters to work, 2.9% take public transit and 7.1% walk, and on census day 9.2% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Stephenville Crossing?
About 17.7 minutes on average, with 54% under a quarter-hour and 5.7% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Stephenville Crossing work?
54% work in Stephenville Crossing itself; of those who leave, the most go to Stephenville (100), then Kippens (10).
How many jobs are there in Stephenville Crossing?
Some 300 people worked in Stephenville Crossing at the 2021 census: 1.2 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 30 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).