Photo: United Kingdom Hydrographic Office · Public domainHousehold incomes in Trinity Bay North are lower than in 97% of Canadian towns
At the 2021 census, 54% of Trinity Bay North’s 15-to-64s were in work, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns. Trinity Bay North is the usual workplace of 170 people, and 310 of its own residents commute to a job. Out of work in May 2021: 19% of Trinity Bay North’s labour force, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What stands out about work in Trinity Bay North
Fewer people in work than most towns
With 54% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 37% of all adults employed. 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 10% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $53,600 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 20.7 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 8% 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Trinity Bay North: D
Better than 11% 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.
How many in Trinity Bay North were working in 2021
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 those looking for work too, 45% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 37%: many residents are past working age. For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 43% in work in October 2026. Census day was 11 May 2021, in the pandemic’s third wave: unemployment ran high and many worked from home, so these figures describe that spring rather than today.
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.
The median household in Trinity Bay North had $53,600 in 2020
Every other place of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 7 has a higher median. Trinity Bay North’s median is 16% below the middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns ($63,700). These are 2020 incomes, before tax, and they include pandemic benefits such as CERB, which lifted many lower incomes that year.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
20.7 minutes from Trinity Bay North to work, under the middle of Canadian towns
In the middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, the average commute is 19 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 47%, fewer than the 56% in the middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns. 8% 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 19.4 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.
Trinity Bay North is quieter on a working day than at night
Outbound commuters outnumber inbound ones about 4 to 1. The job is inside the municipality for 41% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
59% of Trinity Bay North’s residents in work leave it to work; Bonavista takes the most
- Bonavista15
- Division No. 7, Subd. G10
In the other direction the biggest source is Bonavista, with 15.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Walking, cycling or transit: 6% of Trinity Bay North’s commuters
Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 90% of commuters. Only 5.7% worked at home on census day, against 21% 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).
21% fewer people are on EI in Census Division No. 7 than in 2019
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 15.4 receive EI. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 18%. The count topped out in February 2021 at 7,640 people, 1.6 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: Census Division No. 7. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Trinity Bay North grades B− for walkability
Better than 53% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How Trinity Bay North compares with the places nearby
Distances here run 15–68 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Trinity Bay North.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity Bay North | 54% | 19% | $54K | 20.7 min | D | B− |
| Bonavista 14.9 km | 63% | 18% | $54K | 12.2 min | C− | B+ |
| Division No. 7, Subdivision E 60.8 km | 55% | 25% | $60K | 29.6 min | D− | C |
| Division No. 1, Subdivision G 63.3 km | 63% | 18% | $53K | 30.1 min | D− | D− |
| Division No. 7, Subdivision L 64.5 km | 61% | 18% | $65K | 26.5 min | D | C− |
| Division No. 7, Subdivision K 68.4 km | 59% | 8.9% | $61K | 23.9 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 Trinity Bay North, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Built from the census table that pairs each worker’s home municipality with their workplace municipality. A job here means someone who usually works in the municipality, local or not.
- Employment Insurance. Beneficiaries of Employment Insurance, month by month, for the census division rather than the town. Many jobless people don’t qualify, so it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- 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. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- Household income. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- 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 Trinity Bay North
Where do people in Trinity Bay North work?
Only 41% work in Trinity Bay North itself; the rest go first to Bonavista (135) and Clarenville (20).
How many jobs are there in Trinity Bay North?
The 2021 census counted about 170 people working in Trinity Bay North: 0.6 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 60 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Trinity Bay North?
The census put unemployment at 19% 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 Trinity Bay North?
Before tax, half the households in Trinity Bay North had more than $53,600 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Trinity Bay North get to work?
By car: 90% of commuters, 6% walk; on census day 5.7% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Trinity Bay North?
20.7 minutes is the average trip, with 47% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 8% taking an hour or more.
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).