Photo: Larry from Charlottetown, PEI, Canada · CC BY 2.0Central Prince has 0.3 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out
Getting to work from Central Prince takes 28.5 minutes on average, an hour or more for 6.4%. Census day 2021 found 23% of Central Prince’s labour force without a job, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. Median household income in Central Prince was $67,500 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
What the numbers say about work in Central Prince
Fewer people in work than most towns
With 66% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 50% of all adults employed. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
23% of the labour force was out of work at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $67,500 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Central Prince earns D for jobs and income
Better than 8% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
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.
Central Prince at work: 66% of people aged 15 to 64
None of the 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Prince census division has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 64% of residents that age. Counting retirees, 50% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. 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.
How Central Prince’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 72% of Canadian towns.
Against the middle of Prince Edward Island’s towns ($82,000), Central Prince’s median is 18% below. Of the 3 other places of 2,500 or more in the Prince census division, 2 have a higher median. CERB and the other emergency payments of 2020 are counted in these incomes, which lifted the lower ones 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).
More workers leave Central Prince each day than arrive
255 residents of Central Prince had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 65 people had theirs in Central Prince, wherever they lived.
About 6 residents leave for work for each person who comes in. The job is inside the municipality for 9.1% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
91% of Central Prince’s residents in work leave it to work; Summerside takes the most
- Summerside75
- Miscouche30
- Lot 11 and Area25
- Tyne Valley20
- O'Leary20
- Kensington15
- Wellington15
- Charlottetown10
- Wellington10
- Kensington, Part 110
Coming the other way, Summerside sends the most (20).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
2021 Census, people with a usual place of work: where residents of Central Prince work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Central Prince gets to work without a car for 0% of commuters
The car is the way to work for 97% of commuters. Only 13% worked at home on census day, against 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).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
Time on the road to work from Central Prince
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 25.5 minutes. In the middle of Prince Edward Island’s towns, the average commute is 23.3 minutes. Only 26% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 40% in the middle of Prince Edward Island’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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
EI claims in the Prince census division run 5% below their 2019 level
That is about 10.5 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 12%. At its peak, in February 2021, 8,480 people were on EI, 1.7 times the 2019 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). Central Prince doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from the Prince census division.
Walkability in Central Prince: graded C−
Better than 22% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
The places around Central Prince, side by side
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Prince | 66% | 23% | $68K | 28.5 min | D | C− |
| Wellington 14.1 km | 85% | 9.2% | $81K | 28 min | B+ | C− |
| O'Leary 19 km | 70% | 18% | $69K | 23.5 min | C | 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 Central Prince, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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.
- 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. 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.
- 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. Of everyone 15 or older who was working or job-hunting in the census week, the part still looking. Someone not seeking work isn’t in it at all.
- 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. Every town and city neighbourhood with 2,500 residents or more; whole cities and First Nations reserves are left out. Each middle figure is a median.
Questions about work in Central Prince
How long is the commute from Central Prince?
28.5 minutes is the average trip, with 26% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 6.4% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Central Prince work?
9.1% work in Central Prince itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Summerside (75), then Miscouche (30).
How many jobs are there in Central Prince?
Statistics Canada counted 34 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Central Prince?
The 2021 census found 23% of those working or looking without a job; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
What is the average household income in Central Prince?
Central Prince’s middle household had $67,500 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Central Prince get to work?
By car: 97% of commuters; on census day 13% of those in work worked from home.
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, 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).