Photo: Neil and Kathy Carey from Edmonton, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Malpeque Bay has 0.4 jobs for every resident in work, so most leave town for work
The median household in Malpeque Bay had $80,700 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. At the 2021 census, 83% of Malpeque Bay’s 15-to-64s were in work, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. An hour or more each way is the commute for 4.3% of workers in Malpeque Bay; the average is 21.6 minutes.
The short version on work in Malpeque Bay
More people in work than most towns
In work at the 2021 census: 83% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 57% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 21.6 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 4.3% 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Malpeque Bay: A
Better than 90% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; 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 Malpeque Bay were working in 2021
All 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Prince census division have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 64%. Counting retirees, 57% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. The census caught the labour market on 11 May 2021, deep in the pandemic, so unemployment and working from home both ran above normal.
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.
Time on the road to work from Malpeque Bay
In the middle of Prince Edward Island’s towns, the average commute is 23.3 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 36%, fewer than the 40% in the middle of Prince Edward Island’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 19.6 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.
Malpeque Bay is quieter on a working day than at night
It sends out some 5 workers for every one it takes in. Of those who commute, 20% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
80% of Malpeque Bay’s residents in work leave it to work; Summerside takes the most
- Summerside130
- Kensington65
- Kensington, Part 155
- Miscouche20
- Enfield15
In the other direction the biggest source is Kensington, Part 1, with 25.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
How Malpeque Bay’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 57% of Canadian towns.
Malpeque Bay’s median is 2% below the middle of Prince Edward Island’s towns ($82,000). One of the 3 other places of 2,500+ in the Prince census division has a higher median. Because 2020 was the first year of the pandemic, emergency benefits make up part of these before-tax incomes.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
0% of commuters from Malpeque Bay go without a car
The car is the way to work for 100% of commuters. Only 18% 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).
In the Prince census division, 5% fewer people receive EI than in 2019
The highest month was February 2021: 8,480 people, 1.7 times the 2019 level. Roughly 10.5 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 12%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: the Prince census division. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Getting around Malpeque Bay on foot earns D−
Better than 2% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Work in the places around Malpeque Bay
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malpeque Bay | 83% | 12% | $81K | 21.6 min | A | D− |
| Kensington, Part 1 7.6 km | 80% | 12% | $86K | 19.4 min | A | D |
| Kensington 7.6 km | 74% | 8.7% | $66K | 20.6 min | C+ | A |
| New London 10.3 km | 76% | 12% | $89K | 26.2 min | B | D |
| Summerside 15.4 km | 74% | 10% | $63K | 15.6 min | B− | B+ |
| Kinkora 17.3 km | 82% | 9.9% | $79K | 22.3 min | A− | C− |
| Miscouche 18.3 km | 81% | 6.7% | $83K | 19 min | A | B |
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 Malpeque Bay, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. Only people with a usual place of work are in it: those who work from home or have no fixed site are not. Home and work are both counted by municipality.
- Employment Insurance. How many people in the census division drew Employment Insurance each month; it moves with layoffs and hiring, yet people who don’t qualify are absent from it.
- In work. We divide the number of employed residents by the number aged 15 to 64. Workers past 64 still count on top, because the 2021 Census crosses work with age only for whole municipalities; in return, a retirement town’s pensioners don’t drag the rate down.
- 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 Malpeque Bay
What is the average household income in Malpeque Bay?
The census puts Malpeque Bay at $80,700 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Malpeque Bay get to work?
100% of commuters drive; 18% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Malpeque Bay?
The average commute is 21.6 minutes; 36% of trips take under 15 minutes and 4.3% an hour or more.
Where do people in Malpeque Bay work?
20% work in Malpeque Bay itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Summerside (130), then Kensington (65).
How many jobs are there in Malpeque Bay?
The 2021 census found about 135 people with their usual workplace in Malpeque Bay, or 0.4 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 46 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Malpeque Bay?
At the 2021 census, unemployment stood at 12%; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
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).