Photo: Neil and Kathy Carey from Edmonton, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Morell has a larger share of its working-age people in jobs than 64% of Canadian towns
Of everyone in Morell working or looking for work in May 2021, 8% were unemployed, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns. Jobs located in Morell: 215, for 345 residents with a usual workplace. In 2020, a household at the middle of Morell had $80,000 before tax; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
What sets Morell apart on jobs and income
Work near the middle
78% of people aged 15 to 64 had a job at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; counting everyone 15 and over, retirees included, it was 55%. In work ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 31.1 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 4.1% 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.
Morell grades C+ for jobs and income
Better than 36% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; its weakest, trip times.
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.
At 31.1 minutes, commutes from Morell are longer than in the middle of Canadian towns
4.1% spend an hour or longer getting to work; the middle of Prince Edward Island’s towns has 2.7%. Timed exactly, the average is 27.4 minutes (Statistics Canada). 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.
More go out than come in: the working day in Morell
345 residents of Morell had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 215 people had theirs in Morell, wherever they lived.
Each person commuting in is matched by about 2 residents going out. The job is inside the municipality for 23% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
77% of Morell’s residents in work leave it to work; Charlottetown takes the most
- Morell30
- Charlottetown25
- St. Peters20
- Souris15
- Three Rivers10
- Mount Stewart10
- East River, Part 110
- North Shore10
- Charlottetown150
- Three Rivers35
- Souris25
- Morell20
- St. Peters10
- St. Peters Bay10
- Mount Stewart10
Coming the other way, Morell sends the most (30).
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 Morell work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
How many in Morell have a job: 78% of 15-to-64s
Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 55%. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 59% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. These are census figures from May 2021, during COVID’s third wave; jobs have recovered since, which the Labour Force Survey shows.
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.
Household income in Morell
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 56% of Canadian towns.
Set beside Prince Edward Island’s towns, where the median is $82,000, Morell sits 2% below. 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).
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 4.1% of Morell’s commuters
The car is the way to work for 93% of commuters. Only 15% 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.
EI claims in the Kings census division are back near their 2019 level
The count topped out in March 2021 at 3,930 people, 1.6 times the 2019 average. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 16.8 are on EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 2%.
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). Nobody publishes EI beneficiaries for Morell alone, so this card uses the figure for the Kings census division.
Morell grades C− for walkability
Better than 21% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Work in and around Morell
The nearest places to Morell with figures are 16–26 km away.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morell | 78% | 8% | $80K | 31.1 min | C+ | C− |
| East River, Part 1 15.8 km | 86% | 8.2% | $82K | 26.2 min | A− | D |
| Vernon River 21.9 km | 70% | 11% | $82K | 28.8 min | C− | C− |
| North Shore 24.5 km | 80% | 6.5% | $97K | 22 min | A | D− |
| North Shore 25.6 km | 82% | 7.9% | $98K | 23 min | A | C− |
| Three Rivers 25.6 km | 68% | 12% | $64K | 24.9 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 Morell, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. The census-week jobless rate for residents 15 and over. Its base is the labour force, those employed plus those actively looking.
- Household income. What the median household took in during 2020 before tax, as the census recorded it; an estimate built from income groups when the place is a neighbourhood.
- 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. 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. 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.
- 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 Morell
How do people in Morell get to work?
93% of commuters go by car, 4.1% walk. On census day 15% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Morell?
On average 31.1 minutes; 26% take under 15 minutes and 4.1% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Morell work?
Only 23% work in Morell itself; the rest go first to Charlottetown (150) and Three Rivers (35).
How many jobs are there in Morell?
About 215 people had their usual place of work in Morell at the 2021 census, 0.6 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 44 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Morell?
About 8%, by the census of May 2021, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Morell?
Morell’s middle household had $80,000 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
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).