Greater Moncton Dashboard
Data refers to the Southeast New Brunswick region unless otherwise specified. Southeast New Brunswick includes Westmorland, Albert, and Kent counties.
Population
231,476
+2.0% YOY
Median age
44.6 Years
Total population increase**
4,515
Permanent Resident Admission*
935
+290% YOY
*Greater Moncton CMA: indicates number of permanent residents admitted to Canada with Greater Moncton as their CMA of intended destination
** 2020/2021 represents July 2020-June 2021
Unemployment rate
8.3%
-2.3% YOY
Labour force participation rate
61.9%
-0.9% YOY
Minimum wage
$12.75/hour
+37.6% since 2010
Median Total Income – Couples
$90,770
+1.6% YOY
Public College Enrolment*
Total
2,105
+8.8% YOY
Public University Enrolment*
Total
6,428
+2.2% YOY
Public University Enrolment*
International Students
960
-0.7% YOY
Bilingual Population
(English/French)
50.6%
Working-Aged Population with
Post-Secondary Education
63.7%
Job
Postings†
7,364
+75.6% YOY
*Mount Allison University and Université de Moncton Campus de Moncton
† nbjobs.ca/stats/hiringdemand/southeast
Building permit values – non-residential*†
$8,254,000
+294.0% YOY
Building permit values
– residential*†
$18,762,000
+175.2% YOY
Vacancy rates –
commercial*
11.8%
+2.2% YOY
Vacancy rates –
residential*
1.5%
-1.2% YOY
Rent –
commercial*
$25.12/psf
0.0% YOY
Average apartment rent
– residential*
$991/month
+10.6% YOY
Housing
starts*
77
+2466.7% YOY
AVERAGE
HOME PRICE*
$335,100
+37.2% YOY
*Greater Moncton CMA
† Represented in thousands
Active Businesses*
3,942
+2.9% YOY
Net monthly business openings/closures*†
9 net closures
GDP*
$32.3 billion
+8.3% YOY
International Export value*
$538.4 million
+53% YOY
Top industries by employment
Wholesale and retail trade
16.3%
Health care and social assistance
15.4%
Manufacturing
7.8%
Top occupations by employment
Sales and service
occupations
28.8%
Business, finance and
administration occupations
16.2%
Trades, transport and equipment operators
and related occupations
13.8%
*Greater Moncton CMA
† Experimental data – interpret with caution.
Net business openings indicates business openings minus business closures. Business closures indicates the number of businesses that previously had a positive number of employees and now have zero employees. Closures are not necessarily permanent.
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