Greater Moncton Dashboard
Data refers to the Southeast New Brunswick region unless otherwise specified. Southeast New Brunswick includes Westmorland, Albert, and Kent counties.
Population
222,694
+1.7% YOY
Median age
44.4 Years
Total population increase**
3,672
*Greater Moncton CMA: indicates number of permanent residents admitted to Canada with Greater Moncton as their CMA of intended destination
** 2018/2019 represents July 2018-June 2019
Unemployment rate
8.2%
+2.4% YOY
Labour force participation rate
64.50%
1.0% YOY
Median Total Income
$42,050
+2.6% YOY
Minimum wage
$11.70/hour
+37.6% since 2010
Public University Enrolment*
Total
6,140
+0.5% YOY
Public University Enrolment*
International Students
877
+6.8% YOY
*Mount Allison University and Université de Moncton Campus de Moncton
Building permit values – non-residential*†
$14,249
+164.5% YOY
Building permit values
– residential*†
$31,869
+105.6% YOY
Vacancy rates –
commercial*
10.1%
+1.5% YOY
Vacancy rates –
residential*
1.90%
+0.7% YOY
*Greater Moncton CMA
† Represented in thousands
Active Businesses*
3,002
-7.2% YOY
Net monthly business openings/closures*†
11 net openings
GDP*
$7.3 billion
-5.5% YOY
International Export value*
$3.51 million
-1.4% 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.
GDP
$7.3 billion
-5.5% YOY
Retail sales (provincial)
$1.26 billion
+1.4% YOY
Increase in Unemployment*
3.0%
*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.