Most of Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot works elsewhere: the town has 0.2 jobs for each resident in work
For 9.6% of commuters in Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot, the trip to work lasts an hour or more; the average is 20.9 minutes. Of everyone in Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot working or looking for work in May 2021, 5.4% were unemployed, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. The median household in Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot had $79,700 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
What sets Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot apart on jobs and income
Less unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 5.4% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 5.2% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 20.9 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 9.6% 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.
Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot grades B+ for jobs and income
Better than 74% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #72 of 254 in British Columbia.
Its strongest measure is trip times; 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.
Work for 77% of 15-to-64s in Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot
A larger share in work than in 60% of Canadian towns.
By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 56% of the wider area’s adults in work. Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 59%. Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 56%. May 2021, when the census was taken, was a pandemic spring; unemployment has come down since, as the Labour Force Survey records.
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.
Commuting times in Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot
Timed exactly, the average is 21.3 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of British Columbia’s towns averages 26.4 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 55%, more than the 39% in the middle of British Columbia’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.
Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot empties a little on a working day
935 residents of Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 205 people had theirs in Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot, wherever they lived.
Outbound commuters outnumber inbound ones about 7 to 1. The job is inside the municipality for 9.5% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
90% of Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot’s residents in work leave it to work; Port Alberni takes the most
- Port Alberni680
- Electoral Area F, Alberni-Clayoquot60
- Nanaimo15
- Qualicum Beach15
- Nanoose15
- Tsahaheh 115
- Victoria10
- Electoral Area F, Nanaimo10
- Nanaimo Town 110
- Electoral Area D, Alberni-Clayoquot10
Port Alberni sends the largest group the other way, 70 people.
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 Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
What households in Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot earn
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 55% of Canadian towns.
That puts Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot 8% below the median of British Columbia’s towns, $86,900. In 2020 emergency benefits topped up many low incomes, and the census counts them here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Without a car, 4.8% of Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot’s commuters get to work
Nearly everyone drives: 92% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Home was the workplace for 10%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns.
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 Alberni-Clayoquot census division run 8% above their 2019 level
In January 2021 it reached 2,160, the most in the series and 2.5 times the 2019 average. That works out to around 4.2 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: one figure for all of the Alberni-Clayoquot 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).
How walkable Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot is: C+
Better than 40% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #214 of 254 in British Columbia.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot next to Canadian towns of 2,500 to 4,100: 175th of 610 on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Mount Royal Alberta | 2,758 | 83% | 12% | $188K | A+ |
| 2 | Central River Heights Manitoba | 2,736 | 84% | 5.4% | $137K | A+ |
| 3 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 47 | Pemberton British Columbia | 3,620 | 84% | 6.4% | $100K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 57 | Tofino British Columbia | 2,772 | 76% | 12% | $86K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 60 | Highlands British Columbia | 2,753 | 83% | 4.9% | $124K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 173 | Westcliffe East Ontario | 2,832 | 75% | 12% | $109K | B+ |
| 174 | Tuxedo Industrial Manitoba | 2,726 | 82% | 7.3% | $82K | B+ |
| 175 | Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot British Columbia | 3,069 | 77% | 5.4% | $80K | B+ |
| 176 | Hillsburg-Roblin-Shell River Manitoba | 3,184 | 88% | 3.7% | $56K | B+ |
| 177 | Magrath Heights Alberta | 3,728 | 74% | 14% | $161K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 610 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,724 | 43% | 30% | $51K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot, and others among British Columbia’s towns.
Work in and around Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot | 77% | 5.4% | $80K | 20.9 min | B+ | C+ |
| Electoral Area F, Alberni-Clayoquot 5.9 km | 68% | 9.3% | $73K | 17.4 min | B− | D |
| Port Alberni 6 km | 67% | 9.9% | $63K | 18.1 min | C | A |
| Electoral Area D, Alberni-Clayoquot 8.5 km | 74% | 8.2% | $86K | 26 min | B− | C− |
| Electoral Area H, Nanaimo 19 km | 65% | 13% | $69K | 28.1 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 Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- In work. How many residents held a job in May 2021, set against how many were 15 to 64. It reads a little high where many people work past 65, since below the municipality the census gives no breakdown of workers by age.
- Unemployment. The share of people 15 and over in the labour force, working or looking for work, who had no job on census day in May 2021.
- 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. How long getting to work normally takes, averaged from the census’s time bands at their middles; expect it to read slightly high against the timed figure.
- Where people commute. Jobs count everyone whose usual workplace lies in the municipality, residents or commuters from elsewhere, from Statistics Canada’s home-by-workplace table.
- 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.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada surveys households every month; the results come out for metro areas and economic regions, never for single towns, and keep the rate current after 2021.
- Which towns we compare. Comparisons are with the median of Canadian towns and city neighbourhoods counting 2,500 people or more, reserves and entire cities excluded.
Questions about work in Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot
How long is the commute from Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot?
The average commute is 20.9 minutes; 55% of trips take under 15 minutes and 9.6% an hour or more.
Where do people in Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot work?
Only 9.5% work in Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot itself; the rest go first to Port Alberni (680) and Electoral Area F, Alberni-Clayoquot (60).
How many jobs are there in Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot?
The 2021 census found about 205 people with their usual workplace in Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot, or 0.2 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. Statistics Canada counted 74 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot?
The 2021 census found 5.4% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Vancouver Island and Coast economic region, is 5.2% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot?
Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot’s middle household had $79,700 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot get to work?
92% of commuters drive, 3.6% walk and 1.2% cycle; 10% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
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, Labour Force Survey (14-10-0459, 14-10-0462) · 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).