Photo: Shawn from Airdrie, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako works elsewhere: the town has 0.5 jobs for each resident in work
The 2021 census put unemployment in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako at 10%, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns. In 2020, a household at the middle of Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako had $93,100 before tax; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. With 73% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako matches the middle of Canadian towns.
The work figures that set Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako apart
Work near the middle
73% 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 54%. In work ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 23 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 13% 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.
Jobs & income in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako: graded B+
Better than 66% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is household income; its weakest, the share of 15-to-64s in work.
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.
A shorter commute than the middle of Canadian towns: 23 minutes from Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako
In the middle of British Columbia’s towns, the average commute is 26.4 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 52% of commuters, against 39% in the middle of British Columbia’s towns. An hour or more: 13% of commuters, above the 6.3% in the middle of British Columbia’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 21.1 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.
A commuter town: Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako sends out more workers than it takes in
It sends out some 4 workers for every one it takes in. The job is inside the municipality for 31% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
69% of Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako’s residents in work leave it to work; Fort St. James takes the most
- Mackenzie30
- Prince George15
- Nak'azdli10
- Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George10
In the other direction the biggest source is Mackenzie, with 30.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
How many in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako were working in 2021
Of the 5 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Bulkley-Nechako census division, one has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 61% in work in October 2026. 60% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 54% of residents 15 and over were in work. 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.
Earnings at home in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako: households
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 79% of Canadian towns.
One of the 5 other places of 2,500+ in the Bulkley-Nechako census division has a higher median. Set beside British Columbia’s towns, where the median is $86,900, Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako sits 7% above. Pandemic benefits paid in 2020 lifted the incomes at the bottom, and they are counted here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Walking, cycling or transit: 0% of Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako’s commuters
The car is the way to work for 96% of commuters. Only 14% 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).
About as many people are on EI in the Bulkley-Nechako census division as in 2019
That is about 5.5 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 rose by 2%. The highest month was April 2021: 2,240 people, 1.8 times the 2019 level.
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). For EI beneficiaries, the only official count covers all of the Bulkley-Nechako census division, Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako included.
The Walkability grade for Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako: D−
Better than 2% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Around Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako: jobs, pay and the commute
No closer places have figures: these lie 5–59 km from Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako | 73% | 10% | $93K | 23 min | B+ | D− |
| Fort St. James 5.4 km | 68% | 9.6% | $90K | 19.2 min | B+ | A |
| Vanderhoof 49.6 km | 74% | 8.2% | $91K | 14.4 min | A | B |
| Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako 58.1 km | 54% | 14% | $75K | 28.7 min | D | D |
| Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako 59.1 km | 67% | 15% | $87K | 27 min | C | 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 C, Bulkley-Nechako, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Employment Insurance. Monthly EI recipients across the census division: a pulse of the local job market rather than a measure of who is out of work.
- 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.
- 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. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- 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. Our average assumes everyone in, say, the 15-to-29-minute band takes 22 minutes. Across all the bands that runs a shade above Statistics Canada’s measured 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.
- 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 Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako
Where do people in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako work?
31% work in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Fort St. James (225), then Mackenzie (40).
How many jobs are there in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako?
About 195 people had their usual place of work in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako at the 2021 census, 0.5 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 27 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako?
The census put unemployment at 10% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the North Coast and Nechako economic region at 5.5%.
What is the average household income in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako?
The census puts Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako at $93,100 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako get to work?
96% of commuters go by car. On census day 14% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako?
On average 23 minutes; 52% take under 15 minutes and 13% take an hour or longer.
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).