Photo: Ryan Durand · CC BY 4.0Working-age people in Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako have jobs less often than in 97% of Canadian towns
Half the households in Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako had more than $75,000 in 2020, before tax; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. The average trip to work from Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako is 28.7 minutes; 11% of commuters spend an hour or more getting there. In May 2021, unemployment in Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako reached 14%, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
Where Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako stands out on work
Fewer people in work than most towns
54% 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 40%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 14% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 5.5%. Unemployment ↓
More jobs than the typical town
415 people work in Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako and 390 residents commute to a fixed workplace; the middle of Canadian towns has 0.8 jobs per working resident. The daily tide ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
On jobs and income, Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako grades D
Better than 9% 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.
54% of working-age people in Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako have jobs
None of the 5 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Bulkley-Nechako census division has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 47%. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 40% were working. In October 2026, 61% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. Statistics Canada counted on 11 May 2021, with much of the country under pandemic rules: more people were out of work or at home than usual.
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.
Every working day, Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako’s workforce grows by 6%
390 residents of Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 415 people had theirs in Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako, wherever they lived.
The job is inside the municipality for 49% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
225 people come into Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako to work, most from Fraser Lake and Prince George
- Fraser Lake170
- Prince George25
- Vanderhoof15
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 D, Bulkley-Nechako work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
How Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 55% of Canadian towns.
Every other place of 2,500 or more in the Bulkley-Nechako census division has a higher median. The year is 2020: emergency benefits like CERB count in these incomes, and they raised the bottom of the range.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
3.2% of commuters in Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako walk, cycle or take transit
Nearly everyone drives: 93% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Home was the workplace for 8.6%, under the 21% 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.
The length of the trip to work in Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako
Timed exactly, the average is 28.8 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of British Columbia’s towns averages 26.4 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 31%, fewer 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.
EI claims in the Bulkley-Nechako census division are back near their 2019 level
At its peak, in April 2021, 2,240 people were on EI, 1.8 times the 2019 average. Roughly 5.5 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 rose by 2%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Data for EI beneficiaries covers the Bulkley-Nechako 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 D, Bulkley-Nechako is: D
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Work next door to Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako
Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 50–71 km out.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako | 54% | 14% | $75K | 28.7 min | D | D |
| Vanderhoof 50 km | 74% | 8.2% | $91K | 14.4 min | A | B |
| Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako 56.7 km | 67% | 15% | $87K | 27 min | C | C− |
| Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako 58.1 km | 73% | 10% | $93K | 23 min | B+ | D− |
| Fort St. James 62.8 km | 68% | 9.6% | $90K | 19.2 min | B+ | A |
| Burns Lake 70.7 km | 80% | 7.9% | $78K | 15.4 min | A | A |
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 D, Bulkley-Nechako, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Employment Insurance. People receiving EI benefits each month, counted for the census division. It follows the local job market; it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Monthly, and only for metro areas and economic regions. It is the up-to-date rate we set beside the census’s 2021 snapshot.
- 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. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- Household income. Taken from the 2021 Census, which asked about 2020: wages, pensions, investment income and government transfers together, before income tax, for the median household.
- 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. Statistics Canada’s place-of-work table counts people with a usual place of work by the municipality they live in and the one they work in. Jobs here are people whose usual workplace is in the municipality, wherever they live.
- 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 D, Bulkley-Nechako
What is the average household income in Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako?
At $75,000 before tax in 2020, the median household in Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako get to work?
93% of commuters go by car, 3.2% take public transit. On census day 8.6% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako?
On average 28.7 minutes; 31% take under 15 minutes and 11% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako work?
Only 49% work in Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako itself; the rest go first to Vanderhoof (100) and Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako (25).
How many jobs are there in Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako?
About 415 people had their usual place of work in Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako at the 2021 census, 1.1 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 19 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako?
At the 2021 census 14% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the North Coast and Nechako economic region, gives 5.5% in October 2026.
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).