Photo: George Dean · CC BY-SA 3.0Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako has 0.3 jobs for every resident in work, so most leave town for work
Of Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako’s residents aged 15 to 64, 81% were employed when the 2021 census was taken; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. Getting to work from Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako takes 26.9 minutes on average, an hour or more for 11%. The median household in Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako had $78,900 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
What sets Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako apart on jobs and income
More people in work than most towns
At the 2021 census 81% of the 15-to-64s were in work (73% in the middle of Canadian towns); across all ages 15 and over, 54%. In work ↓
Unemployment near the middle
Census day in 2021 put 11% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 5.5% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Jobs and income in Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako earn B
Better than 59% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; its weakest, trip times.
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.
81% of working-age people in Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako have jobs
Of the 5 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Bulkley-Nechako census division, 3 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Counting retirees, 54% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 61% in October 2026. Working or looking, 61% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. The figures are a snapshot of 11 May 2021, when pandemic rules still kept many people out of work or at home.
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.
On a working day, Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako loses more workers than it gains
Outbound commuters outnumber inbound ones about 12 to 1. 26% of residents who commute work inside the municipality, against 70% in the middle of Canadian towns.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
74% of Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako’s residents in work leave it to work; Burns Lake takes the most
Of those coming in, Electoral Area B, Bulkley-Nechako supplies the most: 20.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Household income in Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 53% of Canadian towns.
Every other place of 2,500 or more in the Bulkley-Nechako census division has a higher median. The middle of British Columbia’s towns is $86,900, and Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako is 9% below it. Pandemic support paid in 2020, CERB first among it, is part of these before-tax incomes.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 2% of Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako’s commuters
Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 95% of commuters. Home was the workplace for 25%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 21%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
Time on the road to work from Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 26.8 minutes. Only 37% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 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.
EI claims in the Bulkley-Nechako census division are back near their 2019 level
Roughly 5.5 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number rose by 2%. The count topped out in April 2021 at 2,240 people, 1.8 times the 2019 average.
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 E, Bulkley-Nechako included.
Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako grades D for walkability
Better than 8% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Work next door to Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako
No closer places have figures: these lie 26–73 km from Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako | 81% | 11% | $79K | 26.9 min | B | D |
| Electoral Area B, Bulkley-Nechako 25.6 km | 68% | 14% | $94K | 23.7 min | B− | D |
| Burns Lake 28.5 km | 80% | 7.9% | $78K | 15.4 min | A | A |
| Houston 67.9 km | 75% | 12% | $84K | 17 min | A− | A− |
| Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako 72.8 km | 54% | 14% | $75K | 28.7 min | D | D |
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, Bulkley-Nechako, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Unemployment. It counts only people who wanted work and had none in May 2021, as a share of those working or searching; students and retirees who weren’t looking stay out of both sides.
- Household income. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- 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.
- Employment Insurance. Beneficiaries of Employment Insurance, month by month, for the census division rather than the town. Many jobless people don’t qualify, so it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Sampled each month and released for regions rather than towns, so its rate describes the area around the town.
- In work. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- Which towns we compare. Medians over towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents. Whole cities would swamp them and reserves sit outside the rankings, so neither is in.
Questions about work in Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako
Where do people in Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako work?
26% work in Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Burns Lake (220), then Electoral Area B, Bulkley-Nechako (25).
How many jobs are there in Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako?
In June 2026, 48 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the North Coast and Nechako economic region at 5.5%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 11%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako get to work?
By car: 95% of commuters, 2% walk; on census day 25% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako?
26.9 minutes is the average trip, with 37% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 11% taking an hour or more.
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).