Household incomes in Bainbridge top those of 96% of Canadian towns
Residents of Bainbridge take 30.9 minutes to reach work on average; the middle of Canadian towns is 26. Bainbridge counted 76% of its 15-to-64s in jobs at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. Unemployment in Bainbridge stood at 10% on census day 2021, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
The work figures that set Bainbridge apart
Higher incomes than most towns
At $120,500 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 30.9 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Getting 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 Bainbridge: graded B
Better than 56% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #118 of 254 in British Columbia.
Its strongest measure is household income; 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.
Household income in Bainbridge: $120,500 at the median
Of the 95 other places of 2,500 or more in the Greater Vancouver census division, 13 have a higher median. Against the middle of British Columbia’s towns ($86,900), Bainbridge’s median is 39% above. CERB and the other emergency payments of 2020 are counted in these incomes, which lifted the lower ones that year.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
13% of commuters from Bainbridge go without a car
More people take transit to work here than in the middle of British Columbia’s towns: 11% against 2.3%. The car takes 84% of commuters here, under the 87% in the middle of British Columbia’s towns. Home was the workplace for 28%, 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).
How many in Bainbridge were working in 2021
Of the 95 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Greater Vancouver census division, 62 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 61%. Counting retirees, 55% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 63% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. Pandemic rules were in force on census day, 11 May 2021; the Labour Force Survey shows how jobs have moved since.
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.
63% more people are on EI in the Greater Vancouver census division than in 2019
Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 4%. At its peak, in January 2021, 117,570 people were on EI, 3.3 times the 2019 average. That works out to around 3.6 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 counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100). Nobody publishes EI beneficiaries for Bainbridge alone, so this card uses the figure for the Greater Vancouver census division.
Getting around Bainbridge on foot earns A
Better than 94% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #79 of 254 in British Columbia.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Ranked on jobs and income, Bainbridge is 264th among 610 Canadian towns of 2,500 to 4,100
| # | 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 |
| … | ||||||
| 262 | Electoral Area C, Nanaimo British Columbia | 3,733 | 71% | 8.1% | $102K | B |
| 263 | Fairview Alberta | 3,909 | 73% | 12% | $85K | B |
| 264 | Bainbridge British Columbia | 3,015 | 76% | 10% | $121K | B |
| 265 | Electoral Area D, Okanagan-Similkameen British Columbia | 4,002 | 78% | 7.6% | $78K | B |
| 266 | Saint-Prosper Quebec | 4,042 | 79% | 6.4% | $67K | 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 Bainbridge, and others among British Columbia’s towns.
Jobs and income in the places around Bainbridge
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bainbridge | 76% | 10% | $121K | 30.9 min | B | A |
| Lake City 1.2 km | 75% | 7.7% | $138K | 33.2 min | B− | A |
| Montecito 1.2 km | 69% | 8.6% | $99K | 30.5 min | C | A+ |
| Lochdale 2.2 km | 67% | 10% | $86K | 32.5 min | C− | A+ |
| Holdom 2.3 km | 70% | 9.4% | $97K | 29.4 min | C+ | A+ |
| Deer Lake 2.6 km | 73% | 8.9% | $102K | 29.9 min | B− | A |
| Buckingham Heights 3.3 km | 71% | 7.9% | $118K | 29.6 min | B− | 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 Bainbridge, 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. 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. People in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64 (2021 Census). The census doesn’t cross work with age below the municipality, so this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood has; retirees don’t weigh on it.
- Unemployment. Of everyone 15 or older who was working or job-hunting in the census week, the part still looking. Someone not seeking work isn’t in it at all.
- 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. 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.
- Which towns we compare. The comparison pool is places of 2,500 people or more, towns or neighbourhoods inside cities, without whole cities or reserves, and we compare with its median.
- Neighbourhood figures. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages stop at the municipality, so Burnaby’s page carries them; Bainbridge’s own figures sum its dissemination areas.
Questions about work in Bainbridge
How many jobs are there in Bainbridge?
There is no count for a neighbourhood: the jobs figure, and where commuters go, are published for Burnaby as one municipality.
What is the unemployment rate in Bainbridge?
Two figures answer it: 10% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 6.7% for the Vancouver metro area in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Bainbridge?
At $120,500 before tax in 2020, the median household in Bainbridge compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Bainbridge get to work?
84% of commuters drive, 11% take public transit, 1% walk and 1% cycle; 28% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (Census Profile) · 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).