Household incomes in Montecito are higher than in 84% of Canadian towns
Montecito counted 69% of its 15-to-64s in jobs at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. At 30.5 minutes on average, the trip to work from Montecito compares with 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Working at home: 31% of its workers, where the middle of Canadian towns has 21%.
Work in Montecito, in a few figures
Work near the middle
In work at the 2021 census: 69% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 53% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 30.5 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Montecito: C
Better than 32% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #191 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.
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 16% of Montecito’s commuters
The middle of British Columbia’s towns has 2.3% on transit; here it is 14%. Fewer drive than in the middle of British Columbia’s towns: 82% against 87%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
How many in Montecito were working in 2021
Of the 95 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Greater Vancouver census division, 17 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 53% were working. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 63% in October 2026. The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 58%. 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.
$98,700 a year: the median household in Montecito
Of the 95 other places of 2,500 or more in the Greater Vancouver census division, 44 have a higher median. The middle of British Columbia’s towns is $86,900, and Montecito is 14% above it. 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).
In the Greater Vancouver census division, 63% more people receive EI than in 2019
Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 4%. In January 2021 it reached 117,570, the most in the series and 3.3 times the 2019 average. Roughly 3.6 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI.
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). Montecito doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from the Greater Vancouver census division.
Montecito earns A+ for walkability
Better than 96% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #65 of 254 in British Columbia.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Out of 654 Canadian towns of 7,500 to 14,500, Montecito comes 476th on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | North Saanich British Columbia | 12,986 | 85% | 5.9% | $121K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 18 | Revelstoke British Columbia | 9,464 | 77% | 10% | $97K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 25 | Saltspring Island British Columbia | 12,429 | 84% | 5.5% | $77K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 474 | Wychwood Ontario | 13,828 | 74% | 13% | $88K | C |
| 475 | Van Kirk Ontario | 10,014 | 69% | 12% | $128K | C |
| 476 | Montecito British Columbia | 10,734 | 69% | 8.6% | $99K | C |
| 477 | Fletchers Meadow South Ontario | 9,214 | 69% | 12% | $127K | C |
| 478 | Ebenezer West Ontario | 11,510 | 66% | 14% | $132K | C |
| … | ||||||
| 654 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Montecito, and others among British Columbia’s towns.
Next to Montecito: how nearby places compare
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montecito | 69% | 8.6% | $99K | 30.5 min | C | A+ |
| Lochdale 1 km | 67% | 10% | $86K | 32.5 min | C− | A+ |
| Bainbridge 1.2 km | 76% | 10% | $121K | 30.9 min | B | A |
| Holdom 1.9 km | 70% | 9.4% | $97K | 29.4 min | C+ | A+ |
| Lake City 2.2 km | 75% | 7.7% | $138K | 33.2 min | B− | A |
| Deer Lake 3.2 km | 73% | 8.9% | $102K | 29.9 min | B− | A |
| Brentwood 3.2 km | 79% | 8.2% | $85K | 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 Montecito, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. We divide the number of employed residents by the number aged 15 to 64. Workers past 64 still count on top, because the 2021 Census crosses work with age only for whole municipalities; in return, a retirement town’s pensioners don’t drag the rate down.
- Unemployment. The census-week jobless rate for residents 15 and over. Its base is the labour force, those employed plus those actively looking.
- 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. Commuters picked a band for their usual trip (under 15 minutes, 15 to 29, and so on). We place each person at the middle of their band, which lands a little above Statistics Canada’s own timed average.
- 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.
- 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. We add up Montecito’s dissemination areas for its census figures. Flows between places and timed averages exist only for the whole municipality: see Burnaby’s page.
Questions about work in Montecito
What is the unemployment rate in Montecito?
At the 2021 census 8.6% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Vancouver metro area, gives 6.7% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Montecito?
The census puts Montecito at $98,700 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Montecito get to work?
82% of commuters drive, 14% take public transit and 1.8% walk; 31% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How many jobs are there in Montecito?
The census places jobs by municipality, so the answer is in Burnaby’s figures, with the flows of its commuters.
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).