Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.0Households in Capilano 5 have lower incomes than those in 92% of Canadian towns
23% of its commuters take public transit. Jobs located in Capilano 5: 2,550, for 750 residents with a usual workplace. The 2021 census found 64% of working-age people in Capilano 5 employed; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%.
What sets Capilano 5 apart on jobs and income
Fewer people in work than most towns
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 64% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 49%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 13% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 6.7%. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $57,700 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
A local job centre
With 2,550 jobs based in Capilano 5 and 750 working residents, the ratio compares with 0.8 in the middle of Canadian towns. 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.
Jobs and income in Capilano 5 earn D−
Better than 5% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is trip times; its weakest, household income.
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.
In Capilano 5, 64% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
Of the 96 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Greater Vancouver census division, 4 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 63% in October 2026. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 56% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 49% were working. The census was taken on 11 May 2021, mid-pandemic, when lockdowns had pushed unemployment up and sent many to work from 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.
Median household income in Capilano 5: $57,700 in 2020
Of the 96 other places of 2,500 or more in the Greater Vancouver census division, 95 have a higher median. Set beside British Columbia’s towns, where the median is $86,900, Capilano 5 sits 34% below. Read the incomes as 2020’s, before tax: pandemic benefits such as CERB are in them, and they raised many low incomes for 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).
On a working day, 2,831 people work in Capilano 5, 2.7 times its working residents
Inbound commuters outnumber outbound ones about 4 to 1 in Capilano 5. The job is inside the municipality for 19% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
2,410 people come into Capilano 5 to work, most from North Vancouver and Vancouver
- Vancouver145
- North Vancouver135
- North Vancouver115
- West Vancouver95
- Burnaby50
- Seymour Creek 220
- Surrey15
- Richmond10
- Tsawwassen10
- Mission 110
95% of the people who work in Capilano 5 live outside it, 510 of them in North Vancouver, 4 km away. Vancouver is where the largest group of commuters out goes, 145 of them.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Walking, cycling or transit: 37% of Capilano 5’s commuters
The car takes 61% of commuters here, under the 87% in the middle of British Columbia’s towns. 22% of everyone in work worked at home on census day, against 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).
A commute like the middle of Canadian towns: 26.6 minutes from Capilano 5
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 22.9 minutes. Only 32% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 39% in the middle of British Columbia’s towns. 8.1% spend an hour or longer getting to work; the middle of British Columbia’s towns has 6.3%.
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 Greater Vancouver census division run 63% above their 2019 level
Roughly 3.6 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. 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.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: the Greater Vancouver 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).
The walkability of Capilano 5: A+
Better than almost every Canadian town on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Around Capilano 5: jobs, pay and the commute
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capilano 5 | 64% | 13% | $58K | 26.6 min | D− | A+ |
| Coal Harbour 3.8 km | 77% | 8.1% | $87K | 24 min | B+ | A+ |
| West End 3.9 km | 81% | 9.4% | $65K | 29.1 min | C | A+ |
| West Vancouver 4 km | 70% | 9.4% | $105K | 26.3 min | B− | A |
| North Vancouver 4.4 km | 80% | 7.5% | $86K | 25.7 min | B+ | A+ |
| Davie Village 4.5 km | 80% | 10% | $64K | 28.6 min | C | A+ |
| Granville Entertainment District 5.1 km | 73% | 9% | $72K | 26.1 min | C | 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 Capilano 5, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Trip times. The census asks how long the trip to work usually takes, in bands; our average uses each band’s middle, so it runs a little above Statistics Canada’s timed average.
- Where people commute. Counts of workers with a fixed workplace, by where they live and where they work, both taken as whole municipalities; the jobs figure takes everyone who works here, wherever home is.
- 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. A monthly household survey by Statistics Canada, reported for metro areas and economic regions only. It supplies a recent rate next to the 2021 census figure.
- In work. Why 15 to 64? Otherwise retirees would pull the rate down in older towns. The census can’t say how old a neighbourhood’s workers are, so the count of people in work takes every age.
- 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. Before-tax total income of the middle household for 2020, from the census. Neighbourhood medians are worked out from bracket counts, since Statistics Canada publishes none of their own.
- 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.
- A First Nations reserve. Capilano 5’s figures are its own, though Statistics Canada rounds or suppresses some for small communities. A reserve has no overall grade and sits in no ranked list.
Questions about work in Capilano 5
How long is the commute from Capilano 5?
About 26.6 minutes on average, with 32% under a quarter-hour and 8.1% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Capilano 5 work?
19% work in Capilano 5 itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Vancouver (145), then North Vancouver (135).
How many jobs are there in Capilano 5?
Some 2,550 people worked in Capilano 5 at the 2021 census: 3.4 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 226 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Capilano 5?
The 2021 census found 13% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Vancouver metro area, is 6.7% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Capilano 5?
Capilano 5’s middle household had $57,700 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Capilano 5 get to work?
Driving takes 61% of commuters to work, 23% take public transit, 13% walk and 1% cycle, and on census day 22% of those in work were at home.
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).