Photo: Trougnouf · CC BY 4.0Electoral Area C, Cariboo has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.2 for each
Half the households in Electoral Area C, Cariboo had more than $69,400 in 2020, before tax, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. 66% of people aged 15 to 64 in Electoral Area C, Cariboo had a job at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. The average trip to work from Electoral Area C, Cariboo is 21.8 minutes; 7.6% of commuters spend an hour or more getting there.
Where Electoral Area C, Cariboo stands out on work
Fewer people in work than most towns
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 66% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 45%. In work ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $69,400 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 21.8 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 7.6% last an hour or longer. The trip 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 Electoral Area C, Cariboo: graded C
Better than 25% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is trip times; 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.
Work and the working-age population of Electoral Area C, Cariboo
Of the 9 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Cariboo census division, 4 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
In October 2026, 59% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. Working or looking, 50% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 45%. These are census figures from May 2021, during COVID’s third wave; jobs have recovered since, which the Labour Force Survey shows.
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.
What households in Electoral Area C, Cariboo earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 68% of Canadian towns.
Of the 9 other places of 2,500 or more in the Cariboo census division, 6 have a higher median. That puts Electoral Area C, Cariboo 20% below the median of British Columbia’s towns, $86,900. Incomes are for 2020, the first pandemic year, so CERB and other emergency payments are part of them.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Time on the road to work from Electoral Area C, Cariboo
In the middle of British Columbia’s towns, the average commute is 26.4 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 44%, more than the 39% in the middle of British Columbia’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 19.8 minutes (Statistics Canada).
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.
More go out than come in: the working day in Electoral Area C, Cariboo
It sends out some 9 workers for every one it takes in. The job is inside the municipality for 7.9% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
92% of Electoral Area C, Cariboo’s residents in work leave it to work; Quesnel takes the most
- Wells25
- Electoral Area A, Cariboo10
Of those coming in, Wells supplies the most: 25.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Electoral Area C, Cariboo gets to work without a car for 2.2% of commuters
Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 6.1% against 21%. 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.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
14% fewer people are on EI in the Cariboo census division than in 2019
For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 4.7 are on EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number rose by 7%. At its peak, in April 2021, 3,550 people were on EI, 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 Cariboo census division, Electoral Area C, Cariboo included.
Everyday places on foot in Electoral Area C, Cariboo: C−
Better than 22% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Work in and around Electoral Area C, Cariboo
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area C, Cariboo | 66% | 9.3% | $69K | 21.8 min | C | C− |
| Quesnel 10.7 km | 65% | 11% | $68K | 14.7 min | C+ | B+ |
| Electoral Area A, Cariboo 13.2 km | 69% | 11% | $80K | 20.1 min | B− | C+ |
| Electoral Area B, Cariboo 14.9 km | 65% | 9% | $79K | 24.5 min | C | 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 C, Cariboo, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. Statistics Canada counts EI beneficiaries each month by census division. Seasonal work makes it swing, so read it as a trend, not a jobless 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.
- Which towns we compare. Every town and city neighbourhood with 2,500 residents or more; whole cities and First Nations reserves are left out. Each middle figure is a median.
Questions about work in Electoral Area C, Cariboo
How long is the commute from Electoral Area C, Cariboo?
The average commute is 21.8 minutes; 44% of trips take under 15 minutes and 7.6% an hour or more.
Where do people in Electoral Area C, Cariboo work?
7.9% work in Electoral Area C, Cariboo itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Quesnel (250), then Prince George (30).
How many jobs are there in Electoral Area C, Cariboo?
The 2021 census found about 65 people with their usual workplace in Electoral Area C, Cariboo, or 0.2 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. Statistics Canada counted 30 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Electoral Area C, Cariboo?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 9.3% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Cariboo economic region at 6.1% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Electoral Area C, Cariboo?
Before tax, half the households in Electoral Area C, Cariboo had more than $69,400 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Electoral Area C, Cariboo get to work?
95% of commuters drive, 2.2% walk; 6.1% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
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).