Working-age people in Electoral Area D, Cariboo are more likely to have a job than in 69% of Canadian towns
When the 2021 census was taken, 6.5% of people in Electoral Area D, Cariboo who wanted a job had none; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. Most commutes from Electoral Area D, Cariboo take well under an hour: the average is 20.9 minutes, and 3.8% take 60 minutes or longer. In 2020, a household at the middle of Electoral Area D, Cariboo had $86,100 before tax, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns.
The work numbers behind Electoral Area D, Cariboo
More people in work than most towns
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 79% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 60%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 6.5% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 6.1% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 20.9 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 3.8% 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Electoral Area D, Cariboo: A
Better than 88% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #32 of 254 in British Columbia.
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 Electoral Area D, Cariboo, 79% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
All 8 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Cariboo census division 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. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 64% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. Counting retirees, 60% of everyone aged 15 and over was 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.
Time on the road to work from Electoral Area D, Cariboo
The middle of British Columbia’s towns averages 26.4 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 49%, more than the 39% in the middle of British Columbia’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 19.4 minutes.
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 workers leave Electoral Area D, Cariboo each day than arrive
The job is inside the municipality for 16% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
84% of Electoral Area D, Cariboo’s residents in work leave it to work; Williams Lake takes the most
Williams Lake sends the largest group the other way, 270 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Earnings at home in Electoral Area D, Cariboo: households
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 68% of Canadian towns.
Against the middle of British Columbia’s towns ($86,900), Electoral Area D, Cariboo’s median is 1% below. One of the 8 other places of 2,500+ in the Cariboo census division has a higher median. 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).
Leaving the car at home: 2.2% of commuters in Electoral Area D, Cariboo
Home was the workplace for 10%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit takes 1.1% of commuters, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 95% of commuters go by car, truck or van.
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
April 2021 was the busiest month, with 3,550 people on EI, 1.8 times 2019’s average. That works out to around 4.7 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 7%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: the Cariboo 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).
Electoral Area D, Cariboo grades C− for walkability
Better than 20% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #236 of 254 in British Columbia.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Electoral Area D, Cariboo is 87th of 610 Canadian towns of 2,500 to 4,100 people for jobs and income
| # | 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 |
| … | ||||||
| 85 | Virden Manitoba | 3,322 | 80% | 8.8% | $72K | A |
| 86 | Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel Quebec | 2,770 | 80% | 4.8% | $80K | A |
| 87 | Electoral Area D, Cariboo British Columbia | 3,057 | 79% | 6.5% | $86K | A |
| 88 | Rosthern No. 403 Saskatchewan | 2,791 | 88% | 2.6% | $96K | A |
| 89 | Rankin Inlet Nunavut | 3,336 | 62% | 15% | $141K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 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 Electoral Area D, Cariboo, and others among British Columbia’s towns.
Neighbouring places to Electoral Area D, Cariboo, compared
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area D, Cariboo | 79% | 6.5% | $86K | 20.9 min | A | C− |
| Williams Lake 6.4 km | 72% | 7.9% | $77K | 15.6 min | B+ | A− |
| Electoral Area E, Cariboo 12.6 km | 77% | 7.4% | $92K | 22.7 min | A− | C− |
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 D, Cariboo, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Everyone with a job, whatever their age, divided by the residents aged 15 to 64 at the 2021 Census: below the municipality the census doesn’t split work by age, and this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood can be given.
- 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. The 2020 income of the household at the midpoint, all sources and before tax. Inside a city we rebuild it from the dissemination areas’ income bands, so there it is an estimate.
- Trip times. Built from banded answers: each commuter’s usual one-way trip counts as the midpoint of the band they chose, and the result tends to sit slightly higher than Statistics Canada’s average.
- Where people commute. Statistics Canada’s place-of-work table counts people with a usual place of work by the municipality they live in and the one they work in. Jobs here are people whose usual workplace is in the municipality, wherever they live.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about work in Electoral Area D, Cariboo
How do people in Electoral Area D, Cariboo get to work?
Driving takes 95% of commuters to work, 1.1% take public transit and 1.1% walk, and on census day 10% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Electoral Area D, Cariboo?
About 20.9 minutes on average, with 49% under a quarter-hour and 3.8% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Electoral Area D, Cariboo work?
16% work in Electoral Area D, Cariboo itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Williams Lake (720), then Prince George (25).
How many jobs are there in Electoral Area D, Cariboo?
Some 740 people worked in Electoral Area D, Cariboo at the 2021 census: 0.8 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 81 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Electoral Area D, Cariboo?
At the 2021 census 6.5% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Cariboo economic region, gives 6.1% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Electoral Area D, Cariboo?
At $86,100 before tax in 2020, the median household in Electoral Area D, Cariboo compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
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).