Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainThe share of 15-to-64s with a job in Electoral Area L, Cariboo trails that of 95% of Canadian towns
Half the households in Electoral Area L, Cariboo had more than $60,800 in 2020, before tax, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Electoral Area L, Cariboo is the usual workplace of 235 people, and 805 of its own residents commute to a job. In May 2021, unemployment in Electoral Area L, Cariboo reached 12%, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
What stands out about work in Electoral Area L, Cariboo
Fewer people in work than most towns
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 58% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 35%. In work ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $60,800 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
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 L, Cariboo: graded D−
Better than 4% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #2,508 of 2,589 Canadian towns.
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.
In Electoral Area L, Cariboo, 58% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
None of the 8 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Cariboo census division has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 40%. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 35% of residents 15 and over were in work. In October 2026, 59% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. The figures are a snapshot of 11 May 2021, when pandemic rules still kept many people out of work or at 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.
Earnings at home in Electoral Area L, Cariboo: households
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 87% of Canadian towns.
Every other place of 2,500 or more in the Cariboo census division has a higher median. Set beside British Columbia’s towns, where the median is $86,900, Electoral Area L, Cariboo sits 30% below. 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).
More go out than come in: the working day in Electoral Area L, Cariboo
About 10 residents leave for work for each person who comes in. Of those who commute, 22% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
78% of Electoral Area L, Cariboo’s residents in work leave it to work; One Hundred Mile House takes the most
- Mile 108 Recreational Ranch25
- One Hundred Mile House10
- Anahim's Flat 110
Inbound, the leader is Mile 108 Recreational Ranch (25).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
2021 Census, people with a usual place of work: where residents of Electoral Area L, Cariboo work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 2.9% of Electoral Area L, Cariboo’s commuters
Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 19% against 21%. Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
27.4 minutes from Electoral Area L, Cariboo to work, about the middle of Canadian towns
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 25.6 minutes. In the middle of British Columbia’s towns, the average commute is 26.4 minutes. Only 30% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 39% in the middle of British Columbia’s towns. 8.6% 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
In the Cariboo census division, 14% fewer people receive EI than in 2019
In the twelve months to August 2026 the number rose by 7%. In April 2021 it reached 3,550, the most in the series and 1.8 times the 2019 average. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 4.7 are on 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). Electoral Area L, Cariboo doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from the Cariboo census division.
Electoral Area L, Cariboo earns D for walkability
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How Electoral Area L, Cariboo compares with Canadian towns of 3,800 to 7,200 people
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 2 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | Neepawa Manitoba | 6,328 | 85% | 2.9% | $84K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 7 | Smithers British Columbia | 5,627 | 83% | 6% | $85K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 15 | Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako British Columbia | 5,829 | 82% | 7.4% | $98K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 18 | Invermere British Columbia | 4,305 | 82% | 5.9% | $84K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 660 | Boyle Street Alberta | 5,862 | 51% | 22% | $45K | D− |
| 661 | Bonnechere Valley Ontario | 4,326 | 67% | 8.9% | $67K | D− |
| 662 | Electoral Area L, Cariboo British Columbia | 5,358 | 58% | 12% | $61K | D− |
| 663 | Colchester County, Subdivision A Nova Scotia | 3,891 | 67% | 12% | $64K | D− |
| 664 | Stipeley Ontario | 6,572 | 63% | 13% | $68K | D− |
| … | ||||||
| 683 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Electoral Area L, Cariboo, and others among British Columbia’s towns.
Next to Electoral Area L, Cariboo: how nearby places compare
The nearest places to Electoral Area L, Cariboo with figures are 13–24 km away.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area L, Cariboo | 58% | 12% | $61K | 27.4 min | D− | D |
| One Hundred Mile House 13.3 km | 61% | 15% | $53K | 17.6 min | C− | A+ |
| Electoral Area H, Cariboo 23.2 km | 67% | 13% | $58K | 27.5 min | D− | B− |
| Mile 108 Recreational Ranch 23.7 km | 66% | 12% | $68K | 24.2 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 L, Cariboo, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- 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. 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. The most recent unemployment rate on the page comes from this monthly survey, which covers the wider metro area or economic region, not the town.
- 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 L, Cariboo
What is the unemployment rate in Electoral Area L, Cariboo?
The census put unemployment at 12% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Cariboo economic region at 6.1%.
What is the average household income in Electoral Area L, Cariboo?
The median household in Electoral Area L, Cariboo had $60,800 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Electoral Area L, Cariboo get to work?
Driving takes 95% of commuters to work, 2.9% walk, and on census day 19% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Electoral Area L, Cariboo?
About 27.4 minutes on average, with 30% under a quarter-hour and 8.6% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Electoral Area L, Cariboo work?
22% work in Electoral Area L, Cariboo itself. Of those who leave, the most go to One Hundred Mile House (525), then Mile 108 Recreational Ranch (45).
How many jobs are there in Electoral Area L, Cariboo?
Some 235 people worked in Electoral Area L, Cariboo at the 2021 census: 0.3 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 140 businesses with employees in June 2026.
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).