Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHousehold incomes in Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay are lower than in 96% of Canadian towns
In Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay, 69% of residents aged 15 to 64 were working in May 2021, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%. Jobs located in Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay: 120, for 360 residents with a usual workplace. Out of work in May 2021: 15% of Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay’s labour force; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
What stands out about work in Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay
More unemployment than most towns
The Labour Force Survey had the area at 4.1% in October 2026; on census day in 2021 the town’s own rate was 15%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $54,300 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.
On jobs and income, Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay grades D
Better than 12% 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 and out of work in Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay
Of the 10 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Central Kootenay census division, one has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 46% were working. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 54% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 55% of residents that age. Statistics Canada counted on 11 May 2021, with much of the country under pandemic rules: more people were out of work or at home than usual.
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 Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay: $54,300 in 2020
The middle of British Columbia’s towns is $86,900, and Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay is 38% below it. Every other place of 2,500 or more in the Central Kootenay census division has a higher median. 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).
Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay empties a little on a working day
360 residents of Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 120 people had theirs in Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay, wherever they lived.
It sends out some 10 workers for every one it takes in. Of those who commute, 26% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
74% of Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay’s residents in work leave it to work; Kaslo takes the most
- Kaslo25
Of those coming in, Kaslo 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.
2021 Census, people with a usual place of work: where residents of Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Without a car, 7.1% of Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay’s commuters get to work
Working at home: 26% here, 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. 84% drive to work, fewer than the 87% in the middle of British Columbia’s towns.
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.
Shorter than the middle of Canadian towns: commutes from Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay average 23.7 minutes
The middle of British Columbia’s towns averages 26.4 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 54% of commuters, against 39% in the middle of British Columbia’s towns. An hour or more: 11% of commuters, above the 6.3% in the middle of British Columbia’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 22.5 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
24% more people are on EI in the Central Kootenay census division than in 2019
The highest month was January 2021: 3,650 people, 2.4 times the 2019 level. Roughly 4.8 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). Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from the Central Kootenay census division.
Walkability in Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay: graded C+
Better than 39% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay compares with the places nearby
Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 25–66 km out.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay | 69% | 15% | $54K | 23.7 min | D | C+ |
| Kaslo 24.8 km | 75% | 9.7% | $58K | 17.5 min | C+ | A+ |
| Nakusp 54.7 km | 75% | 15% | $67K | 21 min | C+ | A |
| Electoral Area K, Central Kootenay 55.4 km | 63% | 18% | $61K | 23.5 min | D | C |
| Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay 65.6 km | 75% | 8.4% | $88K | 23.6 min | B | C |
| Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay 66 km | 71% | 13% | $58K | 31.4 min | D− | B− |
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, Central Kootenay, 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. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- Trip times. How long getting to work normally takes, averaged from the census’s time bands at their middles; expect it to read slightly high against the timed figure.
- 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. 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. 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.
- Which towns we compare. Towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500 people or more, never a whole city and never a First Nations reserve. Middles are medians.
Questions about work in Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay
How do people in Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay get to work?
By car: 84% of commuters, 7.1% walk; on census day 26% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay?
23.7 minutes is the average trip, with 54% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 11% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay work?
Only 26% work in Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay itself; the rest go first to Kaslo (210) and Nelson (15).
How many jobs are there in Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay?
The 2021 census counted about 120 people working in Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay: 0.3 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 41 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay?
At the 2021 census 15% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Kootenay economic region, gives 4.1% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay?
Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay’s middle household had $54,300 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
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).