Photo: Urban Walnut · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Hudson's Hope are higher than in 71% of Canadian towns
Jobs located in Hudson's Hope: 240, for 255 residents with a usual workplace. The 2021 census found 72% of working-age people in Hudson's Hope employed, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns. In May 2021, unemployment in Hudson's Hope reached 6.6%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Jobs and income in Hudson's Hope: what the figures say
Less unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 6.6% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 5.1% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 22.9 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 8.2% 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.
Hudson's Hope grades B for jobs and income
Better than 59% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is household income; 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.
How many in Hudson's Hope were working in 2021
Of the 7 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Peace River census division, one has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 65% in October 2026. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 58% of residents that age. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 54%: many residents are past working age. 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.
Shorter than the middle of Canadian towns: commutes from Hudson's Hope average 22.9 minutes
Timed exactly, the average is 19.3 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of British Columbia’s towns, the average commute is 26.4 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 46%, more than the 39% in the middle of British Columbia’s towns. An hour or more: 8.2% of commuters, above the 6.3% in the middle of British Columbia’s towns.
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.
Hudson's Hope is quieter on a working day than at night
Each person commuting in is matched by about 2 residents going out. Of those who commute, 83% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
17% of Hudson's Hope’s residents in work leave it to work; Chetwynd takes the most
- Chetwynd15
- Fort St. John10
- West Moberly Lake 168A (IRI)10
Coming the other way, Electoral Area E, Peace River sends the most (10).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
What households earned in Hudson's Hope: $87,500 in 2020
6 of the 7 other places of 2,500+ in the Peace River census division have a higher median. Against the middle of British Columbia’s towns ($86,900), Hudson's Hope’s median is 1% above. Pandemic support paid in 2020, CERB first among it, is part of these before-tax incomes.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Hudson's Hope gets to work without a car for 8.2% of commuters
The car is the way to work for 90% of commuters. Home was the workplace for 13%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. 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).
EI claims in the Peace River census division run 11% above their 2019 level
That is about 4.4 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. At its peak, in April 2021, 3,610 people were on EI, 2.4 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). Hudson's Hope doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from the Peace River census division.
Walkability in Hudson's Hope: graded C+
Better than 44% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Jobs near Hudson's Hope: the places around it
Hudson's Hope has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 48–79 km out.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson's Hope | 72% | 6.6% | $88K | 22.9 min | B | C+ |
| Chetwynd 47.6 km | 72% | 7.1% | $105K | 20.4 min | A− | A− |
| Electoral Area E, Peace River 54.6 km | 78% | 8.1% | $103K | 28.2 min | B+ | D |
| Electoral Area C, Peace River 67.4 km | 76% | 7.6% | $124K | 22.4 min | A | D |
| Fort St. John 71.2 km | 76% | 8.9% | $102K | 17.1 min | A+ | A− |
| Taylor 78.8 km | 70% | 12% | $105K | 25.2 min | B | 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 Hudson's Hope, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Household income. What the median household took in during 2020 before tax, as the census recorded it; an estimate built from income groups when the place is a neighbourhood.
- 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. Who travels where, from the census: workers with a regular workplace, sorted by the municipality they live in and the one they work in.
- 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. Statistics Canada surveys households every month; the results come out for metro areas and economic regions, never for single towns, and keep the rate current after 2021.
- 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.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- Which towns we compare. Medians over towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents. Whole cities would swamp them and reserves sit outside the rankings, so neither is in.
Questions about work in Hudson's Hope
What is the unemployment rate in Hudson's Hope?
The census put unemployment at 6.6% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Northeast economic region at 5.1%.
What is the average household income in Hudson's Hope?
Before tax, half the households in Hudson's Hope had more than $87,500 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Hudson's Hope get to work?
90% of commuters drive, 8.2% walk; 13% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Hudson's Hope?
The average commute is 22.9 minutes; 46% of trips take under 15 minutes and 8.2% an hour or more.
Where do people in Hudson's Hope work?
83% work in Hudson's Hope itself; of those who leave, the most go to Chetwynd (15), then Fort St. John (10).
How many jobs are there in Hudson's Hope?
The 2021 census found about 240 people with their usual workplace in Hudson's Hope, or 0.9 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 37 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
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).