Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Langford earn more than those in 79% of Canadian towns
Jobs located in Langford: 12,045, for 15,980 residents with a usual workplace. 81% of people aged 15 to 64 in Langford had a job at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. Census day 2021 found 6.2% of Langford’s labour force without a job, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
Langford at work: what stands out
More people in work than most towns
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 81% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 68%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
The Labour Force Survey had the area at 4.8% in October 2026; on census day in 2021 the town’s own rate was 6.2%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Langford earns A for jobs and income
Better than 88% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #33 of 254 in British Columbia.
Its strongest measure is household income; its weakest, trip times.
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.
Who in Langford has a job
Of the 15 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Capital census division, 9 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 68% were working. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 61% in October 2026. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 72% of residents that age. Pandemic rules were in force on census day, 11 May 2021; the Labour Force Survey shows how jobs have moved since.
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.
On a working day, Langford loses more workers than it gains
Outbound commuters outnumber inbound ones about 2 to 1. Of those who commute, 35% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
65% of Langford’s residents in work leave it to work; Victoria takes the most
- Colwood1,435
- Saanich1,250
- Sooke735
- Victoria705
- View Royal380
- Metchosin250
- Esquimalt245
- Juan de Fuca (Part 1)235
- Highlands140
- Shawnigan140
- Victoria3,135
- Saanich2,390
- Esquimalt1,135
- Colwood985
- View Royal910
- Central Saanich410
- North Saanich250
- Sidney180
- Metchosin175
- Sooke135
Of those coming in, Colwood supplies the most: 1,435.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Half the households in Langford had more than $93,300 in 2020
8 of the 15 other places of 2,500+ in the Capital census division have a higher median. Against the middle of British Columbia’s towns ($86,900), Langford’s median is 7% above. The year is 2020: emergency benefits like CERB count in these incomes, and they raised the bottom of the range.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
13% of commuters from Langford go without a car
84% drive to work, fewer than the 87% in the middle of British Columbia’s towns. Working at home: 23% here, 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. More people take transit to work here than in the middle of British Columbia’s towns: 5.1% against 2.3%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
The trip to work from Langford runs about as long as the middle of Canadian towns: 24.3 minutes
Trips under 15 minutes: 30%, fewer than the 39% in the middle of British Columbia’s towns. Long trips are rarer than in the middle of British Columbia’s towns: 2.7% take an hour or more, against 6.3%. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 21.7 minutes. The middle of British Columbia’s towns averages 26.4 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.
44% more people are on EI in the Capital census division than in 2019
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 3.2 receive EI. Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 7%. The count topped out in January 2021 at 15,570 people, 3 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: the Capital 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).
On getting around on foot, Langford grades A
Better than 85% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #113 of 254 in British Columbia.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Langford places 2nd of 64 on jobs and income among Canadian towns of 41,800 to 80,500
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boucherville Quebec | 41,910 | 82% | 5.2% | $111K | A |
| 2 | Langford British Columbia | 59,664 | 81% | 6.2% | $93K | A |
| 3 | St. Albert Alberta | 74,621 | 77% | 9.1% | $118K | A |
| 4 | Grande Prairie Alberta | 71,160 | 73% | 12% | $103K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 9 | North Vancouver British Columbia | 66,624 | 80% | 7.5% | $86K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 26 | Vernon British Columbia | 49,527 | 74% | 8.2% | $74K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 30 | West Vancouver British Columbia | 47,929 | 70% | 9.4% | $105K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 64 | Port-Maurice Quebec | 45,720 | 69% | 12% | $69K | D |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Langford, and others among British Columbia’s towns.
The work picture around Langford
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langford | 81% | 6.2% | $93K | 24.3 min | A | A |
| Colwood 3.2 km | 80% | 5.1% | $102K | 24.9 min | A | A |
| View Royal 5.3 km | 78% | 5.6% | $97K | 22.1 min | A | A |
| New Songhees 1A 6.7 km | 67% | 16% | $59K | 23.4 min | D | A+ |
| Esquimalt 8 km | 78% | 7.9% | $76K | 21.7 min | B+ | A+ |
| Metchosin 8.7 km | 74% | 5.5% | $105K | 31.9 min | C+ | B− |
| Highlands 9.8 km | 83% | 4.9% | $124K | 27.3 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 Langford, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Where people commute. Jobs count everyone whose usual workplace lies in the municipality, residents or commuters from elsewhere, from Statistics Canada’s home-by-workplace table.
- Employment Insurance. People receiving EI benefits each month, counted for the census division. It follows the local job market; it isn’t an unemployment 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.
- In work. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- Household income. Before-tax total income of the middle household for 2020, from the census. Neighbourhood medians are worked out from bracket counts, since Statistics Canada publishes none of their own.
- 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.
- 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 Langford
How many jobs are there in Langford?
Some 12,045 people worked in Langford at the 2021 census: 0.8 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 1,519 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Langford?
The 2021 census found 6.2% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Victoria metro area, is 4.8% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Langford?
The median household in Langford had $93,300 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Langford get to work?
Driving takes 84% of commuters to work, 5.1% take public transit, 5.8% walk and 2.2% cycle, and on census day 23% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Langford?
About 24.3 minutes on average, with 30% under a quarter-hour and 2.7% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Langford work?
35% work in Langford itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Victoria (3,135), then Saanich (2,390).
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).