Photo: This image is Image Number 937549 at Mushroom Observer , a source for mycological images. · CC BY-SA 3.0Lantzville has 0.5 jobs for every resident in work, so most leave town for work
In May 2021, unemployment in Lantzville reached 6.5%; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. Commutes from Lantzville average 22.4 minutes, and 4.5% take an hour or more. The median household in Lantzville had $97,800 before tax in 2020, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns.
Lantzville and work: the main findings
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 4.9% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 22.4 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 4.5% 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.
Lantzville earns A for jobs and income
Better than 87% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #38 of 254 in British Columbia.
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.
77% of working-age people in Lantzville have jobs
All 10 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Nanaimo census division have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Counting retirees, 53% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 60% in October 2026. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 57% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. May 2021, when the census was taken, was a pandemic spring; unemployment has come down since, as the Labour Force Survey records.
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.
How long the commute from Lantzville takes
Timed exactly, the average is 19.8 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of British Columbia’s towns averages 26.4 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 32%, fewer than the 39% 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
More go out than come in: the working day in Lantzville
915 residents of Lantzville had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 470 people had theirs in Lantzville, wherever they lived.
Each person commuting in is matched by about 2 residents going out. The job is inside the municipality for 10% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
90% of Lantzville’s residents in work leave it to work; Nanaimo takes the most
Of those coming in, Nanaimo supplies the most: 300.
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 Lantzville work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
What households in Lantzville earn
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 83% of Canadian towns.
The middle of British Columbia’s towns is $86,900, and Lantzville is 13% above it. One of the 10 other places of 2,500+ in the Nanaimo census division has a higher median. Incomes here are 2020’s and include the pandemic payments, CERB among them, that propped up the lower end.
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: 4.4% of commuters in Lantzville
Nearly everyone drives: 95% of commuters go by car, truck or van. 22% of everyone in work worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Few ride transit: 0.7%, 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.
EI claims in the Nanaimo census division run 25% above their 2019 level
Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 1%. The count topped out in January 2021 at 7,290 people, 2.7 times the 2019 average. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 3.7 receive 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). Nobody publishes EI beneficiaries for Lantzville alone, so this card uses the figure for the Nanaimo census division.
Walkability in Lantzville: graded B−
Better than 51% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #193 of 254 in British Columbia.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Ranked on jobs and income, Lantzville is 100th among 746 Canadian towns of 3,000 to 5,800
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| 2 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 3 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 10 | Smithers British Columbia | 5,627 | 83% | 6% | $85K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 23 | Invermere British Columbia | 4,305 | 82% | 5.9% | $84K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 42 | Golden British Columbia | 4,433 | 78% | 7% | $87K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 98 | North Glenora Alberta | 3,693 | 75% | 12% | $97K | A |
| 99 | Montréal-Ouest Quebec | 5,197 | 82% | 8.7% | $129K | A |
| 100 | Lantzville British Columbia | 4,276 | 77% | 6.5% | $98K | A |
| 101 | North Inkster Industrial Manitoba | 3,661 | 77% | 6.9% | $123K | A |
| 102 | West Kildonan Industrial Manitoba | 3,678 | 79% | 9.4% | $105K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 746 | Saint-Alexis-des-Monts Quebec | 3,190 | 61% | 11% | $50K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Lantzville, and others among British Columbia’s towns.
Lantzville and its neighbours: work and income
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lantzville | 77% | 6.5% | $98K | 22.4 min | A | B− |
| Fairwinds 7.6 km | 70% | 9.7% | $93K | 26.9 min | C+ | C |
| Electoral Area C, Nanaimo 7.7 km | 71% | 8.1% | $102K | 25.4 min | B | C− |
| Nanaimo 9.9 km | 75% | 8.4% | $76K | 20.5 min | B | A |
| Parksville 18.8 km | 75% | 6.7% | $67K | 20 min | B− | A |
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 Lantzville, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. 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. 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. Half of households had more than this before tax in 2020, half less, counting every source of income. For a neighbourhood we estimate the median from the income brackets of its dissemination areas.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. Every town and city neighbourhood with 2,500 residents or more; whole cities and First Nations reserves are left out. Each middle figure is a median.
Questions about work in Lantzville
How many jobs are there in Lantzville?
The 2021 census found about 470 people with their usual workplace in Lantzville, or 0.5 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 206 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Lantzville?
The 2021 census found 6.5% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Nanaimo metro area, is 4.9% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Lantzville?
At $97,800 before tax in 2020, the median household in Lantzville compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Lantzville get to work?
95% of commuters drive, 0.7% take public transit, 2.6% walk and 1.1% cycle; 22% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Lantzville?
The average commute is 22.4 minutes; 32% of trips take under 15 minutes and 4.5% an hour or more.
Where do people in Lantzville work?
10% work in Lantzville itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Nanaimo (665), then Parksville (60).
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).