Photo: RTBoughner at English Wikipedia · Public domainMackenzie’s household incomes are higher than in 71% of Canadian towns
Jobs were held by 78% of people aged 15 to 64 in Mackenzie in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. From Mackenzie, the drive or ride to work averages 18.5 minutes, with 9.2% going an hour or longer. Of everyone in Mackenzie working or looking for work in May 2021, 12% were unemployed, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
Jobs and income in Mackenzie: what the figures say
Work near the middle
Counting everyone 15 and over, 59% were in work at the 2021 census; among those aged 15 to 64 it was 78%, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. In work ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 18.5 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 9.2% 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.
On jobs and income, Mackenzie grades A
Better than 91% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #23 of 254 in British Columbia.
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.
Commuting times in Mackenzie
Timed exactly, the average is 19.5 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of British Columbia’s towns averages 26.4 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 68%, more 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.
The commute in and out of Mackenzie balances out
1,230 residents of Mackenzie had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 1,215 people had theirs in Mackenzie, wherever they lived.
84% of residents who commute work inside the municipality, against 70% in the middle of Canadian towns.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
16% of Mackenzie’s residents in work leave it to work; Prince George takes the most
- Prince George60
- McLeod Lake 140
- Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako30
- Tumbler Ridge10
In the other direction the biggest source is Fort St. James, with 45.
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 Mackenzie work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Who in Mackenzie has a job
Of the 4 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Fraser-Fort George census division, 3 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 59%: many residents are past working age. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 59% in October 2026. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 67% 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.
What households earned in Mackenzie: $87,600 in 2020
Every other place of 2,500 or more in the Fraser-Fort George census division has a higher median. The middle of British Columbia’s towns is $86,900, and Mackenzie is 1% above it. 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).
11% of commuters from Mackenzie go without a car
By bus, train or subway: 3.5%, much as in the middle of Canadian towns. 87% drive to work, about the same as in the middle of British Columbia’s towns. Only 5.1% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian 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.
EI claims in the Fraser-Fort George census division run 7% above their 2019 level
The count topped out in April 2021 at 5,300 people, 2.1 times the 2019 average. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 4.8 are on EI. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 rose by 4%.
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). For EI beneficiaries, the only official count covers all of the Fraser-Fort George census division, Mackenzie included.
The walkability of Mackenzie: A−
Better than 85% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #114 of 254 in British Columbia.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Out of 742 Canadian towns of 2,500 to 4,600, Mackenzie comes 82nd on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Mount Royal Alberta | 2,758 | 83% | 12% | $188K | A+ |
| 2 | Central River Heights Manitoba | 2,736 | 84% | 5.4% | $137K | A+ |
| 3 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 27 | Invermere British Columbia | 4,305 | 82% | 5.9% | $84K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 48 | Golden British Columbia | 4,433 | 78% | 7% | $87K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 52 | Rossland British Columbia | 4,355 | 77% | 11% | $96K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 80 | La Présentation Quebec | 2,696 | 90% | 4.7% | $89K | A |
| 81 | Spring Valley Ontario | 4,175 | 79% | 11% | $142K | A |
| 82 | Mackenzie British Columbia | 3,442 | 78% | 12% | $88K | A |
| 83 | Saint-Liboire Quebec | 3,123 | 86% | 4.2% | $88K | A |
| 84 | Electoral Area D, Sunshine Coast British Columbia | 3,779 | 87% | 7.4% | $83K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 742 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,724 | 43% | 30% | $51K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Mackenzie, and others among British Columbia’s towns.
Jobs near Mackenzie: the places around it
Mackenzie has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 102–110 km out.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mackenzie | 78% | 12% | $88K | 18.5 min | A | A− |
| Chetwynd 101.8 km | 72% | 7.1% | $105K | 20.4 min | A− | A− |
| Electoral Area E, Peace River 108.2 km | 78% | 8.1% | $103K | 28.2 min | B+ | D |
| Hudson's Hope 110 km | 72% | 6.6% | $88K | 22.9 min | B | 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 Mackenzie, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- In work. People in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64 (2021 Census). The census doesn’t cross work with age below the municipality, so this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood has; retirees don’t weigh on it.
- 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. Taken from the 2021 Census, which asked about 2020: wages, pensions, investment income and government transfers together, before income tax, for the median household.
- 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. 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. 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.
- 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 Mackenzie
How do people in Mackenzie get to work?
87% of commuters go by car, 3.5% take public transit, 6% walk and 1.3% cycle. On census day 5.1% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Mackenzie?
On average 18.5 minutes; 68% take under 15 minutes and 9.2% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Mackenzie work?
84% work in Mackenzie itself; of those who leave, the most go to Prince George (60), then McLeod Lake 1 (40).
How many jobs are there in Mackenzie?
About 1,215 people had their usual place of work in Mackenzie at the 2021 census, 1 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 106 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Mackenzie?
At the 2021 census 12% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Cariboo economic region, gives 6.1% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Mackenzie?
The median household in Mackenzie had $87,600 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
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).