Photo: Glen Jackson glen_jackson · CC0Household incomes in Maple Ridge are higher than in 90% of Canadian towns
Of Maple Ridge’s residents aged 15 to 64, 77% were employed when the 2021 census was taken, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. Most commutes from Maple Ridge take well under an hour: the average is 33.6 minutes, and 13% take 60 minutes or longer. 6.7% of the labour force in Maple Ridge was out of work at the 2021 census, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns.
What the numbers say about work in Maple Ridge
Less unemployment than most towns
The Labour Force Survey had the area at 6.7% in October 2026; on census day in 2021 the town’s own rate was 6.7%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $105,000 before tax in 2020, where the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 33.6 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 13% take an hour or more. 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.
Maple Ridge grades B− for jobs and income
Better than 53% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #127 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.
Work for 77% of 15-to-64s in Maple Ridge
Of the 95 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Greater Vancouver census division, 70 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 63% in work in October 2026. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 68% of residents that age. Counting retirees, 63% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. 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.
Half the households in Maple Ridge had more than $105,000 in 2020
31 of the 95 other places of 2,500+ in the Greater Vancouver census division have a higher median. The middle of British Columbia’s towns is $86,900, and Maple Ridge is 21% above it. Because 2020 was the first year of the pandemic, emergency benefits make up 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).
The length of the trip to work in Maple Ridge
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 30.2 minutes. The middle of British Columbia’s towns averages 26.4 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 24%, 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.
Maple Ridge is quieter on a working day than at night
It sends out some 2 workers for every one it takes in. The job is inside the municipality for 38% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
62% of Maple Ridge’s residents in work leave it to work; Port Coquitlam takes the most
- Surrey1,170
- Mission1,120
- Pitt Meadows990
- Coquitlam775
- Port Coquitlam700
- Langley650
- Abbotsford630
- Vancouver270
- Burnaby245
- Port Moody165
- Port Coquitlam2,430
- Surrey2,205
- Burnaby2,035
- Coquitlam1,995
- Vancouver1,885
- Pitt Meadows1,620
- Langley1,455
- New Westminster710
- Abbotsford620
- Delta505
In the other direction the biggest source is Surrey, with 1,170.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Without a car, 8.1% of Maple Ridge’s commuters get to work
The middle of British Columbia’s towns has 2.3% on transit; here it is 4.5%. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 19% against 21%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
63% more people are on EI in the Greater Vancouver census division than in 2019
Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 rose by 4%. In January 2021 it reached 117,570, the most in the series and 3.3 times the 2019 average. Roughly 3.6 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 beneficiaries: one figure for all of the Greater Vancouver 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).
Walkability in Maple Ridge: graded A−
Better than 79% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #133 of 254 in British Columbia.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
21st of 43: where Maple Ridge ranks among Canadian towns of 74,100 to 143,000
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saanich British Columbia | 126,011 | 77% | 6.8% | $93K | A |
| 2 | St. Albert Alberta | 74,621 | 77% | 9.1% | $118K | A |
| 3 | North Vancouver British Columbia | 97,845 | 79% | 7.3% | $123K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 5 | Kamloops British Columbia | 108,793 | 75% | 7.4% | $88K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | Repentigny Quebec | 91,290 | 80% | 5.9% | $91K | B− |
| 20 | Thunder Bay Ontario | 117,671 | 68% | 11% | $78K | B− |
| 21 | Maple Ridge British Columbia | 105,925 | 77% | 6.7% | $105K | B− |
| 22 | St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador | 128,693 | 68% | 12% | $75K | B− |
| 23 | Chilliwack British Columbia | 105,520 | 76% | 6.6% | $85K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 43 | Chomedey Quebec | 81,813 | 69% | 12% | $66K | D |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Maple Ridge, and others among British Columbia’s towns.
How the places next to Maple Ridge compare on work
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Ridge | 77% | 6.7% | $105K | 33.6 min | B− | A− |
| Pitt Meadows 7.3 km | 81% | 6.4% | $104K | 30.8 min | B+ | A |
| Anniedale 11.4 km | 75% | 8.7% | $125K | 29.3 min | B | C |
| Langley 12.1 km | 78% | 6.2% | $108K | 29.7 min | B+ | A− |
| Clayton Heights 12.4 km | 81% | 6% | $113K | 30.9 min | B+ | A |
| Aloha Estates 12.8 km | 80% | 7% | $101K | 29.9 min | B+ | A |
| Fraser Heights 13.6 km | 70% | 8.4% | $122K | 30.8 min | C+ | 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 Maple Ridge, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- The Labour Force Survey. A monthly household survey by Statistics Canada, reported for metro areas and economic regions only. It supplies a recent rate next to the 2021 census figure.
- In work. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- Unemployment. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- 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. One way, on a usual day, from the census’s travel-time bands. Band midpoints overstate it a little next to the figure Statistics Canada times.
- 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. How many people in the census division drew Employment Insurance each month; it moves with layoffs and hiring, yet people who don’t qualify are absent from it.
- Which towns we compare. Comparisons are with the median of Canadian towns and city neighbourhoods counting 2,500 people or more, reserves and entire cities excluded.
Questions about work in Maple Ridge
How many jobs are there in Maple Ridge?
Some 18,485 people worked in Maple Ridge at the 2021 census: 0.6 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 2,898 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Maple Ridge?
At the 2021 census 6.7% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Vancouver metro area, gives 6.7% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Maple Ridge?
The census puts Maple Ridge at $105,000 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Maple Ridge get to work?
Driving takes 90% of commuters to work, 4.5% take public transit, 3.2% walk and 0.4% cycle, and on census day 19% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Maple Ridge?
About 33.6 minutes on average, with 24% under a quarter-hour and 13% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Maple Ridge work?
Only 38% work in Maple Ridge itself; the rest go first to Port Coquitlam (2,430) and Surrey (2,205).
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).