Household incomes in Mount Currie trail those of 93% of Canadian towns
45% of people aged 15 to 64 in Mount Currie had a job at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. Mount Currie had an unemployment rate of 7.1% at the 2021 census, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns. Most commutes from Mount Currie take well under an hour: the average is 26.1 minutes, and 12% take 60 minutes or longer.
What stands out about work in Mount Currie
Fewer people in work than most towns
45% of people aged 15 to 64 had a job at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; counting everyone 15 and over, retirees included, it was 40%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
7.1% of the labour force was out of work at the 2021 census (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns); the Labour Force Survey had the area at 6.9% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The median household had $57,100 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
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, Mount Currie grades D−
Better than 4% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
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.
Who in Mount Currie has a job
None of the 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Squamish-Lillooet census division has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
A more recent figure, for the wider area: 63% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 43% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. 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.
Household income in Mount Currie: $57,100 at the median
Mount Currie’s median is 34% below the middle of British Columbia’s towns ($86,900). Every other place of 2,500 or more in the Squamish-Lillooet census division has a higher median. Read the incomes as 2020’s, before tax: pandemic benefits such as CERB are in them, and they raised many low incomes for 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).
More go out than come in: the working day in Mount Currie
Of those who commute, 58% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
42% of Mount Currie’s residents in work leave it to work; Pemberton takes the most
- Pemberton30
- Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet15
- Whistler10
- Nesuch 310
Of those coming in, Pemberton supplies the most: 30.
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, 20% of Mount Currie’s commuters get to work
The middle of British Columbia’s towns has 2.3% on transit; here it is 8%. 79% drive to work, fewer than the 87% 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 long the commute from Mount Currie takes
A quarter-hour or less for 44% of commuters, against 39% in the middle of British Columbia’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 22.4 minutes (Statistics Canada).
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.
EI claims in the Squamish-Lillooet census division run 34% above their 2019 level
Roughly 3.7 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 6%. The highest month was April 2021: 4,290 people, 4.2 times the 2019 level.
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). Figures for EI beneficiaries are published for the Squamish-Lillooet census division as a whole, not for Mount Currie alone.
Walkability in Mount Currie: graded A−
Better than 83% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How Mount Currie compares with the places nearby
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Currie | 45% | 7.1% | $57K | 26.1 min | D− | A− |
| Pemberton 9.8 km | 84% | 6.4% | $100K | 25.2 min | A | A+ |
| Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet 10.1 km | 80% | 7.9% | $91K | 31.1 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 Mount Currie, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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.
- 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. 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. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- 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.
- 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.
- A First Nations reserve. Mount Currie’s figures are its own, though Statistics Canada rounds or suppresses some for small communities. A reserve has no overall grade and sits in no ranked list.
Questions about work in Mount Currie
How long is the commute from Mount Currie?
On average 26.1 minutes; 44% take under 15 minutes and 12% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Mount Currie work?
Most stay: 58% work in Mount Currie. The rest go first to Pemberton (55) and Whistler (30).
How many jobs are there in Mount Currie?
About 215 people had their usual place of work in Mount Currie at the 2021 census, 0.9 for each working resident with a fixed workplace.
What is the unemployment rate in Mount Currie?
Two figures answer it: 7.1% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 6.9% for the Lower Mainland-Southwest economic region in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Mount Currie?
Mount Currie’s middle household had $57,100 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Mount Currie get to work?
79% of commuters go by car, 8% take public transit and 12% walk. On census day 5.1% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
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) · 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).