Households in Musqueam 2 have higher incomes than those in 90% of Canadian towns
The census counted 310 people working in Musqueam 2 and 375 residents commuting to a fixed workplace. 64% of people aged 15 to 64 in Musqueam 2 had a job at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. In May 2021, unemployment in Musqueam 2 reached 8.1%, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
Jobs and income in Musqueam 2: what the figures say
Fewer people in work than most towns
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 64% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 50%. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $105,500 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Musqueam 2 grades C+ for jobs and income
Better than 41% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
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.
In Musqueam 2, 64% of the working-age population has a job
Of the 96 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Greater Vancouver census division, 3 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 50% were working. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 63% in October 2026. Working or looking, 53% of everyone 15 and over was 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.
Musqueam 2 households: $105,500 a year at the median
Of the 96 other places of 2,500 or more in the Greater Vancouver census division, 30 have a higher median. Musqueam 2’s median is 21% above the middle of British Columbia’s towns ($86,900). These are 2020 incomes, before tax, and they include pandemic benefits such as CERB, which lifted many lower incomes 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).
Musqueam 2 is quieter on a working day than at night
40% 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.
60% of Musqueam 2’s residents in work leave it to work; Vancouver takes the most
In the other direction the biggest source is Vancouver, with 80.
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, 21% of Musqueam 2’s commuters get to work
More people take transit to work here than in the middle of British Columbia’s towns: 8.2% against 2.3%. Fewer drive than in the middle of British Columbia’s towns: 72% against 87%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
26.1 minutes from Musqueam 2 to work, about the middle of Canadian towns
Trips under 15 minutes: 35%, fewer than the 39% in the middle of British Columbia’s towns. 8.2% spend an hour or longer getting to work; the middle of British Columbia’s towns has 6.3%. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 24.3 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.
EI claims in the Greater Vancouver census division run 63% above their 2019 level
The highest month was January 2021: 117,570 people, 3.3 times the 2019 level. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 3.6 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. Not measured by town: EI beneficiaries (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).
On getting around on foot, Musqueam 2 grades B+
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How Musqueam 2 compares with the places nearby
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Musqueam 2 | 64% | 8.1% | $106K | 26.1 min | C+ | B+ |
| Dunbar-Southlands 2.3 km | 66% | 8.8% | $131K | 25.9 min | B− | A+ |
| Kerrisdale 3.4 km | 68% | 8.2% | $93K | 27.1 min | C+ | A+ |
| Arbutus Ridge 3.7 km | 64% | 9.6% | $89K | 28 min | C− | A+ |
| West Point Grey 3.8 km | 69% | 9% | $104K | 25.6 min | B− | A+ |
| Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver 4.3 km | 54% | 12% | $64K | 28.7 min | D− | A+ |
| Greektown 4.5 km | 79% | 8.5% | $101K | 26.8 min | A− | 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 Musqueam 2, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Monthly EI recipients across the census division: a pulse of the local job market rather than a measure of who is out of work.
- 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. Why 15 to 64? Otherwise retirees would pull the rate down in older towns. The census can’t say how old a neighbourhood’s workers are, so the count of people in work takes every age.
- 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 2020 income of the household at the midpoint, all sources and before tax. Inside a city we rebuild it from the dissemination areas’ income bands, so there it is an estimate.
- Trip times. Commuters picked a band for their usual trip (under 15 minutes, 15 to 29, and so on). We place each person at the middle of their band, which lands a little above Statistics Canada’s own timed average.
- 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.
- A First Nations reserve. Musqueam 2’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 Musqueam 2
How do people in Musqueam 2 get to work?
Driving takes 72% of commuters to work, 8.2% take public transit, 9.2% walk and 3.1% cycle, and on census day 28% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Musqueam 2?
About 26.1 minutes on average, with 35% under a quarter-hour and 8.2% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Musqueam 2 work?
Only 40% work in Musqueam 2 itself; the rest go first to Vancouver (140) and Richmond (40).
How many jobs are there in Musqueam 2?
Some 310 people worked in Musqueam 2 at the 2021 census: 0.8 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 52 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Musqueam 2?
At the 2021 census 8.1% 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 Musqueam 2?
Musqueam 2’s middle household had $105,500 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
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).