Photo: awmcphee · CC BY-SA 4.0Electoral Area C, Peace River’s household incomes are higher than in 97% of Canadian towns
Jobs were held by 76% of people aged 15 to 64 in Electoral Area C, Peace River in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. The census counted 2,105 people working in Electoral Area C, Peace River and 1,745 residents commuting to a fixed workplace. In May 2021, unemployment in Electoral Area C, Peace River reached 7.6%, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns.
The work numbers behind Electoral Area C, Peace River
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household had $123,600 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
A local job centre
With 2,105 jobs based in Electoral Area C, Peace River and 1,745 working residents, the ratio compares with 0.8 in the middle of Canadian towns. The daily tide ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 22.4 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 10% 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.
Jobs & income in Electoral Area C, Peace River: graded A
Better than 91% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #21 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.
Electoral Area C, Peace River households: $123,600 a year at the median
Set beside British Columbia’s towns, where the median is $86,900, Electoral Area C, Peace River sits 42% above. No other place of 2,500 or more in the Peace River census division has a higher median. Incomes are for 2020, the first pandemic year, so CERB and other emergency payments are part of them.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Every working day, Electoral Area C, Peace River’s workforce grows by 16%
The job is inside the municipality for 25% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
22.4 minutes from Electoral Area C, Peace River to work, under the middle of Canadian towns
10% spend an hour or longer getting to work; the middle of British Columbia’s towns has 6.3%. Timed exactly, the average is 21.4 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of British Columbia’s towns averages 26.4 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 45%, 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.
1,676 people come into Electoral Area C, Peace River to work, most from Fort St. John and Electoral Area B, Peace River
80% of the people who work in Electoral Area C, Peace River live outside it, 860 of them in Fort St. John, 4 km away. Outbound, Fort St. John takes the most: 1,185 people.
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 Electoral Area C, Peace River work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Work and the working-age population of Electoral Area C, Peace River
Of the 6 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Peace River census division, 4 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Working or looking, 69% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 63%. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 65% in October 2026. 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.
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 2% of Electoral Area C, Peace River’s commuters
Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 16% against 21%. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% 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 Peace River census division run 11% above their 2019 level
That is about 4.4 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. In April 2021 it reached 3,610, the most in the series and 2.4 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Data for EI beneficiaries covers the Peace River 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).
Electoral Area C, Peace River grades D for walkability
Better than 8% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #252 of 254 in British Columbia.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Electoral Area C, Peace River next to Canadian towns of 4,400 to 8,600: 62nd of 720 on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 3 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 8 | Smithers British Columbia | 5,627 | 83% | 6% | $85K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 20 | Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako British Columbia | 5,829 | 82% | 7.4% | $98K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 37 | Golden British Columbia | 4,433 | 78% | 7% | $87K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 60 | Old Tuxedo Manitoba | 6,812 | 78% | 7.6% | $90K | A |
| 61 | Confederation Park Saskatchewan | 5,771 | 77% | 9.3% | $94K | A |
| 62 | Electoral Area C, Peace River British Columbia | 6,344 | 76% | 7.6% | $124K | A |
| 63 | Saint-Denis-de-Brompton Quebec | 5,249 | 82% | 4.1% | $100K | A |
| 64 | Saint-Germain-de-Grantham Quebec | 5,054 | 85% | 4.8% | $76K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 720 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Electoral Area C, Peace River, and others among British Columbia’s towns.
Jobs near Electoral Area C, Peace River: the places around it
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area C, Peace River | 76% | 7.6% | $124K | 22.4 min | A | D |
| Fort St. John 4.4 km | 76% | 8.9% | $102K | 17.1 min | A+ | A− |
| Taylor 17.4 km | 70% | 12% | $105K | 25.2 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 Electoral Area C, Peace River, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. We divide the number of employed residents by the number aged 15 to 64. Workers past 64 still count on top, because the 2021 Census crosses work with age only for whole municipalities; in return, a retirement town’s pensioners don’t drag the rate down.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- 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. 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. People receiving EI benefits each month, counted for the census division. It follows the local job market; it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- 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.
Questions about work in Electoral Area C, Peace River
Where do people in Electoral Area C, Peace River work?
25% work in Electoral Area C, Peace River itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Fort St. John (1,185), then Prince George (65).
How many jobs are there in Electoral Area C, Peace River?
About 2,105 people had their usual place of work in Electoral Area C, Peace River at the 2021 census, 1.2 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 492 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Electoral Area C, Peace River?
At the 2021 census 7.6% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Northeast economic region, gives 5.1% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Electoral Area C, Peace River?
The census puts Electoral Area C, Peace River at $123,600 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Electoral Area C, Peace River get to work?
97% of commuters go by car, 2% walk. On census day 16% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Electoral Area C, Peace River?
On average 22.4 minutes; 45% take under 15 minutes and 10% take an hour or longer.
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).