Photo: calind · CC BY-SA 3.0Electoral Area D, Peace River has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.2 for each
The median household in Electoral Area D, Peace River had $101,500 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. From Electoral Area D, Peace River, the drive or ride to work averages 27.8 minutes, with 8.4% going an hour or longer. At the 2021 census, 79% of Electoral Area D, Peace River’s 15-to-64s were in work; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%.
What Electoral Area D, Peace River’s work numbers say
More people in work than most towns
In work at the 2021 census: 79% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 64% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 6.5% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 5.1% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household had $101,500 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Electoral Area D, Peace River: B+
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 and the working-age population of Electoral Area D, Peace River
All 6 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Peace River census division have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 68%. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 64%: many residents are past working age. In October 2026, 65% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. Pandemic rules were in force on census day, 11 May 2021; the Labour Force Survey shows how jobs have moved since.
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.
How Electoral Area D, Peace River’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 87% of Canadian towns.
Against the middle of British Columbia’s towns ($86,900), Electoral Area D, Peace River’s median is 17% above. 3 of the 6 other places of 2,500+ in the Peace River census division have a higher median. 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).
Electoral Area D, Peace River is quieter on a working day than at night
Each person commuting in is matched by about 9 residents going out. Of those who commute, 7.9% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
92% of Electoral Area D, Peace River’s residents in work leave it to work; Dawson Creek takes the most
- Dawson Creek125
- Pouce Coupe10
- Electoral Area E, Peace River10
Coming the other way, Dawson Creek sends the most (125).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Leaving the car at home: 1.9% of commuters in Electoral Area D, Peace River
Home was the workplace for 22%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 21%. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 96% of commuters go by car, truck or van.
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 Electoral Area D, Peace River takes
Timed exactly, the average is 25.1 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of British Columbia’s towns averages 26.4 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 27%, 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.
In the Peace River census division, 11% more people receive EI than in 2019
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4.4 receive EI. April 2021 was the busiest month, with 3,610 people on EI, 2.4 times 2019’s average.
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 Peace River census division as a whole, not for Electoral Area D, Peace River alone.
Electoral Area D, Peace River on foot: a D grade
Better than 7% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #2,541 of 2,589 Canadian towns.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Ranked on jobs and income, Electoral Area D, Peace River is 184th among 720 Canadian towns of 3,600 to 6,900
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 2 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | South Tuxedo Manitoba | 3,629 | 85% | 6.8% | $110K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 8 | Smithers British Columbia | 5,627 | 83% | 6% | $85K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 16 | Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako British Columbia | 5,829 | 82% | 7.4% | $98K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | Invermere British Columbia | 4,305 | 82% | 5.9% | $84K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 182 | Saint Marys New Brunswick | 5,701 | 75% | 7% | $92K | B+ |
| 183 | Turnball Ontario | 6,312 | 77% | 8.6% | $126K | B+ |
| 184 | Electoral Area D, Peace River British Columbia | 5,100 | 79% | 6.5% | $102K | B+ |
| 185 | Magrath Heights Alberta | 3,728 | 74% | 14% | $161K | B+ |
| 186 | North Middlesex Ontario | 6,864 | 84% | 6.7% | $89K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 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 D, Peace River, and others among British Columbia’s towns.
The places around Electoral Area D, Peace River, side by side
No closer places have figures: these lie 8–64 km from Electoral Area D, Peace River.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area D, Peace River | 79% | 6.5% | $102K | 27.8 min | B+ | D |
| Dawson Creek 8 km | 74% | 9.8% | $81K | 17.1 min | A− | A− |
| Taylor 47.7 km | 70% | 12% | $105K | 25.2 min | B | B+ |
| Saddle Hills County 57.3 km | 89% | 3.4% | $83K | 28.7 min | B+ | C+ |
| Fort St. John 60.5 km | 76% | 8.9% | $102K | 17.1 min | A+ | A− |
| Electoral Area C, Peace River 63.8 km | 76% | 7.6% | $124K | 22.4 min | A | D |
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 D, Peace River, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada’s monthly survey, published for metro areas and economic regions rather than towns: it gives a current rate beside the census’s 2021 one.
- In work. How many residents held a job in May 2021, set against how many were 15 to 64. It reads a little high where many people work past 65, since below the municipality the census gives no breakdown of workers by 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. 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. How long getting to work normally takes, averaged from the census’s time bands at their middles; expect it to read slightly high against the timed figure.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. The comparison pool is places of 2,500 people or more, towns or neighbourhoods inside cities, without whole cities or reserves, and we compare with its median.
Questions about work in Electoral Area D, Peace River
How long is the commute from Electoral Area D, Peace River?
The average commute is 27.8 minutes; 27% of trips take under 15 minutes and 8.4% an hour or more.
Where do people in Electoral Area D, Peace River work?
Only 7.9% work in Electoral Area D, Peace River itself; the rest go first to Dawson Creek (910) and Electoral Area D, Fraser-Fort George (90).
How many jobs are there in Electoral Area D, Peace River?
The 2021 census found about 255 people with their usual workplace in Electoral Area D, Peace River, or 0.2 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 153 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Electoral Area D, Peace River?
The 2021 census found 6.5% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Northeast economic region, is 5.1% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Electoral Area D, Peace River?
Electoral Area D, Peace River’s middle household had $101,500 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Electoral Area D, Peace River get to work?
96% of commuters drive, 1.9% walk; 22% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
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).