Photo: Mengqiu Chen · CC BY 3.0With 0.2 jobs for each resident in work, most of Electoral Area E, Peace River commutes out
Half the households in Electoral Area E, Peace River had more than $102,500 in 2020, before tax; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. An hour or more each way is the commute for 13% of workers in Electoral Area E, Peace River; the average is 28.2 minutes. Electoral Area E, Peace River counted 78% of its 15-to-64s in jobs at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Work in Electoral Area E, Peace River, in a few figures
Work near the middle
In work at the 2021 census: 78% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 61% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household had $102,500 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.
Jobs and income in Electoral Area E, Peace River earn B+
Better than 69% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #88 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.
Earnings at home in Electoral Area E, Peace River: households
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 88% of Canadian towns.
One of the 6 other places of 2,500+ in the Peace River census division has a higher median. Electoral Area E, Peace River’s median is 18% above the middle of British Columbia’s towns ($86,900). In 2020 emergency benefits topped up many low incomes, and the census counts them here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
On a working day, Electoral Area E, Peace River loses more workers than it gains
Each person commuting in is matched by about 8 residents going out. The job is inside the municipality for 6.9% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
93% of Electoral Area E, Peace River’s residents in work leave it to work; Chetwynd takes the most
- Chetwynd570
- Dawson Creek70
- Tumbler Ridge15
- Fort St. John15
- Electoral Area C, Fraser-Fort George10
- Electoral Area D, Fraser-Fort George10
- Electoral Area D, Peace River10
- Hudson's Hope10
- Electoral Area C, Peace River10
- West Moberly Lake 168A (IRI)10
Of those coming in, Chetwynd supplies the most: 25.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
In and out of work in Electoral Area E, Peace River
Of the 6 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Peace River census division, 5 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 67%. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 61%: many residents are past working age. For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 65% in work in October 2026. These are census figures from May 2021, during COVID’s third wave; jobs have recovered since, which the Labour Force Survey shows.
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.
3.1% of commuters from Electoral Area E, Peace River go without a car
Few ride transit: 1.8%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 96% of commuters. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 14% against 21%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
Commuting times in Electoral Area E, Peace River
Trips under 15 minutes: 35%, fewer than the 39% in the middle of British Columbia’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 26.9 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of British Columbia’s towns, the average commute is 26.4 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.
In the Peace River census division, 11% more people receive EI than in 2019
That is about 4.4 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. 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). Electoral Area E, Peace River shares its EI beneficiaries numbers with the rest of the Peace River census division.
Walkability in Electoral Area E, Peace River: graded D
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
160th of 497: where Electoral Area E, Peace River ranks among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 3,700
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Mount Royal Alberta | 2,758 | 83% | 12% | $188K | A+ |
| 2 | Central River Heights Manitoba | 2,736 | 84% | 5.4% | $137K | A+ |
| 3 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 44 | Pemberton British Columbia | 3,620 | 84% | 6.4% | $100K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 54 | Tofino British Columbia | 2,772 | 76% | 12% | $86K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 56 | Highlands British Columbia | 2,753 | 83% | 4.9% | $124K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 158 | Admaston/Bromley Ontario | 3,086 | 82% | 5.9% | $85K | B+ |
| 159 | Wawa Ontario | 2,943 | 76% | 9.6% | $81K | B+ |
| 160 | Electoral Area E, Peace River British Columbia | 2,737 | 78% | 8.1% | $103K | B+ |
| 161 | Electoral Area D (Rural Grand Forks), Kootenay Boundary British Columbia | 3,570 | 75% | 7.5% | $71K | B+ |
| 162 | Nanton Alberta | 2,522 | 87% | 9.1% | $77K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 497 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,724 | 43% | 30% | $51K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Electoral Area E, Peace River, and others among British Columbia’s towns.
Neighbouring places to Electoral Area E, Peace River, compared
Electoral Area E, Peace River has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 9–74 km out.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area E, Peace River | 78% | 8.1% | $103K | 28.2 min | B+ | D |
| Chetwynd 8.9 km | 72% | 7.1% | $105K | 20.4 min | A− | A− |
| Hudson's Hope 54.6 km | 72% | 6.6% | $88K | 22.9 min | B | C+ |
| Tumbler Ridge 67.2 km | 73% | 7.7% | $100K | 29.9 min | C+ | A |
| Electoral Area D, Peace River 71.1 km | 79% | 6.5% | $102K | 27.8 min | B+ | D |
| Taylor 74.2 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 E, Peace River, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Where people commute. Built from the census table that pairs each worker’s home municipality with their workplace municipality. A job here means someone who usually works in the municipality, local or not.
- Employment Insurance. Statistics Canada counts EI beneficiaries each month by census division. Seasonal work makes it swing, so read it as a trend, not a jobless rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Monthly, and only for metro areas and economic regions. It is the up-to-date rate we set beside the census’s 2021 snapshot.
- 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. It counts only people who wanted work and had none in May 2021, as a share of those working or searching; students and retirees who weren’t looking stay out of both sides.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. Any town of 2,500 or more counts, and so does any city neighbourhood that size; the city as a whole and First Nations reserves don’t. The middle is the median.
Questions about work in Electoral Area E, Peace River
How do people in Electoral Area E, Peace River get to work?
96% of commuters drive, 1.8% take public transit and 1.3% walk; 14% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Electoral Area E, Peace River?
The average commute is 28.2 minutes; 35% of trips take under 15 minutes and 13% an hour or more.
Where do people in Electoral Area E, Peace River work?
6.9% work in Electoral Area E, Peace River itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Chetwynd (570), then Dawson Creek (70).
How many jobs are there in Electoral Area E, Peace River?
The 2021 census found about 145 people with their usual workplace in Electoral Area E, Peace River, or 0.2 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. Statistics Canada counted 65 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Electoral Area E, Peace River?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Northeast economic region at 5.1%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 8.1%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Electoral Area E, Peace River?
At $102,500 before tax in 2020, the median household in Electoral Area E, Peace River compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
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).