Photo: Jarcardo · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Pitt Meadows have higher incomes than those in 89% of Canadian towns
Of everyone in Pitt Meadows working or looking for work in May 2021, 6.4% were unemployed; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. Most commutes from Pitt Meadows take well under an hour: the average is 30.8 minutes, and 9.6% take 60 minutes or longer. Pitt Meadows counted 81% of its 15-to-64s in jobs at the 2021 census, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%.
The work numbers behind Pitt Meadows
More people in work than most towns
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 81% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 63%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
6.4% 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 6.7% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $104,000 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 30.8 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 9.6% 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.
On jobs and income, Pitt Meadows grades B+
Better than 70% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #87 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.
In and out of work in Pitt Meadows
Of the 95 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Greater Vancouver census division, 88 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 63%: many residents are past working age. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 63% in October 2026. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 68% 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.
The median household in Pitt Meadows had $104,000 in 2020
Against the middle of British Columbia’s towns ($86,900), Pitt Meadows’ median is 20% above. Of the 95 other places of 2,500 or more in the Greater Vancouver census division, 34 have 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).
How long the commute from Pitt Meadows takes
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 27.2 minutes. The middle of British Columbia’s towns averages 26.4 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 24%, 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.
Each working day, more people leave Pitt Meadows for work than come in
The job is inside the municipality for 20% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
80% of Pitt Meadows’ residents in work leave it to work; Maple Ridge takes the most
- Maple Ridge1,620
- Surrey515
- Port Coquitlam455
- Coquitlam400
- Mission210
- Langley190
- Vancouver135
- Abbotsford115
- Port Moody80
- Burnaby70
- Maple Ridge990
- Port Coquitlam730
- Coquitlam560
- Burnaby555
- Vancouver520
- Surrey500
- Langley250
- New Westminster190
- Port Moody135
- Delta110
Of those coming in, Maple Ridge supplies the most: 1,620.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
9.7% of commuters from Pitt Meadows go without a car
By transit: 5.5% of commuters, well above the 2.3% in the middle of British Columbia’s towns. By car, truck or van: 88% of commuters, against 87% in the middle of British Columbia’s towns. Working at home: 22%, close to 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).
In the Greater Vancouver census division, 63% more people receive EI than in 2019
Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 rose by 4%. In January 2021 it reached 117,570, the most in the series and 3.3 times the 2019 average. That works out to around 3.6 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: 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, Pitt Meadows grades A
Better than 86% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #109 of 254 in British Columbia.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Pitt Meadows places 100th of 438 on jobs and income among Canadian towns of 14,600 to 28,200
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yellowknife Northwest Territories | 22,858 | 80% | 5.8% | $148K | A+ |
| 2 | Central Saanich British Columbia | 18,184 | 85% | 4.9% | $103K | A+ |
| 3 | Cap-Rouge Quebec | 17,139 | 81% | 4.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 6 | Oak Bay British Columbia | 18,626 | 80% | 7% | $108K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 12 | Fort St. John British Columbia | 24,383 | 76% | 8.9% | $102K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 98 | Vieux-Bourg Quebec | 14,774 | 82% | 7.6% | $67K | B+ |
| 99 | Old Barrhaven West Ontario | 22,012 | 74% | 10% | $128K | B+ |
| 100 | Pitt Meadows British Columbia | 20,892 | 81% | 6.4% | $104K | B+ |
| 101 | Middle Sackville Nova Scotia | 14,898 | 75% | 7.4% | $104K | B+ |
| 102 | Beaumont Alberta | 26,305 | 76% | 8.7% | $130K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 438 | South Parkdale Ontario | 21,663 | 64% | 17% | $57K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Pitt Meadows, and others among British Columbia’s towns.
Work next door to Pitt Meadows
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitt Meadows | 81% | 6.4% | $104K | 30.8 min | B+ | A |
| Anniedale 6.2 km | 75% | 8.7% | $125K | 29.3 min | B | C |
| Fraser Heights 6.7 km | 70% | 8.4% | $122K | 30.8 min | C+ | A− |
| Port Coquitlam 7.1 km | 76% | 8.1% | $102K | 31.5 min | B− | A |
| Maple Ridge 7.3 km | 77% | 6.7% | $105K | 33.6 min | B− | A− |
| Guildford 8.9 km | 69% | 10% | $81K | 34.6 min | D | A+ |
| Birdland 9.7 km | 71% | 9.6% | $99K | 33.7 min | C | 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 Pitt Meadows, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Household income. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- Trip times. The census asks how long the trip to work usually takes, in bands; our average uses each band’s middle, so it runs a little above Statistics Canada’s timed average.
- Where people commute. Jobs count everyone whose usual workplace lies in the municipality, residents or commuters from elsewhere, from Statistics Canada’s home-by-workplace table.
- 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.
- The Labour Force Survey. The most recent unemployment rate on the page comes from this monthly survey, which covers the wider metro area or economic region, not the town.
- In work. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- 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 Pitt Meadows
What is the unemployment rate in Pitt Meadows?
Two figures answer it: 6.4% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 6.7% for the Vancouver metro area in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Pitt Meadows?
Pitt Meadows’s middle household had $104,000 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Pitt Meadows get to work?
Driving takes 88% of commuters to work, 5.5% take public transit, 3.3% walk and 0.9% cycle, and on census day 22% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Pitt Meadows?
About 30.8 minutes on average, with 24% under a quarter-hour and 9.6% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Pitt Meadows work?
20% work in Pitt Meadows itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Maple Ridge (990), then Port Coquitlam (730).
How many jobs are there in Pitt Meadows?
Some 5,290 people worked in Pitt Meadows at the 2021 census: 0.9 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 670 businesses with employees in June 2026.
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).