Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainElectoral Area B, qathet has 0.2 jobs for every resident in work, so most leave town for work
For 3.4% of commuters in Electoral Area B, qathet, the trip to work lasts an hour or more; the average is 16.4 minutes. Census day 2021 found 5.4% of Electoral Area B, qathet’s labour force without a job, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. Half the households in Electoral Area B, qathet had more than $65,000 in 2020, before tax, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900.
Work in Electoral Area B, qathet, in a few figures
Less unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 5.4% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 5.2% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The median household had $65,000 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 16.4 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 3.4% take an hour or more. 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.
Electoral Area B, qathet earns B− for jobs and income
Better than 46% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is trip times; its weakest, household income.
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 Electoral Area B, qathet, 72% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
A smaller share in work than in 64% of Canadian towns.
Counting retirees, 48% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 56% in October 2026. Working or looking, 51% 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.
Earnings at home in Electoral Area B, qathet: households
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 78% of Canadian towns.
Electoral Area B, qathet’s median is 25% below the middle of British Columbia’s towns ($86,900). 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).
How long the commute from Electoral Area B, qathet takes
The middle of British Columbia’s towns averages 26.4 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 61%, more than the 39% in the middle of British Columbia’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 14.4 minutes (Statistics Canada).
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.
More of Electoral Area B, qathet’s workers leave each day than arrive
435 residents of Electoral Area B, qathet had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 80 people had theirs in Electoral Area B, qathet, wherever they lived.
It sends out some 7 workers for every one it takes in. Of those who commute, 4.3% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
96% of Electoral Area B, qathet’s residents in work leave it to work; Powell River takes the most
In the other direction the biggest source is Powell River, with 45.
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 B, qathet work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 4.2% of Electoral Area B, qathet’s commuters
Home was the workplace for 15%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 92% 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 residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
EI claims in the Powell River census division run 21% above their 2019 level
At its peak, in February 2021, 950 people were on EI, 2.4 times the 2019 average. That works out to around 4.2 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 rose by 11%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: the Powell 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).
Getting around Electoral Area B, qathet on foot earns C−
Better than 23% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Jobs and income in the places around Electoral Area B, qathet
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area B, qathet | 72% | 5.4% | $65K | 16.4 min | B− | C− |
| Powell River 4.7 km | 71% | 7.7% | $67K | 14.7 min | B− | A− |
| Electoral Area C, qathet 8.9 km | 64% | 13% | $65K | 24.6 min | D | C+ |
| Electoral Area D, qathet 14.8 km | 60% | 15% | $55K | 20.9 min | D | 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 B, qathet, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. One way, on a usual day, from the census’s travel-time bands. Band midpoints overstate it a little next to the figure Statistics Canada times.
- 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. A monthly count of Employment Insurance beneficiaries for the whole census division. It tracks the local job market, but it is not an unemployment rate.
- Which towns we compare. Towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500 people or more, never a whole city and never a First Nations reserve. Middles are medians.
Questions about work in Electoral Area B, qathet
How do people in Electoral Area B, qathet get to work?
92% of commuters go by car, 4.2% walk. On census day 15% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Electoral Area B, qathet?
On average 16.4 minutes; 61% take under 15 minutes and 3.4% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Electoral Area B, qathet work?
Only 4.3% work in Electoral Area B, qathet itself; the rest go first to Powell River (380) and Electoral Area C, qathet (25).
How many jobs are there in Electoral Area B, qathet?
About 80 people had their usual place of work in Electoral Area B, qathet at the 2021 census, 0.2 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 57 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Electoral Area B, qathet?
At the 2021 census 5.4% 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 Island and Coast economic region, gives 5.2% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Electoral Area B, qathet?
Before tax, half the households in Electoral Area B, qathet had more than $65,000 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
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).