Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainElectoral Area D, qathet has lower household incomes than 96% of Canadian towns
Jobs were held by 60% of people aged 15 to 64 in Electoral Area D, qathet in 2021, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns. Of everyone in Electoral Area D, qathet working or looking for work in May 2021, 15% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Electoral Area D, qathet and work: the main findings
Fewer people in work than most towns
60% of people aged 15 to 64 had a job at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; counting everyone 15 and over, retirees included, it was 35%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 15% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 5.2% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
At $54,500 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 20.9 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 6.8% 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, Electoral Area D, qathet grades D
Better than 11% 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 and out of work in Electoral Area D, qathet
A smaller share in work than in 94% of Canadian towns.
By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 56% of the wider area’s adults in work. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 40% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 35%: many residents are past working age. The figures are a snapshot of 11 May 2021, when pandemic rules still kept many people out of work or at home.
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.
What households earned in Electoral Area D, qathet: $54,500 in 2020
Against the middle of British Columbia’s towns ($86,900), Electoral Area D, qathet’s median is 37% below. The year is 2020: emergency benefits like CERB count in these incomes, and they raised the bottom of the range.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
20.9 minutes from Electoral Area D, qathet to work, under the middle of Canadian towns
In the middle of British Columbia’s towns, the average commute is 26.4 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 49%, more than the 39% in the middle of British Columbia’s towns. An hour or more: 6.8% of commuters, close to the middle of British Columbia’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 20.4 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.
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 6.8% of Electoral Area D, qathet’s commuters
Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 93% of commuters. Only 12% worked at home on census day, against 21% 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.
In the Powell River census division, 21% more people receive EI than in 2019
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4.2 receive EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number rose by 11%. The highest month was February 2021: 950 people, 2.4 times the 2019 level.
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). Behind EI beneficiaries sits data gathered across the Powell River census division, with Electoral Area D, qathet one part of it.
Electoral Area D, qathet on foot: a B+ grade
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Work in the places around Electoral Area D, qathet
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area D, qathet | 60% | 15% | $55K | 20.9 min | D | B+ |
| Electoral Area C, qathet 13 km | 64% | 13% | $65K | 24.6 min | D | C+ |
| Electoral Area B, qathet 14.8 km | 72% | 5.4% | $65K | 16.4 min | B− | C− |
| Powell River 19.1 km | 71% | 7.7% | $67K | 14.7 min | B− | 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 Electoral Area D, qathet, 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. People in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64 (2021 Census). The census doesn’t cross work with age below the municipality, so this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood has; retirees don’t weigh on it.
- Unemployment. Of everyone 15 or older who was working or job-hunting in the census week, the part still looking. Someone not seeking work isn’t in it at all.
- 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. Our average assumes everyone in, say, the 15-to-29-minute band takes 22 minutes. Across all the bands that runs a shade above Statistics Canada’s measured average.
- Employment Insurance. Beneficiaries of Employment Insurance, month by month, for the census division rather than the town. Many jobless people don’t qualify, so 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 D, qathet
What is the average household income in Electoral Area D, qathet?
Electoral Area D, qathet’s middle household had $54,500 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Electoral Area D, qathet get to work?
93% of commuters go by car, 6.8% walk. On census day 12% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Electoral Area D, qathet?
On average 20.9 minutes; 49% take under 15 minutes and 6.8% take an hour or longer.
What is the unemployment rate in Electoral Area D, qathet?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 15% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Vancouver Island and Coast economic region at 5.2% in October 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).