Photo: Darren Kirby · CC BY-SA 3.0For 96% of commuters in Revelstoke, the job is inside the municipality
From Revelstoke, the drive or ride to work averages 14.2 minutes, with 4.7% going an hour or longer. Median household income in Revelstoke was $96,700 in 2020, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900. At the 2021 census, 77% of Revelstoke’s 15-to-64s were in work, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns.
What Revelstoke’s work numbers say
More jobs than the typical town
With 3,370 jobs based in Revelstoke and 3,100 working residents, the ratio compares with 0.8 in the middle of Canadian towns. The daily tide ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 14.2 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 4.7% 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.
Jobs & income in Revelstoke: graded A+
Better than 97% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #6 of 254 in British Columbia.
Its strongest measure is trip times; its weakest, the share of 15-to-64s in work.
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.
Revelstoke fills up on a working day: 7% more workers
About 3 people arrive to work in Revelstoke for each resident who goes out.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
Time on the road to work from Revelstoke
Timed exactly, the average is 13.3 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of British Columbia’s towns averages 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.
394 people come into Revelstoke to work, most from Columbia-Shuswap B and Salmon Arm
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
How many in Revelstoke were working in 2021
Of the 7 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Columbia-Shuswap census division, 5 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 56% of the wider area’s adults in work. The census was taken on 11 May 2021, mid-pandemic, when lockdowns had pushed unemployment up and sent many to work from 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.
Household income in Revelstoke
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 82% of Canadian towns.
Set beside British Columbia’s towns, where the median is $86,900, Revelstoke sits 11% above. No other place of 2,500 or more in the Columbia-Shuswap census division has a higher median. These are 2020 incomes, before tax, and they include pandemic benefits such as CERB, which lifted many lower incomes that year.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Revelstoke gets to work without a car for 23% of commuters
Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 12% against 21%. Few ride transit: 0.3%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. Fewer drive than in the middle of British Columbia’s towns: 75% against 87%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
EI claims in the Columbia-Shuswap census division run 23% above their 2019 level
That works out to around 4.7 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 4%. February 2021 was the busiest month, with 3,670 people on EI, 2.5 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). For EI beneficiaries, the only official count covers all of the Columbia-Shuswap census division, Revelstoke included.
Walkability in Revelstoke: graded A
Better than 91% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #89 of 254 in British Columbia.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
For jobs and income, Revelstoke is 17th of 654 Canadian towns of 6,600 to 12,800
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | North River Heights Manitoba | 7,228 | 82% | 8.4% | $143K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 15 | Chibougamau Quebec | 7,273 | 82% | 3.7% | $85K | A+ |
| 16 | Alta Vista Ontario | 8,387 | 78% | 8.3% | $138K | A+ |
| 17 | Revelstoke British Columbia | 9,464 | 77% | 10% | $97K | A+ |
| 18 | Shannon Quebec | 7,088 | 81% | 3.7% | $113K | A+ |
| 19 | West Hillhurst Alberta | 10,319 | 78% | 9.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 25 | Saltspring Island British Columbia | 12,429 | 84% | 5.5% | $77K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 35 | Fernie British Columbia | 7,086 | 78% | 9.4% | $107K | A |
| 36 | Coldstream British Columbia | 11,380 | 77% | 7.8% | $112K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 654 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Revelstoke, and others among British Columbia’s towns.
The places around Revelstoke, side by side
The nearest places to Revelstoke with figures are 50–80 km away.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revelstoke | 77% | 10% | $97K | 14.2 min | A+ | A |
| Electoral Area E, Columbia-Shuswap 49.9 km | 72% | 19% | $59K | 23.6 min | C− | C+ |
| Sicamous 57.7 km | 70% | 11% | $65K | 23.6 min | C− | A− |
| Electoral Area F, North Okanagan 74.6 km | 78% | 7.6% | $73K | 27.8 min | C+ | C |
| Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap 80 km | 67% | 13% | $66K | 30.7 min | D | C+ |
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 Revelstoke, 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. 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. 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.
- 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. People receiving EI benefits each month, counted for the census division. It follows the local job market; it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- 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 Revelstoke
How do people in Revelstoke get to work?
75% of commuters drive, 0.3% take public transit, 9.9% walk and 12% cycle; 12% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Revelstoke?
The average commute is 14.2 minutes; 77% of trips take under 15 minutes and 4.7% an hour or more.
Where do people in Revelstoke work?
Most stay: 96% work in Revelstoke. The rest go first to Golden (15) and Fort McMurray (10).
How many jobs are there in Revelstoke?
The 2021 census found about 3,370 people with their usual workplace in Revelstoke, or 1.1 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 519 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Revelstoke?
Two figures answer it: 10% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 6.6% for the Thompson-Okanagan economic region in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Revelstoke?
Before tax, half the households in Revelstoke had more than $96,700 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).