Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainElectoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet’s household incomes are higher than in 97% of Canadian towns
Jobs located in Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet: 460, for 285 residents with a usual workplace. Of Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet’s residents aged 15 to 64, 76% were employed when the 2021 census was taken, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. When the 2021 census was taken, 6.2% of people in Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet who wanted a job had none, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns.
Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet at work: what stands out
Less unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 6.2% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 6.9% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $123,900 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
A local job centre
With 460 jobs based in Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet and 285 working residents, the ratio compares with 0.8 in the middle of Canadian towns. The daily tide ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 37.2 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 15% 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, Squamish-Lillooet grades B−
Better than 49% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
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 Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet, 76% of the working-age population has a job
Of the 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Squamish-Lillooet census division, one has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
A more recent figure, for the wider area: 63% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 60%. Counting retirees, 56% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. 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.
The median household in Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet had $123,900 in 2020
No other place of 2,500 or more in the Squamish-Lillooet census division has a higher median. Set beside British Columbia’s towns, where the median is $86,900, Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet sits 43% above. 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).
Workers pour into Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet: 41% more on a working day
Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet takes in some 2 workers for every resident it sends out. Of those who commute, 26% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
A longer commute than the middle of Canadian towns: 37.2 minutes from Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet
Timed exactly, the average is 31.7 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of British Columbia’s towns, the average commute is 26.4 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 16%, fewer than the 39% in the middle of British Columbia’s towns. 15% spend an hour or longer getting to work; the middle of British Columbia’s towns has 6.3%.
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.
385 people come into Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet to work, most from Squamish and Vancouver
84% of the people who work in Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet live outside it, 360 of them in Squamish, 4 km away. Whistler is where the largest group of commuters out goes, 60 of them.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet gets to work without a car for 15% of commuters
The middle of British Columbia’s towns has 4.6% walking; here, 12% do. The car takes 82% of commuters here, under the 87% in the middle of British Columbia’s towns. 28% of everyone in work worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit takes 2.7% of commuters, 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).
34% more people are on EI in the Squamish-Lillooet census division than in 2019
At its peak, in April 2021, 4,290 people were on EI, 4.2 times the 2019 average. Roughly 3.7 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 6%.
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). Figures for EI beneficiaries are published for the Squamish-Lillooet census division as a whole, not for Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet alone.
Walkability in Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet: graded B
Better than 57% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
The places around Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet, side by side
Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 4–43 km out.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet | 76% | 6.2% | $124K | 37.2 min | B− | B |
| Squamish 4.1 km | 83% | 6.8% | $112K | 27.6 min | A | A |
| Lions Bay 30.2 km | 93% | 6.1% | $139K | 31.4 min | A | B+ |
| Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast 38.9 km | 76% | 6.9% | $80K | 24.8 min | B− | B+ |
| Bowen Island 42.2 km | 88% | 6.1% | $112K | 30.6 min | A | B |
| Gibsons 42.8 km | 80% | 7.5% | $70K | 21.8 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, Squamish-Lillooet, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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.
- Where people commute. Only people with a usual place of work are in it: those who work from home or have no fixed site are not. Home and work are both counted by municipality.
- 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. 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. 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. Taken from the 2021 Census, which asked about 2020: wages, pensions, investment income and government transfers together, before income tax, for the median household.
- 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 D, Squamish-Lillooet
How long is the commute from Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet?
On average 37.2 minutes; 16% take under 15 minutes and 15% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet work?
26% work in Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Whistler (60), then Squamish (50).
How many jobs are there in Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet?
About 460 people had their usual place of work in Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet at the 2021 census, 1.6 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 52 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 6.2% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Lower Mainland-Southwest economic region at 6.9% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet?
The census puts Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet at $123,900 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet get to work?
82% of commuters go by car, 2.7% take public transit and 12% walk. On census day 28% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
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).