Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHousehold incomes in Electoral Area C, Strathcona trail those of 88% of Canadian towns
The average trip to work from Electoral Area C, Strathcona is 28.3 minutes; 16% of commuters spend an hour or more getting there. Jobs were held by 71% of people aged 15 to 64 in Electoral Area C, Strathcona in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. Of everyone in Electoral Area C, Strathcona working or looking for work in May 2021, 8.6% were unemployed, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns.
What sets Electoral Area C, Strathcona apart on jobs and income
Work near the middle
71% 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 42%. In work ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
At $60,400 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
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 C, Strathcona grades D
Better than 8% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #246 of 254 in British Columbia.
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; 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.
Median household income in Electoral Area C, Strathcona: $60,400 in 2020
Electoral Area C, Strathcona’s median is 30% below the middle of British Columbia’s towns ($86,900). Incomes here are 2020’s and include the pandemic payments, CERB among them, that propped up the lower end.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Electoral Area C, Strathcona empties a little on a working day
495 residents of Electoral Area C, Strathcona had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 445 people had theirs in Electoral Area C, Strathcona, wherever they lived.
61% of residents who commute work inside the municipality, against 70% in the middle of Canadian towns.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
39% of Electoral Area C, Strathcona’s residents in work leave it to work; Campbell River takes the most
- Campbell River75
- Gold River10
- Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona10
- Cape Mudge 1010
- Campbell River105
- Gold River10
- Electoral Area B, Strathcona10
- Courtenay10
- Port McNeill10
- Alert Bay10
Of those coming in, Campbell River supplies the most: 75.
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 C, Strathcona work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Who in Electoral Area C, Strathcona has a job
A smaller share in work than in 68% of Canadian towns.
The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 56% in October 2026. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 46% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 42% of residents 15 and over were in work. 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.
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 27% of Electoral Area C, Strathcona’s commuters
Transit takes 9.5% of commuters, above the 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. More people cycle to work here than in the middle of British Columbia’s towns: 7.5% against 0.9%. Fewer drive than in the middle of British Columbia’s towns: 66% against 87%.
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.
The length of the trip to work in Electoral Area C, Strathcona
A quarter-hour or less for 41% of commuters, against 39% in the middle of British Columbia’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 28.5 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
About as many people are on EI in the Strathcona census division as in 2019
Roughly 4 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 3%. The highest month was January 2021: 2,720 people, 2.3 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). Figures for EI beneficiaries are published for the Strathcona census division as a whole, not for Electoral Area C, Strathcona alone.
Electoral Area C, Strathcona grades B for walkability
Better than 59% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #178 of 254 in British Columbia.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Electoral Area C, Strathcona and other Canadian towns of 2,500 to 4,000
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Mount Royal Alberta | 2,758 | 83% | 12% | $188K | A+ |
| 2 | Central River Heights Manitoba | 2,736 | 84% | 5.4% | $137K | A+ |
| 3 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 46 | Pemberton British Columbia | 3,620 | 84% | 6.4% | $100K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 56 | Tofino British Columbia | 2,772 | 76% | 12% | $86K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 58 | Highlands British Columbia | 2,753 | 83% | 4.9% | $124K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 525 | Woodcroft Alberta | 2,770 | 58% | 15% | $60K | D |
| 526 | Greater Madawaska Ontario | 3,234 | 66% | 10% | $81K | D |
| 527 | Electoral Area C, Strathcona British Columbia | 2,981 | 71% | 8.6% | $60K | D |
| 528 | Harbour Grace Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,872 | 58% | 20% | $58K | D |
| 529 | Alpine Place Manitoba | 3,721 | 71% | 14% | $43K | D |
| … | ||||||
| 578 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,724 | 43% | 30% | $51K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Electoral Area C, Strathcona, and others among British Columbia’s towns.
Work in the places around Electoral Area C, Strathcona
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area C, Strathcona | 71% | 8.6% | $60K | 28.3 min | D | B |
| Campbell River 9.5 km | 73% | 8.7% | $78K | 20.9 min | B− | A− |
| Electoral Area B, Strathcona 17.3 km | 77% | 10% | $49K | 17.8 min | C+ | B+ |
| Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona 17.8 km | 72% | 10% | $88K | 28.9 min | C | 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 Electoral Area C, Strathcona, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. How many people in the census division drew Employment Insurance each month; it moves with layoffs and hiring, yet people who don’t qualify are absent from it.
- 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. 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. The share of people 15 and over in the labour force, working or looking for work, who had no job on census day in May 2021.
- 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. 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.
- 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 C, Strathcona
How long is the commute from Electoral Area C, Strathcona?
On average 28.3 minutes; 41% take under 15 minutes and 16% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Electoral Area C, Strathcona work?
61% work in Electoral Area C, Strathcona itself; of those who leave, the most go to Campbell River (105), then Gold River (10).
How many jobs are there in Electoral Area C, Strathcona?
About 445 people had their usual place of work in Electoral Area C, Strathcona at the 2021 census, 0.9 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 112 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Electoral Area C, Strathcona?
The 2021 census found 8.6% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Vancouver Island and Coast economic region, is 5.2% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Electoral Area C, Strathcona?
Before tax, half the households in Electoral Area C, Strathcona had more than $60,400 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Electoral Area C, Strathcona get to work?
66% of commuters go by car, 9.5% take public transit, 10% walk and 7.5% cycle. On census day 27% 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).