With 0.1 jobs for each resident in work, most of Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast commutes out
Median household income in Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast was $86,400 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Out of work in May 2021: 6.1% of Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast’s labour force, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. Getting to work from Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast takes 21.4 minutes on average, an hour or more for 7.5%.
Work in Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast: the figures worth knowing
Less unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 6.1% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 6.9% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 21.4 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 7.5% 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 E, Sunshine Coast earns A− for jobs and income
Better than 82% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #51 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.
Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast at work: 77% of people aged 15 to 64
Of the 6 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Sunshine Coast census division, 3 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 54%: many residents are past working age. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 63% in October 2026. Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 58%. 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.
Time on the road to work from Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast
In the middle of British Columbia’s towns, the average commute is 26.4 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 49% of commuters, against 39% in the middle of British Columbia’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 20.3 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 go out than come in: the working day in Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast
1,010 residents of Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 115 people had theirs in Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast, wherever they lived.
About 40 residents leave for work for each person who comes in. 9.1% 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.
91% of Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast’s residents in work leave it to work; Gibsons takes the most
- Gibsons475
- Sechelt165
- Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast115
- Sechelt (Part)55
- Vancouver40
- Burnaby25
- Chilliwack10
- Langley10
- North Vancouver10
- Roberts Creek10
Inbound, the leader is Burnaby (10).
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 E, Sunshine Coast work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Earnings at home in Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast: households
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 68% of Canadian towns.
Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast’s median is 1% below the middle of British Columbia’s towns ($86,900). No other place of 2,500 or more in the Sunshine Coast census division has a higher median. Pandemic support paid in 2020, CERB first among it, is 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).
11% of commuters from Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast go without a car
By transit: 4.9% of commuters, well above the 2.3% in the middle of British Columbia’s towns. Fewer drive than in the middle of British Columbia’s towns: 84% against 87%. 24% of everyone in work 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.
40% more people are on EI in the Sunshine Coast census division than in 2019
In the twelve months to August 2026 the number rose by 7%. At its peak, in January 2021, 1,110 people were on EI, 2.7 times the 2019 average. That is about 3.6 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division.
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). Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast shares its EI beneficiaries numbers with the rest of the Sunshine Coast census division.
The Walkability grade for Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast: B+
Better than 66% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #165 of 254 in British Columbia.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Among Canadian towns of 3,000 to 5,800, Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast ranks 140th of 746 for jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| 2 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 3 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 10 | Smithers British Columbia | 5,627 | 83% | 6% | $85K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 23 | Invermere British Columbia | 4,305 | 82% | 5.9% | $84K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 42 | Golden British Columbia | 4,433 | 78% | 7% | $87K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 138 | Roslyn Manitoba | 4,411 | 88% | 7.4% | $70K | A− |
| 139 | Keswick Alberta | 3,957 | 82% | 6.3% | $120K | A− |
| 140 | Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast British Columbia | 4,279 | 77% | 6.1% | $86K | A− |
| 141 | North Gower - Kars Ontario | 5,439 | 79% | 7.8% | $133K | A− |
| 142 | Huron South Ontario | 5,555 | 80% | 9% | $120K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 746 | Saint-Alexis-des-Monts Quebec | 3,190 | 61% | 11% | $50K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast, and others among British Columbia’s towns.
Neighbouring places to Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast, compared
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast | 77% | 6.1% | $86K | 21.4 min | A− | B+ |
| Gibsons 2.3 km | 80% | 7.5% | $70K | 21.8 min | B | A+ |
| Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast 6 km | 76% | 6.9% | $80K | 24.8 min | B− | B+ |
| Roberts Creek 6.7 km | 87% | 7.4% | $83K | 23.5 min | A | B− |
| Bowen Island 13.9 km | 88% | 6.1% | $112K | 30.6 min | A | B |
| Sechelt 18.2 km | 81% | 6.5% | $73K | 19.8 min | A− | 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 E, Sunshine Coast, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Built from the census table that pairs each worker’s home municipality with their workplace municipality. A job here means someone who usually works in the municipality, local or not.
- 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.
- 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. 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. Comparisons are with the median of Canadian towns and city neighbourhoods counting 2,500 people or more, reserves and entire cities excluded.
Questions about work in Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast
Where do people in Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast work?
Only 9.1% work in Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast itself; the rest go first to Gibsons (475) and Sechelt (165).
How many jobs are there in Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast?
About 115 people had their usual place of work in Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast at the 2021 census, 0.1 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 108 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast?
The census put unemployment at 6.1% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Lower Mainland-Southwest economic region at 6.9%.
What is the average household income in Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast?
At $86,400 before tax in 2020, the median household in Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast get to work?
84% of commuters go by car, 4.9% take public transit, 5.6% walk and 0.7% cycle. On census day 24% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast?
On average 21.4 minutes; 49% take under 15 minutes and 7.5% take an hour or longer.
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).