Aloha Estates’ household incomes are higher than in 87% of Canadian towns
The 2021 census put unemployment in Aloha Estates at 7%; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. Residents of Aloha Estates take 29.9 minutes to reach work on average; the middle of Canadian towns is 26. Aloha Estates counted 80% of its 15-to-64s in jobs at the 2021 census, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%.
Aloha Estates at work: what stands out
More people in work than most towns
The 2021 census found 80% of 15-to-64s with a job (73% in the middle of Canadian towns). Count every adult, retirees too, and the figure is 73%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
7% of the labour force was out of work at the 2021 census (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns); the Labour Force Survey had the area at 6.7% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $101,400 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 29.9 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Getting 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 and income in Aloha Estates earn B+
Better than 68% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #90 of 254 in British Columbia.
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.
Who in Aloha Estates has a job
Of the 95 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Greater Vancouver census division, 81 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
In October 2026, 63% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 78%. Statistics Canada counted on 11 May 2021, with much of the country under pandemic rules: more people were out of work or at home than usual.
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 Aloha Estates had $101,400 in 2020
Of the 95 other places of 2,500 or more in the Greater Vancouver census division, 40 have a higher median. The middle of British Columbia’s towns is $86,900, and Aloha Estates is 17% above it. CERB and the other emergency payments of 2020 are counted in these incomes, which lifted the lower ones 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).
Without a car, 8.1% of Aloha Estates’ commuters get to work
Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 19% against 21%. By transit: 5.1% of commuters, well above the 2.3% in the middle of British Columbia’s towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
In the Greater Vancouver census division, 63% more people receive EI than in 2019
Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 rose by 4%. January 2021 was the busiest month, with 117,570 people on EI, 3.3 times 2019’s average. Roughly 3.6 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI.
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). Nobody publishes EI beneficiaries for Aloha Estates alone, so this card uses the figure for the Greater Vancouver census division.
Getting around Aloha Estates on foot earns A
Better than 88% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #100 of 254 in British Columbia.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Aloha Estates places 177th of 605 on jobs and income among Canadian towns of 9,200 to 17,800
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Saanich British Columbia | 12,986 | 85% | 5.9% | $121K | A+ |
| 2 | Sillery Quebec | 13,950 | 81% | 6.2% | $120K | A+ |
| 3 | Walsh Acres/Lakeridge/Garden Ridge Saskatchewan | 9,325 | 80% | 6.7% | $127K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Revelstoke British Columbia | 9,464 | 77% | 10% | $97K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 22 | Saltspring Island British Columbia | 12,429 | 84% | 5.5% | $77K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 175 | Montcalm Quebec | 13,572 | 80% | 9.7% | $70K | B+ |
| 176 | Huron East Ontario | 10,402 | 81% | 6.6% | $81K | B+ |
| 177 | Aloha Estates British Columbia | 13,194 | 80% | 7% | $101K | B+ |
| 178 | Brookside - Briarbrook - Morgans Grant Ontario | 15,509 | 73% | 9.3% | $139K | B+ |
| 179 | Prévost Quebec | 14,275 | 80% | 6.2% | $96K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 605 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Aloha Estates, and others among British Columbia’s towns.
Next to Aloha Estates: how nearby places compare
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aloha Estates | 80% | 7% | $101K | 29.9 min | B+ | A |
| Clayton Heights 1 km | 81% | 6% | $113K | 30.9 min | B+ | A |
| Rosewood Park 1.4 km | 80% | 6.1% | $118K | 29.3 min | A− | B+ |
| Sunrise Estates 2.2 km | 73% | 6.6% | $119K | 27.4 min | B | B |
| Cloverdale 2.8 km | 74% | 8.5% | $109K | 29.4 min | B− | A− |
| Provinceton 3.4 km | 75% | 6.8% | $128K | 30 min | B | B+ |
| Langley 3.5 km | 77% | 6.9% | $77K | 29.9 min | C | 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 Aloha Estates, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- The Labour Force Survey. A monthly household survey by Statistics Canada, reported for metro areas and economic regions only. It supplies a recent rate next to the 2021 census figure.
- In work. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- Unemployment. The census-week jobless rate for residents 15 and over. Its base is the labour force, those employed plus those actively looking.
- Household income. Before-tax total income of the middle household for 2020, from the census. Neighbourhood medians are worked out from bracket counts, since Statistics Canada publishes none of their own.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Neighbourhood figures. We add up Aloha Estates’ dissemination areas for its census figures. Flows between places and timed averages exist only for the whole municipality: see Surrey’s page.
Questions about work in Aloha Estates
What is the unemployment rate in Aloha Estates?
Two figures answer it: 7% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 6.7% for the Vancouver metro area in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Aloha Estates?
At $101,400 before tax in 2020, the median household in Aloha Estates compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Aloha Estates get to work?
Driving takes 89% of commuters to work, 5.1% take public transit, 2.7% walk and 0.3% cycle, and on census day 19% of those in work were at home.
How many jobs are there in Aloha Estates?
There is no count for a neighbourhood: the jobs figure, and where commuters go, are published for Surrey as one municipality.
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (Census Profile) · 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).