Photo: Casey Yee from Vancouver, BC, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Bridgeview has a smaller share of its working-age people in jobs than 91% of Canadian towns
At 40 minutes on average, the trip to work from Bridgeview compares with 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Public transit carries 22% of its commuters. Half the households in Bridgeview had more than $86,100 in 2020, before tax; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
The short version on work in Bridgeview
Fewer people in work than most towns
At the 2021 census 62% of the 15-to-64s were in work (73% in the middle of Canadian towns); across all ages 15 and over, 55%. In work ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 40 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 & income in Bridgeview: graded D
Better than 10% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #243 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.
The share of 15-to-64s in work in Bridgeview: 62%
Of the 95 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Greater Vancouver census division, 2 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 63% in October 2026. 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.
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 24% of Bridgeview’s commuters
Fewer drive than in the middle of British Columbia’s towns: 73% against 87%. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 12% against 21%.
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.
How Bridgeview’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 68% of Canadian towns.
Of the 95 other places of 2,500 or more in the Greater Vancouver census division, 73 have a higher median. That puts Bridgeview 1% below the median of British Columbia’s towns, $86,900. That year, 2020, brought emergency benefits that count in these totals, before tax.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
In the Greater Vancouver census division, 63% more people receive EI than in 2019
Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 4%. At its peak, in January 2021, 117,570 people were on EI, 3.3 times the 2019 average. That works out to around 3.6 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across 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). Behind EI beneficiaries sits data gathered across the Greater Vancouver census division, with Bridgeview one part of it.
Bridgeview on foot: a A− grade
Better than 80% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #129 of 254 in British Columbia.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Bridgeview and other Canadian towns of 2,500 to 4,700
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 28 | Invermere British Columbia | 4,305 | 82% | 5.9% | $84K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 50 | Golden British Columbia | 4,433 | 78% | 7% | $87K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 55 | Rossland British Columbia | 4,355 | 77% | 11% | $96K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 687 | Sudbury, Unorganized, North Part Ontario | 3,083 | 66% | 9.2% | $79K | D |
| 688 | Hampton Heights Ontario | 3,498 | 62% | 12% | $72K | D |
| 689 | Bridgeview British Columbia | 3,511 | 62% | 12% | $86K | D |
| 690 | Lac du Bonnet Manitoba | 3,592 | 57% | 9.4% | $85K | D |
| 691 | Richmond County, Subdivision A Nova Scotia | 4,305 | 65% | 15% | $61K | D |
| … | ||||||
| 757 | 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 Bridgeview, and others among British Columbia’s towns.
Work in the places around Bridgeview
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgeview | 62% | 12% | $86K | 40 min | D | A− |
| Whalley 2.6 km | 71% | 10% | $75K | 37.1 min | D | A+ |
| Port Mann 2.6 km | 68% | 11% | $102K | 35.1 min | C− | A− |
| New Westminster 3.7 km | 77% | 8.3% | $82K | 32.6 min | C+ | A+ |
| Birdland 4 km | 71% | 9.6% | $99K | 33.7 min | C | A+ |
| Brownsville 4.2 km | 72% | 8.9% | $98K | 35.4 min | C | A+ |
| East Burnaby 4.6 km | 72% | 8.3% | $108K | 31.1 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 Bridgeview, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- The Labour Force Survey. The most recent unemployment rate on the page comes from this monthly survey, which covers the wider metro area or economic region, not the town.
- In work. Everyone with a job, whatever their age, divided by the residents aged 15 to 64 at the 2021 Census: below the municipality the census doesn’t split work by age, and this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood can be given.
- 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. The 2020 income of the household at the midpoint, all sources and before tax. Inside a city we rebuild it from the dissemination areas’ income bands, so there it is an estimate.
- Trip times. Commuters picked a band for their usual trip (under 15 minutes, 15 to 29, and so on). We place each person at the middle of their band, which lands a little above Statistics Canada’s own timed average.
- 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. Towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500 people or more, never a whole city and never a First Nations reserve. Middles are medians.
- Neighbourhood figures. We add up Bridgeview’s 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 Bridgeview
How many jobs are there in Bridgeview?
Jobs and commuting flows exist only for Surrey as a whole, and its page carries them.
What is the unemployment rate in Bridgeview?
Two figures answer it: 12% 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 Bridgeview?
The median household in Bridgeview had $86,100 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Bridgeview get to work?
By car: 73% of commuters, 22% take public transit and 1.5% walk; on census day 12% of those in work worked from home.
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).