Photo: 4300streetcar · CC BY 4.0Household incomes in Port Mann top those of 88% of Canadian towns
Workers in Port Mann spend 35.1 minutes on the way to work on average (26 in the middle of Canadian towns). Jobs were held by 68% of people aged 15 to 64 in Port Mann in 2021, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns. Of everyone in Port Mann working or looking for work in May 2021, 11% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What stands out about work in Port Mann
Fewer people in work than most towns
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 68% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 59%. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $102,400 before tax in 2020, where the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 35.1 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 Port Mann earn C−
Better than 24% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #217 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 Port Mann has a job
Of the 95 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Greater Vancouver census division, 8 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 63% in work in October 2026. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 66% of residents that age. 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.
The median household in Port Mann had $102,400 in 2020
Of the 95 other places of 2,500 or more in the Greater Vancouver census division, 37 have a higher median. Against the middle of British Columbia’s towns ($86,900), Port Mann’s median is 18% above. 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).
Port Mann gets to work without a car for 13% of commuters
84% drive to work, fewer than the 87% in the middle of British Columbia’s towns. Home was the workplace for 14%, under the 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.
In the Greater Vancouver census division, 63% more people receive EI than in 2019
For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 3.6 are on EI. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 rose by 4%. The highest month was January 2021: 117,570 people, 3.3 times the 2019 level.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Data for EI beneficiaries covers the Greater Vancouver census division. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Port Mann grades A− for walkability
Better than 84% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #115 of 254 in British Columbia.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Out of 696 Canadian towns of 4,200 to 8,100, Port Mann comes 543rd on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 3 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 8 | Smithers British Columbia | 5,627 | 83% | 6% | $85K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako British Columbia | 5,829 | 82% | 7.4% | $98K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 23 | Invermere British Columbia | 4,305 | 82% | 5.9% | $84K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 541 | Deer Lake Newfoundland and Labrador | 5,319 | 58% | 17% | $63K | C− |
| 542 | Waterloo Quebec | 5,714 | 74% | 6.9% | $59K | C− |
| 543 | Port Mann British Columbia | 5,988 | 68% | 11% | $102K | C− |
| 544 | Minden Hills Ontario | 7,841 | 70% | 11% | $74K | C− |
| 545 | Abbeydale Alberta | 6,561 | 66% | 15% | $86K | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 696 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Port Mann, and others among British Columbia’s towns.
Neighbouring places to Port Mann, compared
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Mann | 68% | 11% | $102K | 35.1 min | C− | A− |
| Birdland 1.4 km | 71% | 9.6% | $99K | 33.7 min | C | A+ |
| Whalley 2.3 km | 71% | 10% | $75K | 37.1 min | D | A+ |
| Bridgeview 2.6 km | 62% | 12% | $86K | 40 min | D | A− |
| Guildford 3 km | 69% | 10% | $81K | 34.6 min | D | A+ |
| Johnston Heights 3.2 km | 73% | 8.8% | $89K | 34.6 min | C | A+ |
| Fraser Heights 4.6 km | 70% | 8.4% | $122K | 30.8 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 Port Mann, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- In work. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- Unemployment. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- 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. How long getting to work normally takes, averaged from the census’s time bands at their middles; expect it to read slightly high against the timed figure.
- 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. 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.
- Which towns we compare. The comparison pool is places of 2,500 people or more, towns or neighbourhoods inside cities, without whole cities or reserves, and we compare with its median.
- Neighbourhood figures. The census reaches a neighbourhood only through its dissemination areas, and Port Mann’s figures add those up. Surrey’s page has the commuting flows, which exist only for the whole municipality.
Questions about work in Port Mann
What is the unemployment rate in Port Mann?
The 2021 census found 11% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Vancouver metro area, is 6.7% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Port Mann?
The census puts Port Mann at $102,400 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Port Mann get to work?
Driving takes 84% of commuters to work, 13% take public transit, and on census day 14% of those in work were at home.
How many jobs are there in Port Mann?
Jobs are counted by municipality, not neighbourhood: the page for Surrey has the jobs based there and where its commuters go.
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).