Photo: Sebbby98 · CC BY-SA 4.0A place people come to for work: Tsawwassen has 6.3 jobs per resident in work
With 73% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, Tsawwassen matches the middle of Canadian towns. Before tax, the typical household in Tsawwassen brought in $97,200 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. For 5.7% of commuters in Tsawwassen, the trip to work lasts an hour or more; the average is 28.1 minutes.
Jobs and income in Tsawwassen: what the figures say
Work near the middle
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 73% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 61%. In work ↓
Unemployment near the middle
The Labour Force Survey had the area at 6.7% in October 2026; on census day in 2021 the town’s own rate was 7.6%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
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, Tsawwassen grades B−
Better than 47% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #145 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.
On a working day, 4,185 people work in Tsawwassen, 4.5 times its working residents
620 residents of Tsawwassen had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 3,880 people had theirs in Tsawwassen, wherever they lived.
For every resident who leaves Tsawwassen for work, about 7 people come in. Of those who commute, 19% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
3,763 people come into Tsawwassen to work, most from Surrey and Delta
- Surrey1,970
- Delta1,040
- Richmond215
- Vancouver175
- Burnaby65
- Langley55
- New Westminster55
- Maple Ridge35
- Coquitlam30
- Port Coquitlam30
- Delta185
- Richmond135
- Vancouver95
- Surrey40
- Burnaby15
- Langley10
- New Westminster10
- North Vancouver10
Of everyone working in Tsawwassen, 97% come in from elsewhere; 1,970 make the 24 km trip from Surrey. Delta is where the largest group of commuters out goes, 185 of them.
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 Tsawwassen work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
In and out of work in Tsawwassen
Of the 95 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Greater Vancouver census division, 48 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 66%. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 63% in October 2026. Census day was 11 May 2021, in the pandemic’s third wave: unemployment ran high and many worked from home, so these figures describe that spring rather than today.
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.
Household income in Tsawwassen
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 83% of Canadian towns.
Set beside British Columbia’s towns, where the median is $86,900, Tsawwassen sits 12% above. 47 of the 95 other places of 2,500+ in the Greater Vancouver census division have a higher median. Incomes are for 2020, the first pandemic year, so CERB and other emergency payments are part of them.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 11% of Tsawwassen’s commuters
Transit takes 3.8% of commuters, close to the middle of Canadian towns. Driving to work is about as common as in the middle of British Columbia’s towns, at 87%. 28% 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.
How long the commute from Tsawwassen takes
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 24.6 minutes. In the middle of British Columbia’s towns, the average commute is 26.4 minutes. Only 29% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 39% in the middle of British Columbia’s towns.
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.
63% more people are on EI in the Greater Vancouver census division than in 2019
Set against the same month a year before, 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. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 3.6 are on 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). Figures for EI beneficiaries are published for the Greater Vancouver census division as a whole, not for Tsawwassen alone.
Everyday places on foot in Tsawwassen: A−
Better than 84% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #118 of 254 in British Columbia.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
214th of 424: where Tsawwassen ranks among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 3,500
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 49 | Tofino British Columbia | 2,772 | 76% | 12% | $86K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 51 | Highlands British Columbia | 2,753 | 83% | 4.9% | $124K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 57 | Mackenzie British Columbia | 3,442 | 78% | 12% | $88K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 212 | Buchanan Ontario | 3,006 | 68% | 10% | $107K | B− |
| 213 | Brockville Manitoba | 2,632 | 73% | 5.6% | $75K | B− |
| 214 | Tsawwassen British Columbia | 2,629 | 73% | 7.6% | $97K | B− |
| 215 | Waterridge Village Ontario | 2,737 | 69% | 6.6% | $89K | B− |
| 216 | Fairfield Ontario | 3,497 | 74% | 9.4% | $73K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 424 | 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 Tsawwassen, and others among British Columbia’s towns.
Around Tsawwassen: jobs, pay and the commute
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tsawwassen | 73% | 7.6% | $97K | 28.1 min | B− | A− |
| Delta 10.6 km | 77% | 7.3% | $108K | 30.1 min | B | A+ |
| Richmond 13.9 km | 69% | 11% | $79K | 27.8 min | C− | A+ |
| Crescent Heights 16.9 km | 69% | 8% | $131K | 31.6 min | C+ | B |
| Ocean Park 17.4 km | 68% | 7.8% | $117K | 30.3 min | C+ | B+ |
| Colebrook 17.7 km | 80% | 8.8% | $148K | 30.4 min | A− | C+ |
| Strawberry Hill 19 km | 72% | 9.4% | $92K | 34.5 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 Tsawwassen, 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. A monthly count of Employment Insurance beneficiaries for the whole census division. It tracks the local job market, but it is not an unemployment rate.
- 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. 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. 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.
- 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 Tsawwassen
How do people in Tsawwassen get to work?
Driving takes 87% of commuters to work, 3.8% take public transit, 5.1% walk and 1.9% cycle, and on census day 28% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Tsawwassen?
About 28.1 minutes on average, with 29% under a quarter-hour and 5.7% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Tsawwassen work?
Only 19% work in Tsawwassen itself; the rest go first to Delta (185) and Richmond (135).
How many jobs are there in Tsawwassen?
In June 2026, 230 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Tsawwassen?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 7.6% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Vancouver metro area at 6.7% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Tsawwassen?
The median household in Tsawwassen had $97,200 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
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).