Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.0The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Fairview tops that of 95% of Canadian towns
Transit is the way to work for 18% of commuters here. The median household in Fairview had $83,100 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. When the 2021 census was taken, 6.9% of people in Fairview who wanted a job had none, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns.
What sets Fairview apart on jobs and income
More people in work than most towns
In work at the 2021 census: 86% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 69% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
6.9% 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 ↓
Many work from home
On census day, 41% of those in work were working at home; the middle of Canadian towns is 21%. 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.
On jobs and income, Fairview grades A−
Better than 85% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #43 of 254 in British Columbia.
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; 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.
Fairview at work: 86% of people aged 15 to 64
Of the 95 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Greater Vancouver census division, 94 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 69% of residents 15 and over were in work. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 63% in October 2026. The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 74%. The census caught the labour market on 11 May 2021, deep in the pandemic, so unemployment and working from home both ran above normal.
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.
Fairview gets to work without a car for 50% of commuters
Fewer drive than in the middle of British Columbia’s towns: 47% against 87%. Working at home: 41% here, 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. More people cycle to work here than in the middle of British Columbia’s towns: 8% against 0.9%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
Household income in Fairview
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 63% of Canadian towns.
Of the 95 other places of 2,500 or more in the Greater Vancouver census division, 77 have a higher median. The middle of British Columbia’s towns is $86,900, and Fairview is 4% below it. Pandemic benefits paid in 2020 lifted the incomes at the bottom, and they are counted here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
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%. In January 2021 it reached 117,570, the most in the series and 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 Fairview one part of it.
Fairview on foot: a A+ grade
Better than almost every Canadian town on two measures together, #1 of 254 in British Columbia.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
For jobs and income, Fairview is 18th of 198 Canadian towns of 23,800 to 45,900
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whitehorse Yukon | 34,129 | 82% | 5.6% | $112K | A+ |
| 2 | Arcola East Saskatchewan | 33,823 | 79% | 7.7% | $123K | A+ |
| 3 | Woolwich Ontario | 31,382 | 82% | 6.2% | $115K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 5 | Fort St. John British Columbia | 24,383 | 76% | 8.9% | $102K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 14 | Squamish British Columbia | 28,578 | 83% | 6.8% | $112K | A |
| 15 | West Kelowna British Columbia | 40,274 | 78% | 7.5% | $99K | A |
| 16 | Bridlewood - Emerald Meadows Ontario | 25,824 | 77% | 8.9% | $136K | A |
| 17 | Candiac Quebec | 24,920 | 80% | 5.4% | $112K | A |
| 18 | Fairview British Columbia | 33,969 | 86% | 6.9% | $83K | A− |
| 19 | Duberger—Les Saules Quebec | 27,419 | 83% | 6.7% | $71K | A− |
| 20 | Beloeil Quebec | 25,240 | 85% | 5% | $90K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 198 | Parc-Extension Quebec | 29,066 | 61% | 16% | $48K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Fairview, and others among British Columbia’s towns.
Work next door to Fairview
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | 86% | 6.9% | $83K | 25.2 min | A− | A+ |
| Granville Entertainment District 1.5 km | 73% | 9% | $72K | 26.1 min | C | A+ |
| Kitsilano 1.7 km | 83% | 7.4% | $84K | 26.2 min | A− | A+ |
| Yaletown 2 km | 77% | 8.3% | $84K | 25.9 min | B | A+ |
| South Cambie 2 km | 77% | 7.7% | $98K | 27.1 min | B | A+ |
| Davie Village 2 km | 80% | 10% | $64K | 28.6 min | C | A+ |
| Shaughnessy 2.2 km | 70% | 8.7% | $139K | 26 min | B | 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 Fairview, 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.
- 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. How many residents held a job in May 2021, set against how many were 15 to 64. It reads a little high where many people work past 65, since below the municipality the census gives no breakdown of workers by age.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- Household income. Half of households had more than this before tax in 2020, half less, counting every source of income. For a neighbourhood we estimate the median from the income brackets of its dissemination areas.
- 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.
- Neighbourhood figures. We add up Fairview’s dissemination areas for its census figures. Flows between places and timed averages exist only for the whole municipality: see Vancouver’s page.
Questions about work in Fairview
What is the unemployment rate in Fairview?
The census put unemployment at 6.9% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Vancouver metro area at 6.7%.
What is the average household income in Fairview?
The census puts Fairview at $83,100 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Fairview get to work?
47% of commuters drive, 18% take public transit, 24% walk and 8% cycle; 41% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How many jobs are there in Fairview?
Statistics Canada counts jobs for whole municipalities only; Vancouver has the total and the commuting flows.
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).