Photo: Darren Kirby from Nanaimo, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0With 0.5 jobs for each resident in work, most of Beaver County commutes out
Median household income in Beaver County was $93,500 in 2020, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns. An hour or more each way is the commute for 16% of workers in Beaver County; the average is 38.7 minutes. Of Beaver County’s residents aged 15 to 64, 70% were employed when the 2021 census was taken, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%.
The work numbers behind Beaver County
Work near the middle
Counting everyone 15 and over, 58% were in work at the 2021 census; among those aged 15 to 64 it was 70%, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. In work ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 38.7 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 16% last an hour or longer. The trip to work ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Beaver County earns C− for jobs and income
Better than 21% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #417 of 474 in Alberta.
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.
How long the commute from Beaver County takes
The middle of Alberta’s towns averages 25.8 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 15%, fewer than the 39% in the middle of Alberta’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 36.1 minutes (Statistics Canada).
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.
Beaver County empties a little on a working day
Each person commuting in is matched by about 3 residents going out.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
84% of Beaver County’s residents in work leave it to work; Edmonton takes the most
- Tofield255
- Edmonton50
- Strathcona County40
- Camrose County25
- Lamont County25
- Ryley20
- Camrose10
- Edmonton320
- Strathcona County155
- Viking140
- Camrose130
- Vegreville95
- Ryley70
- Lamont40
- Holden35
- Leduc35
- Red Deer25
Of those coming in, Tofield supplies the most: 255.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Beaver County at work: 70% of people aged 15 to 64
None of the 9 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 10 has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Counting those looking for work too, 66% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 57% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. Pandemic rules were in force on census day, 11 May 2021; the Labour Force Survey shows how jobs have moved since.
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.
Earnings at home in Beaver County: households
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 79% of Canadian towns.
Of the 9 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 10, 2 have a higher median. Beaver County’s median is 1% above the middle of Alberta’s towns ($92,250). Pandemic support paid in 2020, CERB first among it, is part of these before-tax incomes.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Leaving the car at home: 2% of commuters in Beaver County
Nearly everyone drives: 95% of commuters go by car, truck or van. 24% of everyone in work worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Few ride transit: 0.5%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
EI claims in Census Division No. 10 run 5% above their 2019 level
Beaver County doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from Census Division No. 10.
January 2021 was the busiest month, with 5,330 people on EI, 2.8 times 2019’s average. That is about 3.5 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 4%.
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).
The Walkability grade for Beaver County: D
Better than 8% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #467 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Beaver County next to Canadian towns of 4,400 to 8,400: 574th of 688 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 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Altadore Alberta | 7,675 | 80% | 8.1% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 16 | Parkview Alberta | 5,729 | 80% | 9% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 18 | Wainwright No. 61 Alberta | 4,576 | 84% | 5.5% | $108K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 572 | Campbellton New Brunswick | 7,485 | 62% | 13% | $49K | C− |
| 573 | Clare Nova Scotia | 8,020 | 67% | 13% | $62K | C− |
| 574 | Beaver County Alberta | 6,245 | 70% | 11% | $94K | C− |
| 575 | Electoral Area B, Nanaimo British Columbia | 4,702 | 74% | 8.5% | $60K | C− |
| 576 | Asphodel-Norwood Ontario | 5,308 | 72% | 10% | $81K | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 688 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Beaver County, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Jobs near Beaver County: the places around it
The nearest places to Beaver County with figures are 11–44 km away.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver County | 70% | 11% | $94K | 38.7 min | C− | D |
| Tofield 10.9 km | 82% | 12% | $75K | 30.4 min | C+ | A− |
| Camrose 33.7 km | 73% | 13% | $77K | 18.9 min | B | B+ |
| Camrose County 37.7 km | 81% | 7.4% | $90K | 30.3 min | B | D |
| Vegreville 43.6 km | 71% | 9.8% | $70K | 18.3 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 Beaver County, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Where people commute. Statistics Canada’s place-of-work table counts people with a usual place of work by the municipality they live in and the one they work in. Jobs here are people whose usual workplace is in the municipality, wherever they live.
- Employment Insurance. Statistics Canada counts EI beneficiaries each month by census division. Seasonal work makes it swing, so read it as a trend, not a jobless rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada’s monthly survey, published for metro areas and economic regions rather than towns: it gives a current rate beside the census’s 2021 one.
- In work. We divide the number of employed residents by the number aged 15 to 64. Workers past 64 still count on top, because the 2021 Census crosses work with age only for whole municipalities; in return, a retirement town’s pensioners don’t drag the rate down.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- Household income. What the median household took in during 2020 before tax, as the census recorded it; an estimate built from income groups when the place is a neighbourhood.
- Trip times. Built from banded answers: each commuter’s usual one-way trip counts as the midpoint of the band they chose, and the result tends to sit slightly higher than Statistics Canada’s average.
- Which towns we compare. Any town of 2,500 or more counts, and so does any city neighbourhood that size; the city as a whole and First Nations reserves don’t. The middle is the median.
Questions about work in Beaver County
How do people in Beaver County get to work?
95% of commuters go by car, 0.5% take public transit and 1.5% walk. On census day 24% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Beaver County?
On average 38.7 minutes; 15% take under 15 minutes and 16% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Beaver County work?
16% work in Beaver County itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Edmonton (320), then Strathcona County (155).
How many jobs are there in Beaver County?
About 670 people had their usual place of work in Beaver County at the 2021 census, 0.5 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 97 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Beaver County?
At the 2021 census 11% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Camrose-Drumheller economic region, gives 8.8% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Beaver County?
At $93,500 before tax in 2020, the median household in Beaver County compares with $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).