Photo: Ribbet32 · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Beaverlodge have higher incomes than those in 75% of Canadian towns
Beaverlodge is the usual workplace of 940 people, and 620 of its own residents commute to a job. At the 2021 census, 70% of Beaverlodge’s 15-to-64s were in work, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns. 16% of the labour force in Beaverlodge was out of work at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
Beaverlodge and work: the main findings
More unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 16% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 5.6% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
A local job centre
With 940 jobs based in Beaverlodge and 620 working residents, the ratio compares with 0.8 in the middle of Canadian towns. The daily tide ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Beaverlodge grades B− for jobs and income
Better than 49% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is household income; its weakest, the share of 15-to-64s in work.
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 many in Beaverlodge were working in 2021
Of the 6 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 19, one has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 55% of residents 15 and over were in work. By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 63% of the wider area’s adults in work. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 66% of residents that age. 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.
Beaverlodge fills up on a working day: 46% more workers
Each resident commuting out of Beaverlodge is matched by about 2 coming in.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
603 people come into Beaverlodge to work, most from Grande Prairie County No. 1 and Grande Prairie
- Grande Prairie County No. 1405
- Grande Prairie135
- Wembley25
- Hythe15
- Edmonton10
- Grande Prairie115
- Grande Prairie County No. 175
- Hythe60
- Wembley10
- McLennan10
64% of the people who work in Beaverlodge live outside it, 405 of them in Grande Prairie County No. 1, 37 km away. The main destination the other way is Grande Prairie, with 115.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Beaverlodge households: $90,500 a year at the median
4 of the 6 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 19 have a higher median. Set beside Alberta’s towns, where the median is $92,250, Beaverlodge sits 2% below. Incomes here are 2020’s and include the pandemic payments, CERB among them, that propped up the lower end.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
6.1% of commuters in Beaverlodge walk, cycle or take transit
Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 8.2% against 21%. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 92% of commuters go by car, truck or van.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
A commute like the middle of Canadian towns: 24.4 minutes from Beaverlodge
An hour or more: 9.5% of commuters, above the 7% in the middle of Alberta’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 21.5 minutes. The middle of Alberta’s towns averages 25.8 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 47% of commuters, against 39% in the middle of Alberta’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.
5% more people are on EI in Census Division No. 19 than in 2019
At its peak, in January 2021, 8,300 people were on EI, 3.1 times the 2019 average. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 3.8 are on EI. Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 7%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: Census Division No. 19. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Beaverlodge on foot: a A− grade
Better than 78% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How the places next to Beaverlodge compare on work
The nearest places to Beaverlodge with figures are 19–44 km away.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaverlodge | 70% | 16% | $91K | 24.4 min | B− | A− |
| Wembley 18.6 km | 75% | 11% | $109K | 28.3 min | B | B− |
| Grande Prairie County No. 1 37 km | 78% | 9.6% | $120K | 28.2 min | B+ | C− |
| Grande Prairie 40 km | 73% | 12% | $103K | 19.4 min | A | B |
| Sexsmith 43.6 km | 66% | 16% | $111K | 25.2 min | B− | B+ |
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 Beaverlodge, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- In work. Why 15 to 64? Otherwise retirees would pull the rate down in older towns. The census can’t say how old a neighbourhood’s workers are, so the count of people in work takes every age.
- 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. 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. Our average assumes everyone in, say, the 15-to-29-minute band takes 22 minutes. Across all the bands that runs a shade above Statistics Canada’s measured average.
- Where people commute. Jobs count everyone whose usual workplace lies in the municipality, residents or commuters from elsewhere, from Statistics Canada’s home-by-workplace table.
- Employment Insurance. Monthly EI recipients across the census division: a pulse of the local job market rather than a measure of who is out of work.
- 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.
- 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 Beaverlodge
What is the average household income in Beaverlodge?
At $90,500 before tax in 2020, the median household in Beaverlodge compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Beaverlodge get to work?
By car: 92% of commuters, 6.1% walk; on census day 8.2% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Beaverlodge?
24.4 minutes is the average trip, with 47% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 9.5% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Beaverlodge work?
Most stay: 54% work in Beaverlodge. The rest go first to Grande Prairie (115) and Grande Prairie County No. 1 (75).
How many jobs are there in Beaverlodge?
The 2021 census counted about 940 people working in Beaverlodge: 1.5 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 225 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Beaverlodge?
At the 2021 census 16% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Banff-Jasper-Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca-Grande Prairie-Peace River economic region, gives 5.6% in October 2026.
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).