Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domainFewer of Camrose’s 15-to-64s are in work than in 60% of Canadian towns
From Camrose, the drive or ride to work averages 18.9 minutes, with 7.4% going an hour or longer. Median household income in Camrose was $76,600 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Camrose had an unemployment rate of 13% at the 2021 census, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
Camrose and work: the main findings
A local job centre
With 6,800 jobs based in Camrose and 5,915 working residents, the ratio compares with 0.8 in the middle of Canadian towns. The daily tide ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 18.9 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 7.4% 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.
Jobs and income in Camrose earn B
Its strongest measure is trip times; 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.
Where Camrose’s workforce comes from
Camrose takes in some 2 workers for every resident it sends out. 78% of residents who commute work inside the municipality, against 70% in the middle of Canadian towns.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
Time on the road to work from Camrose
A quarter-hour or less for 67% of commuters, against 39% in the middle of Alberta’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 17.8 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of Alberta’s towns, the average commute is 25.8 minutes.
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.
2,204 people come into Camrose to work, most from Camrose County and Edmonton
- Camrose County1,020
- Edmonton190
- Beaver County130
- Flagstaff County95
- Bawlf75
- Daysland70
- Wetaskiwin County No. 1065
- Wetaskiwin65
- Hay Lakes40
- Tofield40
- Wetaskiwin245
- Camrose County170
- Edmonton145
- Leduc County95
- Red Deer80
- Strathcona County50
- Fort McMurray35
- Forestburg30
- Daysland30
- Killam30
32% of the people who work in Camrose live outside it, 1,020 of them in Camrose County, 12 km away. Outbound, Wetaskiwin takes the most: 245 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Camrose at work: 73% of people aged 15 to 64
Of the 9 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 10, 2 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 54%: many residents are past working age. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 57% in October 2026. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 62% of residents that age. These are census figures from May 2021, during COVID’s third wave; jobs have recovered since, which the Labour Force Survey shows.
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 Camrose: households
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 51% of Canadian towns.
The middle of Alberta’s towns is $92,250, and Camrose is 17% below it. Of the 9 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 10, 7 have a higher median. In 2020 emergency benefits topped up many low incomes, and the census counts them here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
5.6% of commuters from Camrose go without a car
More people walk to work here than in the middle of Alberta’s towns: 4.7% against 2.5%. The car is the way to work for 92% of commuters. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 11% against 21%. Few ride transit: 0.3%, 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
January 2021 was the busiest month, with 5,330 people on EI, 2.8 times 2019’s average. That works out to around 3.5 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 4%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Data for EI beneficiaries covers Census Division No. 10. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
On getting around on foot, Camrose grades B+
Better than 67% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #349 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Camrose is 139th of 434 Canadian towns of 14,600 to 28,100 people for jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yellowknife Northwest Territories | 22,858 | 80% | 5.8% | $148K | A+ |
| 2 | Central Saanich British Columbia | 18,184 | 85% | 4.9% | $103K | A+ |
| 3 | Cap-Rouge Quebec | 17,139 | 81% | 4.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 7 | Canmore Alberta | 17,341 | 79% | 9.7% | $107K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 17 | Lloydminster (Part) Alberta | 21,267 | 75% | 11% | $98K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 32 | Cold Lake Alberta | 17,798 | 75% | 7.8% | $105K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 137 | Red Deer County Alberta | 22,076 | 77% | 8.5% | $94K | B |
| 138 | Uxbridge Ontario | 22,618 | 79% | 8.4% | $117K | B |
| 139 | Camrose Alberta | 20,800 | 73% | 13% | $77K | B |
| 140 | Sunningdale Ontario | 21,645 | 70% | 11% | $114K | B |
| 141 | North Grenville Ontario | 19,733 | 78% | 7.6% | $108K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 434 | South Parkdale Ontario | 21,663 | 64% | 17% | $57K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Camrose, and others among Alberta’s towns.
How the places next to Camrose compare on work
Distances here run 12–44 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Camrose.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camrose | 73% | 13% | $77K | 18.9 min | B | B+ |
| Camrose County 11.7 km | 81% | 7.4% | $90K | 30.3 min | B | D |
| Beaver County 33.7 km | 70% | 11% | $94K | 38.7 min | C− | D |
| Wetaskiwin 35.7 km | 68% | 12% | $70K | 19.8 min | C | B+ |
| Tofield 42 km | 82% | 12% | $75K | 30.4 min | C+ | A− |
| Millet 43.5 km | 68% | 9.9% | $81K | 29.7 min | C− | C+ |
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 Camrose, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Where people commute. Who travels where, from the census: workers with a regular workplace, sorted by the municipality they live in and the one they work in.
- 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. 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. Taken from the 2021 Census, which asked about 2020: wages, pensions, investment income and government transfers together, before income tax, for the median household.
- Trip times. The census asks how long the trip to work usually takes, in bands; our average uses each band’s middle, so it runs a little above Statistics Canada’s timed average.
- Which towns we compare. Medians over towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents. Whole cities would swamp them and reserves sit outside the rankings, so neither is in.
Questions about work in Camrose
How do people in Camrose get to work?
92% of commuters go by car, 0.3% take public transit, 4.7% walk and 0.6% cycle. On census day 11% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Camrose?
On average 18.9 minutes; 67% take under 15 minutes and 7.4% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Camrose work?
78% work in Camrose itself; of those who leave, the most go to Wetaskiwin (245), then Camrose County (170).
How many jobs are there in Camrose?
About 6,800 people had their usual place of work in Camrose at the 2021 census, 1.2 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 875 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Camrose?
The census put unemployment at 13% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Camrose-Drumheller economic region at 8.8%.
What is the average household income in Camrose?
At $76,600 before tax in 2020, the median household in Camrose 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).