Photo: Joli Rumi · CC BY-SA 4.0Avonmore has higher household incomes than 87% of Canadian towns
Joblessness at the 2021 census: 12% of Avonmore’s labour force, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns. The 2021 census found 74% of working-age people in Avonmore employed, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. Workers in Avonmore spend 23.1 minutes on the way to work on average (26 in the middle of Canadian towns).
Avonmore at work: what stands out
Work near the middle
74% of people aged 15 to 64 had a job at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; counting everyone 15 and over, retirees included, it was 58%. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
At $101,500 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Jobs & income in Avonmore: graded A−
Better than 78% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #94 of 474 in Alberta.
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.
What households earned in Avonmore: $101,500 in 2020
That puts Avonmore 10% above the median of Alberta’s towns, $92,250. 84 of the 211 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 11 have a higher median. That year, 2020, brought emergency benefits that count in these totals, before tax.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
How many in Avonmore were working in 2021
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 144 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 64% in October 2026. 67% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 58%. 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.
16% of commuters in Avonmore walk, cycle or take transit
Cycling to work barely figures in the middle of Alberta’s towns; here, 3.7% cycle. 78% drive to work, fewer than the 88% in the middle of Alberta’s towns. 26% of everyone in work worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit takes 6.8% of commuters, above the 3.5% 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).
In Census Division No. 11, 30% more people receive EI than in 2019
That is about 4.2 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 5%. The highest month was January 2021: 97,990 people, 3.1 times the 2019 level.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries published for Census Division No. 11, not by town. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Everyday places on foot in Avonmore: A
Better than 90% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #166 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 4,000, Avonmore ranks 147th of 578 for jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Garrison Woods Alberta | 3,138 | 79% | 10% | $146K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 20 | Laurier Heights Alberta | 3,048 | 78% | 6.9% | $163K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 145 | Colebrook British Columbia | 3,617 | 80% | 8.8% | $148K | A− |
| 146 | Waterville Quebec | 2,643 | 84% | 4.9% | $74K | A− |
| 147 | Avonmore Alberta | 2,971 | 74% | 12% | $102K | A− |
| 148 | Lesser Slave River No. 124 Alberta | 2,980 | 81% | 8.8% | $100K | A− |
| 149 | Laurier-Station Quebec | 2,838 | 89% | 3.1% | $67K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 578 | 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 Avonmore, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Work next door to Avonmore
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avonmore | 74% | 12% | $102K | 23.1 min | A− | A |
| King Edward Park 1.5 km | 72% | 13% | $82K | 24.5 min | C+ | A |
| Hazeldean 1.5 km | 72% | 14% | $90K | 22.9 min | B | A+ |
| Ritchie 1.9 km | 77% | 10% | $86K | 20.9 min | A− | A+ |
| Bonnie Doon 2.1 km | 73% | 11% | $74K | 23.6 min | C+ | A+ |
| Holyrood 2.8 km | 72% | 14% | $95K | 24.8 min | B− | A− |
| Tweddle Place 3.1 km | 64% | 14% | $86K | 23.5 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 Avonmore, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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.
- Trip times. How long getting to work normally takes, averaged from the census’s time bands at their middles; expect it to read slightly high against the timed figure.
- 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. 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. People in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64 (2021 Census). The census doesn’t cross work with age below the municipality, so this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood has; retirees don’t weigh on it.
- Which towns we compare. Towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500 people or more, never a whole city and never a First Nations reserve. Middles are medians.
- Neighbourhood figures. Everything here sums the dissemination areas inside Avonmore’s lines, since the census has no neighbourhood profile; where people commute is on Edmonton’s page.
Questions about work in Avonmore
What is the unemployment rate in Avonmore?
At the 2021 census 12% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Edmonton metro area, gives 7.1% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Avonmore?
Avonmore’s middle household had $101,500 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Avonmore get to work?
78% of commuters go by car, 6.8% take public transit, 5% walk and 3.7% cycle. On census day 26% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How many jobs are there in Avonmore?
There is no count for a neighbourhood: the jobs figure, and where commuters go, are published for Edmonton as one municipality.
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).