Bisset’s household incomes are higher than in 77% of Canadian towns
Of everyone in Bisset working or looking for work in May 2021, 10% were unemployed, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. Commutes from Bisset average 27.9 minutes, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Bisset counted 77% of its 15-to-64s in jobs at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%.
Jobs and income in Bisset: what the figures say
Work near the middle
Counting everyone 15 and over, 64% were in work at the 2021 census; among those aged 15 to 64 it was 77%, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. In work ↓
Unemployment near the middle
10% 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 7.1% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
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 Bisset earn B
Better than 59% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #206 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.
In and out of work in Bisset
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 183 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
71% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 64% of residents 15 and over were in work. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 64% in October 2026. May 2021, when the census was taken, was a pandemic spring; unemployment has come down since, as the Labour Force Survey records.
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.
What households earned in Bisset: $91,500 in 2020
114 of the 211 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 11 have a higher median. Set beside Alberta’s towns, where the median is $92,250, Bisset sits 1% below. 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).
Without a car, 14% of Bisset’s commuters get to work
More people take transit to work here than in the middle of Alberta’s towns: 13% against 5.7%. Fewer drive than in the middle of Alberta’s towns: 83% against 88%. Only 16% worked at home on census day, against 21% 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
For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 4.2 are on EI. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 5%. In January 2021 it reached 97,990, the most in the series and 3.1 times the 2019 average.
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).
Bisset grades A+ for walkability
Better than 97% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #85 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
244th of 610: where Bisset ranks among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 4,100
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 14 | Garrison Woods Alberta | 3,138 | 79% | 10% | $146K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 21 | Laurier Heights Alberta | 3,048 | 78% | 6.9% | $163K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 242 | East Lawrencetown Nova Scotia | 4,020 | 79% | 8.3% | $108K | B |
| 243 | Carman Manitoba | 3,547 | 80% | 5.2% | $67K | B |
| 244 | Bisset Alberta | 3,049 | 77% | 10% | $92K | B |
| 245 | Horton Ontario | 3,550 | 75% | 8% | $91K | B |
| 246 | Shaver Ontario | 2,882 | 73% | 14% | $123K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 610 | 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 Bisset, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Work in and around Bisset
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bisset | 77% | 10% | $92K | 27.9 min | B | A+ |
| Daly Grove 0.9 km | 64% | 13% | $95K | 27.6 min | C | B+ |
| Weinlos 1 km | 63% | 16% | $89K | 26.1 min | C | A |
| Pollard Meadows 1 km | 63% | 14% | $80K | 28.1 min | C− | A+ |
| Minchau 1.2 km | 70% | 14% | $96K | 28.8 min | C+ | A− |
| Silver Berry 1.2 km | 74% | 12% | $108K | 27.8 min | B | A |
| Laurel 1.6 km | 72% | 11% | $111K | 28.5 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 Bisset, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Unemployment. Of everyone 15 or older who was working or job-hunting in the census week, the part still looking. Someone not seeking work isn’t in it at all.
- 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. We add up Bisset’s dissemination areas for its census figures. Flows between places and timed averages exist only for the whole municipality: see Edmonton’s page.
Questions about work in Bisset
What is the average household income in Bisset?
The median household in Bisset had $91,500 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Bisset get to work?
83% of commuters go by car, 13% take public transit and 1.4% walk. On census day 16% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How many jobs are there in Bisset?
Statistics Canada counts jobs for whole municipalities only; Edmonton has the total and the commuting flows.
What is the unemployment rate in Bisset?
The 2021 census found 10% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Edmonton metro area, is 7.1% (October 2026).
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).