Canora has a smaller share of its working-age people in jobs than 81% of Canadian towns
Workers in Canora spend 22.6 minutes on the way to work on average (26 in the middle of Canadian towns). Median household income in Canora was $67,400 in 2020, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900. Census day 2021 found 15% of Canora’s labour force without a job, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
The work figures that set Canora apart
Fewer people in work than most towns
At the 2021 census 67% of the 15-to-64s were in work (73% in the middle of Canadian towns); across all ages 15 and over, 54%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 15% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 7.1% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $67,400 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 22.6 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Getting 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 Canora earn C−
Better than 22% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #411 of 474 in Alberta.
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.
67% of working-age people in Canora have jobs
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 67 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 64% in October 2026. Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 64%. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 54% of residents 15 and over were in work. 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 Canora: households
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 73% of Canadian towns.
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 11, 189 have a higher median. Canora’s median is 27% below the middle of Alberta’s towns ($92,250). CERB and the other emergency payments of 2020 are counted in these incomes, which lifted the lower ones that year.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
17% of commuters from Canora go without a car
On foot: 6.8% of commuters, well above the 2.5% in the middle of Alberta’s towns. 80% drive to work, fewer than the 88% in the middle of Alberta’s towns. By bus, train or subway: 9.2%, against 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).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
30% more people are on EI in Census Division No. 11 than in 2019
Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 5%. The count topped out in January 2021 at 97,990 people, 3.1 times the 2019 average. Roughly 4.2 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: Census Division No. 11. 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, Canora grades A+
Better than almost every Canadian town on two measures together, #45 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Canora places 581st of 728 on jobs and income among Canadian towns of 3,400 to 6,500
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 2 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | South Tuxedo Manitoba | 3,629 | 85% | 6.8% | $110K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Parkview Alberta | 5,729 | 80% | 9% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 15 | Wainwright No. 61 Alberta | 4,576 | 84% | 5.5% | $108K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | Richmond Alberta | 4,811 | 79% | 9.2% | $114K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 579 | De Salaberry Manitoba | 4,401 | 70% | 6.5% | $86K | C− |
| 580 | Kingsland Alberta | 4,700 | 72% | 14% | $66K | C− |
| 581 | Canora Alberta | 4,799 | 67% | 15% | $67K | C− |
| 582 | Castleridge Alberta | 6,127 | 64% | 17% | $90K | C− |
| 583 | Inverness County, Subdivision A Nova Scotia | 5,389 | 65% | 21% | $65K | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 728 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Canora, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Jobs near Canora: the places around it
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canora | 67% | 15% | $67K | 22.6 min | C− | A+ |
| Britannia Youngstown 1.1 km | 62% | 13% | $59K | 23 min | D | A+ |
| West Jasper Place 1.4 km | 59% | 19% | $54K | 24.4 min | D | A+ |
| North Glenora 1.6 km | 75% | 12% | $97K | 20 min | A | A+ |
| Glenora 1.7 km | 78% | 9.1% | $123K | 20.3 min | A+ | A |
| Glenwood 1.9 km | 67% | 15% | $67K | 23.2 min | C− | A+ |
| Jasper Park 2.8 km | 70% | 15% | $71K | 25.2 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 Canora, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Household income. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- 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. Beneficiaries of Employment Insurance, month by month, for the census division rather than the town. Many jobless people don’t qualify, so it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. A monthly household survey by Statistics Canada, reported for metro areas and economic regions only. It supplies a recent rate next to the 2021 census figure.
- In work. Everyone with a job, whatever their age, divided by the residents aged 15 to 64 at the 2021 Census: below the municipality the census doesn’t split work by age, and this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood can be given.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. Comparisons are with the median of Canadian towns and city neighbourhoods counting 2,500 people or more, reserves and entire cities excluded.
- Neighbourhood figures. The census reaches a neighbourhood only through its dissemination areas, and Canora’s figures add those up. Edmonton’s page has the commuting flows, which exist only for the whole municipality.
Questions about work in Canora
How do people in Canora get to work?
By car: 80% of commuters, 9.2% take public transit, 6.8% walk and 0.5% cycle; on census day 15% of those in work worked from home.
How many jobs are there in Canora?
Statistics Canada counts jobs for whole municipalities only; Edmonton has the total and the commuting flows.
What is the unemployment rate in Canora?
Two figures answer it: 15% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 7.1% for the Edmonton metro area in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Canora?
Before tax, half the households in Canora had more than $67,400 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
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).