Photo: Johntwrl · CC BY-SA 3.0Glenora has higher household incomes than 97% of Canadian towns
At the 2021 census, 78% of Glenora’s 15-to-64s were in work, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns. A typical one-way commute from Glenora lasts 20.3 minutes, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Home was the workplace for 32% of its workers in May 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 21%.
The work figures that set Glenora apart
Higher incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $123,000 before tax in 2020, where the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 20.3 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Getting to work ↓
Many work from home
32% of workers worked at home on census day, against 21% 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 & income in Glenora: graded A+
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.
$123,000 a year: the median household in Glenora
Glenora’s median is 33% above the middle of Alberta’s towns ($92,250). 29 of the 211 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 11 have a higher median. These are 2020 incomes, before tax, and they include pandemic benefits such as CERB, which lifted many lower incomes 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).
Leaving the car at home: 12% of commuters in Glenora
By bus, train or subway: 5.9%, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. 82% drive to work, fewer than the 88% in the middle of Alberta’s towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
How many in Glenora were working in 2021
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 188 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 70% of residents that age. Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 63%. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 64% in October 2026. 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.
EI claims in Census Division No. 11 run 30% above their 2019 level
Figures for EI beneficiaries are published for Census Division No. 11 as a whole, not for Glenora alone.
That works out to around 4.2 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. 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.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Glenora grades A for walkability
Better than 92% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #145 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Ranked on jobs and income, Glenora is 29th among 716 Canadian towns of 4,300 to 8,400
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 3 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Altadore Alberta | 7,675 | 80% | 8.1% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 16 | Parkview Alberta | 5,729 | 80% | 9% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 18 | Wainwright No. 61 Alberta | 4,576 | 84% | 5.5% | $108K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 27 | New Edinburgh Ontario | 5,728 | 79% | 7.4% | $126K | A+ |
| 28 | Betsworth Manitoba | 7,476 | 82% | 6.7% | $107K | A+ |
| 29 | Glenora Alberta | 6,197 | 78% | 9.1% | $123K | A+ |
| 30 | Twin Lakes Saskatchewan | 7,286 | 78% | 5.8% | $121K | A+ |
| 31 | Hanwell New Brunswick | 5,108 | 78% | 7.2% | $107K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 716 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Glenora, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Glenora and its neighbours: work and income
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenora | 78% | 9.1% | $123K | 20.3 min | A+ | A |
| North Glenora 1.2 km | 75% | 12% | $97K | 20 min | A | A+ |
| West Jasper Place 1.6 km | 59% | 19% | $54K | 24.4 min | D | A+ |
| Westmount 1.7 km | 80% | 11% | $89K | 22.3 min | A | A |
| Canora 1.7 km | 67% | 15% | $67K | 22.6 min | C− | A+ |
| Parkview 1.9 km | 80% | 9% | $155K | 21.1 min | A+ | A− |
| Jasper Park 2.4 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 Glenora, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Trip times. Built from banded answers: each commuter’s usual one-way trip counts as the midpoint of the band they chose, and the result tends to sit slightly higher than Statistics Canada’s average.
- Employment Insurance. How many people in the census division drew Employment Insurance each month; it moves with layoffs and hiring, yet people who don’t qualify are absent from it.
- The Labour Force Survey. Sampled each month and released for regions rather than towns, so its rate describes the area around the town.
- 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. The census-week jobless rate for residents 15 and over. Its base is the labour force, those employed plus those actively looking.
- 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.
- 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.
- Neighbourhood figures. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages stop at the municipality, so Edmonton’s page carries them; Glenora’s own figures sum its dissemination areas.
Questions about work in Glenora
How do people in Glenora get to work?
Driving takes 82% of commuters to work, 5.9% take public transit, 3.8% walk and 2.1% cycle, and on census day 32% of those in work were at home.
How many jobs are there in Glenora?
There is no count for a neighbourhood: the jobs figure, and where commuters go, are published for Edmonton as one municipality.
What is the unemployment rate in Glenora?
Two figures answer it: 9.1% 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 Glenora?
The census puts Glenora at $123,000 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
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).