Household incomes in Hudson are higher than in 82% of Canadian towns
Commutes from Hudson average 23.8 minutes, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Jobs were held by 72% of people aged 15 to 64 in Hudson in 2021, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%. Of everyone in Hudson working or looking for work in May 2021, 11% were unemployed; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
Work in Hudson: the figures worth knowing
Work near the middle
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 72% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 64%. In work ↓
Unemployment near the middle
The Labour Force Survey had the area at 7.1% in October 2026; on census day in 2021 the town’s own rate was 11%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
The Jobs & income grade for Hudson: B
Better than 61% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #193 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.
Work and the working-age population of Hudson
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 113 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
A more recent figure, for the wider area: 64% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. Census day was 11 May 2021, in the pandemic’s third wave: unemployment ran high and many worked from home, so these figures describe that spring rather than today.
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.
$96,000 a year: the median household in Hudson
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 11, 98 have a higher median. The middle of Alberta’s towns is $92,250, and Hudson is 4% above it. Incomes here are 2020’s and include the pandemic payments, CERB among them, that propped up the lower end.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Hudson gets to work without a car for 8.3% of commuters
Home was the workplace for 18%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit takes 5.6% of commuters, above the 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Driving takes 89% of commuters to work; the middle of Alberta’s towns has 88%.
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.
In Census Division No. 11, 30% more people receive EI than in 2019
Hudson doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from Census Division No. 11.
Roughly 4.2 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Set against the same month a year before, 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 counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Walkability in Hudson: graded A
Better than 90% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #174 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 4,900, Hudson ranks 315th of 795 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | Garrison Woods Alberta | 3,138 | 79% | 10% | $146K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 25 | Wainwright No. 61 Alberta | 4,576 | 84% | 5.5% | $108K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 313 | Fraser Alberta | 3,973 | 73% | 11% | $96K | B |
| 314 | Haddow Alberta | 4,026 | 72% | 12% | $147K | B |
| 315 | Hudson Alberta | 3,634 | 72% | 11% | $96K | B |
| 316 | Pincher Creek No. 9 Alberta | 3,176 | 82% | 6.7% | $79K | B |
| 317 | North St. Boniface Manitoba | 3,358 | 74% | 8.1% | $76K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 795 | 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 Hudson, and others among Alberta’s towns.
How the places next to Hudson compare on work
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson | 72% | 11% | $96K | 23.8 min | B | A |
| Wellington 0.6 km | 65% | 14% | $84K | 25.4 min | C | A |
| Cumberland 0.7 km | 71% | 11% | $118K | 26.3 min | B | B |
| Carlisle 1.6 km | 62% | 15% | $83K | 25.4 min | C | A |
| Caernarvon 1.7 km | 68% | 16% | $82K | 27 min | C | A |
| Kensington 1.7 km | 64% | 14% | $83K | 21.6 min | C+ | A |
| Athlone 1.8 km | 70% | 10% | $90K | 24.9 min | B− | 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 Hudson, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada surveys households every month; the results come out for metro areas and economic regions, never for single towns, and keep the rate current after 2021.
- 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. 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. 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. Our average assumes everyone in, say, the 15-to-29-minute band takes 22 minutes. Across all the bands that runs a shade above Statistics Canada’s measured average.
- 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.
- 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. The census reaches a neighbourhood only through its dissemination areas, and Hudson’s figures add those up. Edmonton’s page has the commuting flows, which exist only for the whole municipality.
Questions about work in Hudson
How do people in Hudson get to work?
89% of commuters drive, 5.6% take public transit, 1.7% walk and 1% cycle; 18% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How many jobs are there in Hudson?
Statistics Canada counts jobs for whole municipalities only; Edmonton has the total and the commuting flows.
What is the unemployment rate in Hudson?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 11% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Edmonton metro area at 7.1% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Hudson?
Before tax, half the households in Hudson had more than $96,000 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).