Photo: Mack Male from Edmonton, AB, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer of Edmonton’s 15-to-64s are in work than in 66% of Canadian towns
In 2020, a household at the middle of Edmonton had $90,400 before tax; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. From Edmonton, the drive or ride to work averages 26.3 minutes, with 4.7% going an hour or longer. Edmonton is the usual workplace of 309,445 people, and 305,925 of its own residents commute to a job.
What the numbers say about work in Edmonton
Work near the middle
Counting everyone 15 and over, 60% were in work at the 2021 census; among those aged 15 to 64 it was 70%, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. In work ↓
Unemployment near the middle
13% 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 & income in Edmonton, before the letters
Employment of 15-to-64s, median household income, unemployment and the average commute: those four census figures, set against Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, will make the grade.
Edmonton keeps its workforce on a working day
84% of residents who commute work inside the municipality, against 70% in the middle of Canadian towns.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
52,162 people come into Edmonton to work, most from Strathcona County and St. Albert
- Strathcona County14,020
- St. Albert9,365
- Spruce Grove4,205
- Parkland County3,280
- Beaumont3,005
- Leduc2,430
- Sturgeon County2,160
- Fort Saskatchewan2,155
- Stony Plain1,460
- Leduc County1,315
- Strathcona County11,785
- St. Albert5,980
- Leduc County5,765
- Leduc3,995
- Fort McMurray2,810
- Parkland County2,790
- Sturgeon County2,445
- Fort Saskatchewan2,285
- Spruce Grove1,980
- Beaumont645
17% of the people who work in Edmonton live outside it, 14,020 of them in Strathcona County, 17 km away. Of residents who leave for work, most head to Strathcona County (11,785).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
2021 Census, people with a usual place of work: where residents of Edmonton work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
In Edmonton, 70% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
Of the 212 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 102 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 68%. By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 64% of the wider area’s adults in work. Statistics Canada counted on 11 May 2021, with much of the country under pandemic rules: more people were out of work or at home than usual.
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.
How Edmonton’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 58% of Canadian towns.
Edmonton’s median is 2% below the middle of Alberta’s towns ($92,250). Of the 212 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 11, 119 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).
From $43K to $169K: household incomes within Edmonton
Median household income in each of Edmonton’s 195 neighbourhoods: the highest is 3.9 times the lowest. The share of 15-to-64s in work runs from 36% in Albany to 84% in Trumpeter Area.
| Neighbourhood | People | Household income | In work, 15–64 | Average trip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wîhkwêntôwin | 19,050 | $63,600 | 76% | 23.5 min |
| Summerside | 16,760 | $127,800 | 77% | 28.2 min |
| Laurel | 15,263 | $110,500 | 72% | 28.5 min |
| Windermere | 14,922 | $125,700 | 79% | 28.5 min |
| Chappelle | 14,815 | $117,000 | 77% | 29.9 min |
| Walker | 13,388 | $111,400 | 74% | 29 min |
| Downtown | 12,880 | $68,100 | 76% | 23.6 min |
| Rutherford | 12,808 | $100,900 | 74% | 28.1 min |
| The Hamptons | 12,008 | $120,600 | 74% | 26.9 min |
| McConachie | 10,450 | $113,800 | 75% | 27.5 min |
| River Valley Oleskiw | 9,922 | $140,300 | 75% | 25.1 min |
| Glastonbury | 9,745 | $111,500 | 74% | 26.3 min |
| Silver Berry | 9,439 | $108,200 | 74% | 27.8 min |
| Wild Rose | 8,534 | $119,700 | 68% | 27.1 min |
| Garneau | 8,492 | $58,500 | 64% | 22.3 min |
| King Edward Park | 8,399 | $81,900 | 72% | 24.5 min |
| Strathcona | 8,283 | $64,700 | 79% | 24.4 min |
| Secord | 8,205 | $126,300 | 78% | 26.4 min |
| South Terwillegar | 8,183 | $110,500 | 73% | 28.5 min |
| Allard | 8,148 | $104,500 | 77% | 29.5 min |
| Charlesworth | 8,135 | $112,100 | 77% | 26.5 min |
| Ottewell | 8,040 | $91,700 | 74% | 24 min |
| Queen Mary Park | 7,958 | $56,100 | 67% | 25.1 min |
| La Perle | 7,889 | $78,100 | 71% | 22.5 min |
| Callingwood South | 7,844 | $60,100 | 62% | 27.5 min |
| Ambleside | 7,733 | $99,900 | 78% | 28.9 min |
| Ermineskin | 7,483 | $75,800 | 72% | 26 min |
| Cavanagh | 7,300 | $117,900 | 72% | 27.4 min |
| Lymburn | 7,231 | $96,200 | 75% | 26.7 min |
| Inglewood | 7,167 | $58,600 | 64% | 25.1 min |
| Sherbrooke | 7,131 | $77,700 | 65% | 24.2 min |
| Rhatigan Ridge | 7,066 | $161,300 | 77% | 24 min |
| Kiniski Gardens | 6,864 | $111,000 | 75% | 24.4 min |
| Tamarack | 6,860 | $112,500 | 75% | 26.7 min |
| Klarvatten | 6,773 | $123,200 | 72% | 27.9 min |
| Bonnie Doon | 6,697 | $74,400 | 73% | 23.6 min |
| Brintnell | 6,658 | $117,800 | 70% | 27.1 min |
| Griesbach | 6,640 | $108,000 | 73% | 25.6 min |
| Westview Village | 6,590 | $82,700 | 63% | 22.6 min |
| Cumberland | 6,493 | $117,600 | 71% | 26.3 min |
| Terwillegar Towne | 6,478 | $130,500 | 77% | 27.4 min |
| Hollick-Kenyon | 6,451 | $109,900 | 72% | 26.5 min |
| The Orchards At Ellerslie | 6,267 | $119,300 | 82% | 29.4 min |
| Duggan | 6,247 | $85,800 | 69% | 23.1 min |
| Glenora | 6,197 | $123,000 | 78% | 20.3 min |
| MacEwan | 6,102 | $93,800 | 75% | 28.4 min |
| Alberta Avenue | 6,097 | $67,200 | 61% | 25.3 min |
| Dunluce | 6,079 | $83,500 | 62% | 26.5 min |
| Homesteader | 6,059 | $81,500 | 59% | 27.3 min |
| Caernarvon | 5,972 | $82,300 | 68% | 27 min |
| Ellerslie | 5,963 | $103,100 | 70% | 26.8 min |
| Boyle Street | 5,862 | $45,400 | 51% | 24.6 min |
| Elsinore | 5,796 | $119,000 | 68% | 23.9 min |
| Casselman | 5,795 | $91,700 | 68% | 26.7 min |
| Parkview | 5,729 | $155,300 | 80% | 21.1 min |
| Evansdale | 5,602 | $69,100 | 50% | 26.5 min |
| Crystallina Nera East | 5,566 | $112,300 | 73% | 26.4 min |
| Carlton | 5,502 | $120,100 | 73% | 25.2 min |
| Riverdale | 5,490 | $83,000 | 80% | 23.5 min |
| Kilkenny | 5,481 | $83,400 | 60% | 27.1 min |
| Belgravia | 5,478 | $128,400 | 79% | 23.7 min |
| Hillview | 5,473 | $77,700 | 67% | 26.4 min |
| Larkspur | 5,472 | $110,000 | 76% | 25.7 min |
| West Meadowlark Park | 5,386 | $77,100 | 72% | 23.5 min |
| Belvedere | 5,337 | $61,800 | 55% | 26.1 min |
| Aldergrove | 5,311 | $95,400 | 70% | 25.4 min |
| Belmont | 5,299 | $88,300 | 65% | 28.9 min |
| Kirkness | 5,279 | $88,700 | 69% | 27.1 min |
| Edmonton Energy And Technology Park | 5,225 | $84,200 | 59% | 27 min |
| Trumpeter Area | 5,220 | $144,000 | 84% | 26 min |
| Ogilvie Ridge | 5,218 | $121,200 | 79% | 27 min |
| Ritchie | 5,215 | $86,400 | 77% | 20.9 min |
| Tweddle Place | 5,211 | $85,500 | 64% | 23.5 min |
| Bearspaw | 5,192 | $99,500 | 75% | 25.3 min |
| Bannerman | 5,187 | $79,700 | 59% | 27 min |
| Rundle Heights | 5,175 | $63,900 | 55% | 29.1 min |
| Queen Alexandra | 5,106 | $57,300 | 67% | 23.7 min |
| Twin Brooks | 5,102 | $136,700 | 73% | 26.1 min |
| Edgemont | 5,059 | $121,500 | 79% | 26.2 min |
| Capilano | 5,046 | $118,400 | 77% | 23.1 min |
| Webber Greens | 5,035 | $129,300 | 75% | 25.2 min |
| Westmount | 4,961 | $89,200 | 80% | 22.3 min |
| Anthony Henday South East | 4,960 | $106,800 | 70% | 26.8 min |
| Rosenthal | 4,873 | $121,700 | 77% | 26.5 min |
| Glenwood | 4,842 | $66,600 | 67% | 23.2 min |
| Empire Park | 4,817 | $65,500 | 62% | 27.7 min |
| Central McDougall | 4,802 | $43,900 | 56% | 28.8 min |
| Canora | 4,799 | $67,400 | 67% | 22.6 min |
| Baturyn | 4,796 | $96,200 | 70% | 25.3 min |
| Eastwood | 4,681 | $56,800 | 53% | 26.6 min |
| Britannia Youngstown | 4,616 | $59,400 | 62% | 23 min |
| Carlisle | 4,609 | $82,500 | 62% | 25.4 min |
| Blue Quill | 4,567 | $74,300 | 67% | 28.5 min |
| Oxford | 4,460 | $113,100 | 71% | 24.7 min |
| Ormsby Place | 4,412 | $92,500 | 63% | 26.7 min |
| Beacon Heights | 4,389 | $85,800 | 65% | 26.8 min |
| Glenridding Heights | 4,388 | $118,500 | 76% | 29.6 min |
| Lorelei | 4,380 | $86,800 | 60% | 26.6 min |
| Pollard Meadows | 4,361 | $80,200 | 63% | 28.1 min |
| Patricia Heights | 4,355 | $132,800 | 77% | 23.2 min |
| Mayliewan | 4,259 | $120,100 | 70% | 25 min |
| Calder | 4,221 | $73,300 | 64% | 24.7 min |
| Ozerna | 4,216 | $112,800 | 62% | 27.1 min |
| Jackson Heights | 4,195 | $110,900 | 74% | 23.6 min |
| Callaghan | 4,180 | $99,500 | 67% | 29.4 min |
| Killarney | 4,165 | $70,000 | 56% | 26 min |
| Malmo Plains | 4,150 | $104,000 | 67% | 25 min |
| Beaumaris | 4,125 | $75,700 | 64% | 23.5 min |
| Forest Heights | 4,118 | $89,400 | 74% | 23.8 min |
| Leger | 4,108 | $136,700 | 72% | 23.5 min |
| Matt Berry | 4,093 | $118,900 | 63% | 24.7 min |
| Balwin | 4,092 | $69,600 | 61% | 24.3 min |
| Meyokumin | 4,069 | $74,600 | 67% | 27.3 min |
| McCauley | 4,060 | $43,100 | 48% | 25.1 min |
| York | 4,030 | $84,100 | 67% | 30.1 min |
| Parkdale | 4,029 | $64,300 | 60% | 25.5 min |
| Haddow | 4,026 | $146,700 | 72% | 26.7 min |
| Fraser | 3,973 | $96,200 | 73% | 24.5 min |
| Belmead | 3,970 | $86,100 | 66% | 25.8 min |
| Keswick | 3,957 | $120,100 | 82% | 29.6 min |
| Belle Rive | 3,946 | $117,300 | 70% | 27.3 min |
| Maple | 3,920 | $113,600 | 76% | 27.1 min |
| Jamieson Place | 3,813 | $122,100 | 78% | 25.8 min |
| Clareview Town Centre | 3,800 | $79,100 | 70% | 29.5 min |
| Pleasantview | 3,746 | $78,400 | 67% | 23.4 min |
| Magrath Heights | 3,728 | $160,500 | 74% | 25.5 min |
| Cameron Heights | 3,710 | $168,600 | 78% | 26.6 min |
| Greenfield | 3,710 | $124,300 | 76% | 25.5 min |
| Kensington | 3,697 | $82,600 | 64% | 21.6 min |
| North Glenora | 3,693 | $97,200 | 75% | 20 min |
| Rapperswill | 3,639 | $131,000 | 74% | 27.3 min |
| Hudson | 3,634 | $96,000 | 72% | 23.8 min |
| Mactaggart | 3,603 | $121,700 | 73% | 25.8 min |
| Thorncliff | 3,564 | $84,800 | 65% | 24.6 min |
| Delwood | 3,491 | $85,700 | 67% | 25.9 min |
| Daly Grove | 3,486 | $95,300 | 64% | 27.6 min |
| Richfield | 3,456 | $80,000 | 55% | 24 min |
| Sakaw | 3,453 | $81,600 | 68% | 27.3 min |
| Lynnwood | 3,452 | $87,100 | 68% | 23.2 min |
| Ramsay Heights | 3,434 | $98,300 | 73% | 27 min |
| Virginia Park | 3,431 | $63,300 | 64% | 25 min |
| West Jasper Place | 3,427 | $54,200 | 59% | 24.4 min |
| Royal Gardens | 3,392 | $82,400 | 69% | 28.8 min |
| Montrose | 3,378 | $72,600 | 60% | 27.4 min |
| Northmount | 3,349 | $87,500 | 64% | 25.3 min |
| Eaux Claires | 3,334 | $88,600 | 69% | 25.3 min |
| Wellington | 3,314 | $84,400 | 65% | 25.4 min |
| Holyrood | 3,305 | $94,600 | 72% | 24.8 min |
| Miller | 3,294 | $100,700 | 74% | 27.7 min |
| Westwood | 3,279 | $48,400 | 53% | 27.8 min |
| Bulyea Heights | 3,264 | $168,500 | 76% | 24.5 min |
| Beverly Heights | 3,252 | $76,300 | 63% | 24.4 min |
| Hazeldean | 3,247 | $90,000 | 72% | 22.9 min |
| Canossa | 3,246 | $124,700 | 71% | 26.8 min |
| Weinlos | 3,243 | $88,600 | 63% | 26.1 min |
| Rosslyn | 3,242 | $79,500 | 68% | 25.8 min |
| Athlone | 3,242 | $89,700 | 70% | 24.9 min |
| Jasper Park | 3,219 | $71,400 | 70% | 25.2 min |
| Brookside | 3,173 | $140,600 | 80% | 24 min |
| Crystallina Nera West | 3,150 | $91,200 | 76% | 27.4 min |
| Glengarry | 3,087 | $75,600 | 61% | 23.2 min |
| Crawford Plains | 3,075 | $101,300 | 76% | 27 min |
| Bisset | 3,049 | $91,500 | 77% | 27.9 min |
| Laurier Heights | 3,048 | $162,500 | 78% | 20.3 min |
| Kernohan | 3,020 | $98,200 | 67% | 27.2 min |
| Albany | 3,015 | $90,700 | 36% | 24.1 min |
| Granville | 2,994 | $136,900 | 79% | 27.9 min |
| Avonmore | 2,971 | $101,500 | 74% | 23.1 min |
| Lago Lindo | 2,963 | $116,800 | 66% | 28.9 min |
| Skyrattler | 2,956 | $75,000 | 71% | 25.9 min |
| Lauderdale | 2,954 | $77,800 | 57% | 24.7 min |
| Allendale | 2,951 | $83,200 | 69% | 23 min |
| Suder Greens | 2,928 | $108,600 | 74% | 23.3 min |
| Paisley | 2,897 | $120,000 | 80% | 28.5 min |
| McKernan | 2,880 | $95,000 | 68% | 21.1 min |
| Overlanders | 2,879 | $73,600 | 57% | 27.4 min |
| Tipaskan | 2,875 | $75,700 | 64% | 26.3 min |
| Westbrook Estates | 2,838 | $140,100 | 75% | 24.2 min |
| Kildare | 2,833 | $70,900 | 63% | 27.5 min |
| Meyonohk | 2,822 | $88,200 | 70% | 25.5 min |
| Greenview | 2,822 | $112,100 | 68% | 27.3 min |
| Newton | 2,809 | $84,100 | 63% | 24 min |
| Woodcroft | 2,770 | $59,700 | 58% | 23.1 min |
| Kameyosek | 2,761 | $77,600 | 59% | 24.6 min |
| Lee Ridge | 2,722 | $78,200 | 67% | 26.7 min |
| Gold Bar | 2,685 | $103,800 | 73% | 22.3 min |
| Cy Becker | 2,683 | $129,700 | 82% | 28 min |
| Highlands | 2,677 | $105,400 | 83% | 24.9 min |
| Meadowlark Park | 2,671 | $91,700 | 70% | 24.3 min |
| Delton | 2,657 | $72,200 | 60% | 27.3 min |
| Sweet Grass | 2,616 | $92,500 | 70% | 27.3 min |
| Minchau | 2,576 | $95,700 | 70% | 28.8 min |
| Elmwood | 2,522 | $90,800 | 63% | 23.8 min |
| Satoo | 2,517 | $92,300 | 76% | 24.8 min |
| Ekota | 2,509 | $94,700 | 65% | 26.8 min |
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: each neighbourhood summed from its dissemination areas; incomes are 2020’s.
Leaving the car at home: 13% of commuters in Edmonton
The car takes 85% of commuters here, under the 88% in the middle of Alberta’s towns. Working at home: 21%, close to the middle of Canadian towns. Transit takes 8.1% 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).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
The length of the trip to work in Edmonton
Timed exactly, the average is 23.7 minutes (Statistics Canada). Only 23% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 39% in the middle of Alberta’s towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: commuting duration in five bands; our average uses each band’s middle (75 minutes for an hour or more), so it runs about two minutes above Statistics Canada’s own.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
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%. January 2021 was the busiest month, with 97,990 people on EI, 3.1 times 2019’s average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: one figure for all of 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).
How Edmonton compares with the places nearby
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edmonton | 70% | 13% | $90K | 26.3 min | — | — |
| Garneau 0.7 km | 64% | 13% | $59K | 22.3 min | D | A+ |
| Queen Alexandra 0.8 km | 67% | 14% | $57K | 23.7 min | D | A+ |
| Strathcona 1 km | 79% | 12% | $65K | 24.4 min | C+ | A+ |
| McKernan 1.5 km | 68% | 16% | $95K | 21.1 min | B | A+ |
| Downtown 2 km | 76% | 13% | $68K | 23.6 min | C+ | A+ |
| Allendale 2.1 km | 69% | 14% | $83K | 23 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 Edmonton, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Where people commute. Jobs count everyone whose usual workplace lies in the municipality, residents or commuters from elsewhere, from Statistics Canada’s home-by-workplace table.
- 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. 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. The share of people 15 and over in the labour force, working or looking for work, who had no job on census day in May 2021.
- Household income. What the median household took in during 2020 before tax, as the census recorded it; an estimate built from income groups when the place is a neighbourhood.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about work in Edmonton
How many jobs are there in Edmonton?
About 309,445 people had their usual place of work in Edmonton at the 2021 census, 1 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 40,152 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Edmonton?
Two figures answer it: 13% 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 Edmonton?
The census puts Edmonton at $90,400 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Edmonton get to work?
85% of commuters go by car, 8.1% take public transit, 3.5% walk and 0.9% cycle. On census day 21% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Edmonton?
On average 26.3 minutes; 23% take under 15 minutes and 4.7% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Edmonton work?
84% work in Edmonton itself; of those who leave, the most go to Strathcona County (11,785), then St. Albert (5,980).
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (Census Profile) · Statistics Canada, tables 98-10-0458 and 98-10-0459 (commuting) · 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). 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).