Photo: Kurayba · CC BY-SA 2.0Household incomes in Malmo Plains top those of 89% of Canadian towns
Unemployment in Malmo Plains stood at 13% on census day 2021, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. Buses, trains and subways take 15% of its commuters to work. The 2021 census found 67% of working-age people in Malmo Plains employed; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%.
Malmo Plains and work: the main findings
Fewer people in work than most towns
Counting everyone 15 and over, 55% were in work at the 2021 census; among those aged 15 to 64 it was 67%, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $104,000 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
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 Malmo Plains: graded B−
Better than 49% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #278 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 Malmo Plains
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 65 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Working or looking, 63% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 55%: many residents are past working age. For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 64% in work in October 2026. 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.
What households earned in Malmo Plains: $104,000 in 2020
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 11, 81 have a higher median. Pandemic support paid in 2020, CERB first among it, is part of these before-tax incomes.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 19% of Malmo Plains’ commuters
The car takes 79% of commuters here, under the 88% in the middle of Alberta’s towns. Home was the workplace for 29%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 21%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
30% more people are on EI in Census Division No. 11 than in 2019
In January 2021 it reached 97,990, the most in the series and 3.1 times the 2019 average. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4.2 receive EI. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 5%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Not measured by town: 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).
Walkability in Malmo Plains: graded A+
Better than 96% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #95 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Malmo Plains is 376th of 747 Canadian towns of 2,900 to 5,600 people for jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| 2 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 3 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Garrison Woods Alberta | 3,138 | 79% | 10% | $146K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 16 | Wainwright No. 61 Alberta | 4,576 | 84% | 5.5% | $108K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 18 | Laurier Heights Alberta | 3,048 | 78% | 6.9% | $163K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 374 | Beaupré Quebec | 4,314 | 79% | 7.6% | $75K | B− |
| 375 | Lamont County Alberta | 3,918 | 82% | 7.7% | $86K | B− |
| 376 | Malmo Plains Alberta | 4,150 | 67% | 13% | $104K | B− |
| 377 | Woodbridge Meadows Ontario | 3,651 | 70% | 12% | $145K | B− |
| 378 | Anthony Henday South East Alberta | 4,960 | 70% | 14% | $107K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 747 | Division No. 1, Subdivision E Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,978 | 57% | 22% | $60K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Malmo Plains, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Work in and around Malmo Plains
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malmo Plains | 67% | 13% | $104K | 25 min | B− | A+ |
| Pleasantview 1.2 km | 67% | 14% | $78K | 23.4 min | C | A+ |
| Royal Gardens 1.4 km | 69% | 15% | $82K | 28.8 min | C− | A+ |
| Empire Park 1.5 km | 62% | 15% | $66K | 27.7 min | D | A+ |
| Allendale 1.8 km | 69% | 14% | $83K | 23 min | B− | A+ |
| Westbrook Estates 1.9 km | 75% | 11% | $140K | 24.2 min | A− | B+ |
| Belgravia 2.1 km | 79% | 9.2% | $128K | 23.7 min | A | 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 Malmo Plains, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- 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. How long getting to work normally takes, averaged from the census’s time bands at their middles; expect it to read slightly high against the timed figure.
- Employment Insurance. People receiving EI benefits each month, counted for the census division. It follows the local job market; it isn’t an unemployment 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.
- 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. Everything here sums the dissemination areas inside Malmo Plains’ lines, since the census has no neighbourhood profile; where people commute is on Edmonton’s page.
Questions about work in Malmo Plains
What is the unemployment rate in Malmo Plains?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Edmonton metro area at 7.1%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 13%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Malmo Plains?
Malmo Plains’s middle household had $104,000 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Malmo Plains get to work?
79% of commuters go by car, 15% take public transit, 2.2% walk and 2.2% cycle. On census day 29% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How many jobs are there in Malmo Plains?
Jobs are counted by municipality, not neighbourhood: the page for Edmonton has the jobs based there and where its commuters go.
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).