Household incomes in Maple top those of 94% of Canadian towns
Maple had an unemployment rate of 12% at the 2021 census, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. A typical one-way commute from Maple lasts 27.1 minutes, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. In Maple, 76% of residents aged 15 to 64 were working in May 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%.
The work numbers behind Maple
Work near the middle
Counting everyone 15 and over, 72% were in work at the 2021 census; among those aged 15 to 64 it was 76%, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
At $113,600 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Maple earns B+ for jobs and income
Better than 70% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #121 of 474 in Alberta.
Its strongest measure is household income; its weakest, trip times.
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.
$113,600 a year: the median household in Maple
55 of the 211 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 11 have a higher median. The middle of Alberta’s towns is $92,250, and Maple is 23% above it. The year is 2020: emergency benefits like CERB count in these incomes, and they raised the bottom of the range.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Who in Maple has a job
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 171 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 81%. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 64% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. May 2021, when the census was taken, was a pandemic spring; unemployment has come down since, as the Labour Force Survey records.
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.
Without a car, 5.5% of Maple’s commuters get to work
Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 15% against 21%. Transit takes 4.7% of commuters, above the 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 93% of commuters go by car, truck or van.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
In Census Division No. 11, 30% more people receive EI than in 2019
Figures for EI beneficiaries are published for Census Division No. 11 as a whole, not for Maple alone.
January 2021 was the busiest month, with 97,990 people on EI, 3.1 times 2019’s average. Roughly 4.2 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Compared with a year earlier, 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. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Maple earns B+ for walkability
Better than 69% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #340 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Maple is 231st of 798 Canadian towns of 2,700 to 5,300 people 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 15 | Garrison Woods Alberta | 3,138 | 79% | 10% | $146K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | Wainwright No. 61 Alberta | 4,576 | 84% | 5.5% | $108K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 229 | Cap-Saint-Ignace Quebec | 3,074 | 84% | 4.8% | $65K | B+ |
| 230 | Montgomery Alberta | 4,456 | 75% | 12% | $90K | B+ |
| 231 | Maple Alberta | 3,920 | 76% | 12% | $114K | B+ |
| 232 | Admaston/Bromley Ontario | 3,086 | 82% | 5.9% | $85K | B+ |
| 233 | Wawa Ontario | 2,943 | 76% | 9.6% | $81K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 798 | 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 Maple, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Jobs near Maple: the places around it
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple | 76% | 12% | $114K | 27.1 min | B+ | B+ |
| Tamarack 1.1 km | 75% | 9.7% | $113K | 26.7 min | B+ | A |
| Wild Rose 1.8 km | 68% | 13% | $120K | 27.1 min | B− | A |
| Larkspur 2.1 km | 76% | 12% | $110K | 25.7 min | A− | A |
| Silver Berry 2.7 km | 74% | 12% | $108K | 27.8 min | B | A |
| Kiniski Gardens 3.3 km | 75% | 13% | $111K | 24.4 min | A− | A− |
| Jackson Heights 3.8 km | 74% | 11% | $111K | 23.6 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 Maple, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Employment Insurance. Statistics Canada counts EI beneficiaries each month by census division. Seasonal work makes it swing, so read it as a trend, not a jobless rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada’s monthly survey, published for metro areas and economic regions rather than towns: it gives a current rate beside the census’s 2021 one.
- In work. How many residents held a job in May 2021, set against how many were 15 to 64. It reads a little high where many people work past 65, since below the municipality the census gives no breakdown of workers by age.
- 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. 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. Commuters picked a band for their usual trip (under 15 minutes, 15 to 29, and so on). We place each person at the middle of their band, which lands a little above Statistics Canada’s own timed average.
- Which towns we compare. The comparison pool is places of 2,500 people or more, towns or neighbourhoods inside cities, without whole cities or reserves, and we compare with its median.
- Neighbourhood figures. We add up Maple’s dissemination areas for its census figures. Flows between places and timed averages exist only for the whole municipality: see Edmonton’s page.
Questions about work in Maple
How do people in Maple get to work?
93% of commuters go by car, 4.7% take public transit and 0.8% walk. On census day 15% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How many jobs are there in Maple?
Statistics Canada counts jobs for whole municipalities only; Edmonton has the total and the commuting flows.
What is the unemployment rate in Maple?
Two figures answer it: 12% 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 Maple?
At $113,600 before tax in 2020, the median household in Maple compares with $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).