Photo: Rowanswiki · CC BY-SA 4.0The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Northmount trails that of 87% of Canadian towns
Before tax, the typical household in Northmount brought in $87,500 in 2020, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900. Joblessness at the 2021 census: 17% of Northmount’s labour force, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. Residents of Northmount take 25.3 minutes to reach work on average; the middle of Canadian towns is 26.
Northmount and work: the main findings
Fewer people in work than most towns
At the 2021 census 64% of the 15-to-64s were in work (73% in the middle of Canadian towns); across all ages 15 and over, 44%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 17% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 7.1%. Unemployment ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Northmount grades C for jobs and income
Better than 33% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #358 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.
How many in Northmount have a job: 64% of 15-to-64s
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 48 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Working or looking, 54% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 44% were working. In October 2026, 64% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. 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.
Household income in Northmount
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 71% of Canadian towns.
That puts Northmount 5% below the median of Alberta’s towns, $92,250. Of the 211 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 11, 128 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).
Walking, cycling or transit: 9.6% of Northmount’s commuters
By bus, train or subway: 6.2%, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. The car takes 84% of commuters here, under the 88% in the middle of Alberta’s towns. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 14% against 21%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
EI claims in Census Division No. 11 run 30% above their 2019 level
Northmount doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from Census Division No. 11.
January 2021 was the busiest month, with 97,990 people on EI, 3.1 times 2019’s average. 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%.
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).
Northmount earns A for walkability
Better than 93% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #140 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 4,500, Northmount ranks 478th of 714 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 16 | Garrison Woods Alberta | 3,138 | 79% | 10% | $146K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 24 | Laurier Heights Alberta | 3,048 | 78% | 6.9% | $163K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 476 | Lacolle Quebec | 2,806 | 80% | 5.3% | $72K | C |
| 477 | Albany Alberta | 3,015 | 36% | 10% | $91K | C |
| 478 | Northmount Alberta | 3,349 | 64% | 17% | $88K | C |
| 479 | Pleasantview Alberta | 3,746 | 67% | 14% | $78K | C |
| 480 | Sussex New Brunswick | 2,742 | 74% | 11% | $73K | C |
| … | ||||||
| 714 | 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 Northmount, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Work in the places around Northmount
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northmount | 64% | 17% | $88K | 25.3 min | C | A |
| Glengarry 0.8 km | 61% | 16% | $76K | 23.2 min | C− | A+ |
| Evansdale 1 km | 50% | 21% | $69K | 26.5 min | D | A |
| Kildare 1.3 km | 63% | 19% | $71K | 27.5 min | D | A |
| Killarney 1.5 km | 56% | 20% | $70K | 26 min | D | A+ |
| Delwood 1.6 km | 67% | 15% | $86K | 25.9 min | C | A |
| Kilkenny 1.7 km | 60% | 15% | $83K | 27.1 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 Northmount, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- The Labour Force Survey. The most recent unemployment rate on the page comes from this monthly survey, which covers the wider metro area or economic region, not the town.
- In work. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- 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. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- Trip times. The census asks how long the trip to work usually takes, in bands; our average uses each band’s middle, so it runs a little above Statistics Canada’s timed average.
- Employment Insurance. Monthly EI recipients across the census division: a pulse of the local job market rather than a measure of who is out of work.
- Which towns we compare. Every town and city neighbourhood with 2,500 residents or more; whole cities and First Nations reserves are left out. Each middle figure is a median.
- Neighbourhood figures. We add up Northmount’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 Northmount
What is the unemployment rate in Northmount?
At the 2021 census 17% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Edmonton metro area, gives 7.1% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Northmount?
At $87,500 before tax in 2020, the median household in Northmount compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Northmount get to work?
By car: 84% of commuters, 6.2% take public transit and 3.4% walk; on census day 14% of those in work worked from home.
How many jobs are there in Northmount?
Jobs and commuting flows exist only for Edmonton as a whole, and its page carries them.
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).