Household incomes in Walker top those of 94% of Canadian towns
Unemployment in Walker stood at 11% on census day 2021, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns. A typical one-way commute from Walker lasts 29 minutes, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Walker counted 74% of its 15-to-64s in jobs at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Where Walker stands out on work
Higher incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $111,400 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 29 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Getting to work ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Walker earns B for jobs and income
Better than 58% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #216 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.
The median household in Walker had $111,400 in 2020
Walker’s median is 21% above the middle of Alberta’s towns ($92,250). Of the 211 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 11, 64 have a higher median. CERB and the other emergency payments of 2020 are counted in these incomes, which lifted the lower ones that year.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Leaving the car at home: 6.7% of commuters in Walker
Transit takes 5.3% of commuters, above the 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 91% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 16% against 21%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
In and out of work in Walker
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 149 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 78% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. 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.
EI claims in Census Division No. 11 run 30% above their 2019 level
Walker doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from Census Division No. 11.
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%. The count topped out in January 2021 at 97,990 people, 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).
Walker grades A− for walkability
Better than 82% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #247 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
235th of 591: where Walker ranks among Canadian towns of 9,400 to 18,100
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Saanich British Columbia | 12,986 | 85% | 5.9% | $121K | A+ |
| 2 | Sillery Quebec | 13,950 | 81% | 6.2% | $120K | A+ |
| 3 | Cap-Rouge Quebec | 17,139 | 81% | 4.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 12 | Canmore Alberta | 17,341 | 79% | 9.7% | $107K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 14 | West Hillhurst Alberta | 10,319 | 78% | 9.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 34 | Lakeview Alberta | 12,799 | 75% | 11% | $125K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 233 | Alderwood Ontario | 12,596 | 74% | 12% | $111K | B |
| 234 | German Mills Ontario | 11,923 | 74% | 12% | $134K | B |
| 235 | Walker Alberta | 13,388 | 74% | 11% | $111K | B |
| 236 | Mono Ontario | 10,036 | 78% | 10% | $140K | B |
| 237 | Castlegar British Columbia | 9,465 | 71% | 11% | $81K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 591 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Walker, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Neighbouring places to Walker, compared
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walker | 74% | 11% | $111K | 29 min | B | A− |
| Charlesworth 0.9 km | 77% | 12% | $112K | 26.5 min | A− | B+ |
| Ellerslie 1.7 km | 70% | 11% | $103K | 26.8 min | B− | A |
| Summerside 1.7 km | 77% | 9.8% | $128K | 28.2 min | B+ | A− |
| The Orchards At Ellerslie 2.1 km | 82% | 7.9% | $119K | 29.4 min | A− | B+ |
| Anthony Henday South East 2.2 km | 70% | 14% | $107K | 26.8 min | B− | B+ |
| Sakaw 2.6 km | 68% | 13% | $82K | 27.3 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 Walker, 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. Monthly, and only for metro areas and economic regions. It is the up-to-date rate we set beside the census’s 2021 snapshot.
- In work. People in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64 (2021 Census). The census doesn’t cross work with age below the municipality, so this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood has; retirees don’t weigh on it.
- Unemployment. It counts only people who wanted work and had none in May 2021, as a share of those working or searching; students and retirees who weren’t looking stay out of both sides.
- 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. 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.
- Which towns we compare. Medians over towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents. Whole cities would swamp them and reserves sit outside the rankings, so neither is in.
- Neighbourhood figures. Everything here sums the dissemination areas inside Walker’s lines, since the census has no neighbourhood profile; where people commute is on Edmonton’s page.
Questions about work in Walker
How do people in Walker get to work?
91% of commuters go by car, 5.3% take public transit and 1.4% walk. On census day 16% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How many jobs are there in Walker?
Jobs are counted by municipality, not neighbourhood: the page for Edmonton has the jobs based there and where its commuters go.
What is the unemployment rate in Walker?
At the 2021 census 11% 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 Walker?
The census puts Walker at $111,400 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $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).