Few Canadian towns have household incomes as high as Westbrook Estates’
In Westbrook Estates, 75% of residents aged 15 to 64 were working in May 2021, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%. 31% of its workers worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Joblessness at the 2021 census: 11% of Westbrook Estates’ labour force; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
Westbrook Estates at work: what stands out
Work near the middle
With 75% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 56% of all adults employed. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $140,100 in 2020, against $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.
Westbrook Estates grades A− for jobs and income
Better than 83% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #63 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.
$140,100 a year: the median household in Westbrook Estates
The middle of Alberta’s towns is $92,250, and Westbrook Estates is 52% above it. 10 of the 211 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 11 have a higher median. 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).
Before tax, 2020: higher than in almost any Canadian town.
How many in Westbrook Estates were working in 2021
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 150 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 64% in work in October 2026. Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 63%. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 56% were working. 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.
Westbrook Estates gets to work without a car for 7.7% of commuters
By bus, train or subway: 4.4%, much as in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 90% 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).
30% more people are on EI in Census Division No. 11 than in 2019
Nobody publishes EI beneficiaries for Westbrook Estates alone, so this card uses the figure for Census Division No. 11.
That works out to around 4.2 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. 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).
Everyday places on foot in Westbrook Estates: B+
Better than 68% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #343 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Westbrook Estates places 110th of 527 on jobs and income among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 3,800
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Garrison Woods Alberta | 3,138 | 79% | 10% | $146K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 20 | Laurier Heights Alberta | 3,048 | 78% | 6.9% | $163K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 108 | Saint-Dominique Quebec | 3,062 | 84% | 4.5% | $84K | A− |
| 109 | Houston British Columbia | 3,114 | 75% | 12% | $84K | A− |
| 110 | Westbrook Estates Alberta | 2,838 | 75% | 11% | $140K | A− |
| 111 | Granville Alberta | 2,994 | 79% | 8.9% | $137K | A− |
| 112 | Outlook Saskatchewan | 2,629 | 79% | 4.8% | $74K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 527 | 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 Westbrook Estates, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Jobs and income in the places around Westbrook Estates
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westbrook Estates | 75% | 11% | $140K | 24.2 min | A− | B+ |
| Royal Gardens 0.8 km | 69% | 15% | $82K | 28.8 min | C− | A+ |
| Bulyea Heights 1.4 km | 76% | 11% | $169K | 24.5 min | A− | C+ |
| Greenfield 1.6 km | 76% | 9.7% | $124K | 25.5 min | A− | A |
| Brookside 1.6 km | 80% | 8.6% | $141K | 24 min | A+ | A− |
| Sweet Grass 1.7 km | 70% | 13% | $93K | 27.3 min | C+ | A |
| Malmo Plains 1.9 km | 67% | 13% | $104K | 25 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 Westbrook Estates, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- The Labour Force Survey. A monthly household survey by Statistics Canada, reported for metro areas and economic regions only. It supplies a recent rate next to the 2021 census figure.
- In work. Why 15 to 64? Otherwise retirees would pull the rate down in older towns. The census can’t say how old a neighbourhood’s workers are, so the count of people in work takes every age.
- Unemployment. The census-week jobless rate for residents 15 and over. Its base is the labour force, those employed plus those actively looking.
- Household income. The 2020 income of the household at the midpoint, all sources and before tax. Inside a city we rebuild it from the dissemination areas’ income bands, so there it is an estimate.
- 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.
- Employment Insurance. A monthly count of Employment Insurance beneficiaries for the whole census division. It tracks the local job market, but it is not an unemployment rate.
- 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. We add up Westbrook Estates’ 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 Westbrook Estates
What is the unemployment rate in Westbrook Estates?
Two figures answer it: 11% 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 Westbrook Estates?
The median household in Westbrook Estates had $140,100 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Westbrook Estates get to work?
By car: 90% of commuters, 4.4% take public transit, 1.1% walk and 2.2% cycle; on census day 31% of those in work worked from home.
How many jobs are there in Westbrook Estates?
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).