Photo: Carlos Duarte Do Nascimento from Toronto, Canada · CC BY 2.0The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Westmount tops that of 76% of Canadian towns
On average, people in Westmount spend 22.3 minutes getting to work, next to 26 for the middle of Canadian towns. Home was the workplace for 33% of its workers in May 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 21%. In 2020, a household at the middle of Westmount had $89,200 before tax, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900.
Jobs and income in Westmount: what the figures say
More people in work than most towns
With 80% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 65% of all adults employed. In work ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 22.3 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Getting to work ↓
Many work from home
33% of workers worked at home on census day, against 21% 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Westmount: A
Better than 90% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #30 of 474 in Alberta.
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; 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.
How many in Westmount have a job: 80% of 15-to-64s
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 204 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Counting retirees, 65% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. In October 2026, 64% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 73%. 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.
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 13% of Westmount’s commuters
By bus, train or subway: 8.4%, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. The car takes 81% of commuters here, under the 88% in the middle of Alberta’s towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
How Westmount’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 73% of Canadian towns.
That puts Westmount 3% below the median of Alberta’s towns, $92,250. 122 of the 211 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 11 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).
30% more people are on EI in Census Division No. 11 than in 2019
The highest month was January 2021: 97,990 people, 3.1 times the 2019 level. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4.2 receive 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. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: 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).
How walkable Westmount is: A
Better than 88% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #195 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Ranked on jobs and income, Westmount is 67th among 727 Canadian towns of 3,500 to 6,700
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 2 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | South Tuxedo Manitoba | 3,629 | 85% | 6.8% | $110K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Parkview Alberta | 5,729 | 80% | 9% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 15 | Wainwright No. 61 Alberta | 4,576 | 84% | 5.5% | $108K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 20 | Richmond Alberta | 4,811 | 79% | 9.2% | $114K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 65 | Grand River North Ontario | 3,823 | 76% | 9.4% | $116K | A |
| 66 | Vermilion Alberta | 4,192 | 79% | 9.8% | $79K | A |
| 67 | Westmount Alberta | 4,961 | 80% | 11% | $89K | A |
| 68 | Collectivité Nouvelle Quebec | 3,587 | 81% | 4.8% | $144K | A |
| 69 | Carp Ontario | 5,621 | 81% | 7.8% | $158K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 727 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Westmount, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Next to Westmount: how nearby places compare
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westmount | 80% | 11% | $89K | 22.3 min | A | A |
| Inglewood 1.5 km | 64% | 14% | $59K | 25.1 min | D | A+ |
| North Glenora 1.5 km | 75% | 12% | $97K | 20 min | A | A+ |
| Queen Mary Park 1.6 km | 67% | 18% | $56K | 25.1 min | D | A+ |
| Glenora 1.7 km | 78% | 9.1% | $123K | 20.3 min | A+ | A |
| Wîhkwêntôwin 1.7 km | 76% | 12% | $64K | 23.5 min | C | A+ |
| Woodcroft 2 km | 58% | 15% | $60K | 23.1 min | D | 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 Westmount, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- In work. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- 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. Built from banded answers: each commuter’s usual one-way trip counts as the midpoint of the band they chose, and the result tends to sit slightly higher than Statistics Canada’s average.
- 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. 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.
- 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. We add up Westmount’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 Westmount
How many jobs are there in Westmount?
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 Westmount?
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 Westmount?
At $89,200 before tax in 2020, the median household in Westmount compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Westmount get to work?
By car: 81% of commuters, 8.4% take public transit, 4.1% walk and 0.5% cycle; on census day 33% of those in work worked from home.
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).