Photo: Joli Rumi · CC BY-SA 4.0Windermere’s household incomes are higher than in 98% of Canadian towns
79% of people aged 15 to 64 in Windermere had a job at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. A typical one-way commute from Windermere lasts 28.5 minutes, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Joblessness at the 2021 census: 9.2% of Windermere’s labour force, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
Work in Windermere, in a few figures
More people in work than most towns
With 79% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 70% of all adults employed. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $125,700 before tax in 2020, where the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
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 Windermere: A−
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.
How many in Windermere were working in 2021
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 195 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
77% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 64% in work in October 2026. Census day was 11 May 2021, in the pandemic’s third wave: unemployment ran high and many worked from home, so these figures describe that spring rather than today.
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.
The median household in Windermere had $125,700 in 2020
23 of the 211 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 11 have a higher median. That puts Windermere 36% above the median of Alberta’s towns, $92,250. 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).
Leaving the car at home: 4.2% of commuters in Windermere
The car is the way to work for 92% of commuters. 26% of everyone in work worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit takes 2.2% of commuters, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns.
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
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. Set against the same month a year before, 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).
Getting around Windermere on foot earns B−
Better than 51% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #398 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
93rd of 564: where Windermere ranks among Canadian towns of 10,400 to 20,100
| # | 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 | Central Saanich British Columbia | 18,184 | 85% | 4.9% | $103K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Canmore Alberta | 17,341 | 79% | 9.7% | $107K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 31 | Lakeview Alberta | 12,799 | 75% | 11% | $125K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 35 | Lake Bonavista Alberta | 11,154 | 76% | 11% | $138K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 91 | Comox British Columbia | 15,884 | 75% | 6.7% | $83K | A− |
| 92 | Pelham Ontario | 19,980 | 76% | 8.6% | $110K | A− |
| 93 | Windermere Alberta | 14,922 | 79% | 9.2% | $126K | A− |
| 94 | Yonge-St.Clair Ontario | 13,177 | 85% | 8.6% | $96K | A− |
| 95 | Oakridge Ontario | 16,247 | 72% | 11% | $116K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 564 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Windermere, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Work in the places around Windermere
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windermere | 79% | 9.2% | $126K | 28.5 min | A− | B− |
| Ambleside 1.2 km | 78% | 10% | $100K | 28.9 min | B+ | A− |
| Keswick 2 km | 82% | 6.3% | $120K | 29.6 min | A− | B− |
| Glenridding Heights 2.2 km | 76% | 8.9% | $119K | 29.6 min | B | A− |
| Haddow 2.4 km | 72% | 12% | $147K | 26.7 min | B | C+ |
| South Terwillegar 2.7 km | 73% | 12% | $111K | 28.5 min | B− | B+ |
| Terwillegar Towne 3 km | 77% | 9.1% | $131K | 27.4 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 Windermere, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Trip times. How long getting to work normally takes, averaged from the census’s time bands at their middles; expect it to read slightly high against the timed figure.
- Employment Insurance. How many people in the census division drew Employment Insurance each month; it moves with layoffs and hiring, yet people who don’t qualify are absent from it.
- 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. Everyone with a job, whatever their age, divided by the residents aged 15 to 64 at the 2021 Census: below the municipality the census doesn’t split work by age, and this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood can be given.
- 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 census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- Which towns we compare. Towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500 people or more, never a whole city and never a First Nations reserve. Middles are medians.
- Neighbourhood figures. We add up Windermere’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 Windermere
What is the unemployment rate in Windermere?
The census put unemployment at 9.2% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Edmonton metro area at 7.1%.
What is the average household income in Windermere?
The census puts Windermere at $125,700 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Windermere get to work?
By car: 92% of commuters, 2.2% take public transit and 2% walk; on census day 26% of those in work worked from home.
How many jobs are there in Windermere?
There is no count for a neighbourhood: the jobs figure, and where commuters go, are published for Edmonton as one municipality.
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).