Households in Gibbons earn more than those in 91% of Canadian towns
71% of people aged 15 to 64 in Gibbons had a job at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. Gibbons is the usual workplace of 355 people, and 945 of its own residents commute to a job. 12% of the labour force in Gibbons was out of work at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
What stands out about work in Gibbons
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household had $107,700 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 31.4 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 8.3% take an hour or more. The trip to work ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Jobs and income in Gibbons earn C+
Better than 38% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #340 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 Gibbons had $107,700 in 2020
That puts Gibbons 17% above the median of Alberta’s towns, $92,250. 75 of the 211 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 11 have a higher median. Because 2020 was the first year of the pandemic, emergency benefits make up part of these before-tax incomes.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
A longer commute than the middle of Canadian towns: 31.4 minutes from Gibbons
Only 21% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 39% in the middle of Alberta’s towns. An hour or more: 8.3% of commuters, above the 7% in the middle of Alberta’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 29.8 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of Alberta’s towns averages 25.8 minutes.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: commuting duration in five bands; our average uses each band’s middle (75 minutes for an hour or more), so it runs about two minutes above Statistics Canada’s own.
Gibbons is quieter on a working day than at night
About 4 residents leave for work for each person who comes in. 18% of residents who commute work inside the municipality, against 70% in the middle of Canadian towns.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
82% of Gibbons’ residents in work leave it to work; Edmonton takes the most
Coming the other way, Sturgeon County sends the most (70).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Who in Gibbons has a job
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 108 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
A more recent figure, for the wider area: 64% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. Working or looking, 69% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. 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.
Leaving the car at home: 4.9% of commuters in Gibbons
Home was the workplace for 11%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Few ride transit: 1.1%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%.
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
Gibbons doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from Census Division No. 11.
Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 5%. At its peak, in January 2021, 97,990 people were on EI, 3.1 times the 2019 average. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 4.2 are on EI.
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).
Gibbons earns B+ for walkability
Better than 74% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #316 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
441st of 714: where Gibbons ranks among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 4,500
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 439 | Lago Lindo Alberta | 2,963 | 66% | 12% | $117K | C+ |
| 440 | Ozerna Alberta | 4,216 | 62% | 15% | $113K | C+ |
| 441 | Gibbons Alberta | 3,352 | 71% | 12% | $108K | C+ |
| 442 | Guernsey Ontario | 3,808 | 66% | 9.5% | $108K | C+ |
| 443 | Quinndale Ontario | 3,621 | 67% | 15% | $87K | 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 Gibbons, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Jobs near Gibbons: the places around it
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibbons | 71% | 12% | $108K | 31.4 min | C+ | B+ |
| Bon Accord 5.4 km | 70% | 13% | $103K | 33.6 min | C | B |
| Sturgeon County 16 km | 75% | 8.3% | $124K | 30.8 min | B | C+ |
| Fort Saskatchewan 16.1 km | 74% | 11% | $113K | 24.3 min | A− | B |
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 Gibbons, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Trip times. One way, on a usual day, from the census’s travel-time bands. Band midpoints overstate it a little next to the figure Statistics Canada times.
- Where people commute. Statistics Canada’s place-of-work table counts people with a usual place of work by the municipality they live in and the one they work in. Jobs here are people whose usual workplace is in the municipality, wherever they live.
- 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. Statistics Canada surveys households every month; the results come out for metro areas and economic regions, never for single towns, and keep the rate current after 2021.
- In work. We divide the number of employed residents by the number aged 15 to 64. Workers past 64 still count on top, because the 2021 Census crosses work with age only for whole municipalities; in return, a retirement town’s pensioners don’t drag the rate down.
- 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. Taken from the 2021 Census, which asked about 2020: wages, pensions, investment income and government transfers together, before income tax, for the median household.
- 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.
Questions about work in Gibbons
What is the unemployment rate in Gibbons?
At the 2021 census 12% 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 Gibbons?
The census puts Gibbons at $107,700 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Gibbons get to work?
91% of commuters go by car, 1.1% take public transit and 3.8% walk. On census day 11% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Gibbons?
On average 31.4 minutes; 21% take under 15 minutes and 8.3% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Gibbons work?
Only 18% work in Gibbons itself; the rest go first to Edmonton (370) and Sturgeon County (125).
How many jobs are there in Gibbons?
About 355 people had their usual place of work in Gibbons at the 2021 census, 0.4 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 89 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (Census Profile) · Statistics Canada, tables 98-10-0458 and 98-10-0459 (commuting) · 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).