Photo: Qyd · CC BY 2.5Household incomes in Grande Cache top those of 83% of Canadian towns
Grande Cache is the usual workplace of 1,795 people, and 2,445 of its own residents commute to a job. 73% of people aged 15 to 64 in Grande Cache had a job at the 2021 census, right at the middle of Canadian towns. Of everyone in Grande Cache working or looking for work in May 2021, 11% were unemployed, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
Work in Grande Cache: the figures worth knowing
Work near the middle
The 2021 census found 73% of 15-to-64s with a job (73% in the middle of Canadian towns). Count every adult, retirees too, and the figure is 62%. In work ↓
Unemployment near the middle
On census day in 2021 11% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 5.6%. Unemployment ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Jobs & income in Grande Cache: graded B+
Better than 65% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #146 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.
More workers leave Grande Cache each day than arrive
It sends out some 3 workers for every one it takes in. 60% 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.
40% of Grande Cache’s residents in work leave it to work; Valleyview takes the most
- Valleyview330
- Grande Prairie315
- Grande Prairie County No. 1120
- Fox Creek55
- Hinton45
- High Prairie20
- Berwyn20
- Grimshaw15
- Edmonton10
- Tumbler Ridge10
In the other direction the biggest source is Grande Prairie, with 95.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
How many in Grande Cache were working in 2021
A smaller share in work than in 61% of Canadian towns.
The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 63% in October 2026. The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 69%. 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.
The median household in Grande Cache had $97,500 in 2020
Set beside Alberta’s towns, where the median is $92,250, Grande Cache sits 6% above. These are 2020 incomes, before tax, and they include pandemic benefits such as CERB, which lifted many lower incomes 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).
Grande Cache gets to work without a car for 3.1% of commuters
Nearly everyone drives: 95% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Working at home: 20%, close to the middle of Canadian towns. Transit takes 0.3% 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).
At 23.8 minutes, commutes from Grande Cache are shorter than in the middle of Canadian towns
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 21.8 minutes. The middle of Alberta’s towns averages 25.8 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 48% of commuters, against 39% in the middle of Alberta’s towns. 9.4% spend an hour or longer getting to work; the middle of Alberta’s towns has 7%.
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.
EI claims in Census Division No. 18 are back near their 2019 level
Grande Cache doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from Census Division No. 18.
That works out to around 4 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 13%. April 2021 was the busiest month, with 1,050 people on EI, 3.2 times 2019’s 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).
How walkable Grande Cache is: C
Better than 28% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #441 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Grande Cache places 223rd of 665 on jobs and income among Canadian towns of 6,300 to 12,100
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | North River Heights Manitoba | 7,228 | 82% | 8.4% | $143K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 7 | Altadore Alberta | 7,675 | 80% | 8.1% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | West Hillhurst Alberta | 10,319 | 78% | 9.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 26 | Peace River Alberta | 7,220 | 76% | 7.9% | $99K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 221 | Ottewell Alberta | 8,040 | 74% | 11% | $92K | B+ |
| 222 | Banff Alberta | 11,402 | 65% | 15% | $88K | B+ |
| 223 | Greenview No. 16 Alberta | 8,984 | 73% | 11% | $98K | B+ |
| 224 | Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh Ontario | 7,052 | 82% | 5.1% | $78K | B+ |
| 225 | Port-Cartier Quebec | 6,436 | 69% | 6.6% | $82K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 665 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Grande Cache, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Jobs near Grande Cache: the places around it
Grande Cache has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 40–49 km out.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grande Cache | 73% | 11% | $98K | 23.8 min | B+ | C |
| Wembley 40.1 km | 75% | 11% | $109K | 28.3 min | B | B− |
| Grande Prairie 43.8 km | 73% | 12% | $103K | 19.4 min | A | B |
| Grande Prairie County No. 1 48.5 km | 78% | 9.6% | $120K | 28.2 min | B+ | C− |
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 Grande Cache, 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. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- Unemployment. The share of people 15 and over in the labour force, working or looking for work, who had no job on census day in May 2021.
- 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. 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. Counts of workers with a fixed workplace, by where they live and where they work, both taken as whole municipalities; the jobs figure takes everyone who works here, wherever home is.
- 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. The comparison pool is places of 2,500 people or more, towns or neighbourhoods inside cities, without whole cities or reserves, and we compare with its median.
- The municipality’s figures. Statistics Canada counts Grande Cache as part of Greenview No. 16, so every census figure on this page is the whole municipality’s.
Questions about work in Grande Cache
How long is the commute from Grande Cache?
About 23.8 minutes on average, with 48% under a quarter-hour and 9.4% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Grande Cache work?
60% work in Grande Cache itself; of those who leave, the most go to Valleyview (330), then Grande Prairie (315).
How many jobs are there in Grande Cache?
Some 1,795 people worked in Grande Cache at the 2021 census: 0.7 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 343 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Grande Cache?
The 2021 census found 11% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Banff-Jasper-Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca-Grande Prairie-Peace River economic region, is 5.6% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Grande Cache?
Grande Cache’s middle household had $97,500 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Grande Cache get to work?
Driving takes 95% of commuters to work, 0.3% take public transit and 2.8% walk, and on census day 20% of those in work were at home.
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).