Photo: Jacob Marfo · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer of La Crète’s 15-to-64s are in work than in 85% of Canadian towns
The 2021 census put unemployment in La Crète at 8.1%, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. From La Crète, the drive or ride to work averages 18.9 minutes, with 6.3% going an hour or longer. Before tax, the typical household in La Crète brought in $89,900 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
What stands out about work in La Crète
Fewer people in work than most towns
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 65% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 58%. In work ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 18.9 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 6.3% 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.
The Jobs & income grade for La Crète: B
Better than 61% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #196 of 474 in Alberta.
Its strongest measure is trip times; 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.
The share of 15-to-64s in work in La Crète: 65%
Of the 8 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 17, 2 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 63% of residents that age. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 63% in October 2026. The census caught the labour market on 11 May 2021, deep in the pandemic, so unemployment and working from home both ran above normal.
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.
Commuting times in La Crète
Trips under 15 minutes: 59%, more than the 39% in the middle of Alberta’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 18.2 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of Alberta’s towns, the average commute is 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.
More of La Crète’s workers leave each day than arrive
For every person who comes in to work, about 4 residents travel out. Of those who commute, 77% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
23% of La Crète’s residents in work leave it to work; High Level takes the most
- Edmonton20
- Calgary15
- High Level10
- Tall Cree 17310
- Child Lake 164A10
- Grande Prairie10
- High Level360
- Manning50
- Peace River35
- Tall Cree 17320
- Grande Prairie20
- Spirit River15
- Fox Lake 16210
Inbound, the leader is Edmonton (20).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
What households in La Crète earn
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Set beside Alberta’s towns, where the median is $92,250, La Crète sits 3% below. 3 of the 8 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 17 have a higher median. Read the incomes as 2020’s, before tax: pandemic benefits such as CERB are in them, and they raised many low incomes for 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).
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 3.8% of La Crète’s commuters
Few ride transit: 0.5%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 95% of commuters. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 19% against 21%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
About as many people are on EI in Census Division No. 17 as in 2019
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4.3 receive EI. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 3%. In July 2021 it reached 3,310, the most in the series and 2.3 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries published for Census Division No. 17, not by town. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
La Crète earns C for walkability
Better than 31% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #434 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How La Crète ranks: 201st of 566 Canadian towns of 10,100 to 19,600
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 15 | West Hillhurst Alberta | 10,319 | 78% | 9.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 32 | Lakeview Alberta | 12,799 | 75% | 11% | $125K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 199 | Lawrence Park North Ontario | 14,735 | 74% | 11% | $180K | B |
| 200 | Ponoka County Alberta | 10,670 | 79% | 8.5% | $92K | B |
| 201 | Mackenzie County Alberta | 14,488 | 65% | 8.1% | $90K | B |
| 202 | Marieville Quebec | 11,910 | 85% | 4.7% | $78K | B |
| 203 | North Riverdale Ontario | 11,491 | 75% | 8.9% | $116K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 566 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of La Crète, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Work in the places around La Crète
Distances here run 56–158 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from La Crète.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Crète | 65% | 8.1% | $90K | 18.9 min | B | C |
| High Level 55.7 km | 73% | 8.8% | $105K | 11.7 min | A+ | A |
| Fox Lake 162 113.4 km | 24% | 22% | $61K | 8.5 min | C− | B− |
| Manning 158.3 km | 81% | 8.4% | $86K | 18 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 La Crète, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Of everyone 15 or older who was working or job-hunting in the census week, the part still looking. Someone not seeking work isn’t in it at all.
- Household income. What the median household took in during 2020 before tax, as the census recorded it; an estimate built from income groups when the place is a neighbourhood.
- 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.
- Where people commute. Only people with a usual place of work are in it: those who work from home or have no fixed site are not. Home and work are both counted by municipality.
- Employment Insurance. Beneficiaries of Employment Insurance, month by month, for the census division rather than the town. Many jobless people don’t qualify, so it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada’s monthly survey, published for metro areas and economic regions rather than towns: it gives a current rate beside the census’s 2021 one.
- 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 La Crète as part of Mackenzie County, so every census figure on this page is the whole municipality’s.
Questions about work in La Crète
What is the average household income in La Crète?
Before tax, half the households in La Crète had more than $89,900 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in La Crète get to work?
95% of commuters drive, 0.5% take public transit, 2.9% walk and 0.4% cycle; 19% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from La Crète?
The average commute is 18.9 minutes; 59% of trips take under 15 minutes and 6.3% an hour or more.
Where do people in La Crète work?
Most stay: 77% work in La Crète. The rest go first to High Level (360) and Manning (50).
How many jobs are there in La Crète?
The 2021 census found about 2,060 people with their usual workplace in La Crète, or 0.8 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 700 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in La Crète?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Banff-Jasper-Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca-Grande Prairie-Peace River economic region at 5.6%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 8.1%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
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).