Photo: Miguel Tremblay · Public domainLamont has 1.9 jobs for every resident in work
From Lamont, the drive or ride to work averages 29.3 minutes, with 12% going an hour or longer. 12% of the labour force in Lamont was out of work at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. The median household in Lamont had $76,000 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
What the numbers say about work in Lamont
Work near the middle
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 74% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 52%. In work ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 29.3 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 12% last an hour or longer. 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 Lamont: C
Better than 26% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
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.
On a working day Lamont gains 67% in workers
About 2 people arrive to work in Lamont for each resident who goes out. Of those who commute, 40% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
How long the commute from Lamont takes
Timed exactly, the average is 28 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of Alberta’s towns, the average commute is 25.8 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 39%, close to the middle of Alberta’s towns.
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.
575 people come into Lamont to work, most from Lamont County and Fort Saskatchewan
- Edmonton65
- Fort Saskatchewan60
- Strathcona County30
- Vegreville20
- Lamont County10
- Mundare10
- Sturgeon County10
- Redwater10
78% of the people who work in Lamont live outside it, 160 of them in Lamont County, 15 km away. Going the other way, Edmonton is the biggest single destination (65).
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 Lamont have a job: 74% of 15-to-64s
Of the 10 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 10, 4 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
In October 2026, 57% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 59%. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 52%: many residents are past working age. These are census figures from May 2021, during COVID’s third wave; jobs have recovered since, which the Labour Force Survey shows.
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.
What households in Lamont earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 52% of Canadian towns.
Against the middle of Alberta’s towns ($92,250), Lamont’s median is 18% below. 8 of the 10 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 10 have a higher median. CERB and the other emergency payments of 2020 are counted in these incomes, which lifted the lower ones 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).
6.1% of commuters in Lamont walk, cycle or take transit
Home was the workplace for 17%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 93% of commuters.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
In Census Division No. 10, 5% more people receive EI than in 2019
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 3.5 receive EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 4%. At its peak, in January 2021, 5,330 people were on EI, 2.8 times the 2019 average.
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. 10. 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 Lamont on foot earns A−
Better than 82% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Around Lamont: jobs, pay and the commute
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamont | 74% | 12% | $76K | 29.3 min | C | A− |
| Bruderheim 11.1 km | 69% | 15% | $97K | 32.7 min | C | B+ |
| Lamont County 15.2 km | 82% | 7.7% | $86K | 34.8 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 Lamont, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- In work. How many residents held a job in May 2021, set against how many were 15 to 64. It reads a little high where many people work past 65, since below the municipality the census gives no breakdown of workers by age.
- 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. Half of households had more than this before tax in 2020, half less, counting every source of income. For a neighbourhood we estimate the median from the income brackets of its dissemination areas.
- 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.
- Where people commute. Built from the census table that pairs each worker’s home municipality with their workplace municipality. A job here means someone who usually works in the municipality, local or not.
- 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. 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. 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.
Questions about work in Lamont
How many jobs are there in Lamont?
The 2021 census found about 735 people with their usual workplace in Lamont, or 1.9 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 58 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Lamont?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 12% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Camrose-Drumheller economic region at 8.8% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Lamont?
Before tax, half the households in Lamont had more than $76,000 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Lamont get to work?
93% of commuters drive, 6.1% walk; 17% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Lamont?
The average commute is 29.3 minutes; 39% of trips take under 15 minutes and 12% an hour or more.
Where do people in Lamont work?
40% work in Lamont itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Edmonton (65), then Fort Saskatchewan (60).
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).