Photo: WinterE229 (WinterforceMedia) · CC0Leduc County has higher household incomes than 91% of Canadian towns
At the 2021 census, 80% of Leduc County’s 15-to-64s were in work, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%. Leduc County is the usual workplace of 12,120 people, and 4,130 of its own residents commute to a job. In May 2021, unemployment in Leduc County reached 9.5%; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
The work figures that set Leduc County apart
More people in work than most towns
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 80% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 63%. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
At $106,800 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
A local job centre
With 12,120 jobs based in Leduc County and 4,130 working residents, the ratio compares with 0.8 in the middle of Canadian towns. The daily tide ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 32.4 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 8.2% 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.
Jobs & income in Leduc County: graded B
Better than 64% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #155 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.
Work and the working-age population of Leduc County
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 203 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 63%: many residents are past working age. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 64% in October 2026. Working or looking, 70% 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.
Leduc County households: $106,800 a year at the median
The middle of Alberta’s towns is $92,250, and Leduc County is 16% above it. Of the 211 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 11, 76 have a higher median. Pandemic benefits paid in 2020 lifted the incomes at the bottom, and they are counted here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
On a working day, 14,014 people work in Leduc County, 2.3 times its working residents
Leduc County takes in some 3 workers for every resident it sends out. The job is inside the municipality for 22% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
Leduc County has a slower trip to work than the middle of Canadian towns: 32.4 minutes
8.2% spend an hour or longer getting to work; the middle of Alberta’s towns has 7%. Timed exactly, the average is 29.4 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of Alberta’s towns averages 25.8 minutes. Only 18% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 39% in 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.
11,199 people come into Leduc County to work, most from Edmonton and Leduc
- Edmonton5,765
- Leduc1,935
- Beaumont650
- Strathcona County530
- Wetaskiwin County No. 10245
- Devon245
- Wetaskiwin220
- Parkland County210
- Spruce Grove145
- St. Albert130
- Edmonton1,315
- Leduc730
- Strathcona County185
- Thorsby170
- Beaumont140
- Devon95
- Calmar85
- Drayton Valley80
- Warburg55
- Fort McMurray55
92% of the people who work in Leduc County live outside it, 5,765 of them in Edmonton, 35 km away. The main destination the other way is Edmonton, with 1,315.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Leduc County gets to work without a car for 3.2% of commuters
Few ride transit: 0.5%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. Nearly everyone drives: 94% of commuters go by car, truck or van. 26% of everyone in work worked at home on census day, against 21% 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).
In Census Division No. 11, 30% more people receive EI than in 2019
Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 5%. January 2021 was the busiest month, with 97,990 people on EI, 3.1 times 2019’s average. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4.2 receive EI.
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).
Walkability in Leduc County: graded C−
Better than 24% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #446 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How Leduc County ranks: 164th of 542 Canadian towns of 11,500 to 22,100
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 28 | Lloydminster (Part) Alberta | 21,267 | 75% | 11% | $98K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 31 | Lakeview Alberta | 12,799 | 75% | 11% | $125K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 162 | Chappelle Alberta | 14,815 | 77% | 9.9% | $117K | B |
| 163 | Lacombe Alberta | 14,733 | 72% | 12% | $89K | B |
| 164 | Leduc County Alberta | 16,400 | 80% | 9.5% | $107K | B |
| 165 | Erin Ontario | 12,924 | 80% | 8.2% | $127K | B |
| 166 | Chutes-Montmorency Quebec | 16,273 | 78% | 6.4% | $73K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 542 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Leduc County, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Next to Leduc County: how nearby places compare
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leduc County | 80% | 9.5% | $107K | 32.4 min | B | C− |
| Leduc 7.5 km | 74% | 12% | $100K | 25.3 min | B+ | B |
| Calmar 11.3 km | 71% | 14% | $86K | 30 min | C | B+ |
| Devon 15.4 km | 74% | 9.6% | $95K | 27.4 min | B− | B |
| Millet 18.4 km | 68% | 9.9% | $81K | 29.7 min | C− | 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 Leduc County, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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.
- Trip times. The census asks how long the trip to work usually takes, in bands; our average uses each band’s middle, so it runs a little above Statistics Canada’s timed average.
- Where people commute. Jobs count everyone whose usual workplace lies in the municipality, residents or commuters from elsewhere, from Statistics Canada’s home-by-workplace table.
- Employment Insurance. People receiving EI benefits each month, counted for the census division. It follows the local job market; it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Monthly, and only for metro areas and economic regions. It is the up-to-date rate we set beside the census’s 2021 snapshot.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. Any town of 2,500 or more counts, and so does any city neighbourhood that size; the city as a whole and First Nations reserves don’t. The middle is the median.
Questions about work in Leduc County
Where do people in Leduc County work?
22% work in Leduc County itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Edmonton (1,315), then Leduc (730).
How many jobs are there in Leduc County?
The 2021 census found about 12,120 people with their usual workplace in Leduc County, or 2.9 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. Statistics Canada counted 1,057 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Leduc County?
At the 2021 census 9.5% 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 Leduc County?
Leduc County’s middle household had $106,800 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Leduc County get to work?
94% of commuters drive, 0.5% take public transit and 2.7% walk; 26% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Leduc County?
The average commute is 32.4 minutes; 18% of trips take under 15 minutes and 8.2% an hour or more.
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).