Photo: Jason Whiting · CC BY-SA 4.0Lloydminster (Part) has higher household incomes than 84% of Canadian towns
At the 2021 census, 75% of Lloydminster (Part)’s 15-to-64s were in work, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns. The average trip to work from Lloydminster (Part) is 15.9 minutes; 4.3% of commuters spend an hour or more getting there. Lloydminster (Part) had an unemployment rate of 11% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
The work figures that set Lloydminster (Part) apart
A local job centre
8,865 people work in Lloydminster (Part) and 6,915 residents commute to a fixed workplace; the middle of Canadian towns has 0.8 jobs per working resident. The daily tide ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 15.9 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 4.3% 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.
On jobs and income, Lloydminster (Part) grades A
Better than 94% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #18 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.
Each working day, Lloydminster (Part)’s workforce swells by 25%
About 2 people arrive to work in Lloydminster (Part) for each resident who goes out. Of those who commute, 65% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
Time on the road to work from Lloydminster (Part)
A quarter-hour or less for 70% of commuters, against 39% in the middle of Alberta’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 14.7 minutes. 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.
4,343 people come into Lloydminster (Part) to work, most from Lloydminster (Saskatchewan part) and Vermilion River County
- Lloydminster (Saskatchewan part)2,410
- Vermilion River County695
- Britannia No. 502265
- Wilton No. 472145
- Lashburn130
- Kitscoty125
- Marshall75
- Marwayne55
- Edmonton45
- Maidstone40
Of everyone working in Lloydminster (Part), 49% come in from elsewhere; 2,410 make the 2 km trip from Lloydminster (Saskatchewan part). Outbound, Lloydminster (Saskatchewan part) takes the most: 1,325 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
In and out of work in Lloydminster (Part)
Of the 9 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 10, 4 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 71% of residents that age. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 57% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. The census was taken on 11 May 2021, mid-pandemic, when lockdowns had pushed unemployment up and sent many to work from home.
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.
Lloydminster (Part) households: $98,000 a year at the median
That puts Lloydminster (Part) 6% above the median of Alberta’s towns, $92,250. One of the 9 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 10 has a higher median. In 2020 emergency benefits topped up many low incomes, and the census counts them here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Leaving the car at home: 5% of commuters in Lloydminster (Part)
Home was the workplace for 9.7%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit takes 0.2% of commuters, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 94% of commuters go by car, truck or van.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
EI claims in Census Division No. 10 run 5% above their 2019 level
Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 4%. The count topped out in January 2021 at 5,330 people, 2.8 times the 2019 average. That works out to around 3.5 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division.
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).
Walkability in Lloydminster (Part): graded B+
Better than 65% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #361 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Among Canadian towns of 14,900 to 28,700, Lloydminster (Part) ranks 17th of 422 for jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yellowknife Northwest Territories | 22,858 | 80% | 5.8% | $148K | A+ |
| 2 | Central Saanich British Columbia | 18,184 | 85% | 4.9% | $103K | A+ |
| 3 | Cap-Rouge Quebec | 17,139 | 81% | 4.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 7 | Canmore Alberta | 17,341 | 79% | 9.7% | $107K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 15 | Wilmot Ontario | 22,890 | 81% | 6.8% | $115K | A |
| 16 | Paradise Newfoundland and Labrador | 26,155 | 77% | 8.5% | $111K | A |
| 17 | Lloydminster (Part) Alberta | 21,267 | 75% | 11% | $98K | A |
| 18 | Quispamsis New Brunswick | 20,240 | 78% | 7.2% | $113K | A |
| 19 | Sept-Îles Quebec | 24,483 | 80% | 5% | $80K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 32 | Cold Lake Alberta | 17,798 | 75% | 7.8% | $105K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 40 | Brooks Alberta | 17,537 | 72% | 8.8% | $91K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 422 | South Parkdale Ontario | 21,663 | 64% | 17% | $57K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Lloydminster (Part), and others among Alberta’s towns.
How the places next to Lloydminster (Part) compare on work
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lloydminster (Part) | 75% | 11% | $98K | 15.9 min | A | B+ |
| Lloydminster (Part) 1.9 km | 72% | 13% | $87K | 17.3 min | A− | C+ |
| Wilton No. 472 11.2 km | 83% | 5.6% | $104K | 29.1 min | A− | D− |
| Britannia No. 502 18 km | 81% | 8.4% | $119K | 27.1 min | A | D |
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 Lloydminster (Part), 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. 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. The most recent unemployment rate on the page comes from this monthly survey, which covers the wider metro area or economic region, not the town.
- In work. Why 15 to 64? Otherwise retirees would pull the rate down in older towns. The census can’t say how old a neighbourhood’s workers are, so the count of people in work takes every age.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- Household income. Before-tax total income of the middle household for 2020, from the census. Neighbourhood medians are worked out from bracket counts, since Statistics Canada publishes none of their own.
- Which towns we compare. Comparisons are with the median of Canadian towns and city neighbourhoods counting 2,500 people or more, reserves and entire cities excluded.
Questions about work in Lloydminster (Part)
How many jobs are there in Lloydminster (Part)?
The 2021 census counted about 8,865 people working in Lloydminster (Part): 1.3 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 1,335 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Lloydminster (Part)?
The 2021 census found 11% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Camrose-Drumheller economic region, is 8.8% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Lloydminster (Part)?
The census puts Lloydminster (Part) at $98,000 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Lloydminster (Part) get to work?
By car: 94% of commuters, 0.2% take public transit, 4% walk and 0.8% cycle; on census day 9.7% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Lloydminster (Part)?
15.9 minutes is the average trip, with 70% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 4.3% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Lloydminster (Part) work?
65% work in Lloydminster (Part) itself; of those who leave, the most go to Lloydminster (Saskatchewan part) (1,325), then Wilton No. 472 (195).
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).