Photo: awmcphee · CC BY-SA 4.0Manning has 1.8 jobs for every resident in work
In 2020, a household at the middle of Manning had $86,200 before tax; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. 81% of people aged 15 to 64 in Manning had a job at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. Getting to work from Manning takes 18 minutes on average, an hour or more for 9%.
The work figures that set Manning apart
More people in work than most towns
In work at the 2021 census: 81% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 62% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 18 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 9% 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 Manning: graded A+
Better than 97% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is trip times; its weakest, household income.
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.
How many in Manning have a job: 81% of 15-to-64s
Of the 9 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 17, 8 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 68%. Counting retirees, 62% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 63% in October 2026. 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.
On a working day Manning gains 74% in workers
Manning takes in some 6 workers for every resident it sends out. 83% 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.
A shorter commute than the middle of Canadian towns: 18 minutes from Manning
Trips under 15 minutes: 64%, more than the 39% in the middle of Alberta’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 16.9 minutes (Statistics Canada). 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.
404 people come into Manning to work, most from Northern Lights County and La Crète
- Northern Lights County305
- La Crète50
- Hines Creek10
- Peace River10
54% of the people who work in Manning live outside it, 305 of them in Northern Lights County, 17 km away. Going the other way, Northern Lights County is the biggest single destination (40).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
How Manning’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 68% of Canadian towns.
7 of the 9 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 17 have a higher median. Against the middle of Alberta’s towns ($92,250), Manning’s median is 7% below. 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 4% of Manning’s commuters
Home was the workplace for 8.3%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 95% 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).
In Census Division No. 17, the count on EI is close to where it was in 2019
The highest month was July 2021: 3,310 people, 2.3 times the 2019 level. That is about 4.3 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 3%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Not measured by town: EI beneficiaries (Census Division No. 17). EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Manning grades B+ for walkability
Better than 70% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Jobs near Manning: the places around it
The nearest places to Manning with figures are 17–88 km away.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manning | 81% | 8.4% | $86K | 18 min | A+ | B+ |
| Northern Lights County 17.5 km | 72% | 10% | $89K | 26.3 min | C+ | D− |
| Peace River 79.7 km | 76% | 7.9% | $99K | 16.5 min | A+ | B |
| Peace No. 135 80.9 km | 69% | 9.4% | $96K | 24.9 min | B− | C |
| Grimshaw 81.9 km | 73% | 12% | $87K | 22.1 min | B | A− |
| Northern Sunrise County 88 km | 80% | 6.2% | $100K | 25.7 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 Manning, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada surveys households every month; the results come out for metro areas and economic regions, never for single towns, and keep the rate current after 2021.
- 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. 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. 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. 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.
- 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 Manning
How long is the commute from Manning?
The average commute is 18 minutes; 64% of trips take under 15 minutes and 9% an hour or more.
Where do people in Manning work?
83% work in Manning itself; of those who leave, the most go to Northern Lights County (40).
How many jobs are there in Manning?
The 2021 census found about 745 people with their usual workplace in Manning, or 1.8 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 133 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Manning?
At the 2021 census 8.4% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Banff-Jasper-Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca-Grande Prairie-Peace River economic region, gives 5.6% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Manning?
At $86,200 before tax in 2020, the median household in Manning compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Manning get to work?
95% of commuters drive, 4% walk; 8.3% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
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).