Photo: Hero122. Original uploader was Hero122 at en.wikipedia · CC BY 3.0Working-age people in Warner County No. 5 are less likely to have a job than in 98% of Canadian towns
Home was the workplace for 30% of its workers in May 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 21%. The census counted 150 people working in Warner County No. 5 and 690 residents commuting to a fixed workplace. Median household income in Warner County No. 5 was $89,600 in 2020, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900.
What sets Warner County No. 5 apart on jobs and income
Fewer people in work than most towns
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 50% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 65%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
3% of the labour force was out of work at the 2021 census (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns); the Labour Force Survey had the area at 6.3% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 22.7 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 3.4% 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.
Jobs and income in Warner County No. 5 earn C+
Better than 39% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #335 of 474 in Alberta.
Its strongest measure is household income; 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.
In Warner County No. 5, 50% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
None of the 9 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 2 has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
In October 2026, 59% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. Counting those looking for work too, 67% of people aged 15 and over were 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.
Shorter than the middle of Canadian towns: commutes from Warner County No. 5 average 22.7 minutes
A quarter-hour or less for 41% of commuters, against 39% in the middle of Alberta’s towns. Long trips are rarer than in the middle of Alberta’s towns: 3.4% take an hour or more, against 7%. Timed exactly, the average is 19.9 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
The daily tide in Warner County No. 5 runs outward
Outbound commuters outnumber inbound ones about 8 to 1. The job is inside the municipality for 11% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
89% of Warner County No. 5’s residents in work leave it to work; Lethbridge takes the most
2021 Census, people with a usual place of work: where residents of Warner County No. 5 work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
- Lethbridge165
- Raymond120
- Milk River105
- Warner65
- Taber40
- Lethbridge County30
- Stirling25
- Coutts15
- Coaldale15
- Foremost10
Inbound, the leader is Raymond (45).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Household income in Warner County No. 5
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 74% of Canadian towns.
5 of the 9 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 2 have a higher median. That puts Warner County No. 5 3% below the median of Alberta’s towns, $92,250. 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).
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 1.7% of Warner County No. 5’s commuters
Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 97% 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).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
EI claims in Census Division No. 2 run 27% above their 2019 level
Behind EI beneficiaries sits data gathered across Census Division No. 2, with Warner County No. 5 one part of it.
That works out to around 3.3 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 rose by 1%. The count topped out in January 2021 at 8,020 people, 2.7 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Warner County No. 5 grades D for walkability
Better than 7% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #469 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
For jobs and income, Warner County No. 5 is 430th of 715 Canadian towns of 3,200 to 6,100
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 2 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | Hay River Northwest Territories | 3,317 | 78% | 6.5% | $129K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 14 | Parkview Alberta | 5,729 | 80% | 9% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 16 | Wainwright No. 61 Alberta | 4,576 | 84% | 5.5% | $108K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 21 | Richmond Alberta | 4,811 | 79% | 9.2% | $114K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 428 | Seven Oaks Manitoba | 3,244 | 68% | 11% | $86K | C+ |
| 429 | Brokenhead Manitoba | 5,931 | 76% | 7.8% | $94K | C+ |
| 430 | Warner County No. 5 Alberta | 4,533 | 50% | 3% | $90K | C+ |
| 431 | Victoria West Manitoba | 3,687 | 76% | 9.6% | $76K | C+ |
| 432 | Ozerna Alberta | 4,216 | 62% | 15% | $113K | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 715 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Next to Warner County No. 5: how nearby places compare
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warner County No. 5 | 50% | 3% | $90K | 22.7 min | C+ | D |
| Stirling 12.5 km | 68% | 8.9% | $86K | 28.6 min | C | B− |
| Raymond 18.6 km | 69% | 8.1% | $86K | 23.6 min | B− | 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 Warner County No. 5, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Unemployment. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- 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. Commuters picked a band for their usual trip (under 15 minutes, 15 to 29, and so on). We place each person at the middle of their band, which lands a little above Statistics Canada’s own 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. 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’s monthly survey, published for metro areas and economic regions rather than towns: it gives a current rate beside the census’s 2021 one.
- In work. People in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64 (2021 Census). The census doesn’t cross work with age below the municipality, so this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood has; retirees don’t weigh on it.
- 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 Warner County No. 5
Where do people in Warner County No. 5 work?
Only 11% work in Warner County No. 5 itself; the rest go first to Lethbridge (165) and Raymond (120).
How many jobs are there in Warner County No. 5?
The 2021 census found about 150 people with their usual workplace in Warner County No. 5, or 0.2 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 57 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Warner County No. 5?
The 2021 census found 3% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat economic region, is 6.3% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Warner County No. 5?
Warner County No. 5’s middle household had $89,600 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Warner County No. 5 get to work?
97% of commuters drive, 1.7% walk; 30% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Warner County No. 5?
The average commute is 22.7 minutes; 41% of trips take under 15 minutes and 3.4% 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).