Photo: Isabelle Hulet · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in Wembley earn more than those in 93% of Canadian towns
Jobs located in Wembley: 255, for 475 residents with a usual workplace. In Wembley, 75% of residents aged 15 to 64 were working in May 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. Unemployment in Wembley stood at 11% on census day 2021, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
The work figures that set Wembley apart
Work near the middle
With 75% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 68% of all adults employed. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $109,400 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
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 Wembley earn B
Better than 61% 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.
$109,400 a year: the median household in Wembley
Of the 6 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 19, 2 have a higher median. Wembley’s median is 19% above the middle of Alberta’s towns ($92,250). That year, 2020, brought emergency benefits that count in these totals, before tax.
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, Wembley loses more workers than it gains
475 residents of Wembley had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 255 people had theirs in Wembley, wherever they lived.
It sends out some 2 workers for every one it takes in.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
89% of Wembley’s residents in work leave it to work; Grande Prairie takes the most
Coming the other way, Grande Prairie County No. 1 sends the most (135).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
2021 Census, people with a usual place of work: where residents of Wembley work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Who in Wembley has a job
Of the 6 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 19, 4 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 63% in October 2026. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 76% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. 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.
Without a car, 1.5% of Wembley’s commuters get to work
Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 98% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Only 8.8% 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).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
A longer commute than the middle of Canadian towns: 28.3 minutes from Wembley
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 26.7 minutes. The middle of Alberta’s towns averages 25.8 minutes. Only 12% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 39% in the middle of Alberta’s towns. An hour or more: 5.2% of commuters, under the 7% 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
In Census Division No. 19, 5% more people receive EI than in 2019
That works out to around 3.8 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 7%. January 2021 was the busiest month, with 8,300 people on EI, 3.1 times 2019’s 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. 19. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Everyday places on foot in Wembley: B−
Better than 48% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Work next door to Wembley
Distances here run 19–22 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Wembley.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wembley | 75% | 11% | $109K | 28.3 min | B | B− |
| Beaverlodge 18.6 km | 70% | 16% | $91K | 24.4 min | B− | A− |
| Grande Prairie County No. 1 21 km | 78% | 9.6% | $120K | 28.2 min | B+ | C− |
| Grande Prairie 22.4 km | 73% | 12% | $103K | 19.4 min | A | 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 Wembley, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- In work. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- Unemployment. The census-week jobless rate for residents 15 and over. Its base is the labour force, those employed plus those actively looking.
- Household income. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- 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. 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. 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.
- Which towns we compare. Towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500 people or more, never a whole city and never a First Nations reserve. Middles are medians.
Questions about work in Wembley
How many jobs are there in Wembley?
The 2021 census counted about 255 people working in Wembley: 0.5 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 104 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Wembley?
At the 2021 census 11% 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 Wembley?
At $109,400 before tax in 2020, the median household in Wembley compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Wembley get to work?
By car: 98% of commuters, 1.5% walk; on census day 8.8% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Wembley?
28.3 minutes is the average trip, with 12% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 5.2% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Wembley work?
Only 11% work in Wembley itself; the rest go first to Grande Prairie (280) and Grande Prairie County No. 1 (100).
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).