Photo: Drm310 · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Avalon are higher than in 69% of Canadian towns
Commutes from Avalon average 17.8 minutes, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Jobs were held by 78% of people aged 15 to 64 in Avalon in 2021, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%. Census day 2021 found 8.8% of Avalon’s labour force without a job; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
What sets Avalon apart on jobs and income
Work near the middle
78% of people aged 15 to 64 had a job at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; counting everyone 15 and over, retirees included, it was 64%. In work ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 17.8 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Getting 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, Avalon grades A
Better than 93% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #36 of 104 in Saskatchewan.
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.
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 7% of Avalon’s commuters
Nearly everyone drives: 91% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Only 17% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. By bus, train or subway: 2.8%, much as 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.
In and out of work in Avalon
Of the 46 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 34 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 70% of residents that age. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 64%: many residents are past working age. For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 65% in work 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.
$86,900 a year: the median household in Avalon
Of the 46 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 11, 23 have a higher median. The year is 2020: emergency benefits like CERB count in these incomes, and they raised the bottom of the range.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
19% more people are on EI in Census Division No. 11 than in 2019
Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 2%. February 2021 was the busiest month, with 16,430 people on EI, 2.5 times 2019’s average. Roughly 3.8 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: 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).
Avalon on foot: a A− grade
Better than 81% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #40 of 104 in Saskatchewan.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Avalon next to Canadian towns of 6,600 to 12,800: 37th of 654 on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | North River Heights Manitoba | 7,228 | 82% | 8.4% | $143K | A+ |
| 4 | Walsh Acres/Lakeridge/Garden Ridge Saskatchewan | 9,325 | 80% | 6.7% | $127K | A+ |
| 5 | Lakeview Saskatchewan | 7,770 | 78% | 7.7% | $107K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 35 | Fernie British Columbia | 7,086 | 78% | 9.4% | $107K | A |
| 36 | Coldstream British Columbia | 11,380 | 77% | 7.8% | $112K | A |
| 37 | Avalon Saskatchewan | 9,488 | 78% | 8.8% | $87K | A |
| 38 | Lakeview Alberta | 12,799 | 75% | 11% | $125K | A |
| 39 | Happy Valley-Goose Bay Newfoundland and Labrador | 8,197 | 72% | 9.7% | $108K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 654 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Avalon, and others among Saskatchewan’s towns.
Work next door to Avalon
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avalon | 78% | 8.8% | $87K | 17.8 min | A | A− |
| Adelaide/Churchill 1.4 km | 83% | 6% | $107K | 17.5 min | A+ | A− |
| Buena Vista 1.6 km | 82% | 8.4% | $83K | 17.5 min | A+ | A+ |
| Haultain 1.9 km | 77% | 9.4% | $78K | 16.9 min | A− | A+ |
| Nutana Park 2.3 km | 71% | 8.9% | $107K | 18.2 min | A | B+ |
| Holliston 2.4 km | 75% | 10% | $100K | 18.6 min | A | A |
| Grosvenor Park 3.1 km | 61% | 12% | $62K | 18.1 min | C− | A+ |
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 Avalon, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Trip times. Built from banded answers: each commuter’s usual one-way trip counts as the midpoint of the band they chose, and the result tends to sit slightly higher than Statistics Canada’s average.
- 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. 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. 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.
- Which towns we compare. Medians over towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents. Whole cities would swamp them and reserves sit outside the rankings, so neither is in.
- Neighbourhood figures. The census reaches a neighbourhood only through its dissemination areas, and Avalon’s figures add those up. Saskatoon’s page has the commuting flows, which exist only for the whole municipality.
Questions about work in Avalon
What is the average household income in Avalon?
At $86,900 before tax in 2020, the median household in Avalon compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Avalon get to work?
91% of commuters go by car, 2.8% take public transit, 2.4% walk and 1.8% cycle. On census day 17% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How many jobs are there in Avalon?
There is no count for a neighbourhood: the jobs figure, and where commuters go, are published for Saskatoon as one municipality.
What is the unemployment rate in Avalon?
Two figures answer it: 8.8% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 5.9% for the Saskatoon metro area in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (Census Profile) · 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).