Photo: Tanbir M-05 · CC BY-SA 4.0The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Westmount trails that of 88% of Canadian towns
Before tax, the typical household in Westmount brought in $63,300 in 2020, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900. Commutes from Westmount average 16.2 minutes, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Westmount had an unemployment rate of 16% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Work in Westmount, in a few figures
Fewer people in work than most towns
With 64% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 55% of all adults employed. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
16% 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 5.9% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $63,300 before tax in 2020, where the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 16.2 minutes; the middle of Canadian towns is 26. 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.
Jobs and income in Westmount earn C
Better than 29% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #96 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.
In Westmount, 64% of the working-age population has a job
Of the 46 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 4 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 66% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 65% in October 2026. Census day was 11 May 2021, in the pandemic’s third wave: unemployment ran high and many worked from home, so these figures describe that spring rather than today.
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.
How Westmount’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 81% of Canadian towns.
That puts Westmount 27% below the median of Saskatchewan’s towns, $86,800. Of the 46 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 11, 41 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).
8.8% of commuters from Westmount go without a car
Home was the workplace for 11%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit takes 3.5% of commuters, close to the middle of Canadian towns. The car takes 87% of commuters here, under the 91% in the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
19% more people are on EI in Census Division No. 11 than in 2019
Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 2%. The highest month was February 2021: 16,430 people, 2.5 times the 2019 level. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 3.8 receive EI.
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. 11. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Getting around Westmount on foot earns A
Better than 92% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #20 of 104 in Saskatchewan.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
For jobs and income, Westmount is 387th of 553 Canadian towns of 2,500 to 3,900
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Mount Royal Alberta | 2,758 | 83% | 12% | $188K | A+ |
| 2 | Central River Heights Manitoba | 2,736 | 84% | 5.4% | $137K | A+ |
| 3 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| 4 | Adelaide/Churchill Saskatchewan | 2,652 | 83% | 6% | $107K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 12 | Boothill Saskatchewan | 2,613 | 80% | 8.2% | $98K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 14 | Esterhazy Saskatchewan | 2,513 | 83% | 4.9% | $91K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 385 | Grande-Rivière Quebec | 3,318 | 68% | 12% | $61K | C |
| 386 | Macamic Quebec | 2,698 | 71% | 8.5% | $75K | C |
| 387 | Westmount Saskatchewan | 2,872 | 64% | 16% | $63K | C |
| 388 | Glenview West Ontario | 3,431 | 72% | 11% | $77K | C |
| 389 | Front of Yonge Ontario | 2,773 | 73% | 8.8% | $85K | C |
| … | ||||||
| 553 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,724 | 43% | 30% | $51K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Westmount, and others among Saskatchewan’s towns.
Jobs near Westmount: the places around it
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westmount | 64% | 16% | $63K | 16.2 min | C | A |
| Pleasant Hill 0.8 km | 51% | 16% | $50K | 18.6 min | D | A+ |
| Caswell Hill 1 km | 67% | 7.4% | $75K | 15.9 min | B− | A |
| Mount Royal 1.1 km | 67% | 9.4% | $66K | 17.8 min | C | A |
| Meadowgreen 1.7 km | 64% | 9.5% | $64K | 19.1 min | C− | A |
| Mayfair 1.9 km | 70% | 12% | $71K | 17.3 min | B− | A |
| Central Business District 2 km | 73% | 12% | $54K | 16.8 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 Westmount, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Trip times. How long getting to work normally takes, averaged from the census’s time bands at their middles; expect it to read slightly high against the timed figure.
- 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.
- 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. 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. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- 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.
- Neighbourhood figures. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages stop at the municipality, so Saskatoon’s page carries them; Westmount’s own figures sum its dissemination areas.
Questions about work in Westmount
How many jobs are there in Westmount?
The census places jobs by municipality, so the answer is in Saskatoon’s figures, with the flows of its commuters.
What is the unemployment rate in Westmount?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 16% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Saskatoon metro area at 5.9% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Westmount?
The census puts Westmount at $63,300 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Westmount get to work?
By car: 87% of commuters, 3.5% take public transit, 3.1% walk and 2.2% cycle; on census day 11% of those in work worked from home.
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).