Photo: SriMesh · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Westview are higher than in 75% of Canadian towns
At 17.7 minutes on average, the trip to work from Westview compares with 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. 74% of people aged 15 to 64 in Westview had a job at the 2021 census, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns. Census day 2021 found 9.6% of Westview’s labour force without a job, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Work in Westview: the figures worth knowing
Work near the middle
With 74% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 60% of all adults employed. In work ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 17.7 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.
Westview grades A− for jobs and income
Better than 85% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #55 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: 3.6% of Westview’s commuters
Home was the workplace for 7.3%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit takes 1.8% of commuters, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 93% 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 many in Westview were working in 2021
Of the 46 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 18 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 60% of residents 15 and over were in work. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 65% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. 67% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. May 2021, when the census was taken, was a pandemic spring; unemployment has come down since, as the Labour Force Survey records.
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.
Westview households: $90,000 a year at the median
That puts Westview 4% above the median of Saskatchewan’s towns, $86,800. 22 of the 46 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 11 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
For EI beneficiaries, the only official count covers all of Census Division No. 11, Westview included.
That is about 3.8 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 2%. February 2021 was the busiest month, with 16,430 people on EI, 2.5 times 2019’s 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).
The Walkability grade for Westview: B
Better than 64% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #65 of 104 in Saskatchewan.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Westview is 87th of 458 Canadian towns of 2,500 to 3,600 people for jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 11 | Boothill Saskatchewan | 2,613 | 80% | 8.2% | $98K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Esterhazy Saskatchewan | 2,513 | 83% | 4.9% | $91K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 85 | Nutana Park Saskatchewan | 3,045 | 71% | 8.9% | $107K | A |
| 86 | Rosedale Alberta | 2,507 | 75% | 12% | $101K | A |
| 87 | Westview Saskatchewan | 2,670 | 74% | 9.6% | $90K | A− |
| 88 | Bulyea Heights Alberta | 3,264 | 76% | 11% | $169K | A− |
| 89 | Sainte-Marie-Madeleine Quebec | 2,940 | 88% | 3.2% | $86K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 458 | 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 Westview, and others among Saskatchewan’s towns.
Work in the places around Westview
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westview | 74% | 9.6% | $90K | 17.7 min | A− | B |
| Hampton Village 0.6 km | 78% | 5.4% | $113K | 20.4 min | A+ | B+ |
| Massey Place 1.1 km | 66% | 11% | $68K | 20.1 min | C | A |
| Mount Royal 1.3 km | 67% | 9.4% | $66K | 17.8 min | C | A |
| Dundonald 1.8 km | 79% | 5.8% | $115K | 18.5 min | A+ | B− |
| Mayfair 2.3 km | 70% | 12% | $71K | 17.3 min | B− | A |
| Caswell Hill 2.3 km | 67% | 7.4% | $75K | 15.9 min | B− | 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 Westview, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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.
- 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. A monthly household survey by Statistics Canada, reported for metro areas and economic regions only. It supplies a recent rate next to the 2021 census figure.
- In work. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- 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. Comparisons are with the median of Canadian towns and city neighbourhoods counting 2,500 people or more, reserves and entire cities excluded.
- Neighbourhood figures. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages stop at the municipality, so Saskatoon’s page carries them; Westview’s own figures sum its dissemination areas.
Questions about work in Westview
What is the average household income in Westview?
The median household in Westview had $90,000 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Westview get to work?
By car: 93% of commuters, 1.8% take public transit and 1.8% walk; on census day 7.3% of those in work worked from home.
How many jobs are there in Westview?
Jobs and commuting flows exist only for Saskatoon as a whole, and its page carries them.
What is the unemployment rate in Westview?
Two figures answer it: 9.6% 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).