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Population, Job Growth, and Commuting 

Census Division 19 which includes the County and City of Grande Prairie is expected to see significant population growth between 2023 and 2031, beating the projected national population growth rate but behind Alberta’s projected growth rate. Our region’s wages are also higher than the national average but slightly behind those of the province. Division 19 is projected to beat the province on job creation indicating that our population to job growth ratio is higher but behind the national projection.

 

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Population, Jobs, and Wage Comparison by Region

Region
Population (2024)
Population (2025)
Population (2031)
Population Change %
Jobs (2024)
Jobs (2031)
Jobs Change %
Current Average Wages
Alberta4,783,169.354,871,653.35,416,177.11
0.1
2,177,749.492,321,958.53
5.19%
$66,418.09
Canada40,504,264.7140,908,584.1743,266,127.71
0.08
18,564,894.8919,962,907.84
7.14%
$62,430.43
Division No. 19127,558.04128,262.34131,578.3
0.01
65,211.9969,946.83
2.6%
$62,893.54
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In terms of total job growth the highest number of new jobs are driven by Accommodation and Food Services, and Health care and social assistance but the growth in Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction and Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting are the largest projected drivers of economic impact and wage growth in the County because these jobs act as economic multipliers supporting the other sectors.

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Employment Projections by Industry

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NAICS
Description
2024 - 2031 % Change
2024 Jobs
2031 Jobs
2024 - 2031 Change
Avg. Wages Per Job
11Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
-0.38%
1,575.681,569.62
-6.06
$62,534.57
21Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
9.64%
5,688.766,236.97
548.21
$98,727.89
22Utilities
10.07%
437.09481.1
44.01
$93,415.6
23Construction
1.04%
5,480.275,537.13
56.86
$80,607.86
31-33Manufacturing
7.1%
2,691.062,882.11
191.05
$81,994.52
41Wholesale trade
0.59%
3,334.663,354.27
19.61
$75,044.56
44-45Retail trade
1.35%
8,641.228,757.66
116.43
$38,811.54
48-49Transportation and warehousing
16.52%
4,139.864,823.96
684.1
$75,613.1
51Information and cultural industries
-7.34%
351.2325.41
-25.79
$46,869.01
52Finance and insurance
6.53%
1,288.781,372.97
84.19
$67,480.94
53Real estate and rental and leasing
1.42%
1,494.921,516.18
21.26
$74,370.43
54Professional, scientific and technical services
4.17%
2,4572,559.53
102.53
$69,999.81
55Management of companies and enterprises
1.04%
183.07184.98
1.91
$77,338.75
56Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
21.34%
2,756.073,344.35
588.28
$53,787.14
61Educational services
6.29%
4,201.594,465.91
264.33
$61,157.35
62Health care and social assistance
11.22%
5,018.935,581.84
562.9
$52,277.01
71Arts, entertainment and recreation
13.99%
695.05792.29
97.24
$24,515.43
72Accommodation and food services
11.1%
6,757.197,507.33
750.15
$30,947.19
81Other services (except public administration)
9.47%
3,341.293,657.58
316.29
$56,688.79
91Public administration
6.56%
3,344.133,563.46
219.33
$77,932.04
X0Unclassified
7.35%
1,334.171,432.19
98.02
$66,739.87
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Employment Projections by Occupation

NOC
Description
2024 - 2031 % Change
2024 Jobs
2031 Jobs
2024 - 2031 Change
2023 Median Wages
0Legislative and senior managers
-8.06%
49.7445.73
-4.01
$136,970.48
10Specialized middle management occupations in administrative services, financial and business services and communication (except broadcasting)
-7.96%
339.57312.54
-27.03
$105,362.23
11Professional occupations in finance and business
1.73%
871.5886.58
15.08
$73,963.61
12Administrative and financial supervisors and specialized administrative occupations
7.69%
1,770.951,907.11
136.16
$59,835.47
13Administrative occupations and transportation logistics occupations
3.41%
2,180.682,255
74.32
$55,440.31
14Administrative and financial support and supply chain logistics occupations
3.13%
3,391.893,498.05
106.16
$55,108.69
20Specialized middle management occupations in engineering, architecture, science and information systems
2.98%
99.9102.88
2.98
$147,455.31
21Professional occupations in natural and applied sciences
9.86%
1,392.771,530.06
137.29
$100,161.74
22Technical occupations related to natural and applied sciences
4.99%
2,127.922,234.16
106.23
$90,790.15
30Specialized middle management occupations in health care
4.44%
67.3870.37
2.99
$101,363.24
31Professional occupations in health
9.76%
1,034.11,135.05
100.95
$94,302.15
32Technical occupations in health
15.41%
1,121.831,294.71
172.88
$73,513.57
33Assisting occupations in support of health services
18.92%
1,373.411,633.19
259.78
$48,684.61
40Managers in public administration, in education and social and community services and in public protection services
17.83%
461.96544.34
82.38
$96,815.27
41Professional occupations in law, education, social, community and government services
13.98%
3,132.783,570.74
437.96
$82,516.29
42Front-line public protection services and paraprofessional occupations in legal, social, community, education services
8.27%
1,528.671,655.03
126.36
$66,905
43Assisting occupations in education and in legal and public protection
3.87%
706.85734.2
27.35
$48,709.4
44Care providers and legal and public protection support occupations
-11.1%
223.55198.74
-24.82
$38,600.14
45Student monitors, crossing guards and related occupations
0.89%
71.9572.59
0.64
$42,002.87
50Specialized middle management occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport
-8.21%
24.4222.41
-2.01
$78,060.64
51Professional occupations in art and culture
11.81%
107.29119.96
12.67
$67,662.53
52Technical occupations in art, culture and sport
-5.41%
176.13166.61
-9.52
$56,075.22
53Occupations in art, culture and sport
-8.63%
67.7161.87
-5.84
$43,205.87
54Support occupations in sport
13.26%
197.69223.9
26.21
$39,764.9
55Support occupations in art and culture
-46.71%
0.70.37
-0.33
$50,047
60Middle management occupations in retail and wholesale trade and customer services
-0.94%
979.95970.74
-9.21
$74,440.29
62Retail sales and service supervisors and specialized occupations in sales and services
9.82%
2,865.843,147.28
281.44
$47,895.41
63Occupations in sales and services
5.44%
1,743.741,838.56
94.82
$45,809.53
64Sales and service representatives and other customer and personal services occupations
2.49%
4,059.654,160.87
101.21
$42,589.55
65Sales and service support occupations
5.62%
5,676.95,995.8
318.9
$36,411.21
70Middle management occupations in trades and transportation
5.87%
491.15519.96
28.81
$99,502.2
72Technical trades and transportation officers and controllers
6.34%
8,853.069,414.76
561.7
$81,997.4
73General trades
12.77%
5,254.285,925.19
670.91
$67,482.17
74Mail and message distribution, other transport equipment operators and related maintenance workers
3.76%
678.64704.13
25.49
$55,443.71
75Helpers and labourers and other transport drivers, operators and labourers
3.05%
1,919.251,977.79
58.54
$49,433.64
80Middle management occupations in production and agriculture
6.35%
301.26320.38
19.12
$136,332.28
82Supervisors in natural resources, agriculture and related production
10.99%
1,442.021,600.52
158.5
$100,212.93
83Occupations in natural resources and related production
12.37%
2,095.542,354.85
259.31
$71,471.5
84Workers in natural resources, agriculture and related production
-8.1%
654.09601.1
-52.99
$62,299.88
85Harvesting, landscaping and natural resources labourers
1.12%
1,080.131,092.28
12.15
$46,166.49
90Middle management occupations in manufacturing and utilities
7.82%
205.08221.11
16.04
$125,413.75
92Processing, manufacturing and utilities supervisors and utilities operators and controllers
13.49%
1,092.231,239.6
147.36
$106,768.82
93Central control and process operators and aircraft assembly assemblers and inspectors
1.39%
589.92598.11
8.19
$113,394.61
94Machine operators, assemblers and inspectors in processing, manufacturing and printing
5.44%
883.65931.69
48.04
$73,484
95Labourers in processing, manufacturing and utilities
27.27%
490.12623.76
133.64
$53,442.39
X0Unclassified occupation
7.35%
1,334.171,432.19
98.02
$0
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