The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Abbeydale trails that of 85% of Canadian towns
Half the households in Abbeydale had more than $85,600 in 2020, before tax, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns. Residents of Abbeydale take 27.8 minutes to reach work on average; the middle of Canadian towns is 26. Out of work in May 2021: 15% of Abbeydale’s labour force; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
Abbeydale and work: the main findings
Fewer people in work than most towns
With 66% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 56% of all adults employed. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 15% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 6.6%. Unemployment ↓
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 Abbeydale earn C−
Better than 24% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #403 of 474 in Alberta.
Its strongest measure is household income; 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.
66% of working-age people in Abbeydale have jobs
Of the 166 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 6, 18 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
65% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. In October 2026, 67% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. 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.
Household income in Abbeydale
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 67% of Canadian towns.
That puts Abbeydale 7% below the median of Alberta’s towns, $92,250. Of the 166 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 6, 118 have a higher median. Because 2020 was the first year of the pandemic, emergency benefits make up part of these before-tax incomes.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Abbeydale gets to work without a car for 10% of commuters
Home was the workplace for 11%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Driving to work is about as common as in the middle of Alberta’s towns, at 87%.
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 Census Division No. 6, 35% more people receive EI than in 2019
In January 2021 it reached 97,600, the most in the series and 3.2 times the 2019 average. That is about 4 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 1%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: one figure for all of Census Division No. 6. 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 Abbeydale: A
Better than 87% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #204 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Abbeydale next to Canadian towns of 4,600 to 8,900: 559th of 700 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 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 3 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 12 | Altadore Alberta | 7,675 | 80% | 8.1% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 15 | Parkview Alberta | 5,729 | 80% | 9% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 23 | Richmond Alberta | 4,811 | 79% | 9.2% | $114K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 557 | Port Mann British Columbia | 5,988 | 68% | 11% | $102K | C− |
| 558 | Minden Hills Ontario | 7,841 | 70% | 11% | $74K | C− |
| 559 | Abbeydale Alberta | 6,561 | 66% | 15% | $86K | C− |
| 560 | Antigonish Nova Scotia | 5,175 | 66% | 18% | $55K | C− |
| 561 | Belmont Alberta | 5,299 | 65% | 14% | $88K | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 700 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Abbeydale, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Next to Abbeydale: how nearby places compare
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbeydale | 66% | 15% | $86K | 27.8 min | C− | A |
| Applewood Park 1.4 km | 65% | 16% | $88K | 27.6 min | C | A |
| Marlborough Park 1.6 km | 63% | 17% | $84K | 26.4 min | C− | A |
| Penbrooke Meadows 2.1 km | 59% | 20% | $71K | 27.3 min | D | A |
| Pineridge 2.3 km | 63% | 16% | $76K | 26.4 min | C− | A |
| Monterey Park 2.8 km | 67% | 15% | $97K | 26.6 min | C+ | B+ |
| Marlborough 3.1 km | 63% | 16% | $82K | 27.1 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 Abbeydale, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Household income. Before-tax total income of the middle household for 2020, from the census. Neighbourhood medians are worked out from bracket counts, since Statistics Canada publishes none of their own.
- Trip times. The census asks how long the trip to work usually takes, in bands; our average uses each band’s middle, so it runs a little above Statistics Canada’s timed average.
- Employment Insurance. Statistics Canada counts EI beneficiaries each month by census division. Seasonal work makes it swing, so read it as a trend, not a jobless rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Sampled each month and released for regions rather than towns, so its rate describes the area around the town.
- In work. Everyone with a job, whatever their age, divided by the residents aged 15 to 64 at the 2021 Census: below the municipality the census doesn’t split work by age, and this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood can be given.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- 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 Abbeydale’s figures add those up. Calgary’s page has the commuting flows, which exist only for the whole municipality.
Questions about work in Abbeydale
What is the unemployment rate in Abbeydale?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 15% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Calgary metro area at 6.6% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Abbeydale?
Abbeydale’s middle household had $85,600 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Abbeydale get to work?
By car: 87% of commuters, 10% take public transit; on census day 11% of those in work worked from home.
How many jobs are there in Abbeydale?
There is no count for a neighbourhood: the jobs figure, and where commuters go, are published for Calgary as one municipality.
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).