Photo: jockrutherford from Owen Sound, ON · CC BY-SA 2.0Household incomes put Altadore near the very top of Canadian towns
46% of its workers worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. On average, people in Altadore spend 20.6 minutes getting to work, next to 26 for the middle of Canadian towns. 80% of people aged 15 to 64 in Altadore had a job at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Altadore and work: the main findings
More people in work than most towns
With 80% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 70% of all adults employed. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $155,100 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 20.6 minutes; the middle of Canadian towns is 26. Getting to work ↓
Many work from home
46% of workers worked at home on census day, against 21% 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.
Jobs & income in Altadore: graded A+
Better than almost every Canadian town on three measures together, #3 of 474 in Alberta.
Its strongest measure is household income; its weakest, trip times.
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.
How many in Altadore were working in 2021
Of the 166 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 6, 162 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 67% in work in October 2026. 77% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. 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.
Before tax, the median household in Altadore had $155,100
8 of the 166 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 6 have a higher median. Altadore’s median is 68% above the middle of Alberta’s towns ($92,250). 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).
Before tax, 2020: higher than in almost any Canadian town.
10% of commuters from Altadore go without a car
The middle of Alberta’s towns has 2.5% walking; here, 5.2% do. The car takes 83% of commuters here, under the 88% in the middle of Alberta’s towns. Transit takes 4.1% of commuters, close to 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).
EI claims in Census Division No. 6 run 35% above their 2019 level
Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 1%. The highest month was January 2021: 97,600 people, 3.2 times the 2019 level. Roughly 4 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. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: 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).
Altadore grades A for walkability
Better than 92% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #148 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How Altadore ranks: 10th of 690 Canadian towns of 5,400 to 10,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 8 | Island Park-Wellington Village Ontario | 5,486 | 81% | 7% | $161K | A+ |
| 9 | Lakeview Saskatchewan | 7,770 | 78% | 7.7% | $107K | A+ |
| 10 | Altadore Alberta | 7,675 | 80% | 8.1% | $155K | A+ |
| 11 | Brighton Saskatchewan | 7,238 | 80% | 5.9% | $135K | A+ |
| 12 | Parkview Alberta | 5,729 | 80% | 9% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 22 | West Hillhurst Alberta | 10,319 | 78% | 9.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 27 | Glenora Alberta | 6,197 | 78% | 9.1% | $123K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 32 | Peace River Alberta | 7,220 | 76% | 7.9% | $99K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 690 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Altadore, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Work in the places around Altadore
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altadore | 80% | 8.1% | $155K | 20.6 min | A+ | A |
| Garrison Woods 0.7 km | 79% | 10% | $146K | 18.7 min | A+ | A |
| South Calgary 1.2 km | 74% | 12% | $97K | 22.2 min | A− | A+ |
| Richmond 1.4 km | 79% | 9.2% | $114K | 20.1 min | A+ | A+ |
| Elbow Park 1.8 km | 71% | 8.5% | $200K | 16.1 min | A | A− |
| Bankview 1.8 km | 78% | 12% | $62K | 24.6 min | C | A+ |
| Upper Mount Royal 2.1 km | 83% | 12% | $188K | 16.8 min | A+ | 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 Altadore, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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 2020 income of the household at the midpoint, all sources and before tax. Inside a city we rebuild it from the dissemination areas’ income bands, so there it is an estimate.
- 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. 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.
- Which towns we compare. The comparison pool is places of 2,500 people or more, towns or neighbourhoods inside cities, without whole cities or reserves, and we compare with its median.
- Neighbourhood figures. Everything here sums the dissemination areas inside Altadore’s lines, since the census has no neighbourhood profile; where people commute is on Calgary’s page.
Questions about work in Altadore
What is the average household income in Altadore?
Altadore’s middle household had $155,100 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Altadore get to work?
By car: 83% of commuters, 4.1% take public transit, 5.2% walk and 0.9% cycle; on census day 46% of those in work worked from home.
How many jobs are there in Altadore?
Statistics Canada counts jobs for whole municipalities only; Calgary has the total and the commuting flows.
What is the unemployment rate in Altadore?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Calgary metro area at 6.6%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 8.1%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
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).