Households in Braeside have higher incomes than those in 78% of Canadian towns
In May 2021, unemployment in Braeside reached 12%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. At 27.6 minutes on average, the trip to work from Braeside compares with 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. 75% of people aged 15 to 64 in Braeside had a job at the 2021 census, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns.
Braeside at work: what stands out
Work near the middle
At the 2021 census 75% of the 15-to-64s were in work (73% in the middle of Canadian towns); across all ages 15 and over, 59%. In work ↓
Unemployment near the middle
The Labour Force Survey had the area at 6.6% in October 2026; on census day in 2021 the town’s own rate was 12%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Braeside grades B− for jobs and income
Better than 53% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #250 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.
Work and the working-age population of Braeside
Of the 166 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 6, 107 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 67% of the wider area’s adults in work. Counting those looking for work too, 67% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. Counting retirees, 59% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. The figures are a snapshot of 11 May 2021, when pandemic rules still kept many people out of work or at home.
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.
Braeside households: $92,200 a year at the median
Of the 166 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 6, 99 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).
7.4% of commuters from Braeside go without a car
Home was the workplace for 24%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 21%. Driving to work is about as common as in the middle of Alberta’s towns, at 88%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
In Census Division No. 6, 35% more people receive EI than in 2019
For EI beneficiaries, the only official count covers all of Census Division No. 6, Braeside included.
For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 4 are on EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 1%. January 2021 was the busiest month, with 97,600 people on EI, 3.2 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).
How walkable Braeside is: A
Better than 85% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #220 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Braeside is 324th of 699 Canadian towns of 4,000 to 7,700 people for jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 2 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | North River Heights Manitoba | 7,228 | 82% | 8.4% | $143K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 12 | Altadore Alberta | 7,675 | 80% | 8.1% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 15 | Parkview Alberta | 5,729 | 80% | 9% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 17 | Wainwright No. 61 Alberta | 4,576 | 84% | 5.5% | $108K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 322 | Crossfield Alberta | 4,075 | 77% | 11% | $105K | B− |
| 323 | Athabasca County Alberta | 7,280 | 77% | 8% | $89K | B− |
| 324 | Braeside Alberta | 5,706 | 75% | 12% | $92K | B− |
| 325 | Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay Ontario | 4,692 | 71% | 14% | $88K | B− |
| 326 | Dutton/Dunwich Ontario | 4,686 | 79% | 9.3% | $89K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 699 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Braeside, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Work next door to Braeside
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braeside | 75% | 12% | $92K | 27.6 min | B− | A |
| Cedarbrae 1.3 km | 74% | 14% | $90K | 26 min | B− | A− |
| Woodlands 1.3 km | 72% | 14% | $102K | 26.1 min | B | A |
| Palliser 1.3 km | 74% | 13% | $86K | 23.2 min | B | A |
| Southwood 1.5 km | 68% | 17% | $82K | 27.1 min | C | A+ |
| Woodbine 2.1 km | 70% | 15% | $117K | 27.4 min | B− | A− |
| Oakridge 2.2 km | 75% | 11% | $119K | 23.2 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 Braeside, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. Monthly EI recipients across the census division: a pulse of the local job market rather than a measure of who is out of work.
- 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. 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. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- 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. We add up Braeside’s dissemination areas for its census figures. Flows between places and timed averages exist only for the whole municipality: see Calgary’s page.
Questions about work in Braeside
What is the average household income in Braeside?
Braeside’s middle household had $92,200 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Braeside get to work?
By car: 88% of commuters, 7.4% take public transit; on census day 24% of those in work worked from home.
How many jobs are there in Braeside?
The census places jobs by municipality, so the answer is in Calgary’s figures, with the flows of its commuters.
What is the unemployment rate in Braeside?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 12% 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.
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).