Household incomes in Cedarbrae are higher than in 75% of Canadian towns
Cedarbrae had an unemployment rate of 14% at the 2021 census, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. In Cedarbrae, 74% of residents aged 15 to 64 were working in May 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. Residents of Cedarbrae take 26 minutes to reach work on average; the middle of Canadian towns is 26.
Cedarbrae at work: what stands out
Work near the middle
Counting everyone 15 and over, 57% were in work at the 2021 census; among those aged 15 to 64 it was 74%, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 14% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 6.6% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Cedarbrae earns B− for jobs and income
Better than 54% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #241 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.
Who in Cedarbrae has a job
Of the 166 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 6, 97 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 66% of residents that age. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 57% were working. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 67% in October 2026. These are census figures from May 2021, during COVID’s third wave; jobs have recovered since, which the Labour Force Survey shows.
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.
What households earned in Cedarbrae: $90,300 in 2020
The middle of Alberta’s towns is $92,250, and Cedarbrae is 2% below it. 104 of the 166 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 6 have a higher median. Incomes are for 2020, the first pandemic year, so CERB and other emergency payments are part of them.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
6.6% of commuters in Cedarbrae walk, cycle or take transit
Working at home: 22%, close to the middle of Canadian towns. Transit takes 5.2% of commuters, above the 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. The car is the way to work for 90% of commuters.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
35% more people are on EI in Census Division No. 6 than in 2019
For EI beneficiaries, the only official count covers all of Census Division No. 6, Cedarbrae included.
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. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 1%.
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).
Cedarbrae on foot: a A− grade
Better than 83% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #238 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Cedarbrae is 307th of 682 Canadian towns of 4,200 to 8,000 people for 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 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Altadore Alberta | 7,675 | 80% | 8.1% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 16 | Parkview Alberta | 5,729 | 80% | 9% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 18 | Wainwright No. 61 Alberta | 4,576 | 84% | 5.5% | $108K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 305 | Haysboro Alberta | 7,222 | 76% | 13% | $78K | B− |
| 306 | Lac-Mégantic Quebec | 5,947 | 77% | 7.5% | $51K | B− |
| 307 | Cedarbrae Alberta | 5,943 | 74% | 14% | $90K | B− |
| 308 | Crescent Heights Alberta | 6,411 | 78% | 12% | $74K | B− |
| 309 | Grand Valley Ontario | 4,759 | 80% | 7.8% | $101K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 682 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Cedarbrae, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Work in the places around Cedarbrae
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedarbrae | 74% | 14% | $90K | 26 min | B− | A− |
| Braeside 1.3 km | 75% | 12% | $92K | 27.6 min | B− | A |
| Oakridge 1.4 km | 75% | 11% | $119K | 23.2 min | A | A− |
| Palliser 1.6 km | 74% | 13% | $86K | 23.2 min | B | A |
| Woodbine 1.7 km | 70% | 15% | $117K | 27.4 min | B− | A− |
| Woodlands 1.8 km | 72% | 14% | $102K | 26.1 min | B | A |
| Southwood 2.8 km | 68% | 17% | $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 Cedarbrae, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada’s monthly survey, published for metro areas and economic regions rather than towns: it gives a current rate beside the census’s 2021 one.
- In work. People in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64 (2021 Census). The census doesn’t cross work with age below the municipality, so this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood has; retirees don’t weigh on it.
- Unemployment. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- Household income. What the median household took in during 2020 before tax, as the census recorded it; an estimate built from income groups when the place is a neighbourhood.
- Trip times. Our average assumes everyone in, say, the 15-to-29-minute band takes 22 minutes. Across all the bands that runs a shade above Statistics Canada’s measured 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. 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 Cedarbrae’s figures add those up. Calgary’s page has the commuting flows, which exist only for the whole municipality.
Questions about work in Cedarbrae
How do people in Cedarbrae get to work?
90% of commuters go by car, 5.2% take public transit and 1.4% walk. On census day 22% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How many jobs are there in Cedarbrae?
Jobs and commuting flows exist only for Calgary as a whole, and its page carries them.
What is the unemployment rate in Cedarbrae?
The census put unemployment at 14% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Calgary metro area at 6.6%.
What is the average household income in Cedarbrae?
Before tax, half the households in Cedarbrae had more than $90,300 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
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).