Household incomes in Chaparral are among the highest of any Canadian town
At the 2021 census, Chaparral sat at the middle of Canadian towns on work: 73% of 15-to-64s had a job. Working at home: 30% of its workers, where the middle of Canadian towns has 21%. A typical one-way commute from Chaparral lasts 26.8 minutes, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns.
Jobs and income in Chaparral: what the figures say
Work near the middle
Counting everyone 15 and over, 64% were in work at the 2021 census; among those aged 15 to 64 it was 73%, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household had $139,700 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Chaparral grades B for jobs and income
Better than 63% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #171 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.
$139,700 a year: the median household in Chaparral
Set beside Alberta’s towns, where the median is $92,250, Chaparral sits 51% above. Of the 166 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 6, 15 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).
Before tax, 2020: higher than in almost any Canadian town.
Work and the working-age population of Chaparral
Of the 166 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 6, 81 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. Pandemic rules were in force on census day, 11 May 2021; the Labour Force Survey shows how jobs have moved since.
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.
Leaving the car at home: 5.7% of commuters in Chaparral
Transit takes 4.5% of commuters, above the 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 91% of commuters go by car, truck or van.
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
Roughly 4 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 1%. At its peak, in January 2021, 97,600 people were on EI, 3.2 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Not measured by town: EI beneficiaries (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).
Everyday places on foot in Chaparral: A−
Better than 77% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #290 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Chaparral next to Canadian towns of 8,800 to 16,900: 219th of 611 on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Saanich British Columbia | 12,986 | 85% | 5.9% | $121K | A+ |
| 2 | Sillery Quebec | 13,950 | 81% | 6.2% | $120K | A+ |
| 3 | Walsh Acres/Lakeridge/Garden Ridge Saskatchewan | 9,325 | 80% | 6.7% | $127K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | West Hillhurst Alberta | 10,319 | 78% | 9.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 33 | Lakeview Alberta | 12,799 | 75% | 11% | $125K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 39 | Lake Bonavista Alberta | 11,154 | 76% | 11% | $138K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 217 | High River Alberta | 15,508 | 76% | 9.9% | $82K | B |
| 218 | North Battleford Saskatchewan | 14,882 | 72% | 11% | $74K | B |
| 219 | Chaparral Alberta | 12,522 | 73% | 12% | $140K | B |
| 220 | Du Parc Quebec | 10,168 | 77% | 8.8% | $85K | B |
| 221 | Signal Hill Alberta | 13,293 | 70% | 12% | $119K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 611 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Chaparral, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Jobs near Chaparral: the places around it
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaparral | 73% | 12% | $140K | 26.8 min | B | A− |
| Walden 1.4 km | 75% | 11% | $113K | 28.6 min | B | A− |
| Sundance 2 km | 72% | 11% | $136K | 25.4 min | B+ | A− |
| Legacy 2.8 km | 80% | 8.9% | $103K | 31.4 min | B+ | C+ |
| Silverado 3.5 km | 74% | 12% | $126K | 31.5 min | B− | A |
| Cranston 3.5 km | 76% | 9.5% | $129K | 27.3 min | B+ | A− |
| Parkland 4.2 km | 73% | 9.5% | $139K | 24.5 min | A− | B− |
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 Chaparral, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Trip times. Built from banded answers: each commuter’s usual one-way trip counts as the midpoint of the band they chose, and the result tends to sit slightly higher than Statistics Canada’s 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. 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. How many residents held a job in May 2021, set against how many were 15 to 64. It reads a little high where many people work past 65, since below the municipality the census gives no breakdown of workers by 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. Half of households had more than this before tax in 2020, half less, counting every source of income. For a neighbourhood we estimate the median from the income brackets of its dissemination areas.
- Which towns we compare. Every town and city neighbourhood with 2,500 residents or more; whole cities and First Nations reserves are left out. Each middle figure is a median.
- Neighbourhood figures. Everything here sums the dissemination areas inside Chaparral’s lines, since the census has no neighbourhood profile; where people commute is on Calgary’s page.
Questions about work in Chaparral
What is the unemployment rate in Chaparral?
The 2021 census found 12% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Calgary metro area, is 6.6% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Chaparral?
Before tax, half the households in Chaparral had more than $139,700 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Chaparral get to work?
91% of commuters go by car, 4.5% take public transit and 1.2% walk. On census day 30% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How many jobs are there in Chaparral?
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).