Photo: Qyd · CC BY 2.5Household incomes in Cityscape are higher than in 85% of Canadian towns
At 26.6 minutes on average, the trip to work from Cityscape compares with 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Of Cityscape’s residents aged 15 to 64, 69% were employed when the 2021 census was taken, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%.
What Cityscape’s work numbers say
Work near the middle
Counting everyone 15 and over, 65% were in work at the 2021 census; among those aged 15 to 64 it was 69%, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $99,400 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Cityscape grades C+ for jobs and income
Better than 44% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #307 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.
Cityscape households: $99,400 a year at the median
Set beside Alberta’s towns, where the median is $92,250, Cityscape sits 8% above. 87 of the 166 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 6 have a higher median. Incomes here are 2020’s and include the pandemic payments, CERB among them, that propped up the lower end.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
In Cityscape, 69% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
Of the 166 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 6, 41 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 72% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 67% in October 2026. Statistics Canada counted on 11 May 2021, with much of the country under pandemic rules: more people were out of work or at home than usual.
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.
Walking, cycling or transit: 11% of Cityscape’s commuters
The middle of Alberta’s towns has 5.7% on transit; here it is 9.6%. The car takes 87% of commuters here, under the 88% in the middle of Alberta’s towns. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 15% against 21%.
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
Figures for EI beneficiaries are published for Census Division No. 6 as a whole, not for Cityscape alone.
That works out to around 4 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 1%. In January 2021 it reached 97,600, the most in the series and 3.2 times the 2019 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).
Cityscape grades A− for walkability
Better than 78% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #281 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Cityscape is 366th of 648 Canadian towns of 8,200 to 15,900 people for 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 15 | West Hillhurst Alberta | 10,319 | 78% | 9.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 35 | Lakeview Alberta | 12,799 | 75% | 11% | $125K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 41 | Lake Bonavista Alberta | 11,154 | 76% | 11% | $138K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 364 | Matane Quebec | 14,180 | 74% | 7.7% | $56K | C+ |
| 365 | Trail British Columbia | 8,539 | 69% | 7.9% | $68K | C+ |
| 366 | Cityscape Alberta | 11,782 | 69% | 11% | $99K | C+ |
| 367 | L'Île-Perrot Quebec | 11,921 | 79% | 7.2% | $76K | C+ |
| 368 | Hatchet Lake Nova Scotia | 9,930 | 74% | 9.5% | $93K | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 648 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Cityscape, and others among Alberta’s towns.
How the places next to Cityscape compare on work
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cityscape | 69% | 11% | $99K | 26.6 min | C+ | A− |
| Skyview Ranch 1.6 km | 74% | 13% | $90K | 29 min | C+ | A |
| Saddle Ridge 2.1 km | 67% | 13% | $107K | 30.1 min | C | A |
| Redstone 2.7 km | 73% | 11% | $107K | 28.7 min | B− | B+ |
| Martindale 3 km | 67% | 15% | $101K | 29.4 min | C | A+ |
| Taradale 3.4 km | 66% | 14% | $102K | 30.5 min | C | A+ |
| Castleridge 4.3 km | 64% | 17% | $90K | 29.4 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 Cityscape, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Trip times. How long getting to work normally takes, averaged from the census’s time bands at their middles; expect it to read slightly high against the timed figure.
- Employment Insurance. People receiving EI benefits each month, counted for the census division. It follows the local job market; it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- 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. Of everyone 15 or older who was working or job-hunting in the census week, the part still looking. Someone not seeking work isn’t in it at all.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. Towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500 people or more, never a whole city and never a First Nations reserve. Middles are medians.
- Neighbourhood figures. Cityscape’s census figures are summed from its dissemination areas. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages are published only for the whole municipality, so they are on Calgary’s page.
Questions about work in Cityscape
How many jobs are there in Cityscape?
Jobs are counted by municipality, not neighbourhood: the page for Calgary has the jobs based there and where its commuters go.
What is the unemployment rate in Cityscape?
The 2021 census found 11% 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 Cityscape?
At $99,400 before tax in 2020, the median household in Cityscape compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Cityscape get to work?
87% of commuters go by car, 9.6% take public transit and 1% walk. On census day 15% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
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).