Household incomes in Copperfield are higher than in 93% of Canadian towns
Commutes from Copperfield average 28.2 minutes, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Copperfield counted 77% of its 15-to-64s in jobs at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. The 2021 census put unemployment in Copperfield at 10%, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns.
Where Copperfield stands out on work
Work near the middle
77% of people aged 15 to 64 had a job at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; counting everyone 15 and over, retirees included, it was 73%. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $110,900 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.
Copperfield earns B+ for jobs and income
Better than 71% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #117 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.
Household income in Copperfield: $110,900 at the median
Of the 166 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 6, 62 have a higher median. Against the middle of Alberta’s towns ($92,250), Copperfield’s median is 20% above. 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).
Who in Copperfield has a job
Of the 166 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 6, 144 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 81% of residents that age. In October 2026, 67% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. 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.
Copperfield gets to work without a car for 6.1% of commuters
Nearly everyone drives: 92% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Working at home: 24% here, 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit takes 5% of commuters, above the 3.5% in 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).
In Census Division No. 6, 35% more people receive EI than in 2019
Behind EI beneficiaries sits data gathered across Census Division No. 6, with Copperfield one part of it.
The count topped out in January 2021 at 97,600 people, 3.2 times the 2019 average. That is about 4 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 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).
Everyday places on foot in Copperfield: B+
Better than 71% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #334 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Ranked on jobs and income, Copperfield is 146th among 581 Canadian towns of 9,800 to 18,800
| # | 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 | Central Saanich British Columbia | 18,184 | 85% | 4.9% | $103K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Canmore Alberta | 17,341 | 79% | 9.7% | $107K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 15 | West Hillhurst Alberta | 10,319 | 78% | 9.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 33 | Lakeview Alberta | 12,799 | 75% | 11% | $125K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 144 | Hammonds Plains Nova Scotia | 13,844 | 75% | 8.2% | $135K | B+ |
| 145 | Stittsville East Ontario | 10,482 | 76% | 9.3% | $130K | B+ |
| 146 | Copperfield Alberta | 13,952 | 77% | 10% | $111K | B+ |
| 147 | Malahide Ontario | 9,995 | 78% | 7.7% | $95K | B+ |
| 148 | The Blue Mountains Ontario | 11,162 | 76% | 11% | $101K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 581 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Copperfield, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Neighbouring places to Copperfield, compared
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copperfield | 77% | 10% | $111K | 28.2 min | B+ | B+ |
| New Brighton 1.2 km | 77% | 9.7% | $127K | 26.7 min | A− | A |
| McKenzie Towne 2.4 km | 78% | 9.9% | $108K | 25.6 min | A− | A− |
| Mahogany 3.1 km | 79% | 9.1% | $122K | 27.4 min | A− | B− |
| Auburn Bay 3.8 km | 77% | 9% | $126K | 26.5 min | A− | A− |
| McKenzie Lake 3.8 km | 74% | 12% | $131K | 24 min | A− | B |
| Cranston 5.2 km | 76% | 9.5% | $129K | 27.3 min | B+ | 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 Copperfield, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- The Labour Force Survey. Monthly, and only for metro areas and economic regions. It is the up-to-date rate we set beside the census’s 2021 snapshot.
- 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. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- Household income. Taken from the 2021 Census, which asked about 2020: wages, pensions, investment income and government transfers together, before income tax, for the median household.
- 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. People receiving EI benefits each month, counted for the census division. It follows the local job market; it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- 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. We add up Copperfield’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 Copperfield
What is the average household income in Copperfield?
Copperfield’s middle household had $110,900 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Copperfield get to work?
92% of commuters go by car, 5% take public transit and 1.1% walk. On census day 24% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How many jobs are there in Copperfield?
Jobs and commuting flows exist only for Calgary as a whole, and its page carries them.
What is the unemployment rate in Copperfield?
The 2021 census found 10% 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).
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).