Photo: Kay Röllig · CC BY 3.0Working-age people in Dover are less likely to have a job than in 83% of Canadian towns
17% of the labour force in Dover was out of work at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. Half the households in Dover had more than $69,500 in 2020, before tax, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns. At 24.9 minutes on average, the trip to work from Dover compares with 26 in the middle of Canadian towns.
Work in Dover, in a few figures
Fewer people in work than most towns
With 66% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 51% of all adults employed. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
17% of the labour force was out of work at the 2021 census (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns); the Labour Force Survey had the area at 6.6% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $69,500 before tax in 2020, where 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.
Dover grades C− for jobs and income
Its strongest measure is trip times; 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.
Work for 66% of 15-to-64s in Dover
Of the 166 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 6, 21 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
A more recent figure, for the wider area: 67% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 61% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 51%: many residents are past working age. May 2021, when the census was taken, was a pandemic spring; unemployment has come down since, as the Labour Force Survey records.
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.
How Dover’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 67% of Canadian towns.
153 of the 166 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 6 have a higher median. Set beside Alberta’s towns, where the median is $92,250, Dover sits 25% below. 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).
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 12% of Dover’s commuters
Home was the workplace for 15%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. More people take transit to work here than in the middle of Alberta’s towns: 10% against 5.7%. The car takes 85% of commuters here, under the 88% in the middle of Alberta’s 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
Figures for EI beneficiaries are published for Census Division No. 6 as a whole, not for Dover 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%. 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).
Dover on foot: a A grade
Better than 94% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #122 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Dover places 570th of 650 on jobs and income among Canadian towns of 7,300 to 14,100
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | North Saanich British Columbia | 12,986 | 85% | 5.9% | $121K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 7 | Altadore Alberta | 7,675 | 80% | 8.1% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | West Hillhurst Alberta | 10,319 | 78% | 9.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 31 | Slave Lake Alberta | 7,334 | 74% | 9.6% | $110K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 568 | Etobicoke West Mall Ontario | 12,218 | 68% | 14% | $85K | C− |
| 569 | Central St. Boniface Manitoba | 7,772 | 70% | 11% | $54K | C− |
| 570 | Dover Alberta | 10,440 | 66% | 17% | $70K | C− |
| 571 | Lochdale British Columbia | 7,463 | 67% | 10% | $86K | C− |
| 572 | Burnaby Mountain British Columbia | 9,248 | 68% | 8.7% | $86K | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 650 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Dover, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Work next door to Dover
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dover | 66% | 17% | $70K | 24.9 min | C− | A |
| Erin Woods 1.3 km | 65% | 16% | $89K | 25.4 min | C | A− |
| Forest Lawn 1.4 km | 50% | 24% | $61K | 27.1 min | D− | A+ |
| Albert Park/Radisson Heights 2.2 km | 61% | 16% | $68K | 26.5 min | D | A+ |
| Forest Heights 3 km | 63% | 16% | $82K | 28.3 min | C− | A+ |
| Penbrooke Meadows 3.3 km | 59% | 20% | $71K | 27.3 min | D | A |
| Inglewood 3.3 km | 74% | 9.4% | $93K | 21.2 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 Dover, 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. Commuters picked a band for their usual trip (under 15 minutes, 15 to 29, and so on). We place each person at the middle of their band, which lands a little above Statistics Canada’s own timed average.
- Employment Insurance. A monthly count of Employment Insurance beneficiaries for the whole census division. It tracks the local job market, but it is not an unemployment rate.
- 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. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- 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.
- 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. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages stop at the municipality, so Calgary’s page carries them; Dover’s own figures sum its dissemination areas.
Questions about work in Dover
How many jobs are there in Dover?
Statistics Canada counts jobs for whole municipalities only; Calgary has the total and the commuting flows.
What is the unemployment rate in Dover?
Two figures answer it: 17% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 6.6% for the Calgary metro area in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Dover?
At $69,500 before tax in 2020, the median household in Dover compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Dover get to work?
By car: 85% of commuters, 10% take public transit, 1% walk and 0.4% cycle; on census day 15% of those in work worked from home.
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).