Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHousehold incomes in Evergreen are higher than in 97% of Canadian towns
Jobs were held by 72% of people aged 15 to 64 in Evergreen in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. Residents of Evergreen take 29.5 minutes to reach work on average; the middle of Canadian towns is 26. Joblessness at the 2021 census: 12% of Evergreen’s labour force, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
Evergreen at work: what stands out
Higher incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $124,500 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 29.5 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Getting to work ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Jobs & income in Evergreen: graded B−
Better than 48% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #283 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.
The median household in Evergreen had $124,500 in 2020
Set beside Alberta’s towns, where the median is $92,250, Evergreen sits 35% above. Of the 166 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 6, 33 have a higher median. These are 2020 incomes, before tax, and they include pandemic benefits such as CERB, which lifted many lower incomes that year.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Without a car, 10% of Evergreen’s commuters get to work
The middle of Alberta’s towns has 5.7% on transit; here it is 8.8%. The car takes 87% of commuters here, under the 88% in the middle of Alberta’s towns. Working at home: 29% here, 21% 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).
How many in Evergreen were working in 2021
Of the 166 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 6, 65 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 71%. By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 67% of the wider area’s adults in work. The census was taken on 11 May 2021, mid-pandemic, when lockdowns had pushed unemployment up and sent many to work from home.
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.
35% more people are on EI in Census Division No. 6 than in 2019
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4 receive EI. Over the year to August 2026, the count 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. 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).
Evergreen earns A for walkability
Better than 88% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #197 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How Evergreen ranks: 196th of 458 Canadian towns of 14,000 to 27,000
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yellowknife Northwest Territories | 22,858 | 80% | 5.8% | $148K | A+ |
| 2 | Central Saanich British Columbia | 18,184 | 85% | 4.9% | $103K | A+ |
| 3 | Cap-Rouge Quebec | 17,139 | 81% | 4.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 7 | Canmore Alberta | 17,341 | 79% | 9.7% | $107K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | Lloydminster (Part) Alberta | 21,267 | 75% | 11% | $98K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 35 | Cold Lake Alberta | 17,798 | 75% | 7.8% | $105K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 194 | Elder Mills Ontario | 16,790 | 72% | 12% | $146K | B− |
| 195 | Danforth East York Ontario | 17,073 | 75% | 11% | $105K | B− |
| 196 | Evergreen Alberta | 19,988 | 72% | 12% | $125K | B− |
| 197 | Dorval Quebec | 21,062 | 78% | 10% | $77K | B− |
| 198 | Wellington North Ontario | 14,407 | 79% | 6.1% | $78K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 458 | South Parkdale Ontario | 21,663 | 64% | 17% | $57K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Evergreen, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Work in the places around Evergreen
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen | 72% | 12% | $125K | 29.5 min | B− | A |
| Millrise 2 km | 75% | 12% | $100K | 27.3 min | B | A+ |
| Bridlewood 2.1 km | 73% | 11% | $110K | 29.8 min | B− | A |
| Fish Creek Park 2.2 km | 69% | 12% | $121K | 26 min | B | B+ |
| Shawnessy 2.6 km | 71% | 13% | $110K | 29.1 min | B− | A+ |
| Somerset 2.9 km | 70% | 13% | $100K | 29.9 min | C | A |
| Woodbine 2.9 km | 70% | 15% | $117K | 27.4 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 Evergreen, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Trip times. The census asks how long the trip to work usually takes, in bands; our average uses each band’s middle, so it runs a little above Statistics Canada’s timed 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. 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. Why 15 to 64? Otherwise retirees would pull the rate down in older towns. The census can’t say how old a neighbourhood’s workers are, so the count of people in work takes every age.
- Unemployment. The census-week jobless rate for residents 15 and over. Its base is the labour force, those employed plus those actively looking.
- 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.
- 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. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages stop at the municipality, so Calgary’s page carries them; Evergreen’s own figures sum its dissemination areas.
Questions about work in Evergreen
How many jobs are there in Evergreen?
Jobs and commuting flows exist only for Calgary as a whole, and its page carries them.
What is the unemployment rate in Evergreen?
At the 2021 census 12% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Calgary metro area, gives 6.6% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Evergreen?
The median household in Evergreen had $124,500 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Evergreen get to work?
By car: 87% of commuters, 8.8% take public transit, 1.4% walk and 0.1% cycle; on census day 29% 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).