Photo: Markus Säynevirta · CC BY-SA 4.0Fairview’s household incomes are higher than in 66% of Canadian towns
With 73% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, Fairview matches the middle of Canadian towns. Workers in Fairview spend 23.4 minutes on the way to work on average (26 in the middle of Canadian towns).
Work in Fairview, in a few figures
Work near the middle
At the 2021 census 73% of the 15-to-64s were in work (73% in the middle of Canadian towns); across all ages 15 and over, 61%. In work ↓
Unemployment near the middle
Census day in 2021 put 12% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 6.6% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Jobs and income in Fairview earn B
Better than 56% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #227 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.
In and out of work in Fairview
Of the 166 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 6, 84 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 67% in October 2026. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 69% of residents that age. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 61% of residents 15 and over were in work. The figures are a snapshot of 11 May 2021, when pandemic rules still kept many people out of work or at 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.
Before tax, the median household in Fairview had $85,000
119 of the 166 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 6 have a higher median. Against the middle of Alberta’s towns ($92,250), Fairview’s median is 8% below. Incomes are for 2020, the first pandemic year, so CERB and other emergency payments are part of them.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
12% of commuters in Fairview walk, cycle or take transit
Working at home: 20%, close to the middle of Canadian towns. More people take transit to work here than in the middle of Alberta’s towns: 9.3% against 5.7%. Fewer drive than in the middle of Alberta’s towns: 82% against 88%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
EI claims in Census Division No. 6 run 35% above their 2019 level
For EI beneficiaries, the only official count covers all of Census Division No. 6, Fairview included.
The highest month was January 2021: 97,600 people, 3.2 times the 2019 level. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4 receive EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number 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).
On getting around on foot, Fairview grades A+
Better than 96% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #92 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How Fairview ranks: 347th of 798 Canadian towns of 2,700 to 5,300
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Mount Royal Alberta | 2,758 | 83% | 12% | $188K | A+ |
| 2 | Central River Heights Manitoba | 2,736 | 84% | 5.4% | $137K | A+ |
| 3 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 15 | Garrison Woods Alberta | 3,138 | 79% | 10% | $146K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | Wainwright No. 61 Alberta | 4,576 | 84% | 5.5% | $108K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 345 | Electoral Area C, Nanaimo British Columbia | 3,733 | 71% | 8.1% | $102K | B |
| 346 | Deer Ridge Alberta | 4,454 | 73% | 14% | $92K | B |
| 347 | Fairview Alberta | 3,909 | 73% | 12% | $85K | B |
| 348 | Bainbridge British Columbia | 3,015 | 76% | 10% | $121K | B |
| 349 | Electoral Area D, Okanagan-Similkameen British Columbia | 4,002 | 78% | 7.6% | $78K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 798 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,724 | 43% | 30% | $51K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Fairview, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Around Fairview: jobs, pay and the commute
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | 73% | 12% | $85K | 23.4 min | B | A+ |
| Acadia 1 km | 72% | 14% | $74K | 22.6 min | C+ | A+ |
| Kingsland 1.2 km | 72% | 14% | $66K | 24.4 min | C− | A+ |
| Haysboro 1.8 km | 76% | 13% | $78K | 23.9 min | B− | A+ |
| Willow Park 2.5 km | 72% | 11% | $114K | 21.1 min | A− | A |
| Windsor Park 2.7 km | 74% | 12% | $82K | 22.2 min | B | A+ |
| Riverbend 3.3 km | 75% | 12% | $120K | 21.8 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 Fairview, 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. 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. Everyone with a job, whatever their age, divided by the residents aged 15 to 64 at the 2021 Census: below the municipality the census doesn’t split work by age, and this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood can be given.
- 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 census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- Which towns we compare. Medians over towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents. Whole cities would swamp them and reserves sit outside the rankings, so neither is in.
- Neighbourhood figures. The census reaches a neighbourhood only through its dissemination areas, and Fairview’s figures add those up. Calgary’s page has the commuting flows, which exist only for the whole municipality.
Questions about work in Fairview
What is the average household income in Fairview?
Fairview’s middle household had $85,000 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Fairview get to work?
By car: 82% of commuters, 9.3% take public transit and 2.5% walk; on census day 20% of those in work worked from home.
How many jobs are there in Fairview?
There is no count for a neighbourhood: the jobs figure, and where commuters go, are published for Calgary as one municipality.
What is the unemployment rate in Fairview?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Calgary metro area at 6.6%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 12%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
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).