Hidden Valley’s household incomes are higher than in 98% of Canadian towns
The 2021 census found 72% of working-age people in Hidden Valley employed, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns. 12% of the labour force in Hidden Valley was out of work at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. Commutes from Hidden Valley average 25.8 minutes, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns.
Hidden Valley at work: what stands out
Work near the middle
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 72% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 63%. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $127,300 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Hidden Valley grades B for jobs and income
Better than 63% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #162 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.
Median household income in Hidden Valley: $127,300 in 2020
Set beside Alberta’s towns, where the median is $92,250, Hidden Valley sits 38% above. Of the 166 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 6, 25 have a higher median. Because 2020 was the first year of the pandemic, emergency benefits make up part of these before-tax incomes.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Work and the working-age population of Hidden Valley
Of the 166 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 6, 67 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. Working or looking, 71% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. 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.
Hidden Valley gets to work without a car for 3.6% of commuters
27% of everyone in work worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 93% of commuters go by car, truck or van.
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
Roughly 4 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 1%. The highest month was January 2021: 97,600 people, 3.2 times the 2019 level.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: one figure for all of 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).
Hidden Valley grades B for walkability
Better than 59% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #381 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Hidden Valley is 233rd of 650 Canadian towns of 7,400 to 14,300 people for jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 38 | Lakeview Alberta | 12,799 | 75% | 11% | $125K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 231 | Ponoka Alberta | 8,212 | 75% | 9.5% | $77K | B |
| 232 | Mineola Ontario | 9,849 | 75% | 11% | $152K | B |
| 233 | Hidden Valley Alberta | 10,614 | 72% | 12% | $127K | B |
| 234 | McConachie Alberta | 10,450 | 75% | 9% | $114K | B |
| 235 | The Hamptons Alberta | 12,008 | 74% | 12% | $121K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 650 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Hidden Valley, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Work next door to Hidden Valley
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden Valley | 72% | 12% | $127K | 25.8 min | B | B |
| Macewan Glen 1.2 km | 68% | 13% | $113K | 26.3 min | B− | C+ |
| Sandstone Valley 1.9 km | 68% | 14% | $105K | 25.4 min | B− | A− |
| Hamptons 2.2 km | 66% | 14% | $141K | 27.5 min | C+ | B+ |
| Kincora 2.3 km | 75% | 12% | $112K | 28.4 min | B | A− |
| Evanston 2.5 km | 76% | 9.8% | $124K | 29.2 min | B | A− |
| Panorama Hills 2.6 km | 69% | 15% | $113K | 27.7 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 Hidden Valley, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Trip times. Built from banded answers: each commuter’s usual one-way trip counts as the midpoint of the band they chose, and the result tends to sit slightly higher than Statistics Canada’s average.
- Employment Insurance. Beneficiaries of Employment Insurance, month by month, for the census division rather than the town. Many jobless people don’t qualify, so it isn’t 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. It counts only people who wanted work and had none in May 2021, as a share of those working or searching; students and retirees who weren’t looking stay out of both sides.
- Household income. Before-tax total income of the middle household for 2020, from the census. Neighbourhood medians are worked out from bracket counts, since Statistics Canada publishes none of their own.
- 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. Everything here sums the dissemination areas inside Hidden Valley’s lines, since the census has no neighbourhood profile; where people commute is on Calgary’s page.
Questions about work in Hidden Valley
How do people in Hidden Valley get to work?
Driving takes 93% of commuters to work, 3.6% take public transit, and on census day 27% of those in work were at home.
How many jobs are there in Hidden Valley?
The census places jobs by municipality, so the answer is in Calgary’s figures, with the flows of its commuters.
What is the unemployment rate in Hidden Valley?
Two figures answer it: 12% 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 Hidden Valley?
Hidden Valley’s middle household had $127,300 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
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).