Photo: Daniel from Glasgow, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0Households in Killarney/Glengarry earn more than those in 86% of Canadian towns
Of Killarney/Glengarry’s residents aged 15 to 64, 78% were employed when the 2021 census was taken, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%. 39% of its workers worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Killarney/Glengarry had an unemployment rate of 9.3% at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
Killarney/Glengarry and work: the main findings
Higher incomes than most towns
At $100,700 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Many work from home
On census day, 39% of those in work were working at home; the middle of Canadian towns is 21%. 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.
On jobs and income, Killarney/Glengarry grades A
Better than 87% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #41 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.
$100,700 a year: the median household in Killarney/Glengarry
83 of the 166 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 6 have a higher median. That puts Killarney/Glengarry 9% above the median of Alberta’s towns, $92,250. CERB and the other emergency payments of 2020 are counted in these incomes, which lifted the lower ones 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).
21% of commuters from Killarney/Glengarry go without a car
By transit: 15% of commuters, well above the 5.7% in the middle of Alberta’s towns. Fewer drive than in the middle of Alberta’s towns: 76% against 88%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
78% of working-age people in Killarney/Glengarry have jobs
Of the 166 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 6, 153 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 76%. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 67% in October 2026. 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.
35% more people are on EI in Census Division No. 6 than in 2019
Killarney/Glengarry doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from Census Division No. 6.
In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 1%. January 2021 was the busiest month, with 97,600 people on EI, 3.2 times 2019’s average. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4 receive EI.
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).
The walkability of Killarney/Glengarry: A+
Better than almost every Canadian town on two measures together, #25 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
83rd of 680: where Killarney/Glengarry ranks among Canadian towns of 5,600 to 10,700
| # | 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 River Heights Manitoba | 7,228 | 82% | 8.4% | $143K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 9 | Altadore Alberta | 7,675 | 80% | 8.1% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 11 | Parkview Alberta | 5,729 | 80% | 9% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 21 | West Hillhurst Alberta | 10,319 | 78% | 9.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 81 | Stoneybrook Ontario | 7,662 | 74% | 9% | $116K | A |
| 82 | Sage Creek Manitoba | 7,391 | 80% | 5.7% | $126K | A |
| 83 | Killarney/Glengarry Alberta | 7,935 | 78% | 9.3% | $101K | A |
| 84 | Edson Alberta | 8,692 | 72% | 11% | $98K | A |
| 85 | Manotick Ontario | 8,770 | 80% | 10% | $159K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 680 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Killarney/Glengarry, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Work in the places around Killarney/Glengarry
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killarney/Glengarry | 78% | 9.3% | $101K | 23.6 min | A | A+ |
| Richmond 1.3 km | 79% | 9.2% | $114K | 20.1 min | A+ | A+ |
| Rosscarrock 1.4 km | 72% | 14% | $69K | 28.8 min | C− | A+ |
| Spruce Cliff 1.5 km | 69% | 13% | $74K | 24.9 min | C− | A+ |
| Glenbrook 1.7 km | 71% | 11% | $89K | 24.1 min | B− | A+ |
| South Calgary 1.9 km | 74% | 12% | $97K | 22.2 min | A− | A+ |
| Garrison Woods 2 km | 79% | 10% | $146K | 18.7 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 Killarney/Glengarry, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Statistics Canada’s monthly survey, published for metro areas and economic regions rather than towns: it gives a current rate beside the census’s 2021 one.
- In work. People in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64 (2021 Census). The census doesn’t cross work with age below the municipality, so this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood has; retirees don’t weigh on it.
- 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. 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. One way, on a usual day, from the census’s travel-time bands. Band midpoints overstate it a little next to the figure Statistics Canada times.
- Which towns we compare. Comparisons are with the median of Canadian towns and city neighbourhoods counting 2,500 people or more, reserves and entire cities excluded.
- Neighbourhood figures. Everything here sums the dissemination areas inside Killarney/Glengarry’s lines, since the census has no neighbourhood profile; where people commute is on Calgary’s page.
Questions about work in Killarney/Glengarry
How many jobs are there in Killarney/Glengarry?
Jobs and commuting flows exist only for Calgary as a whole, and its page carries them.
What is the unemployment rate in Killarney/Glengarry?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 9.3% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Calgary metro area at 6.6% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Killarney/Glengarry?
The census puts Killarney/Glengarry at $100,700 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Killarney/Glengarry get to work?
76% of commuters drive, 15% take public transit, 4.7% walk and 1.6% cycle; 39% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
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).