Photo: Silver Dovelet · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Lakeview have higher incomes than those in 97% of Canadian towns
Residents of Lakeview take 20.4 minutes to reach work on average; the middle of Canadian towns is 26. On census day, 37% of workers here were at home, next to 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. The 2021 census found 75% of working-age people in Lakeview employed, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Work in Lakeview: the figures worth knowing
Higher incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $124,600 before tax in 2020, where the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 20.4 minutes; the middle of Canadian towns is 26. Getting to work ↓
Many work from home
37% of workers worked at home on census day, against 21% 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.
On jobs and income, Lakeview grades A
Better than 93% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #22 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.
The median household in Lakeview had $124,600 in 2020
Of the 166 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 6, 32 have a higher median. Against the middle of Alberta’s towns ($92,250), Lakeview’s median is 35% above. 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).
9.2% of commuters in Lakeview walk, cycle or take transit
Fewer drive than in the middle of Alberta’s towns: 84% against 88%. Transit takes 4.3% of commuters, close to 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).
In and out of work in Lakeview
Of the 166 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 6, 110 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 57% were working. By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 67% of the wider area’s adults in work. Counting those looking for work too, 64% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. Census day was 11 May 2021, in the pandemic’s third wave: unemployment ran high and many worked from home, so these figures describe that spring rather than today.
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.
In Census Division No. 6, 35% more people receive EI than in 2019
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4 receive EI. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 1%. The count topped out in January 2021 at 97,600 people, 3.2 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Data for EI beneficiaries covers 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).
Lakeview earns A for walkability
Better than 91% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #158 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Out of 606 Canadian towns of 9,000 to 17,300, Lakeview comes 34th on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Saanich British Columbia | 12,986 | 85% | 5.9% | $121K | A+ |
| 2 | Sillery Quebec | 13,950 | 81% | 6.2% | $120K | A+ |
| 3 | Walsh Acres/Lakeridge/Garden Ridge Saskatchewan | 9,325 | 80% | 6.7% | $127K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 14 | West Hillhurst Alberta | 10,319 | 78% | 9.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 32 | Des Châtels Quebec | 14,836 | 82% | 6.1% | $89K | A |
| 33 | Avalon Saskatchewan | 9,488 | 78% | 8.8% | $87K | A |
| 34 | Lakeview Alberta | 12,799 | 75% | 11% | $125K | A |
| 35 | Zorra Ontario | 9,755 | 85% | 7.9% | $107K | A |
| 36 | Rothesay New Brunswick | 12,626 | 77% | 8.7% | $100K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 39 | Lake Bonavista Alberta | 11,154 | 76% | 11% | $138K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 52 | Riverbend Alberta | 9,193 | 75% | 12% | $120K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 606 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Lakeview, and others among Alberta’s towns.
How Lakeview compares with the places nearby
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeview | 75% | 11% | $125K | 20.4 min | A | A |
| Currie Barracks 2 km | 70% | 13% | $80K | 22.7 min | C+ | A |
| Garrison Woods 2.3 km | 79% | 10% | $146K | 18.7 min | A+ | A |
| Altadore 2.4 km | 80% | 8.1% | $155K | 20.6 min | A+ | A |
| Windsor Park 2.6 km | 74% | 12% | $82K | 22.2 min | B | A+ |
| Kingsland 2.8 km | 72% | 14% | $66K | 24.4 min | C− | A+ |
| Oakridge 3.4 km | 75% | 11% | $119K | 23.2 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 Lakeview, 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. Statistics Canada counts EI beneficiaries each month by census division. Seasonal work makes it swing, so read it as a trend, not a jobless 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. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- Which towns we compare. The comparison pool is places of 2,500 people or more, towns or neighbourhoods inside cities, without whole cities or reserves, and we compare with its median.
- Neighbourhood figures. Everything here sums the dissemination areas inside Lakeview’s lines, since the census has no neighbourhood profile; where people commute is on Calgary’s page.
Questions about work in Lakeview
What is the unemployment rate in Lakeview?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Calgary metro area at 6.6%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 11%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Lakeview?
The median household in Lakeview had $124,600 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Lakeview get to work?
Driving takes 84% of commuters to work, 4.3% take public transit, 4.3% walk and 0.6% cycle, and on census day 37% of those in work were at home.
How many jobs are there in Lakeview?
There is no count for a neighbourhood: the jobs figure, and where commuters go, are published for Calgary as one municipality.
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).