Household incomes in Legacy top those of 88% of Canadian towns
Legacy had an unemployment rate of 8.9% at the 2021 census, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns. A typical one-way commute from Legacy lasts 31.4 minutes, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. 80% of people aged 15 to 64 in Legacy had a job at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What stands out about work in Legacy
More people in work than most towns
The 2021 census found 80% of 15-to-64s with a job (73% in the middle of Canadian towns). Count every adult, retirees too, and the figure is 73%. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $102,800 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 31.4 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 Legacy: graded B+
Better than 67% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #138 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.
How many in Legacy were working in 2021
Of the 166 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 6, 163 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 67% of the wider area’s adults in work. May 2021, when the census was taken, was a pandemic spring; unemployment has come down since, as the Labour Force Survey records.
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.
Median household income in Legacy: $102,800 in 2020
78 of the 166 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 6 have a higher median. Set beside Alberta’s towns, where the median is $92,250, Legacy sits 11% above. Pandemic support paid in 2020, CERB first among it, is 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).
Leaving the car at home: 6.6% of commuters in Legacy
By bus, train or subway: 5.4%, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 91% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Working at home: 24% 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).
EI claims in Census Division No. 6 run 35% above their 2019 level
Legacy doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from Census Division No. 6.
In January 2021 it reached 97,600, the most in the series and 3.2 times the 2019 average. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4 receive EI. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 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).
Legacy earns C+ for walkability
Better than 37% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #423 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
230th of 693: where Legacy ranks among Canadian towns of 5,600 to 10,800
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 228 | Ambleside Alberta | 7,733 | 78% | 10% | $100K | B+ |
| 229 | Uplands Ontario | 8,819 | 68% | 11% | $114K | B+ |
| 230 | Legacy Alberta | 7,975 | 80% | 8.9% | $103K | B+ |
| 231 | Crestview-Tanglewood Ontario | 8,302 | 73% | 12% | $102K | B+ |
| 232 | Cathedral Village Saskatchewan | 7,311 | 75% | 10% | $72K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 693 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Legacy, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Work in and around Legacy
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legacy | 80% | 8.9% | $103K | 31.4 min | B+ | C+ |
| Walden 2 km | 75% | 11% | $113K | 28.6 min | B | A− |
| Chaparral 2.8 km | 73% | 12% | $140K | 26.8 min | B | A− |
| Cranston 3.6 km | 76% | 9.5% | $129K | 27.3 min | B+ | A− |
| Sundance 4.8 km | 72% | 11% | $136K | 25.4 min | B+ | A− |
| Silverado 4.9 km | 74% | 12% | $126K | 31.5 min | B− | A |
| Auburn Bay 5.2 km | 77% | 9% | $126K | 26.5 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 Legacy, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Of everyone 15 or older who was working or job-hunting in the census week, the part still looking. Someone not seeking work isn’t in it at all.
- 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. How long getting to work normally takes, averaged from the census’s time bands at their middles; expect it to read slightly high against the timed figure.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. Towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500 people or more, never a whole city and never a First Nations reserve. Middles are medians.
- Neighbourhood figures. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages stop at the municipality, so Calgary’s page carries them; Legacy’s own figures sum its dissemination areas.
Questions about work in Legacy
How do people in Legacy get to work?
Driving takes 91% of commuters to work, 5.4% take public transit and 1.2% walk, and on census day 24% of those in work were at home.
How many jobs are there in Legacy?
Jobs and commuting flows exist only for Calgary as a whole, and its page carries them.
What is the unemployment rate in Legacy?
At the 2021 census 8.9% 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 Legacy?
At $102,800 before tax in 2020, the median household in Legacy compares with $85,900 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).