Photo: Tanya Dmitriev · CC BY-SA 3.0Millrise’s household incomes are higher than in 85% of Canadian towns
75% of people aged 15 to 64 in Millrise had a job at the 2021 census, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%. A typical one-way commute from Millrise lasts 27.3 minutes, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. The 2021 census put unemployment in Millrise at 12%; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
What the numbers say about work in Millrise
Work near the middle
In work at the 2021 census: 75% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 61% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household had $99,500 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
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, Millrise grades B
Better than 57% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #217 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.
Household income in Millrise: $99,500 at the median
That puts Millrise 8% above the median of Alberta’s towns, $92,250. 86 of the 166 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 6 have a higher median. The year is 2020: emergency benefits like CERB count in these incomes, and they raised the bottom of the range.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Who in Millrise has a job
Of the 166 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 6, 102 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Working or looking, 69% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. Counting retirees, 61% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 67% in October 2026. These are census figures from May 2021, during COVID’s third wave; jobs have recovered since, which the Labour Force Survey shows.
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.
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 13% of Millrise’s commuters
Working at home: 23% here, 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. By transit: 11% of commuters, well above the 5.7% in the middle of Alberta’s towns. 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).
In Census Division No. 6, 35% more people receive EI than in 2019
That works out to around 4 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 1%. In January 2021 it reached 97,600, the most in the series and 3.2 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: 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).
Millrise on foot: a A+ grade
Better than 96% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #95 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Millrise places 307th of 708 on jobs and income among Canadian towns of 4,700 to 9,100
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 3 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 11 | Altadore Alberta | 7,675 | 80% | 8.1% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 14 | Parkview Alberta | 5,729 | 80% | 9% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 22 | Richmond Alberta | 4,811 | 79% | 9.2% | $114K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 305 | Hunt Club Park Ontario | 8,556 | 65% | 14% | $107K | B |
| 306 | Dutch Settlement Nova Scotia | 6,234 | 73% | 9% | $104K | B |
| 307 | Millrise Alberta | 6,754 | 75% | 12% | $100K | B |
| 308 | Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Ontario | 8,484 | 74% | 13% | $109K | B |
| 309 | Midnapore Alberta | 7,022 | 75% | 13% | $92K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 708 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Millrise, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Neighbouring places to Millrise, compared
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millrise | 75% | 12% | $100K | 27.3 min | B | A+ |
| Fish Creek Park 0.5 km | 69% | 12% | $121K | 26 min | B | B+ |
| Shawnessy 1.5 km | 71% | 13% | $110K | 29.1 min | B− | A+ |
| Midnapore 1.9 km | 75% | 13% | $92K | 26.6 min | B | A |
| Evergreen 2 km | 72% | 12% | $125K | 29.5 min | B− | A |
| Somerset 2.4 km | 70% | 13% | $100K | 29.9 min | C | A |
| Canyon Meadows 2.7 km | 77% | 11% | $104K | 25.5 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 Millrise, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada surveys households every month; the results come out for metro areas and economic regions, never for single towns, and keep the rate current after 2021.
- 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. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- 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. 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. 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.
- 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. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages stop at the municipality, so Calgary’s page carries them; Millrise’s own figures sum its dissemination areas.
Questions about work in Millrise
How many jobs are there in Millrise?
Jobs are counted by municipality, not neighbourhood: the page for Calgary has the jobs based there and where its commuters go.
What is the unemployment rate in Millrise?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 12% 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 Millrise?
Millrise’s middle household had $99,500 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Millrise get to work?
82% of commuters drive, 11% take public transit, 1.7% walk and 0.4% cycle; 23% 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).