Photo: Thank you for visiting my page from Canada · CC BY 2.0Household incomes in Mount Pleasant top those of 92% of Canadian towns
When the 2021 census was taken, 11% of people in Mount Pleasant who wanted a job had none, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. Working at home: 42% of its workers, where the middle of Canadian towns has 21%. Of Mount Pleasant’s residents aged 15 to 64, 76% were employed when the 2021 census was taken; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%.
What Mount Pleasant’s work numbers say
Higher incomes than most towns
At $107,900 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, 42% 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.
Mount Pleasant earns A− for jobs and income
Better than 84% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #57 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 Mount Pleasant: $107,900 at the median
67 of the 166 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 6 have a higher median. The middle of Alberta’s towns is $92,250, and Mount Pleasant is 17% above it. 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).
16% of commuters from Mount Pleasant go without a car
Transit takes 9.1% of commuters, above the 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. More people walk to work here than in the middle of Alberta’s towns: 6% against 2.5%. Fewer drive than in the middle of Alberta’s towns: 77% against 88%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
76% of working-age people in Mount Pleasant have jobs
Of the 166 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 6, 127 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 67% in October 2026. Pandemic rules were in force on census day, 11 May 2021; the Labour Force Survey shows how jobs have moved since.
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
That works out to around 4 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 1%. At its peak, in January 2021, 97,600 people were on EI, 3.2 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: 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).
Getting around Mount Pleasant on foot earns A+
Better than 97% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #84 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Mount Pleasant is 100th of 652 Canadian towns of 6,500 to 12,500 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 River Heights Manitoba | 7,228 | 82% | 8.4% | $143K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 6 | Altadore Alberta | 7,675 | 80% | 8.1% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | West Hillhurst Alberta | 10,319 | 78% | 9.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 27 | Peace River Alberta | 7,220 | 76% | 7.9% | $99K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 98 | Torbay Newfoundland and Labrador | 8,297 | 73% | 9.7% | $108K | A− |
| 99 | Electoral Area C, East Kootenay British Columbia | 7,006 | 76% | 6.7% | $100K | A− |
| 100 | Mount Pleasant Alberta | 9,224 | 76% | 11% | $108K | A− |
| 101 | Willow Park Alberta | 6,891 | 72% | 11% | $114K | A− |
| 102 | Saint-Apollinaire Quebec | 9,218 | 87% | 3.3% | $86K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 652 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Mount Pleasant, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Work in the places around Mount Pleasant
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant | 76% | 11% | $108K | 23.9 min | A− | A+ |
| Tuxedo Park 1.1 km | 75% | 13% | $82K | 22.1 min | B | A+ |
| Highland Park 1.3 km | 69% | 14% | $67K | 25.3 min | C− | A+ |
| Winston Heights/Mountview 1.6 km | 76% | 13% | $90K | 22.1 min | A− | A+ |
| Capitol Hill 1.7 km | 66% | 16% | $80K | 25.3 min | C | A+ |
| Rosedale 1.8 km | 75% | 12% | $101K | 21.4 min | A | A+ |
| Crescent Heights 2.3 km | 78% | 12% | $74K | 23.7 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 Mount Pleasant, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Employment Insurance. How many people in the census division drew Employment Insurance each month; it moves with layoffs and hiring, yet people who don’t qualify are absent from it.
- 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. How many residents held a job in May 2021, set against how many were 15 to 64. It reads a little high where many people work past 65, since below the municipality the census gives no breakdown of workers by age.
- 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. Half of households had more than this before tax in 2020, half less, counting every source of income. For a neighbourhood we estimate the median from the income brackets of its dissemination areas.
- 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.
- 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 Mount Pleasant’s lines, since the census has no neighbourhood profile; where people commute is on Calgary’s page.
Questions about work in Mount Pleasant
What is the unemployment rate in Mount Pleasant?
At the 2021 census 11% 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 Mount Pleasant?
The census puts Mount Pleasant at $107,900 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Mount Pleasant get to work?
77% of commuters drive, 9.1% take public transit, 6% walk and 1.2% cycle; 42% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How many jobs are there in Mount Pleasant?
Statistics Canada counts jobs for whole municipalities only; Calgary has the total and the commuting flows.
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).