Photo: CnekYT · CC BY-SA 4.0The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Ogden trails that of 72% of Canadian towns
Of everyone in Ogden working or looking for work in May 2021, 14% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. On average, people in Ogden spend 22.1 minutes getting to work, next to 26 for the middle of Canadian towns. Before tax, the typical household in Ogden brought in $77,800 in 2020, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900.
What sets Ogden apart on jobs and income
More unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 14% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 6.6%. Unemployment ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 22.1 minutes; the middle of Canadian towns is 26. 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, Ogden grades C+
Better than 42% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #311 of 474 in Alberta.
Its strongest measure is trip times; 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.
In Ogden, 70% of the working-age population has a job
Of the 166 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 6, 50 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 67% in work in October 2026. 67% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 57%: many residents are past working age. 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.
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 9.1% of Ogden’s commuters
Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 16% against 21%. Transit takes 7.6% of commuters, above the 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. The car takes 86% of commuters here, under the 88% in the middle of Alberta’s towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
How Ogden’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 51% of Canadian towns.
Set beside Alberta’s towns, where the median is $92,250, Ogden sits 16% below. 137 of the 166 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 6 have a higher median. That year, 2020, brought emergency benefits that count in these totals, before tax.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
35% more people are on EI in Census Division No. 6 than in 2019
Ogden shares its EI beneficiaries numbers with the rest of 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. That is about 4 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division.
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).
Ogden earns A for walkability
Better than 91% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #160 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Out of 694 Canadian towns of 5,900 to 11,500, Ogden comes 421st on 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 8 | Altadore Alberta | 7,675 | 80% | 8.1% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | West Hillhurst Alberta | 10,319 | 78% | 9.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 23 | Glenora Alberta | 6,197 | 78% | 9.1% | $123K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 419 | Kentville Nova Scotia | 7,589 | 72% | 9.4% | $68K | C+ |
| 420 | Harrietsfield Nova Scotia | 6,786 | 71% | 11% | $96K | C+ |
| 421 | Ogden Alberta | 8,484 | 70% | 14% | $78K | C+ |
| 422 | Fisher Heights Ontario | 6,451 | 70% | 12% | $87K | C+ |
| 423 | King Edward Park Alberta | 8,399 | 72% | 13% | $82K | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 694 | Beasley Ontario | 6,338 | 49% | 17% | $47K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Ogden, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Jobs near Ogden: the places around it
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ogden | 70% | 14% | $78K | 22.1 min | C+ | A |
| Riverbend 1.6 km | 75% | 12% | $120K | 21.8 min | A | A− |
| Acadia 3.4 km | 72% | 14% | $74K | 22.6 min | C+ | A+ |
| Fairview 3.4 km | 73% | 12% | $85K | 23.4 min | B | A+ |
| Willow Park 4 km | 72% | 11% | $114K | 21.1 min | A− | A |
| Kingsland 4.4 km | 72% | 14% | $66K | 24.4 min | C− | A+ |
| Dover 4.6 km | 66% | 17% | $70K | 24.9 min | C− | 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 Ogden, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. The census asks how long the trip to work usually takes, in bands; our average uses each band’s middle, so it runs a little above Statistics Canada’s 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. 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. We divide the number of employed residents by the number aged 15 to 64. Workers past 64 still count on top, because the 2021 Census crosses work with age only for whole municipalities; in return, a retirement town’s pensioners don’t drag the rate down.
- Which towns we compare. Medians over towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents. Whole cities would swamp them and reserves sit outside the rankings, so neither is in.
- Neighbourhood figures. The census reaches a neighbourhood only through its dissemination areas, and Ogden’s figures add those up. Calgary’s page has the commuting flows, which exist only for the whole municipality.
Questions about work in Ogden
How many jobs are there in Ogden?
Jobs and commuting flows exist only for Calgary as a whole, and its page carries them.
What is the unemployment rate in Ogden?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Calgary metro area at 6.6%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 14%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Ogden?
Ogden’s middle household had $77,800 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Ogden get to work?
86% of commuters drive, 7.6% take public transit, 1.2% walk and 0.3% cycle; 16% 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).