Redstone has higher household incomes than 91% of Canadian towns
At 28.7 minutes on average, the trip to work from Redstone compares with 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. With 73% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, Redstone matches the middle of Canadian towns. Of everyone in Redstone working or looking for work in May 2021, 11% were unemployed; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
The work figures that set Redstone apart
Work near the middle
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 73% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 69%. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $107,400 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Redstone earns B− for jobs and income
Better than 52% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #254 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.
What households earned in Redstone: $107,400 in 2020
70 of the 166 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 6 have a higher median. Against the middle of Alberta’s towns ($92,250), Redstone’s median is 16% 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).
Who in Redstone has a job
Of the 166 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 6, 84 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 78%. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 67% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. 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.
Without a car, 8.9% of Redstone’s commuters get to work
Transit takes 8.2% of commuters, above the 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. 89% drive to work, about the same as in the middle of Alberta’s towns. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 14% against 21%.
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.
EI claims in Census Division No. 6 run 35% above their 2019 level
Redstone doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from Census Division No. 6.
Roughly 4 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 1%. January 2021 was the busiest month, with 97,600 people on EI, 3.2 times 2019’s average.
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).
Redstone earns B+ for walkability
Better than 72% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #329 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Redstone places 270th of 596 on jobs and income among Canadian towns of 9,300 to 17,900
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Canmore Alberta | 17,341 | 79% | 9.7% | $107K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 15 | West Hillhurst Alberta | 10,319 | 78% | 9.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 35 | Lakeview Alberta | 12,799 | 75% | 11% | $125K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 268 | Notre-Dame-des-Prairies Quebec | 9,622 | 77% | 6.4% | $71K | B− |
| 269 | Citadel Alberta | 10,196 | 71% | 13% | $124K | B− |
| 270 | Redstone Alberta | 13,230 | 73% | 11% | $107K | B− |
| 271 | Val-des-Monts Quebec | 14,473 | 78% | 6% | $102K | B− |
| 272 | Saint-Sacrement Quebec | 10,650 | 79% | 7.4% | $62K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 596 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Redstone, and others among Alberta’s towns.
The places around Redstone, side by side
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redstone | 73% | 11% | $107K | 28.7 min | B− | B+ |
| Skyview Ranch 1.3 km | 74% | 13% | $90K | 29 min | C+ | A |
| Cityscape 2.7 km | 69% | 11% | $99K | 26.6 min | C+ | A− |
| Saddle Ridge 4 km | 67% | 13% | $107K | 30.1 min | C | A |
| Taradale 5.3 km | 66% | 14% | $102K | 30.5 min | C | A+ |
| Martindale 5.6 km | 67% | 15% | $101K | 29.4 min | C | A+ |
| Castleridge 6.9 km | 64% | 17% | $90K | 29.4 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 Redstone, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- The Labour Force Survey. Monthly, and only for metro areas and economic regions. It is the up-to-date rate we set beside the census’s 2021 snapshot.
- 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. What the median household took in during 2020 before tax, as the census recorded it; an estimate built from income groups when the place is a neighbourhood.
- 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. 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. 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; Redstone’s own figures sum its dissemination areas.
Questions about work in Redstone
How do people in Redstone get to work?
89% of commuters drive, 8.2% take public transit and 0.7% walk; 14% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How many jobs are there in Redstone?
Statistics Canada counts jobs for whole municipalities only; Calgary has the total and the commuting flows.
What is the unemployment rate in Redstone?
Two figures answer it: 11% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 6.6% for the Calgary metro area in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Redstone?
At $107,400 before tax in 2020, the median household in Redstone 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).