Photo: Thank you for visiting my page from Canada · CC BY 2.0Household incomes in Riverbend top those of 96% of Canadian towns
75% of people aged 15 to 64 in Riverbend had a job at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. At 21.8 minutes on average, the trip to work from Riverbend compares with 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Out of work in May 2021: 12% of Riverbend’s labour force; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
Work in Riverbend: the figures worth knowing
Higher incomes than most towns
At $120,300 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 21.8 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.
Jobs and income in Riverbend earn A
Better than 90% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #30 of 474 in Alberta.
Its strongest measure is household income; 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.
$120,300 a year: the median household in Riverbend
Of the 166 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 6, 42 have a higher median. Against the middle of Alberta’s towns ($92,250), Riverbend’s median is 30% above. Because 2020 was the first year of the pandemic, emergency benefits make up 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).
Riverbend gets to work without a car for 8.5% of commuters
Transit takes 4.9% of commuters, above the 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. By car, truck or van: 87% of commuters, much as in the middle of Alberta’s towns. Working at home: 25% 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).
In and out of work in Riverbend
Of the 166 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 6, 117 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
69% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 60%. In October 2026, 67% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. The census caught the labour market on 11 May 2021, deep in the pandemic, so unemployment and working from home both ran above normal.
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.
35% more people are on EI in Census Division No. 6 than in 2019
The count topped out in January 2021 at 97,600 people, 3.2 times the 2019 average. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 4 are on EI. Set against the same month a year before, 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. Data for EI beneficiaries covers 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).
On getting around on foot, Riverbend grades A−
Better than 83% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #243 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Among Canadian towns of 6,400 to 12,400, Riverbend ranks 60th of 668 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 18 | West Hillhurst Alberta | 10,319 | 78% | 9.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 25 | Peace River Alberta | 7,220 | 76% | 7.9% | $99K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 58 | Lac-Saint-Charles Quebec | 9,985 | 82% | 4.8% | $93K | A |
| 59 | Grand River South Ontario | 10,723 | 77% | 9.1% | $132K | A |
| 60 | Riverbend Alberta | 9,193 | 75% | 12% | $120K | A |
| 61 | Rhatigan Ridge Alberta | 7,066 | 77% | 9.7% | $161K | A |
| 62 | Kitimat British Columbia | 10,019 | 71% | 9.4% | $104K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 668 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Riverbend, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Next to Riverbend: how nearby places compare
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverbend | 75% | 12% | $120K | 21.8 min | A | A− |
| Ogden 1.6 km | 70% | 14% | $78K | 22.1 min | C+ | A |
| Willow Park 2.8 km | 72% | 11% | $114K | 21.1 min | A− | A |
| Acadia 2.8 km | 72% | 14% | $74K | 22.6 min | C+ | A+ |
| Douglasdale/Glen 3.3 km | 75% | 10% | $132K | 22.6 min | A | B |
| Fairview 3.3 km | 73% | 12% | $85K | 23.4 min | B | A+ |
| Queensland 4 km | 77% | 12% | $96K | 27.2 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 Riverbend, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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 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. 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. 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. Built from banded answers: each commuter’s usual one-way trip counts as the midpoint of the band they chose, and the result tends to sit slightly higher than Statistics Canada’s average.
- Which towns we compare. Every town and city neighbourhood with 2,500 residents or more; whole cities and First Nations reserves are left out. Each middle figure is a median.
- Neighbourhood figures. Everything here sums the dissemination areas inside Riverbend’s lines, since the census has no neighbourhood profile; where people commute is on Calgary’s page.
Questions about work in Riverbend
How do people in Riverbend get to work?
87% of commuters drive, 4.9% take public transit, 3.3% walk and 0.3% cycle; 25% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How many jobs are there in Riverbend?
The census places jobs by municipality, so the answer is in Calgary’s figures, with the flows of its commuters.
What is the unemployment rate in Riverbend?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Calgary metro area at 6.6%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 12%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Riverbend?
At $120,300 before tax in 2020, the median household in Riverbend 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).