Photo: DXR · CC BY-SA 4.0Rosedale’s household incomes are higher than in 87% of Canadian towns
Jobs were held by 75% of people aged 15 to 64 in Rosedale in 2021, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns. Home was the workplace for 46% of its workers in May 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 21%. Commutes from Rosedale average 21.4 minutes, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns.
What Rosedale’s work numbers say
Higher incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $101,200 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 21.4 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Getting to work ↓
Many work from home
On census day, 46% 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.
Jobs & income in Rosedale: graded A
Better than 85% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #47 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.
Household income in Rosedale: $101,200 at the median
81 of the 166 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 6 have a higher median. That puts Rosedale 10% above the median of Alberta’s towns, $92,250. In 2020 emergency benefits topped up many low incomes, and the census counts them here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Leaving the car at home: 27% of commuters in Rosedale
Transit takes 9.1% of commuters, above the 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. On foot: 15% of commuters, well above the 2.5% in the middle of Alberta’s towns. Fewer drive than in the middle of Alberta’s towns: 68% against 88%.
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.
Work and the working-age population of Rosedale
Of the 166 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 6, 105 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Counting retirees, 63% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 67% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. Counting those looking for work too, 70% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. Statistics Canada counted on 11 May 2021, with much of the country under pandemic rules: more people were out of work or at home than usual.
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
Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 1%. The highest month was January 2021: 97,600 people, 3.2 times the 2019 level. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 4 are on EI.
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).
How walkable Rosedale is: A+
Better than almost every Canadian town on two measures together, #52 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Rosedale places 80th of 390 on jobs and income among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 3,400
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Mount Royal Alberta | 2,758 | 83% | 12% | $188K | A+ |
| 2 | Central River Heights Manitoba | 2,736 | 84% | 5.4% | $137K | A+ |
| 3 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 12 | Garrison Woods Alberta | 3,138 | 79% | 10% | $146K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | Laurier Heights Alberta | 3,048 | 78% | 6.9% | $163K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 78 | Norwood West Manitoba | 2,909 | 76% | 10% | $95K | A |
| 79 | Nutana Park Saskatchewan | 3,045 | 71% | 8.9% | $107K | A |
| 80 | Rosedale Alberta | 2,507 | 75% | 12% | $101K | A |
| 81 | Westview Saskatchewan | 2,670 | 74% | 9.6% | $90K | A− |
| 82 | Bulyea Heights Alberta | 3,264 | 76% | 11% | $169K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 390 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,724 | 43% | 30% | $51K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Rosedale, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Work in and around Rosedale
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosedale | 75% | 12% | $101K | 21.4 min | A | A+ |
| Sunnyside 0.6 km | 81% | 10% | $74K | 24.1 min | B | A+ |
| Hillhurst 1.3 km | 72% | 8.6% | $106K | 21.8 min | A− | A+ |
| Eau Claire 1.3 km | 79% | 10% | $94K | 23.4 min | A | A+ |
| Downtown Commercial Core 1.5 km | 69% | 15% | $51K | 26.8 min | D | A+ |
| Crescent Heights 1.6 km | 78% | 12% | $74K | 23.7 min | B− | A+ |
| Capitol Hill 1.7 km | 66% | 16% | $80K | 25.3 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 Rosedale, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Trip times. One way, on a usual day, from the census’s travel-time bands. Band midpoints overstate it a little next to the figure Statistics Canada times.
- 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 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. The share of people 15 and over in the labour force, working or looking for work, who had no job on census day in May 2021.
- 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.
- 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. Rosedale’s census figures are summed from its dissemination areas. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages are published only for the whole municipality, so they are on Calgary’s page.
Questions about work in Rosedale
How many jobs are there in Rosedale?
Jobs and commuting flows exist only for Calgary as a whole, and its page carries them.
What is the unemployment rate in Rosedale?
Two figures answer it: 12% 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 Rosedale?
At $101,200 before tax in 2020, the median household in Rosedale compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Rosedale get to work?
68% of commuters drive, 9.1% take public transit, 15% walk and 2.1% cycle; 46% 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).