Rundle has a smaller share of its working-age people in jobs than 91% of Canadian towns
At 26.6 minutes on average, the trip to work from Rundle compares with 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Median household income in Rundle was $86,800 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Unemployment in Rundle stood at 17% on census day 2021, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns.
Rundle and work: the main findings
Fewer people in work than most towns
In work at the 2021 census: 62% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 50% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 17% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 6.6% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
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 Rundle: graded C−
Better than 25% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #397 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.
Work for 62% of 15-to-64s in Rundle
Of the 166 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 6, 5 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Working or looking, 61% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 67% in October 2026. 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.
How Rundle’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 69% of Canadian towns.
Rundle’s median is 6% below the middle of Alberta’s towns ($92,250). 116 of the 166 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 6 have a higher median. 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).
Without a car, 16% of Rundle’s commuters get to work
The middle of Alberta’s towns has 5.7% on transit; here it is 12%. The car takes 80% of commuters here, under the 88% in the middle of Alberta’s towns. Home was the workplace for 11%, under the 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).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
35% more people are on EI in Census Division No. 6 than in 2019
Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 1%. The highest month was January 2021: 97,600 people, 3.2 times the 2019 level. 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 beneficiaries: 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).
The walkability of Rundle: A+
Better than 98% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #72 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Ranked on jobs and income, Rundle is 521st among 643 Canadian towns of 7,400 to 14,200
| # | 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 Saanich British Columbia | 12,986 | 85% | 5.9% | $121K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 7 | Altadore Alberta | 7,675 | 80% | 8.1% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | West Hillhurst Alberta | 10,319 | 78% | 9.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 37 | Lakeview Alberta | 12,799 | 75% | 11% | $125K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 519 | Lac Ste. Anne County Alberta | 12,639 | 74% | 10% | $87K | C− |
| 520 | Long Branch Ontario | 11,400 | 74% | 12% | $85K | C− |
| 521 | Rundle Alberta | 10,549 | 62% | 17% | $87K | C− |
| 522 | Southgate Ontario | 11,599 | 73% | 7.8% | $86K | C− |
| 523 | Cabbagetown-South St.James Town Ontario | 11,205 | 73% | 13% | $78K | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 643 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Rundle, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Next to Rundle: how nearby places compare
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rundle | 62% | 17% | $87K | 26.6 min | C− | A+ |
| Whitehorn 1.4 km | 63% | 15% | $90K | 26.6 min | C | A+ |
| Marlborough 1.6 km | 63% | 16% | $82K | 27.1 min | C− | A+ |
| Pineridge 2 km | 63% | 16% | $76K | 26.4 min | C− | A |
| Temple 2.2 km | 65% | 16% | $90K | 26.7 min | C | A |
| Marlborough Park 2.3 km | 63% | 17% | $84K | 26.4 min | C− | A |
| Monterey Park 2.8 km | 67% | 15% | $97K | 26.6 min | C+ | B+ |
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 Rundle, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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.
- 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. 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.
- Unemployment. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- 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.
- 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. Rundle’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 Rundle
How many jobs are there in Rundle?
Statistics Canada counts jobs for whole municipalities only; Calgary has the total and the commuting flows.
What is the unemployment rate in Rundle?
The census put unemployment at 17% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Calgary metro area at 6.6%.
What is the average household income in Rundle?
The median household in Rundle had $86,800 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Rundle get to work?
80% of commuters drive, 12% take public transit and 3.7% walk; 11% 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).