Households in Silverado earn more than those in 98% of Canadian towns
At the 2021 census, 74% of Silverado’s 15-to-64s were in work, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. Residents of Silverado take 31.5 minutes to reach work on average; the middle of Canadian towns is 26. On census day, 31% of workers here were at home, next to 21% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What Silverado’s work numbers say
Higher incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $125,900 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 31.5 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. 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 Silverado earn B−
Better than 48% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #282 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.
Household income in Silverado: $125,900 at the median
Of the 166 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 6, 27 have a higher median. Set beside Alberta’s towns, where the median is $92,250, Silverado sits 36% above. Pandemic benefits paid in 2020 lifted the incomes at the bottom, and they are counted here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 10% of Silverado’s commuters
The middle of Alberta’s towns has 5.7% on transit; here it is 9.1%. 87% drive to work, fewer than 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).
Who in Silverado has a job
Of the 166 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 6, 94 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 67% in October 2026. 76% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. 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.
In Census Division No. 6, 35% more people receive EI than in 2019
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4 receive 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. 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).
Silverado on foot: a A grade
Better than 94% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #123 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Silverado next to Canadian towns of 6,800 to 13,000: 342nd of 640 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 7 | Altadore Alberta | 7,675 | 80% | 8.1% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | West Hillhurst Alberta | 10,319 | 78% | 9.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 27 | Peace River Alberta | 7,220 | 76% | 7.9% | $99K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 340 | McNab/Braeside Ontario | 8,340 | 77% | 9.5% | $99K | B− |
| 341 | Rosenberg Ontario | 9,831 | 70% | 9.4% | $112K | B− |
| 342 | Silverado Alberta | 9,663 | 74% | 12% | $126K | B− |
| 343 | Forest Hill North Ontario | 12,432 | 78% | 12% | $92K | B− |
| 344 | Eastern Passage Nova Scotia | 10,745 | 68% | 8.6% | $92K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 640 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Silverado, and others among Alberta’s towns.
The work picture around Silverado
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silverado | 74% | 12% | $126K | 31.5 min | B− | A |
| Somerset 2.3 km | 70% | 13% | $100K | 29.9 min | C | A |
| Shawnessy 3.1 km | 71% | 13% | $110K | 29.1 min | B− | A+ |
| Walden 3.1 km | 75% | 11% | $113K | 28.6 min | B | A− |
| Bridlewood 3.3 km | 73% | 11% | $110K | 29.8 min | B− | A |
| Sundance 3.5 km | 72% | 11% | $136K | 25.4 min | B+ | A− |
| Chaparral 3.5 km | 73% | 12% | $140K | 26.8 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 Silverado, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. The most recent unemployment rate on the page comes from this monthly survey, which covers the wider metro area or economic region, not the town.
- In work. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- 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. The 2020 income of the household at the midpoint, all sources and before tax. Inside a city we rebuild it from the dissemination areas’ income bands, so there it is an estimate.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. Any town of 2,500 or more counts, and so does any city neighbourhood that size; the city as a whole and First Nations reserves don’t. The middle is the median.
- Neighbourhood figures. The census reaches a neighbourhood only through its dissemination areas, and Silverado’s figures add those up. Calgary’s page has the commuting flows, which exist only for the whole municipality.
Questions about work in Silverado
How many jobs are there in Silverado?
Jobs and commuting flows exist only for Calgary as a whole, and its page carries them.
What is the unemployment rate in Silverado?
The 2021 census found 12% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Calgary metro area, is 6.6% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Silverado?
Before tax, half the households in Silverado had more than $125,900 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Silverado get to work?
Driving takes 87% of commuters to work, 9.1% take public transit and 1.3% walk, and on census day 31% of those in work were at home.
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).