Households in Skyview Ranch earn more than those in 75% of Canadian towns
Of everyone in Skyview Ranch working or looking for work in May 2021, 13% were unemployed, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns. A typical one-way commute from Skyview Ranch lasts 29 minutes, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. The 2021 census found 74% of working-age people in Skyview Ranch employed, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Work in Skyview Ranch, in a few figures
More unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 13% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 6.6% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 29 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 & income in Skyview Ranch: graded C+
Better than 41% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #319 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.
Work and the working-age population of Skyview Ranch
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. 78% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. These are census figures from May 2021, during COVID’s third wave; jobs have recovered since, which the Labour Force Survey shows.
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.
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 9.4% of Skyview Ranch’s commuters
By bus, train or subway: 8.1%, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. 88% 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: 17% against 21%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
The median household in Skyview Ranch had $90,000 in 2020
Skyview Ranch’s median is 2% below the middle of Alberta’s towns ($92,250). 106 of the 166 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 6 have a higher median. 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).
In Census Division No. 6, 35% more people receive EI than in 2019
Nobody publishes EI beneficiaries for Skyview Ranch alone, so this card uses the figure for Census Division No. 6.
Roughly 4 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 1%. The highest month was January 2021: 97,600 people, 3.2 times the 2019 level.
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).
The walkability of Skyview Ranch: A
Better than 90% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #169 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Skyview Ranch is 313th of 585 Canadian towns of 9,800 to 19,000 people for jobs and income
| # | 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 | Central Saanich British Columbia | 18,184 | 85% | 4.9% | $103K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Canmore Alberta | 17,341 | 79% | 9.7% | $107K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 15 | West Hillhurst Alberta | 10,319 | 78% | 9.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 33 | Lakeview Alberta | 12,799 | 75% | 11% | $125K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 311 | Eringate-Centennial-West Deane Ontario | 18,501 | 72% | 13% | $112K | C+ |
| 312 | Beddington Heights Alberta | 11,333 | 70% | 13% | $93K | C+ |
| 313 | Skyview Ranch Alberta | 14,061 | 74% | 13% | $90K | C+ |
| 314 | South London Ontario | 14,684 | 73% | 13% | $68K | C+ |
| 315 | Edmundston New Brunswick | 18,174 | 72% | 7.9% | $59K | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 585 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Skyview Ranch, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Jobs near Skyview Ranch: the places around it
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skyview Ranch | 74% | 13% | $90K | 29 min | C+ | A |
| Redstone 1.3 km | 73% | 11% | $107K | 28.7 min | B− | B+ |
| Cityscape 1.6 km | 69% | 11% | $99K | 26.6 min | C+ | A− |
| Saddle Ridge 3.4 km | 67% | 13% | $107K | 30.1 min | C | A |
| Martindale 4.6 km | 67% | 15% | $101K | 29.4 min | C | A+ |
| Taradale 4.8 km | 66% | 14% | $102K | 30.5 min | C | A+ |
| Castleridge 5.9 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 Skyview Ranch, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Employment Insurance. Monthly EI recipients across the census division: a pulse of the local job market rather than a measure of who is out of work.
- The Labour Force Survey. A monthly household survey by Statistics Canada, reported for metro areas and economic regions only. It supplies a recent rate next to the 2021 census figure.
- In work. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- 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. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- 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. Medians over towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents. Whole cities would swamp them and reserves sit outside the rankings, so neither is in.
- Neighbourhood figures. The census reaches a neighbourhood only through its dissemination areas, and Skyview Ranch’s figures add those up. Calgary’s page has the commuting flows, which exist only for the whole municipality.
Questions about work in Skyview Ranch
What is the average household income in Skyview Ranch?
The census puts Skyview Ranch at $90,000 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Skyview Ranch get to work?
Driving takes 88% of commuters to work, 8.1% take public transit and 1.3% walk, and on census day 17% of those in work were at home.
How many jobs are there in Skyview Ranch?
Jobs are counted by municipality, not neighbourhood: the page for Calgary has the jobs based there and where its commuters go.
What is the unemployment rate in Skyview Ranch?
The census put unemployment at 13% 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%.
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).