Taradale has higher household incomes than 88% of Canadian towns
At the 2021 census, 66% of Taradale’s 15-to-64s were in work, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns. Residents of Taradale take 30.5 minutes to reach work on average; the middle of Canadian towns is 26. Out of work in May 2021: 14% of Taradale’s labour force, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
The short version on work in Taradale
Fewer people in work than most towns
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 66% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 59%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 14% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 6.6% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $102,400 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 30.5 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 Taradale: graded C
Better than 28% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #379 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.
How many in Taradale were working in 2021
Of the 166 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 6, 20 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. 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.
$102,400 a year: the median household in Taradale
Of the 166 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 6, 79 have a higher median. Set beside Alberta’s towns, where the median is $92,250, Taradale sits 11% above. Incomes are for 2020, the first pandemic year, so CERB and other emergency payments are part of them.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 13% of Taradale’s commuters
Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 11% against 21%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
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%. In January 2021 it reached 97,600, the most in the series and 3.2 times the 2019 average. 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. 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 Taradale: A+
Better than 96% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #92 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Taradale next to Canadian towns of 12,500 to 24,200: 351st of 518 on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yellowknife Northwest Territories | 22,858 | 80% | 5.8% | $148K | A+ |
| 2 | North Saanich British Columbia | 12,986 | 85% | 5.9% | $121K | A+ |
| 3 | Sillery Quebec | 13,950 | 81% | 6.2% | $120K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 12 | Canmore Alberta | 17,341 | 79% | 9.7% | $107K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 26 | Lloydminster (Part) Alberta | 21,267 | 75% | 11% | $98K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 29 | Lakeview Alberta | 12,799 | 75% | 11% | $125K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 349 | Port Alberni British Columbia | 19,671 | 67% | 9.9% | $63K | C |
| 350 | Rossmere-A Manitoba | 13,613 | 74% | 8% | $67K | C |
| 351 | Taradale Alberta | 17,911 | 66% | 14% | $102K | C |
| 352 | Colchester County, Subdivision C Nova Scotia | 14,211 | 71% | 11% | $74K | C |
| 353 | West Rouge Ontario | 20,915 | 69% | 14% | $114K | C |
| … | ||||||
| 518 | Oakridge Ontario | 13,913 | 51% | 21% | $60K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Taradale, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Jobs and income in the places around Taradale
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taradale | 66% | 14% | $102K | 30.5 min | C | A+ |
| Saddle Ridge 1.4 km | 67% | 13% | $107K | 30.1 min | C | A |
| Martindale 1.9 km | 67% | 15% | $101K | 29.4 min | C | A+ |
| Coral Springs 2.1 km | 69% | 14% | $124K | 26.4 min | B− | B+ |
| Falconridge 2.2 km | 61% | 17% | $82K | 29.4 min | D | A+ |
| Castleridge 2.6 km | 64% | 17% | $90K | 29.4 min | C− | A+ |
| Cityscape 3.4 km | 69% | 11% | $99K | 26.6 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 Taradale, 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. 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.
- Which towns we compare. Towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500 people or more, never a whole city and never a First Nations reserve. Middles are medians.
- Neighbourhood figures. Taradale’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 Taradale
What is the average household income in Taradale?
Taradale’s middle household had $102,400 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Taradale get to work?
Driving takes 84% of commuters to work, 13% take public transit and 0.1% walk, and on census day 11% of those in work were at home.
How many jobs are there in Taradale?
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 Taradale?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 14% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Calgary metro area at 6.6% in October 2026.
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).