Photo: Kiyoteru Awaji · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Allard earn more than those in 89% of Canadian towns
Joblessness at the 2021 census: 9.6% of Allard’s labour force, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. A typical one-way commute from Allard lasts 29.5 minutes, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Allard counted 77% of its 15-to-64s in jobs at the 2021 census, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns.
What sets Allard apart on jobs and income
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household had $104,500 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 29.5 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.
On jobs and income, Allard grades B
Better than 60% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #203 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.
Allard households: $104,500 a year at the median
80 of the 211 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 11 have a higher median. The middle of Alberta’s towns is $92,250, and Allard is 13% above it. Pandemic support paid in 2020, CERB first among it, is part of these before-tax incomes.
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, 9% of Allard’s commuters get to work
21% worked at home on census day, about the same as in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit takes 6.8% of commuters, above the 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. By car, truck or van: 88% of commuters, much as 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 Allard has a job
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 175 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 64% in October 2026. Counting those looking for work too, 79% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. May 2021, when the census was taken, was a pandemic spring; unemployment has come down since, as the Labour Force Survey records.
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.
EI claims in Census Division No. 11 run 30% above their 2019 level
Figures for EI beneficiaries are published for Census Division No. 11 as a whole, not for Allard alone.
January 2021 was the busiest month, with 97,990 people on EI, 3.1 times 2019’s average. Roughly 4.2 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 5%.
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).
Allard on foot: a A− grade
Better than 81% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #257 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Out of 686 Canadian towns of 5,700 to 11,000, Allard comes 278th 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 8 | Altadore Alberta | 7,675 | 80% | 8.1% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 10 | Parkview Alberta | 5,729 | 80% | 9% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 20 | West Hillhurst Alberta | 10,319 | 78% | 9.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 276 | Strathcona Park Alberta | 8,680 | 69% | 14% | $157K | B |
| 277 | Walden Alberta | 8,190 | 75% | 11% | $113K | B |
| 278 | Allard Alberta | 8,148 | 77% | 9.6% | $105K | B |
| 279 | Saint-Félicien Quebec | 10,143 | 77% | 6.2% | $67K | B |
| 280 | Mission Alberta | 6,329 | 80% | 14% | $68K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 686 | Beasley Ontario | 6,338 | 49% | 17% | $47K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Allard, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Around Allard: jobs, pay and the commute
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allard | 77% | 9.6% | $105K | 29.5 min | B | A− |
| Callaghan 0.9 km | 67% | 14% | $100K | 29.4 min | C | A− |
| Rutherford 1.7 km | 74% | 11% | $101K | 28.1 min | B− | A− |
| Paisley 2 km | 80% | 8.1% | $120K | 28.5 min | A− | C |
| Chappelle 2.5 km | 77% | 9.9% | $117K | 29.9 min | B | B+ |
| Cavanagh 2.9 km | 72% | 12% | $118K | 27.4 min | B− | B |
| MacEwan 3.4 km | 75% | 10% | $94K | 28.4 min | B− | 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 Allard, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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.
- 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. Statistics Canada counts EI beneficiaries each month by census division. Seasonal work makes it swing, so read it as a trend, not a jobless rate.
- 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. People in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64 (2021 Census). The census doesn’t cross work with age below the municipality, so this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood has; retirees don’t weigh on it.
- Unemployment. Of everyone 15 or older who was working or job-hunting in the census week, the part still looking. Someone not seeking work isn’t in it at all.
- 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. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages stop at the municipality, so Edmonton’s page carries them; Allard’s own figures sum its dissemination areas.
Questions about work in Allard
How many jobs are there in Allard?
Jobs and commuting flows exist only for Edmonton as a whole, and its page carries them.
What is the unemployment rate in Allard?
Two figures answer it: 9.6% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 7.1% for the Edmonton metro area in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Allard?
Before tax, half the households in Allard had more than $104,500 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Allard get to work?
88% of commuters drive, 6.8% take public transit and 2.2% walk; 21% 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).