Belle Rive has higher household incomes than 95% of Canadian towns
At the 2021 census, 70% of Belle Rive’s 15-to-64s were in work, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%. Workers in Belle Rive spend 27.3 minutes on the way to work on average (26 in the middle of Canadian towns).
Work in Belle Rive, in a few figures
Work near the middle
Counting everyone 15 and over, 60% were in work at the 2021 census; among those aged 15 to 64 it was 70%, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household had $117,300 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
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 Belle Rive earn B−
Better than 51% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #269 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.
Household income in Belle Rive: $117,300 at the median
50 of the 211 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 11 have a higher median. That puts Belle Rive 27% above the median of Alberta’s towns, $92,250. Because 2020 was the first year of the pandemic, emergency benefits make up 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).
In and out of work in Belle Rive
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 98 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 64% in work in October 2026. Counting those looking for work too, 67% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. Census day was 11 May 2021, in the pandemic’s third wave: unemployment ran high and many worked from home, so these figures describe that spring rather than today.
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 5.1% of Belle Rive’s commuters
The car is the way to work for 92% of commuters. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 19% against 21%. Transit takes 3.8% of commuters, close to 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).
30% more people are on EI in Census Division No. 11 than in 2019
Belle Rive doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from Census Division No. 11.
Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 5%. 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.
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).
Getting around Belle Rive on foot earns A−
Better than 76% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #298 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
For jobs and income, Belle Rive is 364th of 747 Canadian towns of 2,800 to 5,300
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| 2 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 3 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 12 | Garrison Woods Alberta | 3,138 | 79% | 10% | $146K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 16 | Wainwright No. 61 Alberta | 4,576 | 84% | 5.5% | $108K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | Laurier Heights Alberta | 3,048 | 78% | 6.9% | $163K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 362 | St. Boniface Industrial Park Manitoba | 5,252 | 72% | 7.5% | $88K | B− |
| 363 | Nipawin Saskatchewan | 5,033 | 72% | 9% | $67K | B− |
| 364 | Belle Rive Alberta | 3,946 | 70% | 9.9% | $117K | B− |
| 365 | Merrickville-Wolford Ontario | 3,411 | 81% | 7.5% | $88K | B− |
| 366 | Carrington Alberta | 2,920 | 73% | 9.6% | $118K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 747 | Saint-Côme Quebec | 2,810 | 58% | 14% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Belle Rive, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Jobs near Belle Rive: the places around it
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belle Rive | 70% | 9.9% | $117K | 27.3 min | B− | A− |
| Mayliewan 0.5 km | 70% | 11% | $120K | 25 min | B | B |
| Eaux Claires 1.1 km | 69% | 16% | $89K | 25.3 min | C+ | A+ |
| Evansdale 1.4 km | 50% | 21% | $69K | 26.5 min | D | A |
| Ozerna 1.4 km | 62% | 15% | $113K | 27.1 min | C+ | B+ |
| Lago Lindo 1.6 km | 66% | 12% | $117K | 28.9 min | C+ | B+ |
| Kilkenny 1.6 km | 60% | 15% | $83K | 27.1 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 Belle Rive, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. It counts only people who wanted work and had none in May 2021, as a share of those working or searching; students and retirees who weren’t looking stay out of both sides.
- Household income. Taken from the 2021 Census, which asked about 2020: wages, pensions, investment income and government transfers together, before income tax, for the median household.
- 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. Beneficiaries of Employment Insurance, month by month, for the census division rather than the town. Many jobless people don’t qualify, so it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- 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. The census reaches a neighbourhood only through its dissemination areas, and Belle Rive’s figures add those up. Edmonton’s page has the commuting flows, which exist only for the whole municipality.
Questions about work in Belle Rive
What is the average household income in Belle Rive?
The census puts Belle Rive at $117,300 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Belle Rive get to work?
92% of commuters go by car, 3.8% take public transit and 1.3% walk. On census day 19% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How many jobs are there in Belle Rive?
Statistics Canada counts jobs for whole municipalities only; Edmonton has the total and the commuting flows.
What is the unemployment rate in Belle Rive?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Edmonton metro area at 7.1%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 9.9%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
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).