Households in Bulyea Heights earn more than in almost any other Canadian town
11% of the labour force in Bulyea Heights was out of work at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. Home was the workplace for 38% of its workers in May 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 21%. The 2021 census found 76% of working-age people in Bulyea Heights employed, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns.
Where Bulyea Heights stands out on work
Higher incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $168,500 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
Many work from home
38% of workers worked at home on census day, against 21% 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 Bulyea Heights earn A−
Better than 85% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #50 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.
$168,500 a year: the median household in Bulyea Heights
One of the 211 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 11 has a higher median. Bulyea Heights’ median is 83% above the middle of Alberta’s towns ($92,250). 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).
Before tax, 2020: higher than in almost any Canadian town.
Without a car, 2.2% of Bulyea Heights’ commuters get to work
The car is the way to work for 91% of commuters.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
In and out of work in Bulyea Heights
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 167 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 55% were working. In October 2026, 64% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 62%. 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.
In Census Division No. 11, 30% more people receive EI than in 2019
For EI beneficiaries, the only official count covers all of Census Division No. 11, Bulyea Heights included.
The count topped out in January 2021 at 97,990 people, 3.1 times the 2019 average. That works out to around 4.2 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. Set against the same month a year before, 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).
On getting around on foot, Bulyea Heights grades C+
Better than 41% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #410 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 4,400, Bulyea Heights ranks 123rd of 694 for jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Mount Royal Alberta | 2,758 | 83% | 12% | $188K | A+ |
| 2 | Central River Heights Manitoba | 2,736 | 84% | 5.4% | $137K | A+ |
| 3 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 15 | Garrison Woods Alberta | 3,138 | 79% | 10% | $146K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 23 | Laurier Heights Alberta | 3,048 | 78% | 6.9% | $163K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 121 | Saint-Maurice Quebec | 3,804 | 83% | 5.5% | $83K | A− |
| 122 | Westview Saskatchewan | 2,670 | 74% | 9.6% | $90K | A− |
| 123 | Bulyea Heights Alberta | 3,264 | 76% | 11% | $169K | A− |
| 124 | Sainte-Marie-Madeleine Quebec | 2,940 | 88% | 3.2% | $86K | A− |
| 125 | Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse Quebec | 2,739 | 85% | 3.9% | $81K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 694 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,724 | 43% | 30% | $51K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Bulyea Heights, and others among Alberta’s towns.
The places around Bulyea Heights, side by side
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulyea Heights | 76% | 11% | $169K | 24.5 min | A− | C+ |
| Brookside 1.2 km | 80% | 8.6% | $141K | 24 min | A+ | A− |
| Westbrook Estates 1.4 km | 75% | 11% | $140K | 24.2 min | A− | B+ |
| Ramsay Heights 1.6 km | 73% | 13% | $98K | 27 min | B− | A |
| Rhatigan Ridge 1.9 km | 77% | 9.7% | $161K | 24 min | A | B |
| Leger 2 km | 72% | 11% | $137K | 23.5 min | A− | B |
| Ogilvie Ridge 2 km | 79% | 11% | $121K | 27 min | A− | 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 Bulyea Heights, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- In work. Why 15 to 64? Otherwise retirees would pull the rate down in older towns. The census can’t say how old a neighbourhood’s workers are, so the count of people in work takes every age.
- 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. Our average assumes everyone in, say, the 15-to-29-minute band takes 22 minutes. Across all the bands that runs a shade above Statistics Canada’s measured average.
- 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. 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.
- 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. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages stop at the municipality, so Edmonton’s page carries them; Bulyea Heights’ own figures sum its dissemination areas.
Questions about work in Bulyea Heights
What is the average household income in Bulyea Heights?
The census puts Bulyea Heights at $168,500 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Bulyea Heights get to work?
By car: 91% of commuters, 2.2% take public transit; on census day 38% of those in work worked from home.
How many jobs are there in Bulyea Heights?
Jobs and commuting flows exist only for Edmonton as a whole, and its page carries them.
What is the unemployment rate in Bulyea Heights?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 11% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Edmonton metro area at 7.1% 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).