Household incomes in Canossa top those of 97% of Canadian towns
Canossa counted 71% of its 15-to-64s in jobs at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. At 26.8 minutes on average, the trip to work from Canossa compares with 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Census day 2021 found 9.8% of Canossa’s labour force without a job, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
What stands out about work in Canossa
Work near the middle
With 71% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 66% of all adults employed. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $124,700 before tax in 2020, where 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 Canossa earn B
Better than 57% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #218 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.
$124,700 a year: the median household in Canossa
Canossa’s median is 35% above the middle of Alberta’s towns ($92,250). Of the 211 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 11, 24 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 and out of work in Canossa
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 105 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 64% in October 2026. 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.
Walking, cycling or transit: 3.2% of Canossa’s commuters
Home was the workplace for 14%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit takes 2.5% of commuters, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Driving takes 90% of commuters to work; the middle of Alberta’s towns has 88%.
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
Nobody publishes EI beneficiaries for Canossa alone, so this card uses the figure for Census Division No. 11.
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4.2 receive EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 5%. The highest month was January 2021: 97,990 people, 3.1 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).
Canossa grades C+ for walkability
Better than 40% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #413 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Canossa places 295th of 694 on jobs and income among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 4,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 293 | Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs Quebec | 4,080 | 81% | 6.6% | $94K | B |
| 294 | Auditorium Ontario | 3,918 | 73% | 11% | $83K | B |
| 295 | Canossa Alberta | 3,246 | 71% | 9.8% | $125K | B |
| 296 | Maria Quebec | 2,770 | 74% | 4.8% | $73K | B |
| 297 | Malartic Quebec | 3,506 | 77% | 6.2% | $69K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 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 Canossa, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Around Canossa: jobs, pay and the commute
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canossa | 71% | 9.8% | $125K | 26.8 min | B | C+ |
| Rapperswill 0.6 km | 74% | 11% | $131K | 27.3 min | B+ | B |
| Baturyn 1 km | 70% | 15% | $96K | 25.3 min | B− | A− |
| Dunluce 1.3 km | 62% | 17% | $84K | 26.5 min | C− | A |
| Elsinore 1.6 km | 68% | 13% | $119K | 23.9 min | B | B− |
| Lorelei 1.9 km | 60% | 17% | $87K | 26.6 min | C− | A− |
| Albany 2.1 km | 36% | 10% | $91K | 24.1 min | C | 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 Canossa, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Employment Insurance. People receiving EI benefits each month, counted for the census division. It follows the local job market; it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- 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. 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. 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. Before-tax total income of the middle household for 2020, from the census. Neighbourhood medians are worked out from bracket counts, since Statistics Canada publishes none of their own.
- 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. Everything here sums the dissemination areas inside Canossa’s lines, since the census has no neighbourhood profile; where people commute is on Edmonton’s page.
Questions about work in Canossa
How do people in Canossa get to work?
By car: 90% of commuters, 2.5% take public transit and 0.7% walk; on census day 14% of those in work worked from home.
How many jobs are there in Canossa?
The census places jobs by municipality, so the answer is in Edmonton’s figures, with the flows of its commuters.
What is the unemployment rate in Canossa?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 9.8% 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.
What is the average household income in Canossa?
Before tax, half the households in Canossa had more than $124,700 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
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).