Cy Becker has higher household incomes than 98% of Canadian towns
The 2021 census found 82% of working-age people in Cy Becker employed, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%. At 28 minutes on average, the trip to work from Cy Becker compares with 26 in the middle of Canadian towns.
The work numbers behind Cy Becker
More people in work than most towns
With 82% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 76% of all adults employed. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $129,700 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 Cy Becker earn A
Better than 89% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #34 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.
In and out of work in Cy Becker
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 208 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
A more recent figure, for the wider area: 64% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. Counting those looking for work too, 83% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. 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.
$129,700 a year: the median household in Cy Becker
That puts Cy Becker 41% above the median of Alberta’s towns, $92,250. Of the 211 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 11, 18 have a higher median. CERB and the other emergency payments of 2020 are counted in these incomes, which lifted the lower ones that year.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
8.2% of commuters from Cy Becker go without a car
The car is the way to work for 91% of commuters. Home was the workplace for 19%, under the 21% in 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).
In Census Division No. 11, 30% more people receive EI than in 2019
For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 4.2 are on EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 5%. At its peak, in January 2021, 97,990 people were on EI, 3.1 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Data for EI beneficiaries covers Census Division No. 11. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Walkability in Cy Becker: graded B+
Better than 70% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #337 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Cy Becker places 72nd of 458 on jobs and income among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 3,600
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 12 | Garrison Woods Alberta | 3,138 | 79% | 10% | $146K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | Laurier Heights Alberta | 3,048 | 78% | 6.9% | $163K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 70 | Kinburn Ontario | 2,639 | 84% | 6.4% | $125K | A |
| 71 | Leeming Ontario | 2,849 | 79% | 8.7% | $142K | A |
| 72 | Cy Becker Alberta | 2,683 | 82% | 8.2% | $130K | A |
| 73 | Swan Valley West Manitoba | 2,702 | 93% | 3.8% | $70K | A |
| 74 | Virden Manitoba | 3,322 | 80% | 8.8% | $72K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 458 | 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 Cy Becker, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Around Cy Becker: jobs, pay and the commute
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cy Becker | 82% | 8.2% | $130K | 28 min | A | B+ |
| Brintnell 1.4 km | 70% | 12% | $118K | 27.1 min | B− | A |
| Hollick-Kenyon 1.7 km | 72% | 14% | $110K | 26.5 min | B | A |
| McConachie 1.7 km | 75% | 9% | $114K | 27.5 min | B | A |
| Edmonton Energy And Technology Park 2.1 km | 59% | 15% | $84K | 27 min | C− | B− |
| Matt Berry 2.3 km | 63% | 14% | $119K | 24.7 min | B− | B− |
| Miller 2.5 km | 74% | 13% | $101K | 27.7 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 Cy Becker, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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.
- 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. 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.
- 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.
- 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. We add up Cy Becker’s dissemination areas for its census figures. Flows between places and timed averages exist only for the whole municipality: see Edmonton’s page.
Questions about work in Cy Becker
What is the unemployment rate in Cy Becker?
The census put unemployment at 8.2% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Edmonton metro area at 7.1%.
What is the average household income in Cy Becker?
The median household in Cy Becker had $129,700 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Cy Becker get to work?
By car: 91% of commuters, 8.2% take public transit; on census day 19% of those in work worked from home.
How many jobs are there in Cy Becker?
Jobs and commuting flows exist only for Edmonton as a whole, and its page carries them.
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).