Greenfield has higher household incomes than 97% of Canadian towns
31% of its workers worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. The 2021 census found 76% of working-age people in Greenfield employed, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%. In May 2021, unemployment in Greenfield reached 9.7%; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
What Greenfield’s work numbers say
Work near the middle
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 76% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 58%. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $124,300 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.
Greenfield earns A− for jobs and income
Better than 79% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #84 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.
Greenfield households: $124,300 a year at the median
25 of the 211 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 11 have a higher median. Against the middle of Alberta’s towns ($92,250), Greenfield’s median is 35% above. Incomes are for 2020, the first pandemic year, so CERB and other emergency payments are part of them.
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 Greenfield
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 164 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 58%. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 64% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 65%. Statistics Canada counted on 11 May 2021, with much of the country under pandemic rules: more people were out of work or at home than usual.
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.
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 8.3% of Greenfield’s commuters
By bus, train or subway: 5%, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Driving to work is about as common as in the middle of Alberta’s towns, at 89%.
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
Figures for EI beneficiaries are published for Census Division No. 11 as a whole, not for Greenfield alone.
Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 5%. In January 2021 it reached 97,990, the most in the series and 3.1 times the 2019 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).
On getting around on foot, Greenfield grades A
Better than 87% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #203 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
For jobs and income, Greenfield is 185th of 769 Canadian towns of 2,600 to 5,000
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 18 | Garrison Woods Alberta | 3,138 | 79% | 10% | $146K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 23 | Wainwright No. 61 Alberta | 4,576 | 84% | 5.5% | $108K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 183 | East River, Part 1 Prince Edward Island | 2,657 | 86% | 8.2% | $82K | A− |
| 184 | Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine British Columbia | 4,153 | 73% | 11% | $86K | A− |
| 185 | Greenfield Alberta | 3,710 | 76% | 9.7% | $124K | A− |
| 186 | Saint-Isidore Quebec | 3,550 | 91% | 4.7% | $83K | A− |
| 187 | Golf Course Ontario | 3,741 | 75% | 10% | $129K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 769 | 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 Greenfield, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Work next door to Greenfield
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenfield | 76% | 9.7% | $124K | 25.5 min | A− | A |
| Sweet Grass 0.5 km | 70% | 13% | $93K | 27.3 min | C+ | A |
| Royal Gardens 1.1 km | 69% | 15% | $82K | 28.8 min | C− | A+ |
| Blue Quill 1.1 km | 67% | 16% | $74K | 28.5 min | D | A+ |
| Duggan 1.2 km | 69% | 13% | $86K | 23.1 min | B− | A+ |
| Westbrook Estates 1.6 km | 75% | 11% | $140K | 24.2 min | A− | B+ |
| Ermineskin 1.8 km | 72% | 14% | $76K | 26 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 Greenfield, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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.
- 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. 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.
- Household income. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- 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; Greenfield’s own figures sum its dissemination areas.
Questions about work in Greenfield
How many jobs are there in Greenfield?
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 Greenfield?
At the 2021 census 9.7% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Edmonton metro area, gives 7.1% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Greenfield?
At $124,300 before tax in 2020, the median household in Greenfield compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Greenfield get to work?
Driving takes 89% of commuters to work, 5% take public transit, 2.5% walk and 0.8% cycle, and on census day 31% of those in work were at home.
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).