Hillview has a smaller share of its working-age people in jobs than 81% of Canadian towns
Joblessness at the 2021 census: 14% of Hillview’s labour force; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. A typical one-way commute from Hillview lasts 26.4 minutes, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Before tax, the typical household in Hillview brought in $77,700 in 2020, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns.
What Hillview’s work numbers say
Fewer people in work than most towns
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 67% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 52%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 14% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 7.1% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
On jobs and income, Hillview grades C−
Better than 22% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #413 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.
In Hillview, 67% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 69 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 61% of residents that age. Counting retirees, 52% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 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.
Household income in Hillview
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 51% of Canadian towns.
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 11, 165 have a higher median. Hillview’s median is 16% below the middle of Alberta’s towns ($92,250). 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).
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 9.6% of Hillview’s commuters
Fewer drive than in the middle of Alberta’s towns: 86% against 88%. Only 16% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. By bus, train or subway: 7.3%, against 3.5% 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).
30% more people are on EI in Census Division No. 11 than in 2019
That is about 4.2 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 5%. January 2021 was the busiest month, with 97,990 people on EI, 3.1 times 2019’s average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: 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).
How walkable Hillview is: A
Better than 87% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #201 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Out of 717 Canadian towns of 3,800 to 7,400, Hillview comes 578th on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 2 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | North River Heights Manitoba | 7,228 | 82% | 8.4% | $143K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 14 | Parkview Alberta | 5,729 | 80% | 9% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 16 | Wainwright No. 61 Alberta | 4,576 | 84% | 5.5% | $108K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 22 | Richmond Alberta | 4,811 | 79% | 9.2% | $114K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 576 | Huntington Ontario | 5,024 | 64% | 14% | $82K | C− |
| 577 | Cherry Hill Ontario | 6,304 | 70% | 11% | $67K | C− |
| 578 | Hillview Alberta | 5,473 | 67% | 14% | $78K | C− |
| 579 | Sussex New Brunswick | 4,994 | 68% | 11% | $55K | C− |
| 580 | Grosvenor Park Saskatchewan | 6,240 | 61% | 12% | $62K | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 717 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Hillview, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Neighbouring places to Hillview, compared
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillview | 67% | 14% | $78K | 26.4 min | C− | A |
| Minchau 0.9 km | 70% | 14% | $96K | 28.8 min | C+ | A− |
| Weinlos 0.9 km | 63% | 16% | $89K | 26.1 min | C | A |
| Greenview 0.9 km | 68% | 15% | $112K | 27.3 min | B− | A |
| Kameyosek 1.4 km | 59% | 24% | $78K | 24.6 min | C− | A |
| Lee Ridge 1.6 km | 67% | 18% | $78K | 26.7 min | C− | A+ |
| Meyokumin 1.7 km | 67% | 15% | $75K | 27.3 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 Hillview, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Unemployment. The census-week jobless rate for residents 15 and over. Its base is the labour force, those employed plus those actively looking.
- 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. 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. A monthly count of Employment Insurance beneficiaries for the whole census division. It tracks the local job market, but it is not 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. Everyone with a job, whatever their age, divided by the residents aged 15 to 64 at the 2021 Census: below the municipality the census doesn’t split work by age, and this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood can be given.
- 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. Hillview’s census figures are summed from its dissemination areas. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages are published only for the whole municipality, so they are on Edmonton’s page.
Questions about work in Hillview
What is the unemployment rate in Hillview?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 14% 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 Hillview?
Hillview’s middle household had $77,700 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Hillview get to work?
Driving takes 86% of commuters to work, 7.3% take public transit and 2.3% walk, and on census day 16% of those in work were at home.
How many jobs are there in Hillview?
Statistics Canada counts jobs for whole municipalities only; Edmonton has the total and the commuting flows.
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).