Working-age people in Kildare are less likely to have a job than in 90% of Canadian towns
Out of work in May 2021: 19% of Kildare’s labour force, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns. At 27.5 minutes on average, the trip to work from Kildare compares with 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Before tax, the typical household in Kildare brought in $70,900 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
What Kildare’s work numbers say
Fewer people in work than most towns
In work at the 2021 census: 63% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 44% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 19% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 7.1%. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $70,900 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
The Jobs & income grade for Kildare: D
Better than 10% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #453 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.
How many in Kildare have a job: 63% of 15-to-64s
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 35 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Working or looking, 55% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. Counting retirees, 44% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 64% in October 2026. The figures are a snapshot of 11 May 2021, when pandemic rules still kept many people out of work or at home.
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.
What households in Kildare earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 64% of Canadian towns.
183 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), Kildare’s median is 23% below. Pandemic benefits paid in 2020 lifted the incomes at the bottom, and they are counted here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Walking, cycling or transit: 13% of Kildare’s commuters
More people take transit to work here than in the middle of Alberta’s towns: 9.5% against 5.7%. The car takes 84% of commuters here, under the 88% in the middle of Alberta’s towns. Home was the workplace for 12%, 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).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
In Census Division No. 11, 30% more people receive EI than in 2019
Behind EI beneficiaries sits data gathered across Census Division No. 11, with Kildare one part of it.
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. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4.2 receive 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).
How walkable Kildare is: A
Better than 89% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #178 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Kildare next to Canadian towns of 2,500 to 3,800: 472nd of 527 on 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Garrison Woods Alberta | 3,138 | 79% | 10% | $146K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 20 | Laurier Heights Alberta | 3,048 | 78% | 6.9% | $163K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 470 | Sainte-Clotilde Quebec | 3,297 | 55% | 8.1% | $81K | D |
| 471 | Gore Quebec | 2,756 | 71% | 6.6% | $74K | D |
| 472 | Kildare Alberta | 2,833 | 63% | 19% | $71K | D |
| 473 | Virginia Park Alberta | 3,431 | 64% | 16% | $63K | D |
| 474 | Sudbury, Unorganized, North Part Ontario | 3,083 | 66% | 9.2% | $79K | D |
| … | ||||||
| 527 | 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 Kildare, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Jobs and income in the places around Kildare
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kildare | 63% | 19% | $71K | 27.5 min | D | A |
| Kilkenny 0.6 km | 60% | 15% | $83K | 27.1 min | C− | A− |
| Evansdale 1.2 km | 50% | 21% | $69K | 26.5 min | D | A |
| Delwood 1.3 km | 67% | 15% | $86K | 25.9 min | C | A |
| Northmount 1.3 km | 64% | 17% | $88K | 25.3 min | C | A |
| York 1.7 km | 67% | 16% | $84K | 30.1 min | C− | A+ |
| Glengarry 1.8 km | 61% | 16% | $76K | 23.2 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 Kildare, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada surveys households every month; the results come out for metro areas and economic regions, never for single towns, and keep the rate current after 2021.
- In work. People in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64 (2021 Census). The census doesn’t cross work with age below the municipality, so this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood has; retirees don’t weigh on it.
- 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. Taken from the 2021 Census, which asked about 2020: wages, pensions, investment income and government transfers together, before income tax, for the median household.
- 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. 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.
- Which towns we compare. Any town of 2,500 or more counts, and so does any city neighbourhood that size; the city as a whole and First Nations reserves don’t. The middle is the median.
- Neighbourhood figures. Everything here sums the dissemination areas inside Kildare’s lines, since the census has no neighbourhood profile; where people commute is on Edmonton’s page.
Questions about work in Kildare
What is the average household income in Kildare?
Kildare’s middle household had $70,900 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Kildare get to work?
84% of commuters drive, 9.5% take public transit and 3.6% walk; 12% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How many jobs are there in Kildare?
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 Kildare?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 19% 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).