Klarvatten’s household incomes are higher than in 97% of Canadian towns
Unemployment in Klarvatten stood at 12% on census day 2021, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. At 27.9 minutes on average, the trip to work from Klarvatten compares with 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. The 2021 census found 72% of working-age people in Klarvatten employed, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns.
What sets Klarvatten apart on jobs and income
Work near the middle
In work at the 2021 census: 72% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 62% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household had $123,200 before tax in 2020; 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.
Klarvatten earns B− for jobs and income
Better than 55% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #233 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.
Before tax, the median household in Klarvatten had $123,200
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 11, 28 have a higher median. The middle of Alberta’s towns is $92,250, and Klarvatten is 34% above it. 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).
Who in Klarvatten has a job
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 117 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Counting those looking for work too, 71% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 64% in work 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.
5.7% of commuters in Klarvatten walk, cycle or take transit
The car is the way to work for 92% of commuters. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 17% against 21%.
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
Klarvatten doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from Census Division No. 11.
The count topped out in January 2021 at 97,990 people, 3.1 times the 2019 average. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4.2 receive EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 5%.
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).
Getting around Klarvatten on foot earns B
Better than 58% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #384 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Klarvatten next to Canadian towns of 4,700 to 9,100: 319th of 708 on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 3 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 11 | Altadore Alberta | 7,675 | 80% | 8.1% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 14 | Parkview Alberta | 5,729 | 80% | 9% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 22 | Richmond Alberta | 4,811 | 79% | 9.2% | $114K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 317 | Morgan Creek British Columbia | 8,084 | 73% | 7.5% | $134K | B |
| 318 | Cavanagh Alberta | 7,300 | 72% | 12% | $118K | B− |
| 319 | Klarvatten Alberta | 6,773 | 72% | 12% | $123K | B− |
| 320 | South Terwillegar Alberta | 8,183 | 73% | 12% | $111K | B− |
| 321 | Craig Henry - Manordale Ontario | 8,758 | 69% | 11% | $109K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 708 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Klarvatten, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Jobs and income in the places around Klarvatten
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Klarvatten | 72% | 12% | $123K | 27.9 min | B− | B |
| Lago Lindo 0.9 km | 66% | 12% | $117K | 28.9 min | C+ | B+ |
| Crystallina Nera West 1 km | 76% | 9.9% | $91K | 27.4 min | B− | B− |
| Elsinore 1.4 km | 68% | 13% | $119K | 23.9 min | B | B− |
| Crystallina Nera East 1.6 km | 73% | 12% | $112K | 26.4 min | B | B− |
| Mayliewan 1.9 km | 70% | 11% | $120K | 25 min | B | B |
| Belle Rive 2 km | 70% | 9.9% | $117K | 27.3 min | B− | 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 Klarvatten, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada’s monthly survey, published for metro areas and economic regions rather than towns: it gives a current rate beside the census’s 2021 one.
- In work. We divide the number of employed residents by the number aged 15 to 64. Workers past 64 still count on top, because the 2021 Census crosses work with age only for whole municipalities; in return, a retirement town’s pensioners don’t drag the rate down.
- Unemployment. The share of people 15 and over in the labour force, working or looking for work, who had no job on census day in May 2021.
- Household income. What the median household took in during 2020 before tax, as the census recorded it; an estimate built from income groups when the place is a neighbourhood.
- Trip times. Our average assumes everyone in, say, the 15-to-29-minute band takes 22 minutes. Across all the bands that runs a shade above Statistics Canada’s measured 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. 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. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages stop at the municipality, so Edmonton’s page carries them; Klarvatten’s own figures sum its dissemination areas.
Questions about work in Klarvatten
How many jobs are there in Klarvatten?
There is no count for a neighbourhood: the jobs figure, and where commuters go, are published for Edmonton as one municipality.
What is the unemployment rate in Klarvatten?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 12% 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 Klarvatten?
Before tax, half the households in Klarvatten had more than $123,200 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Klarvatten get to work?
92% of commuters drive, 5.7% take public transit; 17% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
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).