Few Canadian towns have household incomes as high as Leger’s
Working at home: 32% of its workers, where the middle of Canadian towns has 21%. In Leger, 72% of residents aged 15 to 64 were working in May 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. 11% of the labour force in Leger was out of work at the 2021 census, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
Where Leger stands out on work
Higher incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $136,700 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
Many work from home
On census day, 32% of those in work were working at home; the middle of Canadian towns is 21%. Getting to work ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Jobs & income in Leger: graded A−
Better than 76% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #101 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.
Before tax, the median household in Leger had $136,700
Against the middle of Alberta’s towns ($92,250), Leger’s median is 48% above. 12 of the 211 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 11 have a higher median. The year is 2020: emergency benefits like CERB count in these incomes, and they raised the bottom of the range.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Before tax, 2020: higher than in almost any Canadian town.
3% of commuters from Leger go without a car
Few ride transit: 1.5%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. By car, truck or van: 90% of commuters, against 88% in the middle of Alberta’s towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
How many in Leger were working in 2021
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.
Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 62% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. Counting retirees, 56% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. In October 2026, 64% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. The census was taken on 11 May 2021, mid-pandemic, when lockdowns had pushed unemployment up and sent many to work from 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.
30% more people are on EI in Census Division No. 11 than in 2019
Over the year to August 2026, the count 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. 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).
Leger grades B for walkability
Better than 59% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #378 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Out of 734 Canadian towns of 2,900 to 5,500, Leger comes 179th on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| 2 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 3 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Garrison Woods Alberta | 3,138 | 79% | 10% | $146K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 16 | Wainwright No. 61 Alberta | 4,576 | 84% | 5.5% | $108K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 18 | Laurier Heights Alberta | 3,048 | 78% | 6.9% | $163K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 177 | Larkspur Alberta | 5,472 | 76% | 12% | $110K | A− |
| 178 | South Calgary Alberta | 4,412 | 74% | 12% | $97K | A− |
| 179 | Leger Alberta | 4,108 | 72% | 11% | $137K | A− |
| 180 | Arviat Nunavut | 3,330 | 43% | 18% | $106K | A− |
| 181 | Riverbend Manitoba | 5,453 | 74% | 7.1% | $119K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 734 | Division No. 1, Subdivision E Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,978 | 57% | 22% | $60K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Leger, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Work in the places around Leger
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leger | 72% | 11% | $137K | 23.5 min | A− | B |
| Terwillegar Towne 1 km | 77% | 9.1% | $131K | 27.4 min | B+ | A− |
| Ogilvie Ridge 1 km | 79% | 11% | $121K | 27 min | A− | A− |
| Magrath Heights 1.2 km | 74% | 14% | $161K | 25.5 min | B+ | A− |
| Haddow 1.8 km | 72% | 12% | $147K | 26.7 min | B | C+ |
| Bulyea Heights 2 km | 76% | 11% | $169K | 24.5 min | A− | C+ |
| Rhatigan Ridge 2 km | 77% | 9.7% | $161K | 24 min | A | 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 Leger, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. Monthly, and only for metro areas and economic regions. It is the up-to-date rate we set beside the census’s 2021 snapshot.
- 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. It counts only people who wanted work and had none in May 2021, as a share of those working or searching; students and retirees who weren’t looking stay out of both sides.
- 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.
- 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. We add up Leger’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 Leger
What is the unemployment rate in Leger?
The 2021 census found 11% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Edmonton metro area, is 7.1% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Leger?
Before tax, half the households in Leger had more than $136,700 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Leger get to work?
90% of commuters go by car, 1.5% take public transit and 1.5% walk. On census day 32% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How many jobs are there in Leger?
Jobs are counted by municipality, not neighbourhood: the page for Edmonton has the jobs based there and where its commuters go.
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).