MacEwan has higher household incomes than 79% of Canadian towns
Unemployment in MacEwan stood at 10% on census day 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. Workers in MacEwan spend 28.4 minutes on the way to work on average (26 in the middle of Canadian towns). MacEwan counted 75% of its 15-to-64s in jobs at the 2021 census, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%.
The work figures that set MacEwan apart
Work near the middle
75% of people aged 15 to 64 had a job at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; counting everyone 15 and over, retirees included, it was 65%. In work ↓
Unemployment near the middle
Unemployment was 10% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 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.
MacEwan earns B− for jobs and income
Better than 52% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #263 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.
Who in MacEwan has a job
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 158 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 64% in October 2026. Census day was 11 May 2021, in the pandemic’s third wave: unemployment ran high and many worked from home, so these figures describe that spring rather than today.
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 MacEwan: $93,800 at the median
106 of the 211 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 11 have a higher median. The middle of Alberta’s towns is $92,250, and MacEwan is 2% above it. 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).
Leaving the car at home: 9.8% of commuters in MacEwan
By car, truck or van: 88% of commuters, much as in the middle of Alberta’s towns. Home was the workplace for 24%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 21%. Transit takes 8.1% of commuters, above the 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
For EI beneficiaries, the only official count covers all of Census Division No. 11, MacEwan included.
Set against the same month a year before, 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. That works out to around 4.2 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division.
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 MacEwan is: B+
Better than 72% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #330 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Out of 686 Canadian towns of 4,300 to 8,200, MacEwan comes 336th 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Altadore Alberta | 7,675 | 80% | 8.1% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 16 | Parkview Alberta | 5,729 | 80% | 9% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 18 | Wainwright No. 61 Alberta | 4,576 | 84% | 5.5% | $108K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 334 | Bostwick Ontario | 7,694 | 66% | 10% | $93K | B− |
| 335 | University Saskatchewan | 5,888 | 73% | 12% | $71K | B− |
| 336 | MacEwan Alberta | 6,102 | 75% | 10% | $94K | B− |
| 337 | Taber Alberta | 8,009 | 69% | 5.4% | $88K | B− |
| 338 | Sandstone Valley Alberta | 5,816 | 68% | 14% | $105K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 686 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of MacEwan, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Neighbouring places to MacEwan, compared
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacEwan | 75% | 10% | $94K | 28.4 min | B− | B+ |
| Twin Brooks 0.9 km | 73% | 11% | $137K | 26.1 min | B+ | B+ |
| Cavanagh 1.5 km | 72% | 12% | $118K | 27.4 min | B− | B |
| Rutherford 1.8 km | 74% | 11% | $101K | 28.1 min | B− | A− |
| Mactaggart 2 km | 73% | 9% | $122K | 25.8 min | B+ | A− |
| Skyrattler 2.1 km | 71% | 14% | $75K | 25.9 min | C | A |
| Bearspaw 2.4 km | 75% | 10% | $100K | 25.3 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 MacEwan, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Half of households had more than this before tax in 2020, half less, counting every source of income. For a neighbourhood we estimate the median from the income brackets of its dissemination areas.
- Trip times. One way, on a usual day, from the census’s travel-time bands. Band midpoints overstate it a little next to the figure Statistics Canada times.
- Employment Insurance. Monthly EI recipients across the census division: a pulse of the local job market rather than a measure of who is out of work.
- 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. How many residents held a job in May 2021, set against how many were 15 to 64. It reads a little high where many people work past 65, since below the municipality the census gives no breakdown of workers by age.
- Which towns we compare. The comparison pool is places of 2,500 people or more, towns or neighbourhoods inside cities, without whole cities or reserves, and we compare with its median.
- Neighbourhood figures. The census reaches a neighbourhood only through its dissemination areas, and MacEwan’s figures add those up. Edmonton’s page has the commuting flows, which exist only for the whole municipality.
Questions about work in MacEwan
What is the average household income in MacEwan?
MacEwan’s middle household had $93,800 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in MacEwan get to work?
88% of commuters go by car, 8.1% take public transit and 1.7% walk. On census day 24% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How many jobs are there in MacEwan?
Statistics Canada counts jobs for whole municipalities only; Edmonton has the total and the commuting flows.
What is the unemployment rate in MacEwan?
The census put unemployment at 10% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Edmonton metro area at 7.1%.
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).