Overlanders has a smaller share of its working-age people in jobs than 95% of Canadian towns
When the 2021 census was taken, 14% of people in Overlanders who wanted a job had none, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. At 27.4 minutes on average, the trip to work from Overlanders compares with 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. In 2020, a household at the middle of Overlanders had $73,600 before tax, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900.
The short version on work in Overlanders
Fewer people in work than most towns
With 57% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 53% of all adults employed. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
14% of the labour force was out of work at the 2021 census (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns); the Labour Force Survey had the area at 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.
Overlanders earns D for jobs and income
Better than 11% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #449 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.
Overlanders at work: 57% of people aged 15 to 64
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 12 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. For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 64% in work in October 2026. Pandemic rules were in force on census day, 11 May 2021; the Labour Force Survey shows how jobs have moved since.
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.
Earnings at home in Overlanders: households
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 57% of Canadian towns.
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 11, 178 have a higher median. Against the middle of Alberta’s towns ($92,250), Overlanders’ median is 20% below. In 2020 emergency benefits topped up many low incomes, and the census counts them here.
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: 13% of commuters in Overlanders
Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 10% against 21%. By transit: 12% of commuters, well above the 5.7% in the middle of Alberta’s towns. The car takes 83% of commuters here, under the 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).
EI claims in Census Division No. 11 run 30% above their 2019 level
At its peak, in January 2021, 97,990 people were on EI, 3.1 times the 2019 average. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4.2 receive EI. Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 5%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries published for Census Division No. 11, not by town. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Walking in Overlanders earns A
Better than 87% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #202 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Overlanders places 488th of 553 on jobs and income among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 3,900
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 486 | Saint-Anicet Quebec | 2,854 | 75% | 8.3% | $66K | D |
| 487 | Central Okanagan West British Columbia | 3,298 | 64% | 12% | $85K | D |
| 488 | Overlanders Alberta | 2,879 | 57% | 14% | $74K | D |
| 489 | Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast British Columbia | 3,256 | 73% | 13% | $64K | D |
| 490 | Delton Alberta | 2,657 | 60% | 20% | $72K | D |
| … | ||||||
| 553 | 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 Overlanders, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Work in the places around Overlanders
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overlanders | 57% | 14% | $74K | 27.4 min | D | A |
| Belmont 1.1 km | 65% | 14% | $88K | 28.9 min | C− | A+ |
| Kernohan 1.4 km | 67% | 14% | $98K | 27.2 min | C+ | A |
| Beacon Heights 1.6 km | 65% | 17% | $86K | 26.8 min | C | A− |
| Rundle Heights 1.7 km | 55% | 18% | $64K | 29.1 min | D− | A+ |
| Homesteader 1.9 km | 59% | 16% | $82K | 27.3 min | C− | A+ |
| Beverly Heights 1.9 km | 63% | 14% | $76K | 24.4 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 Overlanders, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- In work. Why 15 to 64? Otherwise retirees would pull the rate down in older towns. The census can’t say how old a neighbourhood’s workers are, so the count of people in work takes every age.
- 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. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- 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. 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.
- The Labour Force Survey. Sampled each month and released for regions rather than towns, so its rate describes the area around the town.
- 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. Everything here sums the dissemination areas inside Overlanders’ lines, since the census has no neighbourhood profile; where people commute is on Edmonton’s page.
Questions about work in Overlanders
How do people in Overlanders get to work?
By car: 83% of commuters, 12% take public transit and 1% walk; on census day 10% of those in work worked from home.
How many jobs are there in Overlanders?
Jobs are counted by municipality, not neighbourhood: the page for Edmonton has the jobs based there and where its commuters go.
What is the unemployment rate in Overlanders?
At the 2021 census 14% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Edmonton metro area, gives 7.1% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Overlanders?
The census puts Overlanders at $73,600 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
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).