Photo: Johntwrl · CC BY-SA 3.0Parkview ranks among the highest-earning Canadian towns by household income
In Parkview, 80% of residents aged 15 to 64 were working in May 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. Commutes from Parkview average 21.1 minutes, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. On census day, 33% of workers here were at home, next to 21% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What sets Parkview apart on jobs and income
More people in work than most towns
With 80% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 59% of all adults employed. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $155,300 before tax in 2020, where the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 21.1 minutes; the middle of Canadian towns is 26. Getting to work ↓
Many work from home
33% of workers worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. 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.
Parkview earns A+ for jobs and income
Better than almost every Canadian town on three measures together, #4 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.
In and out of work in Parkview
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 205 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 64% in work in October 2026. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 65% of residents that age. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 59%: many residents are past working age. These are census figures from May 2021, during COVID’s third wave; jobs have recovered since, which the Labour Force Survey shows.
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 earned in Parkview: $155,300 in 2020
That puts Parkview 68% above the median of Alberta’s towns, $92,250. Of the 211 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 11, 5 have a higher median. Pandemic support paid in 2020, CERB first among it, is part of these before-tax incomes.
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.
7.5% of commuters from Parkview go without a car
The car takes 87% of commuters here, under the 88% in the middle of Alberta’s towns. Transit takes 1% of commuters, against 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).
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
Parkview doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from Census Division No. 11.
In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 5%. At its peak, in January 2021, 97,990 people were on EI, 3.1 times the 2019 average. Roughly 4.2 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw 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).
Walkability in Parkview: graded A−
Better than 81% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #254 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Parkview places 15th of 699 on jobs and income among Canadian towns of 4,000 to 7,700
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 2 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | North River Heights Manitoba | 7,228 | 82% | 8.4% | $143K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 12 | Altadore Alberta | 7,675 | 80% | 8.1% | $155K | A+ |
| 13 | Uplands Saskatchewan | 5,273 | 79% | 6.7% | $104K | A+ |
| 14 | Brighton Saskatchewan | 7,238 | 80% | 5.9% | $135K | A+ |
| 15 | Parkview Alberta | 5,729 | 80% | 9% | $155K | A+ |
| 16 | Tuxedo Manitoba | 4,295 | 81% | 7.2% | $105K | A+ |
| 17 | Wainwright No. 61 Alberta | 4,576 | 84% | 5.5% | $108K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 23 | Richmond Alberta | 4,811 | 79% | 9.2% | $114K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 27 | Glenora Alberta | 6,197 | 78% | 9.1% | $123K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 699 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Parkview, and others among Alberta’s towns.
The work picture around Parkview
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parkview | 80% | 9% | $155K | 21.1 min | A+ | A− |
| Jasper Park 1 km | 70% | 15% | $71K | 25.2 min | C− | A+ |
| Laurier Heights 1.4 km | 78% | 6.9% | $163K | 20.3 min | A+ | B+ |
| West Jasper Place 1.6 km | 59% | 19% | $54K | 24.4 min | D | A+ |
| Lynnwood 1.8 km | 68% | 11% | $87K | 23.2 min | B− | A+ |
| Meadowlark Park 1.8 km | 70% | 12% | $92K | 24.3 min | B− | A |
| Glenora 1.9 km | 78% | 9.1% | $123K | 20.3 min | A+ | 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 Parkview, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Household income. Before-tax total income of the middle household for 2020, from the census. Neighbourhood medians are worked out from bracket counts, since Statistics Canada publishes none of their own.
- 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.
- 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. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- 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. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages stop at the municipality, so Edmonton’s page carries them; Parkview’s own figures sum its dissemination areas.
Questions about work in Parkview
How do people in Parkview get to work?
By car: 87% of commuters, 1% take public transit, 4.4% walk and 2.1% cycle; on census day 33% of those in work worked from home.
How many jobs are there in Parkview?
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 Parkview?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 9% 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 Parkview?
Before tax, half the households in Parkview had more than $155,300 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
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).