Ramsay Heights’ household incomes are higher than in 84% of Canadian towns
73% of people aged 15 to 64 in Ramsay Heights had a job at the 2021 census, right at the middle of Canadian towns. Home was the workplace for 33% of its workers in May 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 21%. On average, people in Ramsay Heights spend 27 minutes getting to work, next to 26 for the middle of Canadian towns.
Jobs and income in Ramsay Heights: what the figures say
More unemployment than most towns
The Labour Force Survey had the area at 7.1% in October 2026; on census day in 2021 the town’s own rate was 13%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
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.
Jobs and income in Ramsay Heights earn B−
Better than 54% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #241 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 Ramsay Heights
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 132 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
In October 2026, 64% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 62% of residents that age. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 54%: 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.
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 13% of Ramsay Heights’ commuters
By bus, train or subway: 8.2%, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. 83% drive to work, fewer than 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).
$98,300 a year: the median household in Ramsay Heights
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 11, 92 have a higher median. The middle of Alberta’s towns is $92,250, and Ramsay Heights is 7% above it. CERB and the other emergency payments of 2020 are counted in these incomes, which lifted the lower ones that year.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
In Census Division No. 11, 30% more people receive EI than in 2019
For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 4.2 are on EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 5%. In January 2021 it reached 97,990, the most in the series and 3.1 times the 2019 average.
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).
On getting around on foot, Ramsay Heights grades A
Better than 90% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #162 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Ranked on jobs and income, Ramsay Heights is 339th among 742 Canadian towns of 2,500 to 4,600
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 16 | Garrison Woods Alberta | 3,138 | 79% | 10% | $146K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 22 | Wainwright No. 61 Alberta | 4,576 | 84% | 5.5% | $108K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 337 | Crystallina Nera West Alberta | 3,150 | 76% | 9.9% | $91K | B− |
| 338 | Jerome Ontario | 2,820 | 63% | 17% | $114K | B− |
| 339 | Ramsay Heights Alberta | 3,434 | 73% | 13% | $98K | B− |
| 340 | Salisbury New Brunswick | 2,585 | 79% | 11% | $72K | B− |
| 341 | Sturgeon Creek Manitoba | 3,202 | 72% | 7.5% | $82K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 742 | 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 Ramsay Heights, and others among Alberta’s towns.
The places around Ramsay Heights, side by side
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsay Heights | 73% | 13% | $98K | 27 min | B− | A |
| Brookside 1 km | 80% | 8.6% | $141K | 24 min | A+ | A− |
| Bulyea Heights 1.6 km | 76% | 11% | $169K | 24.5 min | A− | C+ |
| Rhatigan Ridge 1.9 km | 77% | 9.7% | $161K | 24 min | A | B |
| River Valley Oleskiw 2.1 km | 75% | 9.4% | $140K | 25.1 min | A− | A− |
| Westbrook Estates 2.5 km | 75% | 11% | $140K | 24.2 min | A− | B+ |
| Patricia Heights 2.7 km | 77% | 11% | $133K | 23.2 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 Ramsay Heights, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- The Labour Force Survey. A monthly household survey by Statistics Canada, reported for metro areas and economic regions only. It supplies a recent rate next to the 2021 census figure.
- 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. 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. The 2020 income of the household at the midpoint, all sources and before tax. Inside a city we rebuild it from the dissemination areas’ income bands, so there it is an estimate.
- Trip times. Commuters picked a band for their usual trip (under 15 minutes, 15 to 29, and so on). We place each person at the middle of their band, which lands a little above Statistics Canada’s own timed average.
- Employment Insurance. Statistics Canada counts EI beneficiaries each month by census division. Seasonal work makes it swing, so read it as a trend, not a jobless rate.
- 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. Ramsay Heights’ census figures are summed from its dissemination areas. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages are published only for the whole municipality, so they are on Edmonton’s page.
Questions about work in Ramsay Heights
What is the unemployment rate in Ramsay Heights?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Edmonton metro area at 7.1%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 13%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Ramsay Heights?
Ramsay Heights’s middle household had $98,300 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Ramsay Heights get to work?
By car: 83% of commuters, 8.2% take public transit, 3.4% walk and 1% cycle; on census day 33% of those in work worked from home.
How many jobs are there in Ramsay Heights?
Statistics Canada counts jobs for whole municipalities only; Edmonton has the total and the commuting flows.
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).