Rapperswill has higher household incomes than 98% of Canadian towns
A typical one-way commute from Rapperswill lasts 27.3 minutes, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. 74% of people aged 15 to 64 in Rapperswill had a job at the 2021 census, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns. 11% of the labour force in Rapperswill was out of work at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
The work figures that set Rapperswill apart
Work near the middle
With 74% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 70% of all adults employed. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $131,000 before tax in 2020, where the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
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 Rapperswill: graded B+
Better than 66% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #141 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.
$131,000 a year: the median household in Rapperswill
15 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 Rapperswill is 42% above it. 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).
How many in Rapperswill were working in 2021
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 144 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 64% of the wider area’s adults in work. The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 78%. 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.
4.8% of commuters in Rapperswill walk, cycle or take transit
By bus, train or subway: 3.4%, much as in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 94% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Working at home: 20%, close to 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).
In Census Division No. 11, 30% more people receive EI than in 2019
For EI beneficiaries, the only official count covers all of Census Division No. 11, Rapperswill included.
In January 2021 it reached 97,990, the most in the series and 3.1 times the 2019 average. Roughly 4.2 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw 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 counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Walking in Rapperswill earns B
Better than 60% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #377 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Rapperswill is 266th of 795 Canadian towns of 2,500 to 4,900 people for jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | Garrison Woods Alberta | 3,138 | 79% | 10% | $146K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 25 | Wainwright No. 61 Alberta | 4,576 | 84% | 5.5% | $108K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 264 | Saint-Étienne-des-Grès Quebec | 4,675 | 79% | 6.4% | $82K | B+ |
| 265 | Parkridge Saskatchewan | 4,518 | 68% | 9.9% | $97K | B+ |
| 266 | Rapperswill Alberta | 3,639 | 74% | 11% | $131K | B+ |
| 267 | Bridgeport East Ontario | 3,903 | 72% | 11% | $88K | B+ |
| 268 | Pacific Heights Saskatchewan | 3,770 | 70% | 12% | $93K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 795 | 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 Rapperswill, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Work in and around Rapperswill
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapperswill | 74% | 11% | $131K | 27.3 min | B+ | B |
| Canossa 0.6 km | 71% | 9.8% | $125K | 26.8 min | B | C+ |
| Dunluce 1 km | 62% | 17% | $84K | 26.5 min | C− | A |
| Albany 1.5 km | 36% | 10% | $91K | 24.1 min | C | B |
| Baturyn 1.6 km | 70% | 15% | $96K | 25.3 min | B− | A− |
| Oxford 1.9 km | 71% | 12% | $113K | 24.7 min | B | A− |
| Elsinore 2.3 km | 68% | 13% | $119K | 23.9 min | B | 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 Rapperswill, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- 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. People receiving EI benefits each month, counted for the census division. It follows the local job market; it isn’t an unemployment 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. We add up Rapperswill’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 Rapperswill
How do people in Rapperswill get to work?
By car: 94% of commuters, 3.4% take public transit and 1.4% walk; on census day 20% of those in work worked from home.
How many jobs are there in Rapperswill?
Jobs and commuting flows exist only for Edmonton as a whole, and its page carries them.
What is the unemployment rate in Rapperswill?
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 Rapperswill?
At $131,000 before tax in 2020, the median household in Rapperswill compares with $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).