Working-age people in Richfield are less likely to have a job than in 96% of Canadian towns
At 24 minutes on average, the trip to work from Richfield compares with 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. In 2020, a household at the middle of Richfield had $80,000 before tax; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. The 2021 census put unemployment in Richfield at 18%, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns.
Work in Richfield, in a few figures
Fewer people in work than most towns
With 55% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 48% of all adults employed. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
18% 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.
Jobs and income in Richfield earn C−
Better than 24% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #400 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.
Richfield at work: 55% of people aged 15 to 64
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 8 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. Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 58%. 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.
Household income in Richfield
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 56% of Canadian towns.
The middle of Alberta’s towns is $92,250, and Richfield is 13% below it. Of the 211 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 11, 157 have a higher median. These are 2020 incomes, before tax, and they include pandemic benefits such as CERB, which lifted many lower incomes 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).
Walking, cycling or transit: 11% of Richfield’s commuters
Fewer drive than in the middle of Alberta’s towns: 84% against 88%. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 16% against 21%. By bus, train or subway: 6.8%, 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).
In Census Division No. 11, 30% more people receive EI than in 2019
Figures for EI beneficiaries are published for Census Division No. 11 as a whole, not for Richfield alone.
For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 4.2 are on EI. Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 5%. January 2021 was the busiest month, with 97,990 people on EI, 3.1 times 2019’s average.
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).
Getting around Richfield on foot earns A
Better than 94% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #132 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Richfield next to Canadian towns of 2,500 to 4,700: 574th of 757 on 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 17 | Garrison Woods Alberta | 3,138 | 79% | 10% | $146K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 23 | Wainwright No. 61 Alberta | 4,576 | 84% | 5.5% | $108K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 572 | Valhalla Manitoba | 3,153 | 80% | 9.6% | $49K | C− |
| 573 | Glengarry Alberta | 3,087 | 61% | 16% | $76K | C− |
| 574 | Richfield Alberta | 3,456 | 55% | 18% | $80K | C− |
| 575 | Holyrood Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,749 | 67% | 12% | $89K | C− |
| 576 | Burkholme Ontario | 3,580 | 69% | 15% | $76K | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 757 | 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 Richfield, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Jobs and income in the places around Richfield
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richfield | 55% | 18% | $80K | 24 min | C− | A |
| Lee Ridge 0.9 km | 67% | 18% | $78K | 26.7 min | C− | A+ |
| Tipaskan 1 km | 64% | 14% | $76K | 26.3 min | C− | A+ |
| Tweddle Place 1.1 km | 64% | 14% | $86K | 23.5 min | C+ | A− |
| Kameyosek 1.4 km | 59% | 24% | $78K | 24.6 min | C− | A |
| Meyonohk 1.5 km | 70% | 12% | $88K | 25.5 min | C+ | A |
| Ekota 2.3 km | 65% | 17% | $95K | 26.8 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 Richfield, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Unemployment. Of everyone 15 or older who was working or job-hunting in the census week, the part still looking. Someone not seeking work isn’t in it at all.
- 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. How long getting to work normally takes, averaged from the census’s time bands at their middles; expect it to read slightly high against the timed figure.
- 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.
- The Labour Force Survey. The most recent unemployment rate on the page comes from this monthly survey, which covers the wider metro area or economic region, not 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.
- 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. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages stop at the municipality, so Edmonton’s page carries them; Richfield’s own figures sum its dissemination areas.
Questions about work in Richfield
What is the unemployment rate in Richfield?
The 2021 census found 18% 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 Richfield?
The census puts Richfield at $80,000 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Richfield get to work?
By car: 84% of commuters, 6.8% take public transit and 3.9% walk; on census day 16% of those in work worked from home.
How many jobs are there in Richfield?
The census places jobs by municipality, so the answer is in Edmonton’s figures, with the flows of its commuters.
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).