Photo: CnekYT · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Ritchie have higher incomes than those in 68% of Canadian towns
Working at home: 32% of its workers, where the middle of Canadian towns has 21%. A typical one-way commute from Ritchie lasts 20.9 minutes, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. 77% of people aged 15 to 64 in Ritchie had a job at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%.
The short version on work in Ritchie
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 20.9 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns. Getting to work ↓
Many work from home
32% 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.
On jobs and income, Ritchie grades A−
Better than 84% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #56 of 474 in Alberta.
Its strongest measure is trip times; 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.
18% of commuters from Ritchie go without a car
On foot: 7.1% of commuters, well above the 2.5% in the middle of Alberta’s towns. 79% drive to work, fewer than the 88% in the middle of Alberta’s towns. By bus, train or subway: 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).
Who in Ritchie has a job
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 183 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 64% in October 2026. Working or looking, 74% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. 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 Ritchie: $86,400 at the median
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 11, 132 have a higher median. That puts Ritchie 6% below the median of Alberta’s towns, $92,250. That year, 2020, brought emergency benefits that count in these totals, before tax.
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
Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 5%. The count topped out in January 2021 at 97,990 people, 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. 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).
Everyday places on foot in Ritchie: A+
Better than almost every Canadian town on two measures together, #41 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Out of 690 Canadian towns of 3,700 to 7,000, Ritchie comes 104th on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Neepawa Manitoba | 6,328 | 85% | 2.9% | $84K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 12 | Parkview Alberta | 5,729 | 80% | 9% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 14 | Wainwright No. 61 Alberta | 4,576 | 84% | 5.5% | $108K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | Richmond Alberta | 4,811 | 79% | 9.2% | $114K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 102 | Jamieson Place Alberta | 3,813 | 78% | 10% | $122K | A− |
| 103 | Princeville Quebec | 6,400 | 87% | 4.2% | $62K | A− |
| 104 | Ritchie Alberta | 5,215 | 77% | 10% | $86K | A− |
| 105 | Haultain Saskatchewan | 6,126 | 77% | 9.4% | $78K | A− |
| 106 | Willow Park Alberta | 6,891 | 72% | 11% | $114K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 690 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Ritchie, and others among Alberta’s towns.
The places around Ritchie, side by side
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ritchie | 77% | 10% | $86K | 20.9 min | A− | A+ |
| Bonnie Doon 1.1 km | 73% | 11% | $74K | 23.6 min | C+ | A+ |
| Hazeldean 1.3 km | 72% | 14% | $90K | 22.9 min | B | A+ |
| Strathcona 1.4 km | 79% | 12% | $65K | 24.4 min | C+ | A+ |
| Avonmore 1.9 km | 74% | 12% | $102K | 23.1 min | A− | A |
| Queen Alexandra 2.2 km | 67% | 14% | $57K | 23.7 min | D | A+ |
| Riverdale 2.5 km | 80% | 9.2% | $83K | 23.5 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 Ritchie, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Built from banded answers: each commuter’s usual one-way trip counts as the midpoint of the band they chose, and the result tends to sit slightly higher than Statistics Canada’s average.
- Employment Insurance. Monthly EI recipients across the census division: a pulse of the local job market rather than a measure of who is out of work.
- 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. 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.
- Which towns we compare. Medians over towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents. Whole cities would swamp them and reserves sit outside the rankings, so neither is in.
- Neighbourhood figures. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages stop at the municipality, so Edmonton’s page carries them; Ritchie’s own figures sum its dissemination areas.
Questions about work in Ritchie
How many jobs are there in Ritchie?
Statistics Canada counts jobs for whole municipalities only; Edmonton has the total and the commuting flows.
What is the unemployment rate in Ritchie?
Two figures answer it: 10% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 7.1% for the Edmonton metro area in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Ritchie?
Ritchie’s middle household had $86,400 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Ritchie get to work?
By car: 79% of commuters, 8% take public transit, 7.1% walk and 2.7% cycle; on census day 32% of those in work worked from home.
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).