Secord’s household incomes are higher than in 98% of Canadian towns
On average, people in Secord spend 26.4 minutes getting to work, next to 26 for the middle of Canadian towns. Jobs were held by 78% of people aged 15 to 64 in Secord in 2021, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%. Secord had an unemployment rate of 8% at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
Work in Secord, in a few figures
Work near the middle
At the 2021 census 78% of the 15-to-64s were in work (73% in the middle of Canadian towns); across all ages 15 and over, 76%. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $126,300 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 and income in Secord earn A−
Better than 85% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #50 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.
Before tax, the median household in Secord had $126,300
The middle of Alberta’s towns is $92,250, and Secord is 37% above it. 22 of the 211 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 11 have a higher median. 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 and out of work in Secord
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 191 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. Working or looking, 83% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. Statistics Canada counted on 11 May 2021, with much of the country under pandemic rules: more people were out of work or at home than usual.
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.
6.7% of commuters from Secord go without a car
By bus, train or subway: 5.5%, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 91% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Home was the workplace for 17%, under the 21% 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
For EI beneficiaries, the only official count covers all of Census Division No. 11, Secord included.
Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 5%. The highest month was January 2021: 97,990 people, 3.1 times the 2019 level. 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).
Everyday places on foot in Secord: A−
Better than 77% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #289 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
For jobs and income, Secord is 101st of 695 Canadian towns of 5,700 to 11,100
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | North River Heights Manitoba | 7,228 | 82% | 8.4% | $143K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 8 | Altadore Alberta | 7,675 | 80% | 8.1% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 10 | Parkview Alberta | 5,729 | 80% | 9% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 20 | West Hillhurst Alberta | 10,319 | 78% | 9.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 99 | Hampstead Quebec | 7,464 | 77% | 9% | $151K | A− |
| 100 | Talbot Ontario | 8,085 | 75% | 8.9% | $125K | A− |
| 101 | Secord Alberta | 8,205 | 78% | 8% | $126K | A− |
| 102 | The Orchards At Ellerslie Alberta | 6,267 | 82% | 7.9% | $119K | A− |
| 103 | Torbay Newfoundland and Labrador | 8,297 | 73% | 9.7% | $108K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 695 | Beasley Ontario | 6,338 | 49% | 17% | $47K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Secord, and others among Alberta’s towns.
The places around Secord, side by side
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secord | 78% | 8% | $126K | 26.4 min | A− | A− |
| Webber Greens 1.2 km | 75% | 10% | $129K | 25.2 min | A− | A− |
| Suder Greens 1.5 km | 74% | 13% | $109K | 23.3 min | A− | B |
| Rosenthal 1.6 km | 77% | 7.6% | $122K | 26.5 min | A− | C |
| Glastonbury 3.6 km | 74% | 11% | $112K | 26.3 min | B+ | A− |
| Granville 3.8 km | 79% | 8.9% | $137K | 27.9 min | A− | A |
| Belmead 4 km | 66% | 15% | $86K | 25.8 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 Secord, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. The census-week jobless rate for residents 15 and over. Its base is the labour force, those employed plus those actively looking.
- 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.
- 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. Secord’s 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 Secord
How many jobs are there in Secord?
Jobs and commuting flows exist only for Edmonton as a whole, and its page carries them.
What is the unemployment rate in Secord?
Two figures answer it: 8% 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 Secord?
Secord’s middle household had $126,300 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Secord get to work?
By car: 91% of commuters, 5.5% take public transit, 0.9% walk and 0.3% cycle; on census day 17% 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).