Photo: Laine Ewaschuk · CC BY 3.0Household incomes in Tamarack are higher than in 94% of Canadian towns
Residents of Tamarack take 26.7 minutes to reach work on average; the middle of Canadian towns is 26. Of Tamarack’s residents aged 15 to 64, 75% were employed when the 2021 census was taken, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns. 9.7% of the labour force in Tamarack was out of work at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What stands out about work in Tamarack
Work near the middle
Counting everyone 15 and over, 71% were in work at the 2021 census; among those aged 15 to 64 it was 75%, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household had $112,500 before tax in 2020; 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.
Tamarack earns B+ for jobs and income
Better than 69% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #124 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 Tamarack had $112,500
59 of the 211 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 11 have a higher median. Against the middle of Alberta’s towns ($92,250), Tamarack’s median is 22% above. 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).
In Tamarack, 75% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 161 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 78%. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 64% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. 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.
Without a car, 8.7% of Tamarack’s commuters get to work
Driving to work is about as common as in the middle of Alberta’s towns, at 88%. Home was the workplace for 11%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit takes 7.4% of commuters, above the 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).
EI claims in Census Division No. 11 run 30% above their 2019 level
The highest month was January 2021: 97,990 people, 3.1 times the 2019 level. That works out to around 4.2 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. 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 beneficiaries: one figure for all of 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).
The walkability of Tamarack: A
Better than 90% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #176 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Tamarack next to Canadian towns of 4,800 to 9,300: 221st of 710 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 9 | Altadore Alberta | 7,675 | 80% | 8.1% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 12 | Parkview Alberta | 5,729 | 80% | 9% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 21 | Richmond Alberta | 4,811 | 79% | 9.2% | $114K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 219 | Drummond/North Elmsley Ontario | 8,817 | 78% | 7.2% | $97K | B+ |
| 220 | Muskoka Lakes Ontario | 8,463 | 82% | 9.9% | $89K | B+ |
| 221 | Tamarack Alberta | 6,860 | 75% | 9.7% | $113K | B+ |
| 222 | Huron-Kinloss Ontario | 8,445 | 78% | 6.7% | $91K | B+ |
| 223 | Bonnyville Alberta | 7,366 | 72% | 10% | $85K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 710 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Tamarack, and others among Alberta’s towns.
How Tamarack compares with the places nearby
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamarack | 75% | 9.7% | $113K | 26.7 min | B+ | A |
| Wild Rose 0.7 km | 68% | 13% | $120K | 27.1 min | B− | A |
| Maple 1.1 km | 76% | 12% | $114K | 27.1 min | B+ | B+ |
| Larkspur 1.4 km | 76% | 12% | $110K | 25.7 min | A− | A |
| Silver Berry 1.6 km | 74% | 12% | $108K | 27.8 min | B | A |
| Kiniski Gardens 2.5 km | 75% | 13% | $111K | 24.4 min | A− | A− |
| Bisset 2.8 km | 77% | 10% | $92K | 27.9 min | B | 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 Tamarack, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada surveys households every month; the results come out for metro areas and economic regions, never for single towns, and keep the rate current after 2021.
- In work. We divide the number of employed residents by the number aged 15 to 64. Workers past 64 still count on top, because the 2021 Census crosses work with age only for whole municipalities; in return, a retirement town’s pensioners don’t drag the rate down.
- 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. What the median household took in during 2020 before tax, as the census recorded it; an estimate built from income groups when the place is a neighbourhood.
- 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. Towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500 people or more, never a whole city and never a First Nations reserve. Middles are medians.
- Neighbourhood figures. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages stop at the municipality, so Edmonton’s page carries them; Tamarack’s own figures sum its dissemination areas.
Questions about work in Tamarack
How do people in Tamarack get to work?
88% of commuters go by car, 7.4% take public transit and 1.3% walk. On census day 11% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How many jobs are there in Tamarack?
Jobs are counted by municipality, not neighbourhood: the page for Edmonton has the jobs based there and where its commuters go.
What is the unemployment rate in Tamarack?
The 2021 census found 9.7% 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 Tamarack?
The census puts Tamarack at $112,500 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $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).