Working-age people in Tipaskan have jobs less often than in 87% of Canadian towns
Out of work in May 2021: 14% of Tipaskan’s labour force; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. Half the households in Tipaskan had more than $75,700 in 2020, before tax, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns. At 26.3 minutes on average, the trip to work from Tipaskan compares with 26 in the middle of Canadian towns.
What stands out about work in Tipaskan
Fewer people in work than most towns
64% of people aged 15 to 64 had a job at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; counting everyone 15 and over, retirees included, it was 56%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 14% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 7.1%. Unemployment ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
The Jobs & income grade for Tipaskan: C−
Better than 18% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #430 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.
How many in Tipaskan have a job: 64% of 15-to-64s
Of the 211 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 48 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Counting those looking for work too, 66% of people aged 15 and over were 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.
How Tipaskan’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 53% of Canadian towns.
Against the middle of Alberta’s towns ($92,250), Tipaskan’s median is 18% below. 171 of the 211 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 11 have a higher median. In 2020 emergency benefits topped up many low incomes, and the census counts them here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 12% of Tipaskan’s commuters
Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 16% against 21%. More people take transit to work here than in the middle of Alberta’s towns: 11% against 5.7%. 85% drive to work, fewer than the 88% in the middle of Alberta’s towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
30% more people are on EI in Census Division No. 11 than in 2019
At its peak, in January 2021, 97,990 people were on EI, 3.1 times the 2019 average. That works out to around 4.2 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 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).
How walkable Tipaskan is: A+
Better than 95% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #113 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
For jobs and income, Tipaskan is 452nd of 553 Canadian towns of 2,500 to 3,900
| # | 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Garrison Woods Alberta | 3,138 | 79% | 10% | $146K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 20 | Laurier Heights Alberta | 3,048 | 78% | 6.9% | $163K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 450 | Lewisporte Newfoundland and Labrador | 3,405 | 59% | 19% | $59K | C− |
| 451 | Electoral Area H, Fraser Valley British Columbia | 2,773 | 73% | 11% | $79K | C− |
| 452 | Tipaskan Alberta | 2,875 | 64% | 14% | $76K | C− |
| 453 | Cap-Chat Quebec | 2,519 | 60% | 10% | $51K | C− |
| 454 | Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon Quebec | 2,916 | 77% | 6.9% | $59K | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 553 | 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 Tipaskan, and others among Alberta’s towns.
The places around Tipaskan, side by side
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tipaskan | 64% | 14% | $76K | 26.3 min | C− | A+ |
| Meyonohk 0.6 km | 70% | 12% | $88K | 25.5 min | C+ | A |
| Kameyosek 0.8 km | 59% | 24% | $78K | 24.6 min | C− | A |
| Richfield 1 km | 55% | 18% | $80K | 24 min | C− | A |
| Lee Ridge 1.2 km | 67% | 18% | $78K | 26.7 min | C− | A+ |
| Ekota 1.4 km | 65% | 17% | $95K | 26.8 min | C | A |
| Satoo 1.7 km | 76% | 15% | $92K | 24.8 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 Tipaskan, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- The Labour Force Survey. Monthly, and only for metro areas and economic regions. It is the up-to-date rate we set beside the census’s 2021 snapshot.
- In work. People in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64 (2021 Census). The census doesn’t cross work with age below the municipality, so this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood has; retirees don’t weigh on it.
- 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.
- Household income. Taken from the 2021 Census, which asked about 2020: wages, pensions, investment income and government transfers together, before income tax, for the median household.
- 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. A monthly count of Employment Insurance beneficiaries for the whole census division. It tracks the local job market, but it is not an unemployment rate.
- 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. Everything here sums the dissemination areas inside Tipaskan’s lines, since the census has no neighbourhood profile; where people commute is on Edmonton’s page.
Questions about work in Tipaskan
How many jobs are there in Tipaskan?
There is no count for a neighbourhood: the jobs figure, and where commuters go, are published for Edmonton as one municipality.
What is the unemployment rate in Tipaskan?
Two figures answer it: 14% 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 Tipaskan?
The median household in Tipaskan had $75,700 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Tipaskan get to work?
85% of commuters go by car, 11% take public transit and 1% walk. On census day 16% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
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).