Photo: Jack Borno · CC BY-SA 3.0A larger share of people aged 15 to 64 are in work in Mountain View County than in 91% of Canadian towns
Median household income in Mountain View County was $93,800 in 2020, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns. Mountain View County is the usual workplace of 415 people, and 3,305 of its own residents commute to a job. 33% of its workers worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns.
The work figures that set Mountain View County apart
More people in work than most towns
85% 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 65%. In work ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 30.8 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 14% last an hour or longer. The trip to work ↓
Many work from home
On census day, 33% of those in work were working at home; the middle of Canadian towns is 21%. 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.
Jobs and income in Mountain View County earn B+
Better than 73% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #115 of 474 in Alberta.
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; 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.
In Mountain View County, 85% of the working-age population has a job
All 166 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 6 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 65%. By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 66% of the wider area’s adults in work. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 71% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. These are census figures from May 2021, during COVID’s third wave; jobs have recovered since, which the Labour Force Survey shows.
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.
Longer than the middle of Canadian towns: commutes from Mountain View County average 30.8 minutes
Only 31% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 39% in the middle of Alberta’s towns. An hour or more: 14% of commuters, above the 7% in the middle of Alberta’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 28.6 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of Alberta’s towns, the average commute is 25.8 minutes.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: commuting duration in five bands; our average uses each band’s middle (75 minutes for an hour or more), so it runs about two minutes above Statistics Canada’s own.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
Leaving the car at home: 3.9% of commuters in Mountain View County
Few ride transit: 0.4%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 93% of commuters.
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.
Mountain View County empties a little on a working day
It sends out some 17 workers for every one it takes in. 7.1% of residents who commute work inside the municipality, against 70% in the middle of Canadian towns.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
93% of Mountain View County’s residents in work leave it to work; Olds takes the most
Calgary sends the largest group the other way, 35 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
2021 Census, people with a usual place of work: where residents of Mountain View County work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Earnings at home in Mountain View County: households
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 79% of Canadian towns.
That puts Mountain View County 2% above the median of Alberta’s towns, $92,250. 95 of the 166 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 6 have a higher median. Incomes are for 2020, the first pandemic year, so CERB and other emergency payments are part of them.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
35% more people are on EI in Census Division No. 6 than in 2019
Figures for EI beneficiaries are published for Census Division No. 6 as a whole, not for Mountain View County alone.
That is about 4 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 1%. The highest month was January 2021: 97,600 people, 3.2 times the 2019 level.
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).
Walking in Mountain View County earns C−
Better than 20% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #451 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
124th of 561: where Mountain View County ranks among Canadian towns of 10,400 to 20,000
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Saanich British Columbia | 12,986 | 85% | 5.9% | $121K | A+ |
| 2 | Sillery Quebec | 13,950 | 81% | 6.2% | $120K | A+ |
| 3 | Central Saanich British Columbia | 18,184 | 85% | 4.9% | $103K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Canmore Alberta | 17,341 | 79% | 9.7% | $107K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 31 | Lakeview Alberta | 12,799 | 75% | 11% | $125K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 35 | Lake Bonavista Alberta | 11,154 | 76% | 11% | $138K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 122 | The Nation / La Nation Ontario | 15,122 | 83% | 5% | $105K | B+ |
| 123 | Chapel Hill North Ontario | 11,715 | 71% | 9.6% | $129K | B+ |
| 124 | Mountain View County Alberta | 14,802 | 85% | 7.9% | $94K | B+ |
| 125 | Winkler Manitoba | 16,156 | 76% | 4.2% | $71K | B+ |
| 126 | West Queen West Ontario | 13,599 | 81% | 7.5% | $103K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 561 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Mountain View County, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Mountain View County and its neighbours: work and income
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain View County | 85% | 7.9% | $94K | 30.8 min | B+ | C− |
| Didsbury 17.1 km | 76% | 10% | $78K | 26.6 min | C+ | B+ |
| Olds 18 km | 78% | 9.8% | $83K | 19.4 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 Mountain View County, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Where people commute. Built from the census table that pairs each worker’s home municipality with their workplace municipality. A job here means someone who usually works in the municipality, local or not.
- Employment Insurance. Beneficiaries of Employment Insurance, month by month, for the census division rather than the town. Many jobless people don’t qualify, so it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada’s monthly survey, published for metro areas and economic regions rather than towns: it gives a current rate beside the census’s 2021 one.
- In work. How many residents held a job in May 2021, set against how many were 15 to 64. It reads a little high where many people work past 65, since below the municipality the census gives no breakdown of workers by age.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- 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. The census asks how long the trip to work usually takes, in bands; our average uses each band’s middle, so it runs a little above Statistics Canada’s timed average.
- Which towns we compare. Every town and city neighbourhood with 2,500 residents or more; whole cities and First Nations reserves are left out. Each middle figure is a median.
Questions about work in Mountain View County
How do people in Mountain View County get to work?
93% of commuters go by car, 0.4% take public transit and 3.5% walk. On census day 33% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Mountain View County?
On average 30.8 minutes; 31% take under 15 minutes and 14% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Mountain View County work?
7.1% work in Mountain View County itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Olds (855), then Sundre (665).
How many jobs are there in Mountain View County?
About 415 people had their usual place of work in Mountain View County at the 2021 census, 0.1 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 261 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Mountain View County?
The census put unemployment at 7.9% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Calgary economic region at 6.6%.
What is the average household income in Mountain View County?
At $93,800 before tax in 2020, the median household in Mountain View County compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (Census Profile) · Statistics Canada, tables 98-10-0458 and 98-10-0459 (commuting) · 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).