Photo: Thank you for visiting my page from Canada · CC BY 2.0Household incomes put Rocky View County near the very top of Canadian towns
Working at home: 35% of its workers, where the middle of Canadian towns has 21%. Jobs located in Rocky View County: 18,295, for 9,755 residents with a usual workplace. At the 2021 census, 75% of Rocky View County’s 15-to-64s were in work; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%.
The work figures that set Rocky View County apart
Higher incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $150,400 before tax in 2020, where the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
A local job centre
18,295 people work in Rocky View County and 9,755 residents commute to a fixed workplace; the middle of Canadian towns has 0.8 jobs per working resident. The daily tide ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 30.7 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 6% take an hour or more. The trip to work ↓
Many work from home
35% 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.
Rocky View County earns B for jobs and income
Better than 56% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #228 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.
Rocky View County households: $150,400 a year at the median
Of the 166 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 6, 9 have a higher median. That puts Rocky View County 63% above the median of Alberta’s towns, $92,250. 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).
Before tax, 2020: higher than in almost any Canadian town.
Workers pour into Rocky View County: 51% more on a working day
About 2 people arrive to work in Rocky View County for each resident who goes out. The job is inside the municipality for 22% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
At 30.7 minutes, commutes from Rocky View County are longer than in the middle of Canadian towns
In the middle of Alberta’s towns, the average commute is 25.8 minutes. Only 17% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 39% in the middle of Alberta’s towns. An hour or more: 6% of commuters, under the 7% in the middle of Alberta’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 28.5 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.
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 4% of Rocky View County’s commuters
The car is the way to work for 93% of commuters. Transit takes 1.1% of commuters, 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).
16,149 people come into Rocky View County to work, most from Calgary and Airdrie
- Calgary12,590
- Airdrie1,650
- Chestermere390
- Cochrane345
- Okotoks240
- Foothills County170
- Strathmore110
- Crossfield95
- Wheatland County70
- High River55
- Calgary6,120
- Cochrane460
- Airdrie390
- Strathmore85
- Chestermere70
- Fort McMurray60
- Wheatland County55
- Crossfield55
- Beiseker35
- Canmore30
Of everyone working in Rocky View County, 88% come in from elsewhere; 12,590 make the 19 km trip from Calgary. The main destination the other way is Calgary, with 6,120.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
In and out of work in Rocky View County
Of the 166 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 6, 103 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 65% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 59% of residents 15 and over were in work. By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 67% of the wider area’s adults in work. Census day was 11 May 2021, in the pandemic’s third wave: unemployment ran high and many worked from home, so these figures describe that spring rather than today.
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.
In Census Division No. 6, 35% more people receive EI than in 2019
Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 1%. In January 2021 it reached 97,600, the most in the series and 3.2 times the 2019 average. That is about 4 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Not measured by town: EI beneficiaries (Census Division No. 6). EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Rocky View County grades C for walkability
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Among Canadian towns of 35,200 to 67,900, Rocky View County ranks 37th of 95 for jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dieppe New Brunswick | 35,986 | 79% | 6.7% | $87K | A |
| 2 | Neufchatel Est—Lebourgneuf Quebec | 37,164 | 83% | 6.2% | $83K | A |
| 3 | Boucherville Quebec | 41,910 | 82% | 5.2% | $111K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | Spruce Grove Alberta | 44,575 | 75% | 10% | $107K | B+ |
| 20 | Leduc Alberta | 39,966 | 74% | 12% | $100K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 25 | Cochrane Alberta | 39,397 | 77% | 9.5% | $113K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 35 | Vernon British Columbia | 49,527 | 74% | 8.2% | $74K | B |
| 36 | Yaletown British Columbia | 40,297 | 77% | 8.3% | $84K | B |
| 37 | Rocky View County Alberta | 50,260 | 75% | 9.3% | $150K | B |
| 38 | Campbell River British Columbia | 38,300 | 73% | 8.7% | $78K | B− |
| 39 | Clarkson - Lorne Park Ontario | 39,523 | 73% | 12% | $124K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 95 | Metrotown British Columbia | 36,594 | 71% | 11% | $64K | D |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Rocky View County, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Work in the places around Rocky View County
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky View County | 75% | 9.3% | $150K | 30.7 min | B | C |
| Rocky Ridge 2.2 km | 71% | 14% | $121K | 29.5 min | B− | B |
| Royal Oak 3.2 km | 66% | 11% | $122K | 28.6 min | C+ | A |
| Tuscany 4 km | 73% | 10% | $147K | 28.6 min | B | A |
| Arbour Lake 5.1 km | 71% | 12% | $110K | 27 min | B− | A |
| Scenic Acres 5.5 km | 72% | 12% | $140K | 26.1 min | B | B+ |
| Citadel 6.1 km | 71% | 13% | $124K | 27.6 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 Rocky View County, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- In work. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- 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. 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. 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.
- Where people commute. Only people with a usual place of work are in it: those who work from home or have no fixed site are not. Home and work are both counted by municipality.
- 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. A monthly household survey by Statistics Canada, reported for metro areas and economic regions only. It supplies a recent rate next to the 2021 census figure.
- 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.
Questions about work in Rocky View County
How do people in Rocky View County get to work?
By car: 93% of commuters, 1.1% take public transit, 2.6% walk and 0.3% cycle; on census day 35% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Rocky View County?
30.7 minutes is the average trip, with 17% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 6% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Rocky View County work?
Only 22% work in Rocky View County itself; the rest go first to Calgary (6,120) and Cochrane (460).
How many jobs are there in Rocky View County?
The 2021 census counted about 18,295 people working in Rocky View County: 1.9 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 3,006 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Rocky View County?
The census put unemployment at 9.3% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Calgary metro area at 6.6%.
What is the average household income in Rocky View County?
The median household in Rocky View County had $150,400 before tax in 2020, against $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).