Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHouseholds in Alonsa have lower incomes than those in 96% of Canadian towns
The average trip to work from Alonsa is 26.4 minutes; 8% of commuters spend an hour or more getting there. Working at home: 38% of its workers, where the middle of Canadian towns has 21%. In Alonsa, 60% of residents aged 15 to 64 were working in May 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%.
Alonsa at work: what stands out
Fewer people in work than most towns
Counting everyone 15 and over, 43% were in work at the 2021 census; among those aged 15 to 64 it was 60%, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
The Labour Force Survey had the area at 5.7% in October 2026; on census day in 2021 the town’s own rate was 18%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
At $55,000 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Many work from home
On census day, 38% 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Alonsa: D−
Better than 4% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is trip times; its weakest, household income.
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.
Work and the working-age population of Alonsa
A smaller share in work than in 93% of Canadian towns.
A more recent figure, for the wider area: 51% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. 52% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 43% of residents 15 and over were in work. 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.
What households earned in Alonsa: $55,000 in 2020
Set beside Manitoba’s towns, where the median is $83,900, Alonsa sits 34% below. The year is 2020: emergency benefits like CERB count in these incomes, and they raised the bottom of the range.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 4% of Alonsa’s commuters
Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 98% of commuters go by car, truck or van.
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.
Commuting times in Alonsa
Trips under 15 minutes: 36%, fewer than the 46% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 24 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of Manitoba’s towns averages 23.6 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.
In Census Division No. 17, 19% more people receive EI than in 2019
For EI beneficiaries, the only official count covers all of Census Division No. 17, Alonsa included.
Roughly 5.1 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 3%. The highest month was July 2021: 1,100 people, 2.2 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).
On getting around on foot, Alonsa grades C−
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How the places next to Alonsa compare on work
No closer places have figures: these lie 18–48 km from Alonsa.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alonsa | 60% | 18% | $55K | 26.4 min | D− | C− |
| Ebb and Flow 52 17.9 km | 28% | 18% | $54K | 14.3 min | C− | C− |
| Ste. Rose 36.2 km | 72% | 8% | $60K | 19.6 min | C | A+ |
| West Interlake 44 km | 81% | 13% | $54K | 21.2 min | B− | B− |
| Sandy Bay 5 48.3 km | 21% | 30% | $60K | 18.5 min | C− | D |
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 Alonsa, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. Half of households had more than this before tax in 2020, half less, counting every source of income. For a neighbourhood we estimate the median from the income brackets of its dissemination areas.
- Trip times. Our average assumes everyone in, say, the 15-to-29-minute band takes 22 minutes. Across all the bands that runs a shade above Statistics Canada’s measured average.
- 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. Monthly, and only for metro areas and economic regions. It is the up-to-date rate we set beside the census’s 2021 snapshot.
- Which towns we compare. Any town of 2,500 or more counts, and so does any city neighbourhood that size; the city as a whole and First Nations reserves don’t. The middle is the median.
Questions about work in Alonsa
How do people in Alonsa get to work?
98% of commuters go by car, 4% walk. On census day 38% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Alonsa?
On average 26.4 minutes; 36% take under 15 minutes and 8% take an hour or longer.
What is the unemployment rate in Alonsa?
Two figures answer it: 18% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 5.7% for the Parklands and North economic region in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Alonsa?
Alonsa’s middle household had $55,000 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
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).