Photo: Krazytea · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Argyle works elsewhere: the town has 0.6 jobs for each resident in work
Working at home: 34% of its workers, where the middle of Canadian towns has 21%. 5.1% of the labour force in Argyle was out of work at the 2021 census, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. Half the households in Argyle had more than $70,800 in 2020, before tax, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
What sets Argyle apart on jobs and income
Less unemployment than most towns
Unemployment, 5.1% at the 2021 census, compares with 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
At $70,800 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, 34% 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 Argyle: B−
Better than 50% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; 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.
How many in Argyle have a job: 78% of 15-to-64s
A larger share in work than in 67% of Canadian towns.
Counting retirees, 63% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 67% 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.
How Argyle’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 64% of Canadian towns.
Against the middle of Manitoba’s towns ($83,900), Argyle’s median is 16% below. Because 2020 was the first year of the pandemic, emergency benefits make up part of these before-tax incomes.
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 13% of Argyle’s commuters
Driving to work is about as common as in the middle of Manitoba’s towns, at 87%. Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
Argyle empties a little on a working day
It sends out some 4 workers for every one it takes in. 42% 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.
58% of Argyle’s residents in work leave it to work; Glenboro-South Cypress takes the most
In the other direction the biggest source is Cartwright-Roblin, with 15.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
24.2 minutes from Argyle to work, about the middle of Canadian towns
Timed exactly, the average is 23.2 minutes (Statistics Canada). Only 41% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 46% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. An hour or more: 6.6% of commuters, above the 5.5% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns.
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.
In Census Division No. 4, 33% more people receive EI than in 2019
For EI beneficiaries, the only official count covers all of Census Division No. 4, Argyle included.
The highest month was February 2021: 400 people, 2.3 times the 2019 level. Roughly 4.4 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number rose by 9%.
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).
How walkable Argyle is: B−
Better than 54% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Jobs near Argyle: the places around it
Argyle has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 24–39 km out.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argyle | 78% | 5.1% | $71K | 24.2 min | B− | B− |
| Louise 24.2 km | 78% | 4.1% | $68K | 19.8 min | B | B+ |
| Cartwright-Roblin 25.5 km | 67% | 2.9% | $62K | 14.8 min | C | B+ |
| Prairie Lakes 35.8 km | 74% | 3.9% | $70K | 29.5 min | C− | C |
| Killarney 37.4 km | 74% | 8.1% | $72K | 16.3 min | B | A |
| Victoria 38.6 km | 82% | 0% | $72K | 22.7 min | B+ | B |
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 Argyle, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. Built from banded answers: each commuter’s usual one-way trip counts as the midpoint of the band they chose, and the result tends to sit slightly higher than Statistics Canada’s average.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 Argyle
What is the average household income in Argyle?
The median household in Argyle had $70,800 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Argyle get to work?
87% of commuters drive, 13% walk; 34% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Argyle?
The average commute is 24.2 minutes; 41% of trips take under 15 minutes and 6.6% an hour or more.
Where do people in Argyle work?
42% work in Argyle itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Glenboro-South Cypress (45), then Louise (20).
How many jobs are there in Argyle?
The 2021 census found about 125 people with their usual workplace in Argyle, or 0.6 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 45 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Argyle?
5.1% of the labour force was unemployed on census day in May 2021, against 9.9% 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, 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).