Photo: J Hazard · CC BY-SA 3.0Armstrong has 0.2 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out
For 13% of commuters in Armstrong, the trip to work lasts an hour or more; the average is 29.4 minutes. Half the households in Armstrong had more than $61,700 in 2020, before tax; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. With 73% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, Armstrong matches the middle of Canadian towns.
The short version on work in Armstrong
Lower incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $61,700 before tax in 2020, where the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 29.4 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 13% take an hour or more. The trip 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 Armstrong earn D
Better than 10% 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.
What households in Armstrong earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 85% of Canadian towns.
The middle of Manitoba’s towns is $83,900, and Armstrong is 26% below it. Pandemic support paid in 2020, CERB first among it, is 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).
Commuting times in Armstrong
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 26.8 minutes. In the middle of Manitoba’s towns, the average commute is 23.6 minutes. Only 31% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 46% 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
The daily tide in Armstrong runs outward
545 residents of Armstrong had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 120 people had theirs in Armstrong, wherever they lived.
Outbound commuters outnumber inbound ones about 11 to 1. Of those who commute, 14% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
86% of Armstrong’s residents in work leave it to work; Arborg takes the most
- Arborg155
- Gimli110
- Winnipeg55
- Teulon45
- Winnipeg Beach25
- Stony Mountain20
- Stonewall15
- Bifrost-Riverton15
- Bloodvein 1215
- St. Andrews10
In the other direction the biggest source is Coldwell, with 20.
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 Armstrong work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Who in Armstrong has a job
A smaller share in work than in 59% of Canadian towns.
Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 52% were working. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 61% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. 57% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. The figures are a snapshot of 11 May 2021, when pandemic rules still kept many people out of work or at home.
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.
Without a car, 3.3% of Armstrong’s commuters get to work
Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 92% 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.
17% more people are on EI in Census Division No. 18 than in 2019
For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 7.4 are on EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 4%. At its peak, in April 2021, 1,620 people were on EI, 1.7 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: Census Division No. 18. 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, Armstrong grades C−
Better than 15% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Work in and around Armstrong
Armstrong has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 19–29 km out.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong | 73% | 8.4% | $62K | 29.4 min | D | C− |
| Teulon 18.6 km | 81% | 4.4% | $66K | 33.9 min | C− | A+ |
| Winnipeg Beach 25.4 km | 66% | 14% | $61K | 36.3 min | D− | B |
| Gimli 25.5 km | 76% | 11% | $71K | 26.2 min | C | B |
| Dunnottar 28.6 km | 61% | 15% | $71K | 39.2 min | D− | 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 Armstrong, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- In work. Everyone with a job, whatever their age, divided by the residents aged 15 to 64 at the 2021 Census: below the municipality the census doesn’t split work by age, and this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood can be given.
- 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. 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. One way, on a usual day, from the census’s travel-time bands. Band midpoints overstate it a little next to the figure Statistics Canada times.
- 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. 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.
- The Labour Force Survey. The most recent unemployment rate on the page comes from this monthly survey, which covers the wider metro area or economic region, not the town.
- Which towns we compare. Towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500 people or more, never a whole city and never a First Nations reserve. Middles are medians.
Questions about work in Armstrong
How long is the commute from Armstrong?
About 29.4 minutes on average, with 31% under a quarter-hour and 13% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Armstrong work?
Only 14% work in Armstrong itself; the rest go first to Arborg (155) and Gimli (110).
How many jobs are there in Armstrong?
In June 2026, 23 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Armstrong?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Interlake economic region at 2.9%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 8.4%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Armstrong?
Armstrong’s middle household had $61,700 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Armstrong get to work?
Driving takes 92% of commuters to work, 3.3% walk, and on census day 13% of those in work were at home.
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).