Few Canadian towns have as few of their 15-to-64s in work as Berens River 13
Commutes from Berens River 13 average 13.3 minutes, and 4.3% take an hour or more. Median household income in Berens River 13 was $66,200 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Census day 2021 found 25% of Berens River 13’s labour force without a job, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
What Berens River 13’s work numbers say
Fewer people in work than most towns
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 34% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 32%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
Unemployment stood at 25% on census day in 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
At $66,200 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 13.3 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 4.3% 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.
Berens River 13 earns C for jobs and income
Better than 29% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is trip times; its weakest, the share of 15-to-64s in work.
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 Berens River 13, 34% of the working-age population has a job
Counting those looking for work too, 43% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. The census caught the labour market on 11 May 2021, deep in the pandemic, so unemployment and working from home both ran above normal.
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.
A smaller share in work than in almost any Canadian town.
What households in Berens River 13 earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 75% of Canadian towns.
Berens River 13’s median is 21% below the middle of Manitoba’s towns ($83,900). 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).
How long the commute from Berens River 13 takes
Timed exactly, the average is 9.8 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of Manitoba’s towns, the average commute is 23.6 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 85%, more than the 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.
Walking, cycling or transit: 13% of Berens River 13’s commuters
83% drive to work, fewer than the 87% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. 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).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
In Census Division No. 19, 13% fewer people receive EI than in 2019
For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 8.1 are on EI. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 9%. August 2021 was the busiest month, with 1,290 people on EI, 1.6 times 2019’s average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: one figure for all of Census Division No. 19. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Walkability in Berens River 13: graded B−
Better than 54% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Next to Berens River 13: how nearby places compare
Berens River 13 has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 105–148 km out.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berens River 13 | 34% | 25% | $66K | 13.3 min | C | B− |
| Fisher River 44 104.7 km | 44% | 17% | $52K | 13.5 min | C− | B− |
| Obushkudayang 124.3 km | 20% | 23% | $42K | 16.2 min | D | — |
| Peguis 1B 124.8 km | 40% | 18% | $60K | 16.2 min | C− | D |
| Fairford 50 143.9 km | 38% | 19% | $55K | 19.8 min | D | C− |
| Fisher 147.8 km | 69% | 7.1% | $60K | 24.7 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 Berens River 13, 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. How long getting to work normally takes, averaged from the census’s time bands at their middles; expect it to read slightly high against the timed figure.
- Employment Insurance. People receiving EI benefits each month, counted for the census division. It follows the local job market; it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- In work. We divide the number of employed residents by the number aged 15 to 64. Workers past 64 still count on top, because the 2021 Census crosses work with age only for whole municipalities; in return, a retirement town’s pensioners don’t drag the rate down.
- Which towns we compare. The comparison pool is places of 2,500 people or more, towns or neighbourhoods inside cities, without whole cities or reserves, and we compare with its median.
- A First Nations reserve. Berens River 13’s figures are its own, though Statistics Canada rounds or suppresses some for small communities. A reserve has no overall grade and sits in no ranked list.
Questions about work in Berens River 13
What is the average household income in Berens River 13?
The census puts Berens River 13 at $66,200 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Berens River 13 get to work?
83% of commuters drive, 13% walk; 4.3% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Berens River 13?
The average commute is 13.3 minutes; 85% of trips take under 15 minutes and 4.3% an hour or more.
What is the unemployment rate in Berens River 13?
About 25%, by the census of 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).