Photo: Royal Air Force official photographer · Public domainMore of Carberry’s 15-to-64s are in work than in 69% of Canadian towns
Median household income in Carberry was $70,400 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Carberry is the usual workplace of 960 people, and 610 of its own residents commute to a job. 5.7% of the labour force in Carberry was out of work at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
What the numbers say about work in Carberry
More people in work than most towns
79% of people aged 15 to 64 had a job at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; counting everyone 15 and over, retirees included, it was 58%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 5.7% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 5.8% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
At $70,400 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
A local job centre
With 960 jobs based in Carberry and 610 working residents, the ratio compares with 0.8 in the middle of Canadian towns. The daily tide ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 20.6 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 2.6% last an hour or longer. 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.
Carberry grades B+ for jobs and income
Better than 66% 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 for 79% of 15-to-64s in Carberry
Of the 4 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 7, 3 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 61% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. Counting retirees, 58% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. In October 2026, 60% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. 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.
Household income in Carberry
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 66% of Canadian towns.
That puts Carberry 16% below the median of Manitoba’s towns, $83,900. Every other place of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 7 has a higher median. 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).
A working day adds 52% to the people at work in Carberry
For every resident who leaves Carberry for work, about 3 people come in. The job is inside the municipality for 63% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
Shorter than the middle of Canadian towns: commutes from Carberry average 20.6 minutes
Timed exactly, the average is 17.6 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of Manitoba’s towns averages 23.6 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 58% of commuters, against 46% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. An hour or more: 2.6% of commuters, under 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.
577 people come into Carberry to work, most from North Cypress-Langford and Brandon
60% of the people who work in Carberry live outside it, 275 of them in North Cypress-Langford, 19 km away. Of residents who leave for work, most head to Brandon (120).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
7.9% of commuters from Carberry go without a car
Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 91% 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).
EI claims in Census Division No. 7 run 17% above their 2019 level
For EI beneficiaries, the only official count covers all of Census Division No. 7, Carberry included.
That is about 3.8 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 8%. The count topped out in January 2021 at 3,630 people, 2.6 times the 2019 average.
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).
Getting around Carberry on foot earns A−
Better than 82% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Neighbouring places to Carberry, compared
Distances here run 19–26 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Carberry.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carberry | 79% | 5.7% | $70K | 20.6 min | B+ | A− |
| North Cypress-Langford 18.8 km | 66% | 5.6% | $93K | 22.9 min | B− | C |
| Glenboro-South Cypress 25.3 km | 76% | 11% | $72K | 22.9 min | B− | B |
| Cornwallis 25.8 km | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | 17.8 min | A+ | C |
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 Carberry, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada surveys households every month; the results come out for metro areas and economic regions, never for single towns, and keep the rate current after 2021.
- 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.
- 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. What the median household took in during 2020 before tax, as the census recorded it; an estimate built from income groups when the place is a neighbourhood.
- Trip times. The census asks how long the trip to work usually takes, in bands; our average uses each band’s middle, so it runs a little above Statistics Canada’s timed average.
- Where people commute. Counts of workers with a fixed workplace, by where they live and where they work, both taken as whole municipalities; the jobs figure takes everyone who works here, wherever home is.
- 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.
- 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 Carberry
How do people in Carberry get to work?
91% of commuters go by car, 7.9% walk. On census day 7.9% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Carberry?
On average 20.6 minutes; 58% take under 15 minutes and 2.6% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Carberry work?
63% work in Carberry itself; of those who leave, the most go to Brandon (120), then North Cypress-Langford (40).
How many jobs are there in Carberry?
About 960 people had their usual place of work in Carberry at the 2021 census, 1.6 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 96 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Carberry?
Two figures answer it: 5.7% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 5.8% for the Southwest economic region in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Carberry?
At $70,400 before tax in 2020, the median household in Carberry compares with $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).