Photo: Samyaka.verma · CC BY-SA 3.0Carman has a larger share of its working-age people in jobs than 75% of Canadian towns
Jobs located in Carman: 1,655, for 975 residents with a usual workplace. Median household income in Carman was $66,800 in 2020, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900. Joblessness at the 2021 census: 5.2% of Carman’s labour force, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Carman at work: what stands out
More people in work than most towns
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 80% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 51%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Unemployment, 5.2% at the 2021 census, compares with 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $66,800 before tax in 2020, where the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
A local job centre
With 1,655 jobs based in Carman and 975 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 21.7 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 9.2% 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.
Jobs & income in Carman: graded B
Better than 59% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #96 of 185 in Manitoba.
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.
The share of 15-to-64s in work in Carman: 80%
Of the 7 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 3, 6 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 51%. Counting those looking for work too, 54% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. The census was taken on 11 May 2021, mid-pandemic, when lockdowns had pushed unemployment up and sent many to work from 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.
Earnings at home in Carman: households
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 74% of Canadian towns.
Every other place of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 3 has a higher median. Carman’s median is 20% below the middle of Manitoba’s towns ($83,900). That year, 2020, brought emergency benefits that count in these totals, before tax.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Every working day, Carman’s workforce grows by 61%
Inbound commuters outnumber outbound ones about 3 to 1 in Carman. Of those who commute, 66% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
At 21.7 minutes, commutes from Carman are shorter than in the middle of Canadian towns
9.2% spend an hour or longer getting to work; the middle of Manitoba’s towns has 5.5%. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 18 minutes. The middle of Manitoba’s towns averages 23.6 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 60% of commuters, 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.
1,010 people come into Carman to work, most from Dufferin and Winnipeg
61% of the people who work in Carman live outside it, 455 of them in Dufferin, 6 km away. Winnipeg is where the largest group of commuters out goes, 75 of them.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
7.5% of commuters from Carman go without a car
Home was the workplace for 11%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit takes 0.9% of commuters, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 93% 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).
In Census Division No. 3, 77% more people receive EI than in 2019
Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 24%. At its peak, in February 2021, 2,170 people were on EI, 2.3 times the 2019 average. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 5.4 are on EI.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: Census Division No. 3. 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 Carman is: A
Better than 88% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #79 of 185 in Manitoba.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Carman next to Canadian towns of 2,500 to 4,800: 316th of 778 on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Mount Royal Alberta | 2,758 | 83% | 12% | $188K | A+ |
| 2 | Central River Heights Manitoba | 2,736 | 84% | 5.4% | $137K | A+ |
| 3 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| 4 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 314 | Napierville Quebec | 4,187 | 80% | 5.2% | $80K | B |
| 315 | East Lawrencetown Nova Scotia | 4,020 | 79% | 8.3% | $108K | B |
| 316 | Carman Manitoba | 3,547 | 80% | 5.2% | $67K | B |
| 317 | Bisset Alberta | 3,049 | 77% | 10% | $92K | B |
| 318 | Sunrise Estates British Columbia | 4,292 | 73% | 6.6% | $119K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 778 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,724 | 43% | 30% | $51K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Carman, and others among Manitoba’s towns.
Jobs and income in the places around Carman
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carman | 80% | 5.2% | $67K | 21.7 min | B | A |
| Dufferin 6.5 km | 85% | 2.4% | $90K | 22.1 min | A+ | C |
| Roland 15.9 km | 79% | 1.7% | $81K | 24.6 min | B+ | 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 Carman, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Statistics Canada’s place-of-work table counts people with a usual place of work by the municipality they live in and the one they work in. Jobs here are people whose usual workplace is in the municipality, wherever they live.
- 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. 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. Of everyone 15 or older who was working or job-hunting in the census week, the part still looking. Someone not seeking work isn’t in it at all.
- Household income. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- 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 Carman
Where do people in Carman work?
66% work in Carman itself; of those who leave, the most go to Winnipeg (75), then Winkler (45).
How many jobs are there in Carman?
Some 1,655 people worked in Carman at the 2021 census: 1.7 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 311 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Carman?
The 2021 census found 5.2% of those working or looking without a job; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
What is the average household income in Carman?
Before tax, half the households in Carman had more than $66,800 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Carman get to work?
Driving takes 93% of commuters to work, 0.9% take public transit, 5.7% walk and 0.9% cycle, and on census day 11% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Carman?
About 21.7 minutes on average, with 60% under a quarter-hour and 9.2% at an hour or longer.
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).