Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Fewer of Cartier’s 15-to-64s are in work than in 98% of Canadian towns
For 8.3% of commuters in Cartier, the trip to work lasts an hour or more; the average is 33.9 minutes. The median household in Cartier had $100,600 before tax in 2020, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900. Cartier had an unemployment rate of 7.5% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Cartier and work: the main findings
Fewer people in work than most towns
In work at the 2021 census: 52% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 64% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $100,600 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 33.9 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 8.3% 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.
Jobs & income in Cartier: graded C−
Better than 16% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #166 of 185 in Manitoba.
Its strongest measure is household income; 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.
Work for 52% of 15-to-64s in Cartier
Working or looking, 70% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. 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.
Earnings at home in Cartier: households
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 86% of Canadian towns.
Against the middle of Manitoba’s towns ($83,900), Cartier’s median is 20% above. Pandemic benefits paid in 2020 lifted the incomes at the bottom, and they are counted here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
The length of the trip to work in Cartier
Timed exactly, the average is 31.1 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of Manitoba’s towns averages 23.6 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 19%, fewer 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.
Cartier is quieter on a working day than at night
Outbound commuters outnumber inbound ones about 2 to 1. Of those who commute, 29% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
72% of Cartier’s residents in work leave it to work; Winnipeg takes the most
In the other direction the biggest source is Winnipeg, with 160.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Leaving the car at home: 2.8% of commuters in Cartier
Nearly everyone drives: 96% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Only 18% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
In Census Division No. 10, 30% more people receive EI than in 2019
Roughly 3.6 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 6%. In January 2021 it reached 490, the most in the series and 2.5 times the 2019 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. 10. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
The walkability of Cartier: D
Better than 12% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #181 of 185 in Manitoba.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Cartier next to Canadian towns of 2,600 to 5,000: 650th of 769 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 648 | Bancroft Ontario | 4,331 | 63% | 12% | $57K | C− |
| 649 | Algonquin Highlands Ontario | 2,915 | 64% | 11% | $77K | C− |
| 650 | Cartier Manitoba | 3,739 | 52% | 7.5% | $101K | C− |
| 651 | Red Hill Ontario | 4,540 | 65% | 13% | $77K | C− |
| 652 | Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay British Columbia | 2,668 | 68% | 9.7% | $61K | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 769 | 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 Cartier, and others among Manitoba’s towns.
How the places next to Cartier compare on work
Distances here run 17–28 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Cartier.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cartier | 52% | 7.5% | $101K | 33.9 min | C− | D |
| St. François Xavier 16.9 km | 81% | 5.6% | $124K | 33 min | B+ | C |
| Rosser 27.6 km | 70% | 8.9% | $97K | 24.4 min | B− | C |
| Portage la Prairie 27.7 km | 68% | 5.8% | $88K | 22.9 min | B− | D |
| Headingley 28.4 km | 65% | 5.4% | $141K | 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 Cartier, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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.
- 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. Half of households had more than this before tax in 2020, half less, counting every source of income. For a neighbourhood we estimate the median from the income brackets of its dissemination areas.
- Trip times. Commuters picked a band for their usual trip (under 15 minutes, 15 to 29, and so on). We place each person at the middle of their band, which lands a little above Statistics Canada’s own 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.
- 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 Cartier
What is the unemployment rate in Cartier?
On census day in May 2021 unemployment stood at 7.5%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%.
What is the average household income in Cartier?
At $100,600 before tax in 2020, the median household in Cartier compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Cartier get to work?
96% of commuters drive, 2.8% walk; 18% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Cartier?
The average commute is 33.9 minutes; 19% of trips take under 15 minutes and 8.3% an hour or more.
Where do people in Cartier work?
Only 29% work in Cartier itself; the rest go first to Winnipeg (310) and Portage la Prairie (60).
How many jobs are there in Cartier?
The 2021 census found about 510 people with their usual workplace in Cartier, or 0.7 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 118 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
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).