Photo: Daver112 · CC BY 3.0Household incomes in Cartwright-Roblin trail those of 84% of Canadian towns
Home was the workplace for 39% of its workers in May 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 21%. For 0% of commuters in Cartwright-Roblin, the trip to work lasts an hour or more; the average is 14.8 minutes. At the 2021 census, 67% of Cartwright-Roblin’s 15-to-64s were in work, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns.
The short version on work in Cartwright-Roblin
Fewer people in work than most towns
In work at the 2021 census: 67% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 65% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Unemployment, 2.9% at the 2021 census, compares with 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The median household had $62,000 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 14.8 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 0% take an hour or more. The trip to work ↓
Many work from home
On census day, 39% of those in work were working at home; the middle of Canadian towns is 21%. Getting 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 Cartwright-Roblin earn C
Better than 33% 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.
In and out of work in Cartwright-Roblin
A smaller share in work than in 81% of Canadian towns.
The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 66% of residents that age. These are census figures from May 2021, during COVID’s third wave; jobs have recovered since, which the Labour Force Survey shows.
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.
$62,000 a year: the median household in Cartwright-Roblin
That puts Cartwright-Roblin 26% below the median 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 Cartwright-Roblin takes
Timed exactly, the average is 12.7 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of Manitoba’s towns, the average commute is 23.6 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 60%, 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.
Without a car, 11% of Cartwright-Roblin’s commuters get to work
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).
More go out than come in: the working day in Cartwright-Roblin
About 2 residents leave for work for each person who comes in. The job is inside the municipality for 58% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
42% of Cartwright-Roblin’s residents in work leave it to work; Louise takes the most
In the other direction the biggest source is Louise, with 20.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
33% more people are on EI in Census Division No. 4 than in 2019
Cartwright-Roblin doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from Census Division No. 4.
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4.4 receive EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number rose by 9%. February 2021 was the busiest month, with 400 people on EI, 2.3 times 2019’s 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).
Walking in Cartwright-Roblin earns B+
Better than 69% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Work next door to Cartwright-Roblin
Cartwright-Roblin has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 26–39 km out.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cartwright-Roblin | 67% | 2.9% | $62K | 14.8 min | C | B+ |
| Argyle 25.5 km | 78% | 5.1% | $71K | 24.2 min | B− | B− |
| Killarney 25.9 km | 74% | 8.1% | $72K | 16.3 min | B | A |
| Louise 34.2 km | 78% | 4.1% | $68K | 19.8 min | B | B+ |
| Prairie Lakes 39.1 km | 74% | 3.9% | $70K | 29.5 min | C− | 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 Cartwright-Roblin, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. Who travels where, from the census: workers with a regular workplace, sorted by the municipality they live in and the one they work in.
- Employment Insurance. How many people in the census division drew Employment Insurance each month; it moves with layoffs and hiring, yet people who don’t qualify are absent from it.
- 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. 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.
- 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.
Questions about work in Cartwright-Roblin
How do people in Cartwright-Roblin get to work?
84% of commuters drive, 11% walk; 39% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Cartwright-Roblin?
The average commute is 14.8 minutes; 60% of trips take under 15 minutes and 0% an hour or more.
Where do people in Cartwright-Roblin work?
Most stay: 58% work in Cartwright-Roblin. The rest go first to Louise (40) and Killarney (40).
How many jobs are there in Cartwright-Roblin?
The 2021 census found about 200 people with their usual workplace in Cartwright-Roblin, or 0.8 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. Statistics Canada counted 53 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Cartwright-Roblin?
At the 2021 census, unemployment stood at 2.9%; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
What is the average household income in Cartwright-Roblin?
At $62,000 before tax in 2020, the median household in Cartwright-Roblin 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, 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).