Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainThe share of 15-to-64s with a job in Dauphin tops that of 96% of Canadian towns
40 people have their usual place of work in Dauphin, against 735 residents who travel to a job. Before tax, the typical household in Dauphin brought in $85,600 in 2020, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900. 5% of the labour force in Dauphin was out of work at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Dauphin at work: what stands out
More people in work than most towns
In work at the 2021 census: 87% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 64% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
The Labour Force Survey had the area at 5.7% in October 2026; on census day in 2021 the town’s own rate was 5%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 20.8 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 4.9% 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.
Dauphin grades A+ for jobs and income
Better than 97% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
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.
In Dauphin, 87% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 51% in October 2026. The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 68%. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 64%: many residents are past working age. 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.
Shorter than the middle of Canadian towns: commutes from Dauphin average 20.8 minutes
Timed exactly, the average is 20.4 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of Manitoba’s towns averages 23.6 minutes. Only 40% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 46% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. An hour or more: 4.9% of commuters, close to 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.
The daily tide in Dauphin runs outward
About 28 residents leave for work for each person who comes in. Of those who commute, 1.9% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
98% of Dauphin’s residents in work leave it to work; Dauphin (Manitoba part) takes the most
- Black River 915
- Dauphin (Manitoba part)10
Inbound, the leader is Black River 9 (15).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Household income in Dauphin
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 67% of Canadian towns.
Against the middle of Manitoba’s towns ($83,900), Dauphin’s median is 2% above. In 2020 emergency benefits topped up many low incomes, and the census counts them here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Walking, cycling or transit: 2.2% of Dauphin’s commuters
Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 97% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Home was the workplace for 19%, under the 21% 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. 17, 19% more people receive EI than in 2019
Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 3%. The count topped out in July 2021 at 1,100 people, 2.2 times the 2019 average. Roughly 5.1 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI.
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. 17. 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 grade for Dauphin: D
Better than 9% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How Dauphin compares with the places nearby
Dauphin has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 7–45 km out.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dauphin | 87% | 5% | $86K | 20.8 min | A+ | D |
| Dauphin 7 km | 73% | 6.6% | $61K | 12.5 min | B− | A |
| Gilbert Plains 24.3 km | 77% | 8.4% | $62K | 19 min | B− | B |
| Lakeshore 30.6 km | 80% | 6% | $64K | 26.5 min | C+ | D− |
| Grandview 39 km | 82% | 5.7% | $59K | 22.4 min | B− | A− |
| Ste. Rose 45.4 km | 72% | 8% | $60K | 19.6 min | C | A+ |
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 Dauphin, 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. 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.
- The Labour Force Survey. Monthly, and only for metro areas and economic regions. It is the up-to-date rate we set beside the census’s 2021 snapshot.
- 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. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- 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.
- 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 Dauphin
How do people in Dauphin get to work?
97% of commuters drive, 2.2% walk; 19% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Dauphin?
The average commute is 20.8 minutes; 40% of trips take under 15 minutes and 4.9% an hour or more.
Where do people in Dauphin work?
1.9% work in Dauphin itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Dauphin (Manitoba part) (690), then Gilbert Plains (20).
How many jobs are there in Dauphin?
The 2021 census found about 40 people with their usual workplace in Dauphin, or 0.1 for each resident who travels to a fixed job.
What is the unemployment rate in Dauphin?
The 2021 census found 5% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Parklands and North economic region, is 5.7% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Dauphin?
The census puts Dauphin at $85,600 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $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) · 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).