Photo: Intermedichbo · CC BY-SA 4.0Dauphin has lower household incomes than 87% of Canadian towns
Of everyone in Dauphin working or looking for work in May 2021, 6.6% were unemployed, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. The average trip to work from Dauphin is 12.5 minutes; 2.3% of commuters spend an hour or more getting there. With 73% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, Dauphin matches the middle of Canadian towns.
What the numbers say about work in Dauphin
Less unemployment than most towns
6.6% of the labour force was out of work at the 2021 census (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns); the Labour Force Survey had the area at 5.7% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
At $60,500 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
A local job centre
4,030 people work in Dauphin and 2,810 residents commute to a fixed workplace; the middle of Canadian towns has 0.8 jobs per working resident. The daily tide ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 12.5 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 2.3% 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.
On jobs and income, Dauphin grades B−
Better than 47% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #122 of 185 in Manitoba.
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.
Who in Dauphin has a job
A smaller share in work than in 59% of Canadian towns.
For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 51% in work in October 2026. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 58% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 54%. 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.
The median household in Dauphin had $60,500 in 2020
Set beside Manitoba’s towns, where the median is $83,900, Dauphin sits 28% below. Read the incomes as 2020’s, before tax: pandemic benefits such as CERB are in them, and they raised many low incomes for that year.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Workers pour into Dauphin: 40% more on a working day
2,810 residents of Dauphin had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 4,030 people had theirs in Dauphin, wherever they lived.
Dauphin takes in some 7 workers for every resident it sends out. Of those who commute, 93% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
How long the commute from Dauphin takes
A quarter-hour or less for 82% of commuters, against 46% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 11 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of Manitoba’s towns averages 23.6 minutes.
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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
1,431 people come into Dauphin to work, most from Dauphin (Manitoba part) and Lakeshore
- Dauphin (Manitoba part)690
- Lakeshore170
- Gilbert Plains165
- Mossey River70
- Ste. Rose65
- Grandview55
- McCreary30
- Ethelbert25
- Winnipeg20
- Harrison Park20
Of everyone working in Dauphin, 36% come in from elsewhere; 690 make the 7 km trip from Dauphin (Manitoba part). Outbound, Gilbert Plains takes the most: 45 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
2021 Census, people with a usual place of work: where residents of Dauphin work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Without a car, 12% of Dauphin’s commuters get to work
Only 7.4% 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. On foot: 10% of commuters, well above the 3.8% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
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: A
Better than 93% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #53 of 185 in Manitoba.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Ranked on jobs and income, Dauphin is 369th among 690 Canadian towns of 6,000 to 11,600
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | North River Heights Manitoba | 7,228 | 82% | 8.4% | $143K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 5 | Neepawa Manitoba | 6,328 | 85% | 2.9% | $84K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 22 | Betsworth Manitoba | 7,476 | 82% | 6.7% | $107K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 367 | Whitehaven - Woodpark - Glabar Park Ontario | 11,111 | 73% | 10% | $84K | B− |
| 368 | Wild Rose Alberta | 8,534 | 68% | 13% | $120K | B− |
| 369 | Dauphin Manitoba | 8,587 | 73% | 6.6% | $61K | B− |
| 370 | Drumheller Alberta | 8,439 | 66% | 8.8% | $74K | B− |
| 371 | Churchville Ontario | 9,043 | 71% | 13% | $142K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 690 | Beasley Ontario | 6,338 | 49% | 17% | $47K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Dauphin, and others among Manitoba’s towns.
The places around Dauphin, side by side
No closer places have figures: these lie 7–46 km from Dauphin.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dauphin | 73% | 6.6% | $61K | 12.5 min | B− | A |
| Dauphin 7 km | 87% | 5% | $86K | 20.8 min | A+ | D |
| Lakeshore 23.6 km | 80% | 6% | $64K | 26.5 min | C+ | D− |
| Gilbert Plains 30.8 km | 77% | 8.4% | $62K | 19 min | B− | B |
| Ste. Rose 38.3 km | 72% | 8% | $60K | 19.6 min | C | A+ |
| Grandview 45.7 km | 82% | 5.7% | $59K | 22.4 min | B− | 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.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada’s monthly survey, published for metro areas and economic regions rather than towns: it gives a current rate beside the census’s 2021 one.
- In work. How many residents held a job in May 2021, set against how many were 15 to 64. It reads a little high where many people work past 65, since below the municipality the census gives no breakdown of workers by age.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- 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. Jobs count everyone whose usual workplace lies in the municipality, residents or commuters from elsewhere, from Statistics Canada’s home-by-workplace table.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. Comparisons are with the median of Canadian towns and city neighbourhoods counting 2,500 people or more, reserves and entire cities excluded.
Questions about work in Dauphin
Where do people in Dauphin work?
93% work in Dauphin itself; of those who leave, the most go to Gilbert Plains (45), then Ste. Rose (35).
How many jobs are there in Dauphin?
The 2021 census found about 4,030 people with their usual workplace in Dauphin, or 1.4 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 455 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Dauphin?
The 2021 census found 6.6% 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 $60,500 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Dauphin get to work?
87% of commuters drive, 10% walk and 1.4% cycle; 7.4% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Dauphin?
The average commute is 12.5 minutes; 82% of trips take under 15 minutes and 2.3% an hour or more.
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).