Photo: AJ Batac · CC BY 2.0De Salaberry has 0.4 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out
De Salaberry had an unemployment rate of 6.5% at the 2021 census, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. The average trip to work from De Salaberry is 31.6 minutes; 14% of commuters spend an hour or more getting there. Median household income in De Salaberry was $86,100 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
Work in De Salaberry, in a few figures
Less unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 6.5% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 4.1% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 31.6 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 14% 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.
De Salaberry earns C− for jobs and income
Better than 22% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #158 of 185 in Manitoba.
Its strongest measure is household income; its weakest, trip times.
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.
70% of working-age people in De Salaberry have jobs
None of the 9 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 2 has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 66% of the wider area’s adults in work. 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.
Commuting times in De Salaberry
Only 32% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 46% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 27.5 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.
More go out than come in: the working day in De Salaberry
For every person who comes in to work, about 4 residents travel out. Of those who commute, 20% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
80% of De Salaberry’s residents in work leave it to work; Mitchell takes the most
In the other direction the biggest source is Mitchell, with 115.
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 De Salaberry
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 68% of Canadian towns.
Of the 9 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 2, 4 have a higher median. The middle of Manitoba’s towns is $83,900, and De Salaberry is 3% above it. 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).
Without a car, 4.9% of De Salaberry’s commuters get to work
Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 93% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Home was the workplace for 18%, 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).
37% more people are on EI in Census Division No. 2 than in 2019
De Salaberry doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from Census Division No. 2.
That is about 5 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 rose by 7%. At its peak, in January 2021, 3,850 people were on EI, 2.2 times the 2019 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).
On getting around on foot, De Salaberry grades B−
Better than 52% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #149 of 185 in Manitoba.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Ranked on jobs and income, De Salaberry is 560th among 719 Canadian towns of 3,100 to 5,900
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 2 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | Hay River Northwest Territories | 3,317 | 78% | 6.5% | $129K | A+ |
| 4 | South Tuxedo Manitoba | 3,629 | 85% | 6.8% | $110K | A+ |
| 5 | Point Road Manitoba | 3,290 | 88% | 7.4% | $107K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 558 | Burrows Central Manitoba | 5,565 | 61% | 11% | $76K | C− |
| 559 | Shelburne Nova Scotia | 4,542 | 68% | 11% | $62K | C− |
| 560 | De Salaberry Manitoba | 4,401 | 70% | 6.5% | $86K | C− |
| 561 | Kingsland Alberta | 4,700 | 72% | 14% | $66K | C− |
| 562 | Canora Alberta | 4,799 | 67% | 15% | $67K | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 719 | Saint-Alexis-des-Monts Quebec | 3,190 | 61% | 11% | $50K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of De Salaberry, and others among Manitoba’s towns.
Work in and around De Salaberry
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| De Salaberry | 70% | 6.5% | $86K | 31.6 min | C− | B− |
| St-Pierre-Jolys 5.7 km | 61% | 11% | $76K | 29.1 min | D | A+ |
| Mitchell 18.3 km | 75% | 5.1% | $88K | 25.7 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 De Salaberry, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Trip times. Built from banded answers: each commuter’s usual one-way trip counts as the midpoint of the band they chose, and the result tends to sit slightly higher than Statistics Canada’s 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. Monthly EI recipients across the census division: a pulse of the local job market rather than a measure of who is out of work.
- 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. 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.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. Medians over towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents. Whole cities would swamp them and reserves sit outside the rankings, so neither is in.
Questions about work in De Salaberry
Where do people in De Salaberry work?
20% work in De Salaberry itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Mitchell (255), then Winnipeg (210).
How many jobs are there in De Salaberry?
The 2021 census found about 435 people with their usual workplace in De Salaberry, or 0.4 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. Statistics Canada counted 60 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in De Salaberry?
At the 2021 census 6.5% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Southeast economic region, gives 4.1% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in De Salaberry?
De Salaberry’s middle household had $86,100 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in De Salaberry get to work?
93% of commuters drive, 4.2% walk and 0.7% cycle; 18% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from De Salaberry?
The average commute is 31.6 minutes; 32% of trips take under 15 minutes and 14% 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).