Photo: Travel Manitoba · CC BY 2.0The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Dunnottar trails that of 93% of Canadian towns
For 27% of commuters in Dunnottar, the trip to work lasts an hour or more; the average is 39.2 minutes. In 2020, a household at the middle of Dunnottar had $70,500 before tax; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. 15% of the labour force in Dunnottar was out of work at the 2021 census, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns.
Work in Dunnottar: the figures worth knowing
Fewer people in work than most towns
With 61% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 39% of all adults employed. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
The Labour Force Survey had the area at 2.9% in October 2026; on census day in 2021 the town’s own rate was 15%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $70,500 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 39.2 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 27% 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.
Dunnottar grades D− for jobs and income
Better than 3% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
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.
How many in Dunnottar have a job: 61% of 15-to-64s
None of the 5 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 13 has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Working or looking, 46% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 39%: many residents are past working age. The census was taken on 11 May 2021, mid-pandemic, when lockdowns had pushed unemployment up and sent many to work from home.
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.
What households in Dunnottar earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 65% of Canadian towns.
Dunnottar’s median is 16% below the middle of Manitoba’s towns ($83,900). Of the 5 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 13, 4 have a higher median. Incomes here are 2020’s and include the pandemic payments, CERB among them, that propped up the lower end.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Commuting times in Dunnottar
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 35 minutes. The middle of Manitoba’s towns averages 23.6 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 20%, 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.
100% of Dunnottar’s residents in work leave it to work; Winnipeg takes the most
No other place sends enough people to work in Dunnottar to be counted.
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: 10% of commuters in Dunnottar
By bike: 5% of commuters, well above the 0.4% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. Driving takes 88% of commuters to work; the middle of Manitoba’s towns has 87%. Home was the workplace for 16%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. By bus, train or subway: 5%, 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).
EI claims in Census Division No. 13 run 18% above their 2019 level
Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 2%. The highest month was January 2021: 2,700 people, 2.4 times the 2019 level. That is about 4.6 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Data for EI beneficiaries covers Census Division No. 13. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Dunnottar earns B− for walkability
Better than 49% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Jobs and income in the places around Dunnottar
The nearest places to Dunnottar with figures are 6–29 km away.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunnottar | 61% | 15% | $71K | 39.2 min | D− | B− |
| Winnipeg Beach 5.7 km | 66% | 14% | $61K | 36.3 min | D− | B |
| Gimli 20.8 km | 76% | 11% | $71K | 26.2 min | C | B |
| Teulon 23 km | 81% | 4.4% | $66K | 33.9 min | C− | A+ |
| Armstrong 28.6 km | 73% | 8.4% | $62K | 29.4 min | D | 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 Dunnottar, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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.
- The Labour Force Survey. Sampled each month and released for regions rather than towns, so its rate describes the area around the town.
- In work. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- Unemployment. The census-week jobless rate for residents 15 and over. Its base is the labour force, those employed plus those actively looking.
- Household income. The 2020 income of the household at the midpoint, all sources and before tax. Inside a city we rebuild it from the dissemination areas’ income bands, so there it is an estimate.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. Every town and city neighbourhood with 2,500 residents or more; whole cities and First Nations reserves are left out. Each middle figure is a median.
Questions about work in Dunnottar
What is the unemployment rate in Dunnottar?
The 2021 census found 15% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Interlake economic region, is 2.9% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Dunnottar?
The median household in Dunnottar had $70,500 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Dunnottar get to work?
By car: 88% of commuters, 5% take public transit and 5% cycle; on census day 16% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Dunnottar?
39.2 minutes is the average trip, with 20% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 27% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Dunnottar work?
0% work in Dunnottar itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Winnipeg (90), then Selkirk (60).
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).