Ebb and Flow 52’s household incomes are lower than in 96% of Canadian towns
Commutes from Ebb and Flow 52 average 14.3 minutes, and 5.9% take an hour or more. The 2021 census found 28% of working-age people in Ebb and Flow 52 employed, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns. When the 2021 census was taken, 18% of people in Ebb and Flow 52 who wanted a job had none, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What Ebb and Flow 52’s work numbers say
Fewer people in work than most towns
Counting everyone 15 and over, 26% were in work at the 2021 census; among those aged 15 to 64 it was 28%, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
18% 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
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $54,400 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 14.3 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 5.9% 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.
Jobs and income in Ebb and Flow 52 earn C−
Its strongest measure is trip times; its weakest, the share of 15-to-64s in work.
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 Ebb and Flow 52, 28% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
In October 2026, 51% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 33%. 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.
A smaller share in work than in almost any Canadian town.
Ebb and Flow 52 households: $54,400 a year at the median
That puts Ebb and Flow 52 35% below the median of Manitoba’s towns, $83,900. That year, 2020, brought emergency benefits that count in these totals, before tax.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Time on the road to work from Ebb and Flow 52
Timed exactly, the average is 11.8 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of Manitoba’s towns, the average commute is 23.6 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 80% of commuters, against 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.
The commute in and out of Ebb and Flow 52 balances out
Outbound commuters outnumber inbound ones about 2 to 1. Of those who commute, 91% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
8.9% of Ebb and Flow 52’s residents in work leave it to work; Ste. Rose takes the most
Alonsa sends the largest group the other way, 10 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 3.9% of Ebb and Flow 52’s commuters
Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 90% of commuters. Only 3.7% worked at home on census day, against 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
Figures for EI beneficiaries are published for Census Division No. 17 as a whole, not for Ebb and Flow 52 alone.
Roughly 5.1 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 3%. July 2021 was the busiest month, with 1,100 people on EI, 2.2 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).
The Walkability grade for Ebb and Flow 52: C−
Better than 20% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Jobs and income in the places around Ebb and Flow 52
The nearest places to Ebb and Flow 52 with figures are 18–48 km away.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ebb and Flow 52 | 28% | 18% | $54K | 14.3 min | C− | C− |
| Alonsa 17.9 km | 60% | 18% | $55K | 26.4 min | D− | C− |
| Ste. Rose 35.4 km | 72% | 8% | $60K | 19.6 min | C | A+ |
| West Interlake 37.3 km | 81% | 13% | $54K | 21.2 min | B− | B− |
| Grahamdale 47.9 km | 82% | 7.1% | $59K | 27.1 min | C | D |
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 Ebb and Flow 52, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. It counts only people who wanted work and had none in May 2021, as a share of those working or searching; students and retirees who weren’t looking stay out of both sides.
- Household income. What the median household took in during 2020 before tax, as the census recorded it; an estimate built from income groups when the place is a neighbourhood.
- 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. 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. Statistics Canada counts EI beneficiaries each month by census division. Seasonal work makes it swing, so read it as a trend, not a jobless rate.
- 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.
- 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.
- A First Nations reserve. Ebb and Flow 52’s figures are its own, though Statistics Canada rounds or suppresses some for small communities. A reserve has no overall grade and sits in no ranked list.
Questions about work in Ebb and Flow 52
What is the unemployment rate in Ebb and Flow 52?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Parklands and North economic region at 5.7%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 18%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Ebb and Flow 52?
Before tax, half the households in Ebb and Flow 52 had more than $54,400 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Ebb and Flow 52 get to work?
90% of commuters go by car, 3.9% walk. On census day 3.7% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Ebb and Flow 52?
On average 14.3 minutes; 80% take under 15 minutes and 5.9% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Ebb and Flow 52 work?
91% work in Ebb and Flow 52 itself; of those who leave, the most go to Ste. Rose (10), then Lakeshore (10).
How many jobs are there in Ebb and Flow 52?
About 215 people had their usual place of work in Ebb and Flow 52 at the 2021 census, 1 for each working resident with a fixed workplace.
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).