Photo: Jasonbook99 · CC BY-SA 3.0Gillam has some of the highest household incomes of any Canadian town
Most commutes from Gillam take well under an hour: the average is 15.1 minutes, and 2.1% take 60 minutes or longer. At the 2021 census, 69% of Gillam’s 15-to-64s were in work; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. Census day 2021 found 9.3% of Gillam’s labour force without a job, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
The work figures that set Gillam apart
Higher incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $146,400 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
More jobs than the typical town
With 395 jobs based in Gillam and 355 working residents, the ratio compares with 0.8 in the middle of Canadian towns. The daily tide ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 15.1 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 2.1% 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.
Gillam earns A for jobs and income
Better than 92% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is household income; 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.
$146,400 a year: the median household in Gillam
The middle of Manitoba’s towns is $83,900, and Gillam is 74% above it. These are 2020 incomes, before tax, and they include pandemic benefits such as CERB, which lifted many lower incomes 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).
Before tax, 2020: higher than in almost any Canadian town.
Workers pour into Gillam: 11% more on a working day
About 2 people arrive to work in Gillam for each resident who goes out. Of those who commute, 85% 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 Gillam takes
In the middle of Manitoba’s towns, the average commute is 23.6 minutes. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 12.9 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.
93 people come into Gillam to work, most from Winnipeg and Thompson
- Winnipeg15
- Thompson15
- Split Lake 17110
- A Kwis Ki Mahka10
- Division No. 23, Unorganized10
24% of the people who work in Gillam live outside it, 15 of them in Winnipeg, 738 km away. Of residents who leave for work, most head to Division No. 23, Unorganized (10).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Who in Gillam has a job
A smaller share in work than in 75% of Canadian towns.
Working or looking, 76% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. The figures are a snapshot of 11 May 2021, when pandemic rules still kept many people out of work or at 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.
Without a car, 15% of Gillam’s commuters get to work
84% drive to work, fewer than the 87% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
In Census Division No. 23, 22% fewer people receive EI than in 2019
In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 10%. The highest month was May 2021: 570 people, 1.4 times the 2019 level. That is about 9.3 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. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: Census Division No. 23. 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 Gillam: B+
Better than 72% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Jobs near Gillam: the places around it
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gillam | 69% | 9.3% | $146K | 15.1 min | A | B+ |
| Split Lake 171 90.1 km | 43% | 21% | $82K | 14.5 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. The one place listed is 90 km from Gillam, the nearest with figures.
What this data can and can’t tell you
What each figure measures for Gillam, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- In work. Everyone with a job, whatever their age, divided by the residents aged 15 to 64 at the 2021 Census: below the municipality the census doesn’t split work by age, and this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood can be given.
- Unemployment. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- Household income. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- 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. 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. 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.
- 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 Gillam
Where do people in Gillam work?
85% work in Gillam itself; of those who leave, the most go to Division No. 23, Unorganized (10).
How many jobs are there in Gillam?
Some 395 people worked in Gillam at the 2021 census: 1.1 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 17 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Gillam?
9.3% of the labour force was unemployed on census day in May 2021, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Gillam?
Gillam’s middle household had $146,400 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Gillam get to work?
Driving takes 84% of commuters to work, 15% walk, and on census day 2.1% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Gillam?
About 15.1 minutes on average, with 73% under a quarter-hour and 2.1% at an hour or longer.
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, 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).