Photo: R Reimer at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Gimli has lower household incomes than 65% of Canadian towns
Gimli had an unemployment rate of 11% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The 2021 census found 76% of working-age people in Gimli employed, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns. For 17% of commuters in Gimli, the trip to work lasts an hour or more; the average is 26.2 minutes.
Work in Gimli: the figures worth knowing
Work near the middle
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 76% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 45%. In work ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $70,700 before tax in 2020, where the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Jobs & income in Gimli: graded C
Better than 34% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #145 of 185 in Manitoba.
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; 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.
What households earned in Gimli: $70,700 in 2020
Set beside Manitoba’s towns, where the median is $83,900, Gimli sits 16% below. In 2020 emergency benefits topped up many low incomes, and the census counts them here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Gimli is quieter on a working day than at night
63% of residents who commute work inside the municipality, against 70% in the middle of Canadian towns.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
37% of Gimli’s residents in work leave it to work; Winnipeg takes the most
Armstrong sends the largest group the other way, 110 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Work and the working-age population of Gimli
A larger share in work than in 56% of Canadian towns.
The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 61% in October 2026. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 51% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 45%: many residents are past working age. 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.
Leaving the car at home: 8.2% of commuters in Gimli
Home was the workplace for 15%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The middle of Manitoba’s towns has 3.8% walking; here, 7.3% do. 89% drive to work, more than the 87% 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).
Commuting times in Gimli
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 22.9 minutes. In the middle of Manitoba’s towns, the average commute is 23.6 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 52% 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.
In Census Division No. 18, 17% more people receive EI than in 2019
That is about 7.4 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 4%. April 2021 was the busiest month, with 1,620 people on EI, 1.7 times 2019’s average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Not measured by town: EI beneficiaries (Census Division No. 18). 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 of Gimli: B
Better than 61% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #138 of 185 in Manitoba.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Gimli next to Canadian towns of 4,800 to 9,300: 503rd of 710 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| 4 | Neepawa Manitoba | 6,328 | 85% | 2.9% | $84K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 26 | Betsworth Manitoba | 7,476 | 82% | 6.7% | $107K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 501 | Erin Woods Alberta | 7,245 | 65% | 16% | $89K | C |
| 502 | Charlemagne Quebec | 6,695 | 80% | 6.5% | $67K | C |
| 503 | Gimli Manitoba | 6,914 | 76% | 11% | $71K | C |
| 504 | G-Section (bramalea) Ontario | 8,224 | 70% | 13% | $107K | C |
| 505 | L'Épiphanie Quebec | 9,254 | 78% | 7% | $79K | C |
| … | ||||||
| 710 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Gimli, and others among Manitoba’s towns.
Neighbouring places to Gimli, compared
Gimli has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 15–26 km out.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gimli | 76% | 11% | $71K | 26.2 min | C | B |
| Winnipeg Beach 15.2 km | 66% | 14% | $61K | 36.3 min | D− | B |
| Dunnottar 20.8 km | 61% | 15% | $71K | 39.2 min | D− | B− |
| Armstrong 25.5 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 Gimli, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Where people commute. Only people with a usual place of work are in it: those who work from home or have no fixed site are not. Home and work are both counted by municipality.
- 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. A monthly household survey by Statistics Canada, reported for metro areas and economic regions only. It supplies a recent rate next to the 2021 census figure.
- In work. Why 15 to 64? Otherwise retirees would pull the rate down in older towns. The census can’t say how old a neighbourhood’s workers are, so the count of people in work takes every age.
- 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. How long getting to work normally takes, averaged from the census’s time bands at their middles; expect it to read slightly high against the timed figure.
- Which towns we compare. Towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500 people or more, never a whole city and never a First Nations reserve. Middles are medians.
Questions about work in Gimli
How long is the commute from Gimli?
About 26.2 minutes on average, with 52% under a quarter-hour and 17% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Gimli work?
Most stay: 63% work in Gimli. The rest go first to Winnipeg (220) and St. Andrews (90).
How many jobs are there in Gimli?
Some 1,640 people worked in Gimli at the 2021 census: 0.9 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 225 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Gimli?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 11% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Interlake economic region at 2.9% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Gimli?
The median household in Gimli had $70,700 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Gimli get to work?
Driving takes 89% of commuters to work, 7.3% walk and 0.9% cycle, and on census day 15% of those in work were at home.
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).