Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainWork, pay and getting to work in Grassland
Commutes from Grassland average 22.4 minutes, and 5.4% take an hour or more. Joblessness at the 2021 census: 5.4% of Grassland’s labour force, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. Working at home: 33% of its workers, where the middle of Canadian towns has 21%.
The work numbers behind Grassland
Less unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 5.4% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 5.8%. Unemployment ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 22.4 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 5.4% last an hour or longer. The trip to work ↓
Many work from home
33% of workers worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Getting to work ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
On jobs and income, Grassland grades B
Better than 60% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is trip times; 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.
76% of working-age people in Grassland have jobs
A larger share in work than in 57% of Canadian towns.
The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 69%. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 60% in October 2026. Census day was 11 May 2021, in the pandemic’s third wave: unemployment ran high and many worked from home, so these figures describe that spring rather than today.
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.
How long the commute from Grassland takes
Within a quarter-hour: 45% of commuters, much as in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 18.9 minutes. In the middle of Manitoba’s towns, the average commute is 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.
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 8.7% of Grassland’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.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
More go out than come in: the working day in Grassland
50% 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.
50% of Grassland’s residents in work leave it to work; Souris takes the most
- Sifton35
- Souris35
- Brandon30
- Killarney10
- Boissevain10
In the other direction the biggest source is Sifton, with 35.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Before tax, the median household in Grassland had $76,400
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 51% of Canadian towns.
Grassland’s median is 9% below the middle of Manitoba’s towns ($83,900). Because 2020 was the first year of the pandemic, emergency benefits make up part of these before-tax incomes.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
In Census Division No. 5, 4% more people receive EI than in 2019
Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 rose by 8%. At its peak, in February 2021, 480 people were on EI, 2 times the 2019 average. Roughly 3.5 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI.
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. 5. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Grassland on foot: a B+ grade
Better than 70% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Around Grassland: jobs, pay and the commute
Grassland has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 25–41 km out.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grassland | 76% | 5.4% | $76K | 22.4 min | B | B+ |
| Souris 24.6 km | 76% | 6.8% | $73K | 23.3 min | B− | A |
| Sifton 25.6 km | 92% | 2.3% | $78K | 27.1 min | B+ | B+ |
| Deloraine-Winchester 32.6 km | 91% | 1.9% | $72K | 21.7 min | A | A |
| Sioux Valley Dakota Nation 39.4 km | 35% | 18% | $47K | 16 min | D | C− |
| Melita 40.7 km | 79% | 9.9% | $70K | 14.2 min | A− | A+ |
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 Grassland, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- 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. Our average assumes everyone in, say, the 15-to-29-minute band takes 22 minutes. Across all the bands that runs a shade above Statistics Canada’s measured 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. Beneficiaries of Employment Insurance, month by month, for the census division rather than the town. Many jobless people don’t qualify, so it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- 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 Grassland
How do people in Grassland get to work?
By car: 90% of commuters, 8.7% walk; on census day 33% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Grassland?
22.4 minutes is the average trip, with 45% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 5.4% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Grassland work?
50% work in Grassland itself; of those who leave, the most go to Souris (45), then Deloraine-Winchester (40).
How many jobs are there in Grassland?
The 2021 census counted about 295 people working in Grassland: 0.9 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 59 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Grassland?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 5.4% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Southwest economic region at 5.8% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Grassland?
The census puts Grassland at $76,400 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
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).