Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center · Public domainThe share of 15-to-64s in work puts Hamiota near the very top of Canadian towns
Half the households in Hamiota had more than $72,500 in 2020, before tax, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900. Getting to work from Hamiota takes 17.9 minutes on average, an hour or more for 5.8%. Census day 2021 found 3.1% of Hamiota’s labour force without a job, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What sets Hamiota apart on jobs and income
More people in work than most towns
With 94% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 62% of all adults employed. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 3.1% 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 ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $72,500 before tax in 2020, where the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
More jobs than the typical town
With 485 jobs based in Hamiota and 450 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 17.9 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 5.8% 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 & income in Hamiota: graded A
Better than 94% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
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.
Work for 94% of 15-to-64s in Hamiota
Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 62% were working. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 60% in October 2026. Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 64%. 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.
A larger share in work than in almost any Canadian town.
How Hamiota’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 60% of Canadian towns.
That puts Hamiota 14% below the median of Manitoba’s towns, $83,900. Read the incomes as 2020’s, before tax: pandemic benefits such as CERB are in them, and they raised many low incomes for 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).
A working day adds 6% to the people at work in Hamiota
450 residents of Hamiota had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 485 people had theirs in Hamiota, wherever they lived.
Of those who commute, 63% 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 Hamiota takes
In the middle of Manitoba’s towns, the average commute is 23.6 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 66% of commuters, against 46% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 16.2 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
202 people come into Hamiota to work, most from Wallace-Woodworth and Prairie View
42% of the people who work in Hamiota live outside it, 45 of them in Wallace-Woodworth, 47 km away. Outbound, Yellowhead takes the most: 40 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
2021 Census, people with a usual place of work: where residents of Hamiota work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 15% of Hamiota’s commuters
85% drive to work, fewer than the 87% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. Only 18% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. On foot: 12% of commuters, well above the 3.8% 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).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
16% more people are on EI in Census Division No. 15 than in 2019
Hamiota doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from Census Division No. 15.
The highest month was January 2021: 970 people, 2.1 times the 2019 level. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 3.7 receive EI. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 4%.
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 Hamiota: A
Better than 94% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
The work picture around Hamiota
Distances here run 28–41 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Hamiota.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamiota | 94% | 3.1% | $73K | 17.9 min | A | A |
| Yellowhead 28 km | 85% | 5.6% | $66K | 23.6 min | B | A− |
| Riverdale 30.7 km | 73% | 6.2% | $81K | 28.7 min | C | A− |
| Oakview 38.9 km | 81% | 4.5% | $75K | 27.4 min | B− | C+ |
| Sioux Valley Dakota Nation 39.2 km | 35% | 18% | $47K | 16 min | D | C− |
| Prairie View 41.5 km | 84% | 4.7% | $74K | 22.9 min | A− | B+ |
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 Hamiota, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Before-tax total income of the middle household for 2020, from the census. Neighbourhood medians are worked out from bracket counts, since Statistics Canada publishes none of their own.
- 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.
- 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 Hamiota
How long is the commute from Hamiota?
17.9 minutes is the average trip, with 66% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 5.8% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Hamiota work?
63% work in Hamiota itself; of those who leave, the most go to Yellowhead (40), then Riverdale (25).
How many jobs are there in Hamiota?
The 2021 census counted about 485 people working in Hamiota: 1.1 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 90 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Hamiota?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 3.1% 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 Hamiota?
At $72,500 before tax in 2020, the median household in Hamiota compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Hamiota get to work?
By car: 85% of commuters, 12% walk and 2.9% cycle; on census day 18% of those in work worked from 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).