Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainWorking-age people in Harrison Park have jobs more often than in 82% of Canadian towns
An hour or more each way is the commute for 11% of workers in Harrison Park; the average is 22.8 minutes. Half the households in Harrison Park had more than $71,000 in 2020, before tax, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900. Of everyone in Harrison Park working or looking for work in May 2021, 5.1% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
The work numbers behind Harrison Park
More people in work than most towns
In work at the 2021 census: 82% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 50% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 5.1% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 5.8% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The median household had $71,000 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 22.8 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 11% take an hour or more. 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.
On jobs and income, Harrison Park grades B+
Better than 68% 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.
In and out of work in Harrison Park
Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 53% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 50% of residents 15 and over were in work. By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 60% of the wider area’s adults in work. The census caught the labour market on 11 May 2021, deep in the pandemic, so unemployment and working from home both ran above normal.
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.
Household income in Harrison Park
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 64% of Canadian towns.
The middle of Manitoba’s towns is $83,900, and Harrison Park is 15% below it. Incomes are for 2020, the first pandemic year, so CERB and other emergency payments are part of them.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
The length of the trip to work in Harrison Park
Timed exactly, the average is 20 minutes (Statistics Canada). A quarter-hour or less for 54% 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
About as many people come in to work in Harrison Park as leave
480 residents of Harrison Park had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 450 people had theirs in Harrison Park, wherever they lived.
The job is inside the municipality for 50% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
50% of Harrison Park’s residents in work leave it to work; Brandon takes the most
- Brandon45
- Minnedosa35
- Clanwilliam-Erickson35
- Yellowhead30
- Winnipeg10
- Keeseekoowenin 6110
- Minto-Odanah10
- Rosedale10
- Division No. 17, Unorganized10
- Brandon50
- Clanwilliam-Erickson45
- Minnedosa35
- Division No. 17, Unorganized25
- Dauphin20
- Neepawa15
- Yellowhead15
- Elton10
- Rolling River 6710
Of those coming in, Brandon supplies the most: 45.
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 Harrison Park work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Leaving the car at home: 4.1% of commuters in Harrison Park
Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 96% of commuters. Working at home: 27% here, 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).
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
Behind EI beneficiaries sits data gathered across Census Division No. 15, with Harrison Park one part of it.
Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 4%. The highest month was January 2021: 970 people, 2.1 times the 2019 level. Roughly 3.7 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. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Harrison Park on foot: a C− grade
Better than 21% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Next to Harrison Park: how nearby places compare
Harrison Park has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 22–46 km out.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Park | 82% | 5.1% | $71K | 22.8 min | B+ | C− |
| Clanwilliam-Erickson 21.5 km | 73% | 4.7% | $62K | 25.9 min | C− | A− |
| Yellowhead 33.2 km | 85% | 5.6% | $66K | 23.6 min | B | A− |
| Minnedosa 38.9 km | 76% | 3.6% | $70K | 20.5 min | B | B |
| Oakview 39.5 km | 81% | 4.5% | $75K | 27.4 min | B− | C+ |
| Rosedale 46 km | 68% | 3.2% | $63K | 24.7 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 Harrison Park, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada surveys households every month; the results come out for metro areas and economic regions, never for single towns, and keep the rate current after 2021.
- In work. How many residents held a job in May 2021, set against how many were 15 to 64. It reads a little high where many people work past 65, since below the municipality the census gives no breakdown of workers by age.
- Unemployment. The share of people 15 and over in the labour force, working or looking for work, who had no job on census day in May 2021.
- Household income. Taken from the 2021 Census, which asked about 2020: wages, pensions, investment income and government transfers together, before income tax, for the median household.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 Harrison Park
How do people in Harrison Park get to work?
96% of commuters drive, 4.1% walk; 27% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Harrison Park?
The average commute is 22.8 minutes; 54% of trips take under 15 minutes and 11% an hour or more.
Where do people in Harrison Park work?
50% work in Harrison Park itself; of those who leave, the most go to Brandon (50), then Clanwilliam-Erickson (45).
How many jobs are there in Harrison Park?
The 2021 census found about 450 people with their usual workplace in Harrison Park, or 0.9 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 111 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Harrison Park?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 5.1% 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 Harrison Park?
Harrison Park’s middle household had $71,000 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
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).