Photo: Suburban Rapid Transit Co. via Winnipeg Electric Co. · Public domainHeadingley has some of the highest household incomes of any Canadian town
65% of people aged 15 to 64 in Headingley had a job at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. The census counted 2,275 people working in Headingley and 1,210 residents commuting to a fixed workplace. Of everyone in Headingley working or looking for work in May 2021, 5.4% were unemployed, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
The short version on work in Headingley
Fewer people in work than most towns
65% of people aged 15 to 64 had a job at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; counting everyone 15 and over, retirees included, it was 65%. In work ↓
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%. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
At $140,600 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
A local job centre
With 2,275 jobs based in Headingley and 1,210 working residents, the ratio compares with 0.8 in the middle of Canadian towns. The daily tide ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
The Jobs & income grade for Headingley: B
Better than 56% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #104 of 185 in Manitoba.
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.
Work and the working-age population of Headingley
Of the 128 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 16 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 69%. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 64% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. Pandemic rules were in force on census day, 11 May 2021; the Labour Force Survey shows how jobs have moved since.
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.
What households earned in Headingley: $140,600 in 2020
One of the 128 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 11 has a higher median. Headingley’s median is 68% above the middle of Manitoba’s towns ($83,900). 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.
Every working day, Headingley’s workforce grows by 62%
Headingley takes in some 2 workers for every resident it sends out. 21% 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.
2,021 people come into Headingley to work, most from Winnipeg and La Salle
89% of the people who work in Headingley live outside it, 1,530 of them in Winnipeg, 17 km away. Outbound, Winnipeg takes the most: 870 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Without a car, 3.9% of Headingley’s commuters get to work
Nearly everyone drives: 95% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Working at home: 27% here, 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Few ride transit: 1.1%, 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).
The trip to work from Headingley runs about as long as the middle of Canadian towns: 24.6 minutes
The middle of Manitoba’s towns averages 23.6 minutes. Only 24% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 46% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. An hour or more: 1.8% of commuters, under the 5.5% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 21.9 minutes (Statistics Canada).
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. 11, 29% more people receive EI than in 2019
That works out to around 3.9 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 4%. At its peak, in January 2021, 43,150 people were on EI, 3.2 times the 2019 average.
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. 11. 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 Headingley: C−
Better than 20% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #176 of 185 in Manitoba.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Ranked on jobs and income, Headingley is 299th among 683 Canadian towns of 3,800 to 7,200
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 2 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | Neepawa Manitoba | 6,328 | 85% | 2.9% | $84K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Tuxedo Manitoba | 4,295 | 81% | 7.2% | $105K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 297 | Electoral Area D, Okanagan-Similkameen British Columbia | 4,002 | 78% | 7.6% | $78K | B |
| 298 | Melville Saskatchewan | 4,547 | 74% | 8% | $70K | B |
| 299 | Headingley Manitoba | 5,368 | 65% | 5.4% | $141K | B |
| 300 | Rosemount Ontario | 6,169 | 75% | 11% | $78K | B |
| 301 | Saint-Prosper Quebec | 4,042 | 79% | 6.4% | $67K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 683 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Headingley, and others among Manitoba’s towns.
How the places next to Headingley compare on work
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headingley | 65% | 5.4% | $141K | 24.6 min | B | C− |
| Glendale 4.6 km | 81% | 9.2% | $103K | 21.8 min | A+ | A− |
| Westdale 4.7 km | 76% | 7.5% | $99K | 26.6 min | B | B+ |
| Buchanan 5.3 km | 72% | 9% | $98K | 23.4 min | B | B |
| Betsworth 5.9 km | 82% | 6.7% | $107K | 22.6 min | A+ | B− |
| Westwood 6.2 km | 78% | 6.1% | $109K | 23.3 min | A | B+ |
| Crestview 6.2 km | 77% | 7.5% | $84K | 23.3 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.
What this data can and can’t tell you
What each figure measures for Headingley, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Half of households had more than this before tax in 2020, half less, counting every source of income. For a neighbourhood we estimate the median from the income brackets of its dissemination areas.
- 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. Statistics Canada’s place-of-work table counts people with a usual place of work by the municipality they live in and the one they work in. Jobs here are people whose usual workplace is in the municipality, wherever they live.
- Employment Insurance. A monthly count of Employment Insurance beneficiaries for the whole census division. It tracks the local job market, but it is not an unemployment rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada’s monthly survey, published for metro areas and economic regions rather than towns: it gives a current rate beside the census’s 2021 one.
- In work. People in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64 (2021 Census). The census doesn’t cross work with age below the municipality, so this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood has; retirees don’t weigh on it.
- 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 Headingley
What is the average household income in Headingley?
The median household in Headingley had $140,600 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Headingley get to work?
95% of commuters go by car, 1.1% take public transit and 2.8% walk. On census day 27% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Headingley?
On average 24.6 minutes; 24% take under 15 minutes and 1.8% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Headingley work?
21% work in Headingley itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Winnipeg (870), then La Salle (25).
How many jobs are there in Headingley?
About 2,275 people had their usual place of work in Headingley at the 2021 census, 1.9 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 328 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Headingley?
The 2021 census found 5.4% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Winnipeg metro area, is 5% (October 2026).
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).