Photo: Jasonbook99 · CC BY-SA 4.0Lakeshore has 0.3 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out
Lakeshore had an unemployment rate of 6% at the 2021 census, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns. Getting to work from Lakeshore takes 26.5 minutes on average, an hour or more for 8.3%. In 2020, a household at the middle of Lakeshore had $64,400 before tax; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
Where Lakeshore stands out on work
More people in work than most towns
The 2021 census found 80% of 15-to-64s with a job (73% in the middle of Canadian towns). Count every adult, retirees too, and the figure is 58%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 6% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 5.7% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $64,400 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. 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 and income in Lakeshore earn C+
Better than 36% 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 Lakeshore, 80% of the working-age population has a job
A larger share in work than in 76% of Canadian towns.
For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 51% in work in October 2026. Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 62%. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 58%: 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.
Earnings at home in Lakeshore: households
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 79% of Canadian towns.
The middle of Manitoba’s towns is $83,900, and Lakeshore is 23% below it. 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).
More workers leave Lakeshore each day than arrive
For every person who comes in to work, about 7 residents travel out. Of those who commute, 22% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
78% of Lakeshore’s residents in work leave it to work; Dauphin takes the most
Of those coming in, Division No. 19, Unorganized supplies the most: 20.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
0% of commuters in Lakeshore walk, cycle or take transit
Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 92% of commuters. Working at home: 23% 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).
Time on the road to work from Lakeshore
In the middle of Manitoba’s towns, the average commute is 23.6 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 30%, fewer than the 46% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 27.8 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.
19% more people are on EI in Census Division No. 17 than in 2019
In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 3%. The highest month was July 2021: 1,100 people, 2.2 times the 2019 level. That works out to around 5.1 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: Census Division No. 17. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Getting around Lakeshore on foot earns D−
Better than 2% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Around Lakeshore: jobs, pay and the commute
Lakeshore has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 15–31 km out.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore | 80% | 6% | $64K | 26.5 min | C+ | D− |
| Ste. Rose 14.8 km | 72% | 8% | $60K | 19.6 min | C | A+ |
| Dauphin 23.6 km | 73% | 6.6% | $61K | 12.5 min | B− | A |
| Dauphin 30.6 km | 87% | 5% | $86K | 20.8 min | A+ | D |
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 Lakeshore, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. One way, on a usual day, from the census’s travel-time bands. Band midpoints overstate it a little next to the figure Statistics Canada times.
- Where people commute. Built from the census table that pairs each worker’s home municipality with their workplace municipality. A job here means someone who usually works in the municipality, local or not.
- 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. The most recent unemployment rate on the page comes from this monthly survey, which covers the wider metro area or economic region, not the town.
- In work. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- Unemployment. The census-week jobless rate for residents 15 and over. Its base is the labour force, those employed plus those actively looking.
- Which towns we compare. Comparisons are with the median of Canadian towns and city neighbourhoods counting 2,500 people or more, reserves and entire cities excluded.
Questions about work in Lakeshore
How do people in Lakeshore get to work?
Driving takes 92% of commuters to work, and on census day 23% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Lakeshore?
About 26.5 minutes on average, with 30% under a quarter-hour and 8.3% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Lakeshore work?
Only 22% work in Lakeshore itself; the rest go first to Dauphin (170) and Ste. Rose (50).
How many jobs are there in Lakeshore?
Statistics Canada counted 37 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Lakeshore?
The census put unemployment at 6% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Parklands and North economic region at 5.7%.
What is the average household income in Lakeshore?
The census puts Lakeshore at $64,400 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).