Long Plain 6 has some of the lowest household incomes of any Canadian town
33% of people aged 15 to 64 in Long Plain 6 had a job at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. Joblessness at the 2021 census: 21% of Long Plain 6’s labour force, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns.
What the numbers say about work in Long Plain 6
Fewer people in work than most towns
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 33% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 30%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021, 21% of those working or looking had no job; the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The median household had $44,600 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 20.7 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 8.2% 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.
Jobs & income in Long Plain 6: graded D
Better than 9% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is trip times; 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.
In Long Plain 6, 33% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
None of the 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 9 has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 37% of residents that age. Statistics Canada counted on 11 May 2021, with much of the country under pandemic rules: more people were out of work or at home than usual.
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.
Long Plain 6 households: $44,600 a year at the median
Against the middle of Manitoba’s towns ($83,900), Long Plain 6’s median is 47% below. Every other place of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 9 has a higher median. CERB and the other emergency payments of 2020 are counted in these incomes, which lifted the lower ones 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: lower than in almost any Canadian town.
At 20.7 minutes, commutes from Long Plain 6 are shorter than in the middle of Canadian towns
Trips under 15 minutes: 61%, more than the 46% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. An hour or more: 8.2% of commuters, above the 5.5% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 17.3 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of Manitoba’s towns averages 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: 8.2% of Long Plain 6’s commuters
The car takes 84% of commuters here, under the 87% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% 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).
17% more people are on EI in Census Division No. 9 than in 2019
That is about 4.1 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. The count topped out in January 2021 at 1,090 people, 2.4 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: Census Division No. 9. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Walking in Long Plain 6 earns B+
Better than 70% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Work next door to Long Plain 6
The nearest places to Long Plain 6 with figures are 19–29 km away.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Plain 6 | 33% | 21% | $45K | 20.7 min | D | B+ |
| Portage la Prairie 19.2 km | 74% | 7% | $69K | 15 min | B | A |
| Portage la Prairie 25.1 km | 68% | 5.8% | $88K | 22.9 min | B− | D |
| North Norfolk 25.4 km | 74% | 4.8% | $71K | 22.2 min | C+ | B |
| Grey 27.4 km | 79% | 5.2% | $73K | 27.2 min | C+ | B+ |
| Norfolk-Treherne 29.1 km | 71% | 6.7% | $77K | 24.1 min | C+ | 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 Long Plain 6, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Unemployment. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- Which towns we compare. The comparison pool is places of 2,500 people or more, towns or neighbourhoods inside cities, without whole cities or reserves, and we compare with its median.
- A First Nations reserve. Long Plain 6’s figures are its own, though Statistics Canada rounds or suppresses some for small communities. A reserve has no overall grade and sits in no ranked list.
Questions about work in Long Plain 6
How do people in Long Plain 6 get to work?
84% of commuters drive, 8.2% walk; 0% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Long Plain 6?
The average commute is 20.7 minutes; 61% of trips take under 15 minutes and 8.2% an hour or more.
What is the unemployment rate in Long Plain 6?
On census day in May 2021 unemployment stood at 21%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%.
What is the average household income in Long Plain 6?
The median household in Long Plain 6 had $44,600 before tax in 2020, 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) · 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).