Photo: Matthew ave jor · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Lorette are higher than in 93% of Canadian towns
6.1% of the labour force in Lorette was out of work at the 2021 census, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. From Lorette, the drive or ride to work averages 32.8 minutes, with 6.3% going an hour or longer. 79% of people aged 15 to 64 in Lorette had a job at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%.
What stands out about work in Lorette
More people in work than most towns
With 79% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 68% of all adults employed. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 6.1% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 5% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $109,400 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 32.8 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 6.3% 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.
Lorette earns B for jobs and income
Better than 63% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #89 of 185 in Manitoba.
Its strongest measure is household income; its weakest, trip times.
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 Lorette
Of the 9 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 2, 7 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
A more recent figure, for the wider area: 64% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. 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.
Lorette households: $109,400 a year at the median
One of the 9 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 2 has a higher median. Against the middle of Manitoba’s towns ($83,900), Lorette’s median is 30% above. 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).
The length of the trip to work in Lorette
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 29.8 minutes. In the middle of Manitoba’s towns, the average commute is 23.6 minutes. Only 17% get to work within a quarter-hour, 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.
Lorette empties a little on a working day
It sends out some 5 workers for every one it takes in. 15% 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.
85% of Lorette’s residents in work leave it to work; Winnipeg takes the most
- Winnipeg265
- Steinbach110
- Mitchell75
- St. Adolphe50
- La Broquerie40
- Ste. Anne30
- Oakbank30
- Ste. Anne25
- Brandon20
- Reynolds10
- Winnipeg2,205
- Steinbach275
- Oakbank225
- St. Adolphe150
- Ste. Anne135
- Mitchell80
- Niverville45
- La Salle35
- Headingley30
- La Broquerie20
Coming the other way, Winnipeg sends the most (265).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Leaving the car at home: 2.5% of commuters in Lorette
The car is the way to work for 96% of commuters. Home was the workplace for 18%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit takes 0.2% of commuters, 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).
In Census Division No. 2, 37% more people receive EI than in 2019
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 5 receive EI. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 rose by 7%. January 2021 was the busiest month, with 3,850 people on EI, 2.2 times 2019’s average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: one figure for all of Census Division No. 2. 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 Lorette: C
Better than 27% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #169 of 185 in Manitoba.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
200th of 587: where Lorette ranks among Canadian towns of 9,500 to 18,200
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Saanich British Columbia | 12,986 | 85% | 5.9% | $121K | A+ |
| 2 | Sillery Quebec | 13,950 | 81% | 6.2% | $120K | A+ |
| 3 | Central Saanich British Columbia | 18,184 | 85% | 4.9% | $103K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 47 | Linden Woods Manitoba | 11,134 | 75% | 6.1% | $126K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 56 | West St. Paul Manitoba | 10,796 | 80% | 6.5% | $124K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 58 | Tyndall Park Manitoba | 12,393 | 77% | 7.6% | $105K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 198 | McConachie Alberta | 10,450 | 75% | 9% | $114K | B |
| 199 | The Hamptons Alberta | 12,008 | 74% | 12% | $121K | B |
| 200 | Taché Manitoba | 13,509 | 79% | 6.1% | $109K | B |
| 201 | Springbank Hill Alberta | 9,913 | 71% | 12% | $158K | B |
| 202 | High River Alberta | 15,508 | 76% | 9.9% | $82K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 587 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Lorette, and others among Manitoba’s towns.
How the places next to Lorette compare on work
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorette | 79% | 6.1% | $109K | 32.8 min | B | C |
| Ste. Anne 14.9 km | 74% | 9.1% | $74K | 31.1 min | C− | B+ |
| Ste. Anne 18.1 km | 76% | 7.1% | $84K | 33.7 min | C | D− |
| Sage Creek 19 km | 80% | 5.7% | $126K | 27.2 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 Lorette, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Household income. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- 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. Who travels where, from the census: workers with a regular workplace, sorted by the municipality they live in and the one they work in.
- Employment Insurance. Beneficiaries of Employment Insurance, month by month, for the census division rather than the town. Many jobless people don’t qualify, so it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- 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. Everyone with a job, whatever their age, divided by the residents aged 15 to 64 at the 2021 Census: below the municipality the census doesn’t split work by age, and this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood can be given.
- Unemployment. It counts only people who wanted work and had none in May 2021, as a share of those working or searching; students and retirees who weren’t looking stay out of both sides.
- 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.
- The municipality’s figures. Statistics Canada counts Lorette as part of Taché, so every census figure on this page is the whole municipality’s.
Questions about work in Lorette
How do people in Lorette get to work?
By car: 96% of commuters, 0.2% take public transit, 2% walk and 0.3% cycle; on census day 18% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Lorette?
32.8 minutes is the average trip, with 17% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 6.3% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Lorette work?
Only 15% work in Lorette itself; the rest go first to Winnipeg (2,205) and Steinbach (275).
How many jobs are there in Lorette?
The 2021 census counted about 1,290 people working in Lorette: 0.3 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 324 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Lorette?
The census put unemployment at 6.1% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Winnipeg metro area at 5%.
What is the average household income in Lorette?
The census puts Lorette at $109,400 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).