Photo: DrBeetrootCa · CC BY-SA 4.0The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Lorne tops that of 90% of Canadian towns
Median household income in Lorne was $69,300 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. On census day, 30% of workers here were at home, next to 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Commutes from Lorne average 21.7 minutes, and 8.7% take an hour or more.
Work in Lorne, in a few figures
More people in work than most towns
The 2021 census found 84% of 15-to-64s with a job (73% in the middle of Canadian towns). Count every adult, retirees too, and the figure is 66%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021, 5.1% of those working or looking had no job; the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $69,300 before tax in 2020, where the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
A local job centre
895 people work in Lorne and 775 residents commute to a fixed workplace; the middle of Canadian towns has 0.8 jobs per working resident. The daily tide ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 21.7 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 8.7% 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 and income in Lorne earn A−
Better than 76% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #65 of 185 in Manitoba.
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 Lorne, 84% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
Working or looking, 70% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. Counting retirees, 66% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. The census was taken on 11 May 2021, mid-pandemic, when lockdowns had pushed unemployment up and sent many to work from 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.
What households in Lorne earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 68% of Canadian towns.
The middle of Manitoba’s towns is $83,900, and Lorne is 17% below it. 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).
On a working day Lorne gains 10% in workers
775 residents of Lorne had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 895 people had theirs in Lorne, wherever they lived.
Lorne takes in some 2 workers for every resident it sends out. The job is inside the municipality for 71% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
How long the commute from Lorne takes
Trips under 15 minutes: 55%, more than the 46% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 19 minutes. 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
346 people come into Lorne to work, most from Norfolk-Treherne and Pembina
Of everyone working in Lorne, 39% come in from elsewhere; 100 make the 23 km trip from Norfolk-Treherne. Going the other way, Norfolk-Treherne is the biggest single destination (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 Lorne work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 12% of Lorne’s commuters
Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Driving to work is about as common as in the middle of Manitoba’s towns, at 87%.
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.
In Census Division No. 4, 33% more people receive EI than in 2019
Behind EI beneficiaries sits data gathered across Census Division No. 4, with Lorne one part of it.
Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 9%. The count topped out in February 2021 at 400 people, 2.3 times the 2019 average. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 4.4 receive 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).
The Walkability grade for Lorne: A−
Better than 75% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #110 of 185 in Manitoba.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Lorne next to Canadian towns of 2,500 to 4,100: 161st of 610 on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Mount Royal Alberta | 2,758 | 83% | 12% | $188K | A+ |
| 2 | Central River Heights Manitoba | 2,736 | 84% | 5.4% | $137K | A+ |
| 3 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 7 | South River Heights Manitoba | 2,632 | 84% | 5.3% | $112K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 159 | Coach Hill Alberta | 3,383 | 77% | 11% | $105K | A− |
| 160 | Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley Quebec | 2,938 | 81% | 4% | $91K | A− |
| 161 | Lorne Manitoba | 3,022 | 84% | 5.1% | $69K | A− |
| 162 | Saint-Léonard-d'Aston Quebec | 2,662 | 88% | 1.1% | $69K | A− |
| 163 | Brevoort Park Saskatchewan | 3,485 | 75% | 9.4% | $83K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 610 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,724 | 43% | 30% | $51K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Lorne, and others among Manitoba’s towns.
The places around Lorne, side by side
The nearest places to Lorne with figures are 22–29 km away.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorne | 84% | 5.1% | $69K | 21.7 min | A− | A− |
| Pembina 21.7 km | 79% | 5.8% | $71K | 26.2 min | C+ | B |
| Norfolk-Treherne 23.2 km | 71% | 6.7% | $77K | 24.1 min | C+ | C |
| Thompson 28.8 km | 66% | 2.5% | $74K | 22.3 min | C | 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 Lorne, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Where people commute. Counts of workers with a fixed workplace, by where they live and where they work, both taken as whole municipalities; the jobs figure takes everyone who works here, wherever home is.
- 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.
- 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. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- 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. Commuters picked a band for their usual trip (under 15 minutes, 15 to 29, and so on). We place each person at the middle of their band, which lands a little above Statistics Canada’s own timed average.
- 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 Lorne
What is the average household income in Lorne?
Lorne’s middle household had $69,300 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Lorne get to work?
Driving takes 87% of commuters to work, 12% walk, and on census day 30% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Lorne?
About 21.7 minutes on average, with 55% under a quarter-hour and 8.7% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Lorne work?
Most stay: 71% work in Lorne. The rest go first to Norfolk-Treherne (45) and Victoria (30).
How many jobs are there in Lorne?
Some 895 people worked in Lorne at the 2021 census: 1.2 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 195 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Lorne?
On census day in May 2021 unemployment stood at 5.1%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%.
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, 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).