Photo: Jd.101 · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Minnedosa have lower incomes than those in 67% of Canadian towns
Jobs were held by 76% of people aged 15 to 64 in Minnedosa in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. An hour or more each way is the commute for 3.6% of workers in Minnedosa; the average is 20.5 minutes. 3.6% of the labour force in Minnedosa was out of work at the 2021 census, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
The short version on work in Minnedosa
Less unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 3.6% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 5.8%. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $69,700 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
A local job centre
With 1,090 jobs based in Minnedosa and 915 working residents, the ratio compares with 0.8 in the middle of Canadian towns. The daily tide ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 20.5 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 3.6% last an hour or longer. 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Minnedosa: B
Better than 55% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #106 of 185 in Manitoba.
Its strongest measure is trip times; 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.
Work and the working-age population of Minnedosa
A larger share in work than in 56% of Canadian towns.
Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 57% were working. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 60% in October 2026. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 59% of residents that age. The census caught the labour market on 11 May 2021, deep in the pandemic, so unemployment and working from home both ran above normal.
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.
$69,700 a year: the median household in Minnedosa
Against the middle of Manitoba’s towns ($83,900), Minnedosa’s median is 17% below. Because 2020 was the first year of the pandemic, emergency benefits make up part of these before-tax incomes.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Every working day, Minnedosa’s workforce grows by 17%
58% 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.
How long the commute from Minnedosa takes
A quarter-hour or less for 54% of commuters, against 46% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 18.6 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of Manitoba’s towns, the average commute is 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.
564 people come into Minnedosa to work, most from Minto-Odanah and Brandon
52% of the people who work in Minnedosa live outside it, 210 of them in Minto-Odanah, 10 km away. Brandon is where the largest group of commuters out goes, 115 of them.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Minnedosa gets to work without a car for 7.2% of commuters
By car, truck or van: 89% of commuters, against 87% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. Home was the workplace for 9.1%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Hardly anyone takes transit to work, 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).
EI claims in Census Division No. 15 run 16% above their 2019 level
Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 4%. The highest month was January 2021: 970 people, 2.1 times the 2019 level. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 3.7 receive EI.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Data for EI beneficiaries covers Census Division No. 15. 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 Minnedosa: B
Better than 58% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #145 of 185 in Manitoba.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 3,900, Minnedosa ranks 245th of 553 for 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 243 | Electoral Area C, Nanaimo British Columbia | 3,733 | 71% | 8.1% | $102K | B |
| 244 | Bainbridge British Columbia | 3,015 | 76% | 10% | $121K | B |
| 245 | Minnedosa Manitoba | 2,859 | 76% | 3.6% | $70K | B |
| 246 | Rivière-Beaudette Quebec | 2,806 | 80% | 4.1% | $88K | B |
| 247 | Holyrood Alberta | 3,305 | 72% | 14% | $95K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 553 | 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 Minnedosa, and others among Manitoba’s towns.
The work picture around Minnedosa
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnedosa | 76% | 3.6% | $70K | 20.5 min | B | B |
| Minto-Odanah 10.4 km | 78% | 4.4% | $88K | 21.2 min | A | D |
| Oakview 16.6 km | 81% | 4.5% | $75K | 27.4 min | B− | 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 Minnedosa, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Employment Insurance. People receiving EI benefits each month, counted for the census division. It follows the local job market; it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Monthly, and only for metro areas and economic regions. It is the up-to-date rate we set beside the census’s 2021 snapshot.
- 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. 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.
- Household income. What the median household took in during 2020 before tax, as the census recorded it; an estimate built from income groups when the place is a neighbourhood.
- 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. 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.
- 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 Minnedosa
How many jobs are there in Minnedosa?
The 2021 census found about 1,090 people with their usual workplace in Minnedosa, or 1.2 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. Statistics Canada counted 140 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Minnedosa?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 3.6% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Southwest economic region at 5.8% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Minnedosa?
The census puts Minnedosa at $69,700 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Minnedosa get to work?
89% of commuters drive, 7.2% walk; 9.1% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Minnedosa?
The average commute is 20.5 minutes; 54% of trips take under 15 minutes and 3.6% an hour or more.
Where do people in Minnedosa work?
Most stay: 58% work in Minnedosa. The rest go first to Brandon (115) and Neepawa (115).
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).