Photo: eileenmak · CC BY 2.0Households in Morden earn less than those in 62% of Canadian towns
At the 2021 census, 77% of Morden’s 15-to-64s were in work, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns. An hour or more each way is the commute for 3.5% of workers in Morden; the average is 15.9 minutes. 7.8% of the labour force in Morden was out of work at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What stands out about work in Morden
Lower incomes than most towns
The median household had $71,500 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 15.9 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 3.5% 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.
On jobs and income, Morden grades B+
Better than 74% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #66 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.
Median household income in Morden: $71,500 in 2020
Of the 7 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 3, 5 have a higher median. The middle of Manitoba’s towns is $83,900, and Morden is 15% below it. 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).
The length of the trip to work in Morden
Timed exactly, the average is 13.8 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.
In and out of Morden: the working day evens out
54% 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.
46% of Morden’s residents in work leave it to work; Winkler takes the most
Of those coming in, Winkler supplies the most: 535.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
In and out of work in Morden
Of the 7 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 3, 5 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Counting retirees, 60% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. Counting those looking for work too, 65% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. 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.
Without a car, 6% of Morden’s commuters get to work
Home was the workplace for 8.5%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 93% of commuters go by car, truck or van.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
In Census Division No. 3, 77% more people receive EI than in 2019
Roughly 5.4 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 rose by 24%. In February 2021 it reached 2,170, the most in the series and 2.3 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. 3. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Morden earns B+ for walkability
Better than 70% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #120 of 185 in Manitoba.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Morden is 152nd of 649 Canadian towns of 8,100 to 15,600 people for jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| 2 | North Saanich British Columbia | 12,986 | 85% | 5.9% | $121K | A+ |
| 3 | Sillery Quebec | 13,950 | 81% | 6.2% | $120K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 54 | Linden Woods Manitoba | 11,134 | 75% | 6.1% | $126K | A |
| 55 | Springfield North Manitoba | 8,327 | 78% | 7.3% | $113K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 65 | West St. Paul Manitoba | 10,796 | 80% | 6.5% | $124K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 150 | Guelph/Eramosa Ontario | 14,870 | 80% | 7.7% | $130K | B+ |
| 151 | Nelson British Columbia | 12,126 | 78% | 9.5% | $73K | B+ |
| 152 | Morden Manitoba | 11,578 | 77% | 7.8% | $72K | B+ |
| 153 | Clayton Heights British Columbia | 8,961 | 81% | 6% | $113K | B+ |
| 154 | Bécancour Quebec | 14,943 | 81% | 4.4% | $75K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 649 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Morden, and others among Manitoba’s towns.
How Morden compares with the places nearby
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morden | 77% | 7.8% | $72K | 15.9 min | B+ | B+ |
| Winkler 11.5 km | 76% | 4.2% | $71K | 12.5 min | B+ | B+ |
| Stanley 13.1 km | 74% | 4.9% | $90K | 16.2 min | A | 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 Morden, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- In work. How many residents held a job in May 2021, set against how many were 15 to 64. It reads a little high where many people work past 65, since below the municipality the census gives no breakdown of workers by age.
- Unemployment. Of everyone 15 or older who was working or job-hunting in the census week, the part still looking. Someone not seeking work isn’t in it at all.
- 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.
- Where people commute. Statistics Canada’s place-of-work table counts people with a usual place of work by the municipality they live in and the one they work in. Jobs here are people whose usual workplace is in the municipality, wherever they live.
- Employment Insurance. Statistics Canada counts EI beneficiaries each month by census division. Seasonal work makes it swing, so read it as a trend, not a jobless rate.
- 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 Morden
What is the average household income in Morden?
The median household in Morden had $71,500 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Morden get to work?
93% of commuters drive, 4.4% walk and 1.6% cycle; 8.5% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Morden?
The average commute is 15.9 minutes; 62% of trips take under 15 minutes and 3.5% an hour or more.
Where do people in Morden work?
Most stay: 54% work in Morden. The rest go first to Winkler (1,320) and Stanley (75).
How many jobs are there in Morden?
The 2021 census found about 3,445 people with their usual workplace in Morden, or 1 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. Statistics Canada counted 357 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Morden?
At the 2021 census, unemployment stood at 7.8%; the middle of Canadian towns is 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).