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Out of work in May 2021: 16% of Mossey River’s labour force, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. Workers in Mossey River spend 18.4 minutes on the way to work on average, and 2.2% need an hour or more. 68% of people aged 15 to 64 in Mossey River had a job at the 2021 census, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns.
Mossey River and work: the main findings
Fewer people in work than most towns
The 2021 census found 68% of 15-to-64s with a job (73% in the middle of Canadian towns). Count every adult, retirees too, and the figure is 49%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
16% of the labour force was out of work at the 2021 census (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns); the Labour Force Survey had the area at 5.7% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $54,100 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 18.4 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 2.2% 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.
Mossey River earns C− for jobs and income
Better than 21% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
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.
In and out of work in Mossey River
A smaller share in work than in 79% of Canadian towns.
57% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 49%. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 51% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. 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.
Before tax, the median household in Mossey River had $54,100
The middle of Manitoba’s towns is $83,900, and Mossey River is 36% 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).
How long the commute from Mossey River takes
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 16.2 minutes. The middle of Manitoba’s towns averages 23.6 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 52% of commuters, 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.
The daily tide in Mossey River runs outward
For every person who comes in to work, about 4 residents travel out. Of those who commute, 59% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
41% of Mossey River’s residents in work leave it to work; Dauphin takes the most
- Dauphin20
Dauphin sends the largest group the other way, 20 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Walking, cycling or transit: 10% of Mossey River’s commuters
Driving to work is about as common as in the middle of Manitoba’s towns, at 87%. Home was the workplace for 19%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian 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).
19% more people are on EI in Census Division No. 17 than in 2019
For EI beneficiaries, the only official count covers all of Census Division No. 17, Mossey River included.
Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 3%. In July 2021 it reached 1,100, the most in the series and 2.2 times the 2019 average. That is about 5.1 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division.
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).
On getting around on foot, Mossey River grades B+
Better than 69% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Mossey River and its neighbours: work and income
No closer places have figures: these lie 55–68 km from Mossey River.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mossey River | 68% | 16% | $54K | 18.4 min | C− | B+ |
| Dauphin 55 km | 87% | 5% | $86K | 20.8 min | A+ | D |
| Dauphin 55.9 km | 73% | 6.6% | $61K | 12.5 min | B− | A |
| Lakeshore 63.9 km | 80% | 6% | $64K | 26.5 min | C+ | D− |
| Division No. 19, Unorganized 66.5 km | 50% | 15% | $61K | 24.5 min | D | C+ |
| Gilbert Plains 67.7 km | 77% | 8.4% | $62K | 19 min | B− | 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 Mossey River, 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. 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.
- The Labour Force Survey. Sampled each month and released for regions rather than towns, so its rate describes the area around the town.
- 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. The census-week jobless rate for residents 15 and over. Its base is the labour force, those employed plus those actively looking.
- Household income. Before-tax total income of the middle household for 2020, from the census. Neighbourhood medians are worked out from bracket counts, since Statistics Canada publishes none of their own.
- 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. 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.
Questions about work in Mossey River
How do people in Mossey River get to work?
Driving takes 87% of commuters to work, 10% walk, and on census day 19% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Mossey River?
About 18.4 minutes on average, with 52% under a quarter-hour and 2.2% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Mossey River work?
59% work in Mossey River itself; of those who leave, the most go to Dauphin (70), then Division No. 19, Unorganized (65).
How many jobs are there in Mossey River?
Some 255 people worked in Mossey River at the 2021 census: 0.7 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 41 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Mossey River?
Two figures answer it: 16% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 5.7% for the Parklands and North economic region in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Mossey River?
Mossey River’s middle household had $54,100 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
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).