Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainOakview has 0.3 jobs for every resident in work, so most leave town for work
The median household in Oakview had $74,600 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Unemployment in Oakview stood at 4.5% on census day 2021, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. At the 2021 census, 81% of Oakview’s 15-to-64s were in work; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%.
The work numbers behind Oakview
More people in work than most towns
With 81% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 65% of all adults employed. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
4.5% 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 5.8% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
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, Oakview grades B−
Better than 50% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; 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 Oakview
A larger share in work than in 79% of Canadian towns.
Working or looking, 68% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 65%. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 60% in October 2026. 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.
The daily tide in Oakview runs outward
Outbound commuters outnumber inbound ones about 8 to 1. The job is inside the municipality for 20% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
80% of Oakview’s residents in work leave it to work; Brandon takes the most
- Brandon180
- Riverdale80
- Minnedosa65
- Yellowhead40
- Hamiota30
- Cornwallis10
- Neepawa10
Coming the other way, Hamiota sends the most (20).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Earnings at home in Oakview: households
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 55% of Canadian towns.
Against the middle of Manitoba’s towns ($83,900), Oakview’s median is 11% below. 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).
Without a car, 4.8% of Oakview’s commuters get to work
Working at home: 23% here, 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 93% of commuters.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
A commute like the middle of Canadian towns: 27.4 minutes from Oakview
Trips under 15 minutes: 27%, fewer than the 46% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. Long trips, an hour or more, are about as common as in the middle of Manitoba’s towns: 4.8%. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 25 minutes. 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.
In Census Division No. 15, 16% more people receive EI than in 2019
Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 4%. At its peak, in January 2021, 970 people were on EI, 2.1 times the 2019 average. That is about 3.7 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 beneficiaries: one figure for all of 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).
On getting around on foot, Oakview grades C+
Better than 44% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How the places next to Oakview compare on work
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakview | 81% | 4.5% | $75K | 27.4 min | B− | C+ |
| Minnedosa 16.6 km | 76% | 3.6% | $70K | 20.5 min | B | B |
| Minto-Odanah 16.7 km | 78% | 4.4% | $88K | 21.2 min | A | D |
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 Oakview, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. Sampled each month and released for regions rather than towns, so its rate describes the area around the town.
- In work. Why 15 to 64? Otherwise retirees would pull the rate down in older towns. The census can’t say how old a neighbourhood’s workers are, so the count of people in work takes every age.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- 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.
- 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 Oakview
How do people in Oakview get to work?
By car: 93% of commuters, 4.8% walk; on census day 23% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Oakview?
27.4 minutes is the average trip, with 27% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 4.8% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Oakview work?
Only 20% work in Oakview itself; the rest go first to Brandon (180) and Riverdale (80).
How many jobs are there in Oakview?
In June 2026, 61 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Oakview?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 4.5% 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 Oakview?
The census puts Oakview at $74,600 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).