Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Pinawa have higher incomes than those in 73% of Canadian towns
530 people have their usual place of work in Pinawa, against 345 residents who travel to a job. The 2021 census found 71% of working-age people in Pinawa employed, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns. Pinawa had an unemployment rate of 7.3% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What sets Pinawa apart on jobs and income
Less unemployment than most towns
7.3% 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 4.1% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
A local job centre
530 people work in Pinawa and 345 residents commute to a fixed workplace; the middle of Canadian towns has 0.8 jobs per working resident. The daily tide ↓
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 Pinawa earn B−
Better than 51% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is household income; its weakest, the share of 15-to-64s in work.
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 Pinawa
A smaller share in work than in 69% of Canadian towns.
For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 66% in work in October 2026. 42% 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 39%. The figures are a snapshot of 11 May 2021, when pandemic rules still kept many people out of work or at 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.
Workers pour into Pinawa: 42% more on a working day
Pinawa takes in some 2 workers for every resident it sends out. 60% 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.
323 people come into Pinawa to work, most from Lac du Bonnet and Whitemouth
Of everyone working in Pinawa, 61% come in from elsewhere; 85 make the 15 km trip from Lac du Bonnet. Going the other way, Lac du Bonnet is the biggest single destination (35).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Household income in Pinawa: $88,800 at the median
Set beside Manitoba’s towns, where the median is $83,900, Pinawa sits 6% above. 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).
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 11% of Pinawa’s commuters
86% drive to work, fewer than the 87% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 20% against 21%. Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. More people walk to work here than in the middle of Manitoba’s towns: 8.4% against 3.8%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
Close to the middle of Canadian towns: commutes from Pinawa average 24.1 minutes
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 24.6 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 47% of commuters, against 46% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. An hour or more: 8.4% of commuters, above the 5.5% 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.
In Census Division No. 1, 7% more people receive EI than in 2019
The count topped out in January 2021 at 1,310 people, 1.9 times the 2019 average. That is about 5.3 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. Data for EI beneficiaries covers Census Division No. 1. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
How walkable Pinawa is: A
Better than 90% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Work next door to Pinawa
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinawa | 71% | 7.3% | $89K | 24.1 min | B− | A |
| Lac du Bonnet 14.8 km | 57% | 9.4% | $85K | 34.1 min | D | D |
| Lac du Bonnet 17.3 km | 95% | 7.2% | $65K | 19.9 min | A− | A |
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 Pinawa, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Employment Insurance. Beneficiaries of Employment Insurance, month by month, for the census division rather than the town. Many jobless people don’t qualify, so 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. 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. 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. The 2020 income of the household at the midpoint, all sources and before tax. Inside a city we rebuild it from the dissemination areas’ income bands, so there it is an estimate.
- Trip times. One way, on a usual day, from the census’s travel-time bands. Band midpoints overstate it a little next to the figure Statistics Canada times.
- Where people commute. Who travels where, from the census: workers with a regular workplace, sorted by the municipality they live in and the one they work in.
- Which towns we compare. Towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500 people or more, never a whole city and never a First Nations reserve. Middles are medians.
Questions about work in Pinawa
How long is the commute from Pinawa?
About 24.1 minutes on average, with 47% under a quarter-hour and 8.4% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Pinawa work?
Most stay: 60% work in Pinawa. The rest go first to Lac du Bonnet (35) and Beausejour (35).
How many jobs are there in Pinawa?
Some 530 people worked in Pinawa at the 2021 census: 1.5 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 37 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Pinawa?
The census put unemployment at 7.3% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Southeast economic region at 4.1%.
What is the average household income in Pinawa?
Before tax, half the households in Pinawa had more than $88,800 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Pinawa get to work?
Driving takes 86% of commuters to work, 8.4% walk and 2.4% cycle, and on census day 20% of those in work were at home.
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).