Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Piney’s household incomes are lower than in 94% of Canadian towns
For 11% of commuters in Piney, the trip to work lasts an hour or more; the average is 31.2 minutes. Piney counted 65% of its 15-to-64s in jobs at the 2021 census, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%. When the 2021 census was taken, 10% of people in Piney who wanted a job had none; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
The short version on work in Piney
Fewer people in work than most towns
At the 2021 census 65% of the 15-to-64s were in work (73% in the middle of Canadian towns); across all ages 15 and over, 49%. In work ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $56,500 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 31.2 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 11% 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.
Jobs & income in Piney: graded D−
Better than 2% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; 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 Piney
A smaller share in work than in 85% of Canadian towns.
Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 49% were working. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 66% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 55% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. 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.
What households earned in Piney: $56,500 in 2020
The middle of Manitoba’s towns is $83,900, and Piney is 33% 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).
Commuting times in Piney
Trips under 15 minutes: 29%, fewer than the 46% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 28.5 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.
More of Piney’s workers leave each day than arrive
For every person who comes in to work, about 2 residents travel out. Of those who commute, 49% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
51% of Piney’s residents in work leave it to work; Steinbach takes the most
- Stuartburn40
- La Broquerie20
- Steinbach15
- Buffalo Point 3610
- East St. Paul10
- Steinbach65
- La Broquerie30
- Stuartburn25
- Mitchell25
- Winnipeg20
- Buffalo Point 3615
- Niverville10
Inbound, the leader is Stuartburn (40).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
5.4% of commuters from Piney go without a car
Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 90% of commuters. Home was the workplace for 14%, under the 21% 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).
7% more people are on EI in Census Division No. 1 than in 2019
For EI beneficiaries, the only official count covers all of Census Division No. 1, Piney included.
For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 5.3 are on EI. The count topped out in January 2021 at 1,310 people, 1.9 times the 2019 average.
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).
The walkability of Piney: B−
Better than 45% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How Piney compares with the places nearby
Piney has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 45–76 km out.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piney | 65% | 10% | $57K | 31.2 min | D− | B− |
| Stuartburn 45.5 km | 71% | 8.3% | $59K | 34.5 min | D− | C− |
| La Broquerie 62 km | 74% | 5.8% | $84K | 30.5 min | C | D |
| Reynolds 69.1 km | 82% | 11% | $68K | 39.5 min | C− | D− |
| Steinbach 71.4 km | 78% | 5.7% | $72K | 20.4 min | B+ | A− |
| Mitchell 76.2 km | 75% | 5.1% | $88K | 25.7 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 Piney, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Where people commute. Only people with a usual place of work are in it: those who work from home or have no fixed site are not. Home and work are both counted by municipality.
- 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. The most recent unemployment rate on the page comes from this monthly survey, which covers the wider metro area or economic region, not 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. 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. 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.
- 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 Piney
How long is the commute from Piney?
31.2 minutes is the average trip, with 29% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 11% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Piney work?
Only 49% work in Piney itself; the rest go first to Steinbach (65) and La Broquerie (30).
How many jobs are there in Piney?
The 2021 census counted about 305 people working in Piney: 0.8 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 35 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Piney?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 10% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Southeast economic region at 4.1% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Piney?
The median household in Piney had $56,500 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Piney get to work?
By car: 90% of commuters, 5.4% walk; on census day 14% of those in work worked from 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).