Photo: Masterhatch · CC BY-SA 4.0More of Pipestone’s 15-to-64s are in work than in 77% of Canadian towns
Commutes from Pipestone average 19.7 minutes, and 7.8% take an hour or more. Median household income in Pipestone was $73,800 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. 8.3% of the labour force in Pipestone was out of work at the 2021 census, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
Where Pipestone stands out on work
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 60% of all adults employed. In work ↓
More jobs than the typical town
405 people work in Pipestone and 385 residents commute to a fixed workplace; the middle of Canadian towns has 0.8 jobs per working resident. The daily tide ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 19.7 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 7.8% 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 and income in Pipestone earn A−
Better than 82% 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 Pipestone, 81% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
A more recent figure, for the wider area: 60% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 66%. Counting retirees, 60% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. May 2021, when the census was taken, was a pandemic spring; unemployment has come down since, as the Labour Force Survey records.
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.
Pipestone keeps its workforce on a working day
Of those who commute, 68% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
Commuting times in Pipestone
Trips under 15 minutes: 63%, more than the 46% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 18.1 minutes. 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.
145 people come into Pipestone to work, most from Sifton and Two Borders
Of everyone working in Pipestone, 36% come in from elsewhere; 25 make the 30 km trip from Sifton. Of residents who leave for work, most head to Virden (75).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
What households in Pipestone earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 57% of Canadian towns.
The middle of Manitoba’s towns is $83,900, and Pipestone is 12% below it. Pandemic benefits paid in 2020 lifted the incomes at the bottom, and they are counted here.
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, 21% of Pipestone’s commuters get to work
The car takes 79% of commuters here, under the 87% in the middle of Manitoba’s 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).
EI claims in Census Division No. 6 are back near their 2019 level
Pipestone shares its EI beneficiaries numbers with the rest of Census Division No. 6.
January 2021 was the busiest month, with 490 people on EI, 2.5 times 2019’s average. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 3.5 receive EI.
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).
Getting around Pipestone on foot earns A
Better than 91% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Around Pipestone: jobs, pay and the commute
No closer places have figures: these lie 30–42 km from Pipestone.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pipestone | 81% | 8.3% | $74K | 19.7 min | A− | A |
| Sifton 30.3 km | 92% | 2.3% | $78K | 27.1 min | B+ | B+ |
| Melita 32.1 km | 79% | 9.9% | $70K | 14.2 min | A− | A+ |
| Wallace-Woodworth 32.5 km | 88% | 3.1% | $82K | 21.8 min | A | B− |
| Virden 34.4 km | 80% | 8.8% | $72K | 14.6 min | A | A |
| Grassland 42 km | 76% | 5.4% | $76K | 22.4 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 Pipestone, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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 census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- 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. Jobs count everyone whose usual workplace lies in the municipality, residents or commuters from elsewhere, from Statistics Canada’s home-by-workplace table.
- 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. 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.
- 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 Pipestone
How many jobs are there in Pipestone?
The 2021 census counted about 405 people working in Pipestone: 1.1 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 96 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Pipestone?
Two figures answer it: 8.3% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 5.8% for the Southwest economic region in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Pipestone?
Before tax, half the households in Pipestone had more than $73,800 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Pipestone get to work?
By car: 79% of commuters, 21% walk; on census day 21% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Pipestone?
19.7 minutes is the average trip, with 63% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 7.8% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Pipestone work?
Most stay: 68% work in Pipestone. The rest go first to Virden (75) and Melita (10).
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).