Photo: J Hazard · CC BY-SA 3.0Powerview-Pine Falls has a smaller share of its working-age people in jobs than 97% of Canadian towns
When the 2021 census was taken, 13% of people in Powerview-Pine Falls who wanted a job had none; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. The average trip to work from Powerview-Pine Falls is 22 minutes; 12% of commuters spend an hour or more getting there. Before tax, the typical household in Powerview-Pine Falls brought in $62,000 in 2020, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns.
What stands out about work in Powerview-Pine Falls
Fewer people in work than most towns
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 54% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 38%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
The Labour Force Survey had the area at 4.1% in October 2026; on census day in 2021 the town’s own rate was 13%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
At $62,000 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
More jobs than the typical town
265 people work in Powerview-Pine Falls and 260 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 22 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 12% 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Powerview-Pine Falls: D
Its strongest measure is trip times; 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.
How many in Powerview-Pine Falls have a job: 54% of 15-to-64s
For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 66% in work in October 2026. Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 44%. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 38%: many residents are past working age. The census caught the labour market on 11 May 2021, deep in the pandemic, so unemployment and working from home both ran above normal.
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.
How Powerview-Pine Falls’ household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 84% of Canadian towns.
Powerview-Pine Falls’ median is 26% below the middle of Manitoba’s towns ($83,900). Read the incomes as 2020’s, before tax: pandemic benefits such as CERB are in them, and they raised many low incomes for 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).
About as many people come in to work in Powerview-Pine Falls as leave
Of those who commute, 29% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
At 22 minutes, commutes from Powerview-Pine Falls are shorter than in the middle of Canadian towns
Trips under 15 minutes: 60%, more than the 46% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 21.4 minutes (Statistics Canada). 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.
191 people come into Powerview-Pine Falls to work, most from Alexander and Fort Alexander 3
Of everyone working in Powerview-Pine Falls, 72% come in from elsewhere; 110 make the 5 km trip from Alexander. Of residents who leave for work, most head to Alexander (120).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
27% of commuters in Powerview-Pine Falls walk, cycle or take transit
The car takes 72% of commuters here, under the 87% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. Home was the workplace for 5.1%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit takes 4% of commuters, close to the middle of Canadian towns. By bike: 4% of commuters, well above the 0.4% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
In Census Division No. 1, 7% more people receive EI than in 2019
Nobody publishes EI beneficiaries for Powerview-Pine Falls alone, so this card uses the figure for Census Division No. 1.
That is about 5.3 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. At its peak, in January 2021, 1,310 people were on EI, 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).
Walkability in Powerview-Pine Falls: graded A+
Better than almost every Canadian town on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
The work picture around Powerview-Pine Falls
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powerview-Pine Falls | 54% | 13% | $62K | 22 min | D | A+ |
| Alexander 5 km | 63% | 12% | $72K | 28.5 min | D | B− |
| Fort Alexander 3 6.2 km | 36% | 22% | $49K | 19.1 min | D | 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 Powerview-Pine Falls, 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. 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. Monthly EI recipients across the census division: a pulse of the local job market rather than a measure of who is out of work.
- The Labour Force Survey. Monthly, and only for metro areas and economic regions. It is the up-to-date rate we set beside the census’s 2021 snapshot.
- In work. We divide the number of employed residents by the number aged 15 to 64. Workers past 64 still count on top, because the 2021 Census crosses work with age only for whole municipalities; in return, a retirement town’s pensioners don’t drag the rate down.
- Unemployment. The share of people 15 and over in the labour force, working or looking for work, who had no job on census day in May 2021.
- Household income. Half of households had more than this before tax in 2020, half less, counting every source of income. For a neighbourhood we estimate the median from the income brackets of its dissemination areas.
- 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 Powerview-Pine Falls
How long is the commute from Powerview-Pine Falls?
The average commute is 22 minutes; 60% of trips take under 15 minutes and 12% an hour or more.
Where do people in Powerview-Pine Falls work?
Only 29% work in Powerview-Pine Falls itself; the rest go first to Alexander (120) and Lac du Bonnet (20).
How many jobs are there in Powerview-Pine Falls?
The 2021 census found about 265 people with their usual workplace in Powerview-Pine Falls, or 1 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 63 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Powerview-Pine Falls?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Southeast economic region at 4.1%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 13%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Powerview-Pine Falls?
Before tax, half the households in Powerview-Pine Falls had more than $62,000 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Powerview-Pine Falls get to work?
72% of commuters drive, 4% take public transit, 19% walk and 4% cycle; 5.1% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
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).