Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainThe share of 15-to-64s with a job in Prairie View tops that of 90% of Canadian towns
Commutes from Prairie View average 22.9 minutes, and 5.2% take an hour or more. The median household in Prairie View had $73,600 before tax in 2020, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900. Out of work in May 2021: 4.7% of Prairie View’s labour force, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What sets Prairie View apart on jobs and income
More people in work than most towns
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 84% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 65%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 4.7% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 5.8% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 22.9 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 5.2% last an hour or longer. 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 Prairie View earn A−
Better than 78% 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.
In Prairie View, 84% of the working-age population has a job
The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 60% in October 2026. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 68% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 65% were working. The census was taken on 11 May 2021, mid-pandemic, when lockdowns had pushed unemployment up and sent many to work from 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.
Time on the road to work from Prairie View
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 19.4 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 49%, more than the 46% 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
The daily tide in Prairie View runs outward
600 residents of Prairie View had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 525 people had theirs in Prairie View, wherever they lived.
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.
40% of Prairie View’s residents in work leave it to work; Rocanville takes the most
- Ellice-Archie35
- Yellowhead35
- Russell35
- Wallace-Woodworth20
- Virden10
- Hamiota10
- Rocanville65
- Virden50
- Hamiota45
- Yellowhead20
- Russell20
- Brandon10
- Ellice-Archie10
Of those coming in, Ellice-Archie supplies the most: 35.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
2021 Census, people with a usual place of work: where residents of Prairie View work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
How Prairie View’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 57% of Canadian towns.
The middle of Manitoba’s towns is $83,900, and Prairie View is 12% below it. These are 2020 incomes, before tax, and they include pandemic benefits such as CERB, which lifted many lower incomes 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).
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 10% of Prairie View’s commuters
87% drive to work, about the same as in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. Working at home: 22% here, 21% in the middle of Canadian 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).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
In Census Division No. 15, 16% more people receive EI than in 2019
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 3.7 receive EI. Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 4%. The count topped out in January 2021 at 970 people, 2.1 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: 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).
How walkable Prairie View is: B+
Better than 69% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Prairie View and its neighbours: work and income
No closer places have figures: these lie 28–41 km from Prairie View.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie View | 84% | 4.7% | $74K | 22.9 min | A− | B+ |
| Waywayseecappo First Nation 28.1 km | 36% | 24% | $44K | 16.3 min | D | C− |
| Rossburn 32.3 km | 91% | 3.1% | $59K | 20.4 min | B+ | A− |
| Yellowhead 32.3 km | 85% | 5.6% | $66K | 23.6 min | B | A− |
| Russell 39.5 km | 85% | 6.9% | $80K | 18.9 min | A+ | A |
| Hamiota 41.5 km | 94% | 3.1% | $73K | 17.9 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 Prairie View, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Trip times. Our average assumes everyone in, say, the 15-to-29-minute band takes 22 minutes. Across all the bands that runs a shade above Statistics Canada’s measured average.
- Where people commute. Counts of workers with a fixed workplace, by where they live and where they work, both taken as whole municipalities; the jobs figure takes everyone who works here, wherever home is.
- Employment Insurance. How many people in the census division drew Employment Insurance each month; it moves with layoffs and hiring, yet people who don’t qualify are absent from it.
- 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. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- 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. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- Which towns we compare. Every town and city neighbourhood with 2,500 residents or more; whole cities and First Nations reserves are left out. Each middle figure is a median.
Questions about work in Prairie View
What is the average household income in Prairie View?
At $73,600 before tax in 2020, the median household in Prairie View compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Prairie View get to work?
Driving takes 87% of commuters to work, 10% walk, and on census day 22% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Prairie View?
About 22.9 minutes on average, with 49% under a quarter-hour and 5.2% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Prairie View work?
60% work in Prairie View itself; of those who leave, the most go to Rocanville (65), then Virden (50).
How many jobs are there in Prairie View?
Some 525 people worked in Prairie View at the 2021 census: 0.9 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 107 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Prairie View?
The 2021 census found 4.7% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Southwest economic region, is 5.8% (October 2026).
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).