Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center · Public domainRosedale has 0.3 jobs for every resident in work, so most leave town for work
Unemployment in Rosedale stood at 3.2% on census day 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. Half the households in Rosedale had more than $63,300 in 2020, before tax, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns. 68% of people aged 15 to 64 in Rosedale had a job at the 2021 census, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%.
What Rosedale’s work numbers say
Fewer people in work than most towns
In work at the 2021 census: 68% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 61% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
3.2% 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 5.8% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $63,300 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
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 Rosedale: D
Better than 14% 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.
How many in Rosedale were working in 2021
A smaller share in work than in 79% of Canadian towns.
The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 60% in October 2026. Counting those looking for work too, 63% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. These are census figures from May 2021, during COVID’s third wave; jobs have recovered since, which the Labour Force Survey shows.
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.
Earnings at home in Rosedale: households
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 81% of Canadian towns.
The middle of Manitoba’s towns is $83,900, and Rosedale is 25% 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).
Rosedale is quieter on a working day than at night
Outbound commuters outnumber inbound ones about 5 to 1. The job is inside the municipality for 17% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
83% of Rosedale’s residents in work leave it to work; Neepawa takes the most
- Neepawa210
- McCreary20
- WestLake-Gladstone10
- Harrison Park10
- Minnedosa10
Of those coming in, Glenella-Lansdowne supplies the most: 20.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 5.3% of Rosedale’s commuters
The car is the way to work for 94% of commuters. 20% worked at home on census day, about the same as in the middle of Canadian towns. Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%.
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 Rosedale average 24.7 minutes
In the middle of Manitoba’s towns, the average commute is 23.6 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 36%, fewer than the 46% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. An hour or more: 11% of commuters, above the 5.5% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 24.4 minutes (Statistics Canada).
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. 15, 16% more people receive EI than in 2019
Roughly 3.7 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 4%. At its peak, in January 2021, 970 people were on EI, 2.1 times the 2019 average.
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. 15. 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 grade for Rosedale: C
Better than 31% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Next to Rosedale: how nearby places compare
The nearest places to Rosedale with figures are 19–27 km away.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosedale | 68% | 3.2% | $63K | 24.7 min | D | C |
| Glenella-Lansdowne 19.3 km | 73% | 3.2% | $58K | 25.9 min | D | C+ |
| Clanwilliam-Erickson 24.5 km | 73% | 4.7% | $62K | 25.9 min | C− | A− |
| Neepawa 26.9 km | 85% | 2.9% | $84K | 11.2 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 Rosedale, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Where people commute. Built from the census table that pairs each worker’s home municipality with their workplace municipality. A job here means someone who usually works in the municipality, local or not.
- 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. Statistics Canada surveys households every month; the results come out for metro areas and economic regions, never for single towns, and keep the rate current after 2021.
- In work. People in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64 (2021 Census). The census doesn’t cross work with age below the municipality, so this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood has; retirees don’t weigh on it.
- Unemployment. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- 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.
- 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. The comparison pool is places of 2,500 people or more, towns or neighbourhoods inside cities, without whole cities or reserves, and we compare with its median.
Questions about work in Rosedale
What is the unemployment rate in Rosedale?
The census put unemployment at 3.2% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Southwest economic region at 5.8%.
What is the average household income in Rosedale?
Before tax, half the households in Rosedale had more than $63,300 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Rosedale get to work?
94% of commuters drive, 5.3% walk; 20% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Rosedale?
The average commute is 24.7 minutes; 36% of trips take under 15 minutes and 11% an hour or more.
Where do people in Rosedale work?
Only 17% work in Rosedale itself; the rest go first to Neepawa (210) and McCreary (20).
How many jobs are there in Rosedale?
The 2021 census found about 105 people with their usual workplace in Rosedale, or 0.3 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 43 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
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).