Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainRossburn’s household incomes are lower than in 91% of Canadian towns
Working at home: 33% of its workers, where the middle of Canadian towns has 21%. Getting to work from Rossburn takes 20.4 minutes on average, an hour or more for 6.2%. Jobs were held by 91% of people aged 15 to 64 in Rossburn in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%.
What sets Rossburn apart on jobs and income
More people in work than most towns
The 2021 census found 91% of 15-to-64s with a job (73% in the middle of Canadian towns). Count every adult, retirees too, and the figure is 61%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 3.1% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 5.7% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $58,800 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 20.4 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 6.2% take an hour or more. The trip to work ↓
Many work from home
33% of workers worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Getting 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 Rossburn: B+
Better than 70% 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.
How many in Rossburn were working in 2021
Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 63%. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 61% of residents 15 and over were in work. By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 51% of the wider area’s adults in work. 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.
A larger share in work than in almost any Canadian town.
Rossburn households: $58,800 a year at the median
Rossburn’s median is 30% below the middle of Manitoba’s towns ($83,900). 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).
The length of the trip to work in Rossburn
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 20 minutes. The middle of Manitoba’s towns averages 23.6 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 58%, 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.
Walking, cycling or transit: 19% of Rossburn’s commuters
Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. 81% drive to work, fewer than the 87% 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).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
The daily tide in Rossburn runs outward
220 residents of Rossburn had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 170 people had theirs in Rossburn, wherever they lived.
For every person who comes in to work, about 2 residents travel out. The job is inside the municipality for 53% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
47% of Rossburn’s residents in work leave it to work; Waywayseecappo First Nation takes the most
In the other direction the biggest source is Yellowhead, with 20.
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 Rossburn work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
EI claims in Census Division No. 16 run 4% above their 2019 level
That is about 4.3 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. In April 2021 it reached 420, the most in the series and 2 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: Census Division No. 16. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Rossburn grades A− for walkability
Better than 83% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Work next door to Rossburn
The nearest places to Rossburn with figures are 8–43 km away.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rossburn | 91% | 3.1% | $59K | 20.4 min | B+ | A− |
| Waywayseecappo First Nation 7.7 km | 36% | 24% | $44K | 16.3 min | D | C− |
| Yellowhead 30.5 km | 85% | 5.6% | $66K | 23.6 min | B | A− |
| Prairie View 32.3 km | 84% | 4.7% | $74K | 22.9 min | A− | B+ |
| Russell 36.7 km | 85% | 6.9% | $80K | 18.9 min | A+ | A |
| Riding Mountain West 43.1 km | 94% | 1.2% | $78K | 26.9 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 Rossburn, 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. 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. 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. Sampled each month and released for regions rather than towns, so its rate describes the area around 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. It counts only people who wanted work and had none in May 2021, as a share of those working or searching; students and retirees who weren’t looking stay out of both sides.
- Household income. Before-tax total income of the middle household for 2020, from the census. Neighbourhood medians are worked out from bracket counts, since Statistics Canada publishes none of their own.
- 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 Rossburn
How many jobs are there in Rossburn?
Some 170 people worked in Rossburn at the 2021 census: 0.8 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 35 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Rossburn?
Two figures answer it: 3.1% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 5.7% for the Parklands and North economic region in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Rossburn?
The census puts Rossburn at $58,800 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Rossburn get to work?
Driving takes 81% of commuters to work, 19% walk, and on census day 33% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Rossburn?
About 20.4 minutes on average, with 58% under a quarter-hour and 6.2% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Rossburn work?
Most stay: 53% work in Rossburn. The rest go first to Waywayseecappo First Nation (40) and Riding Mountain West (25).
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).