Photo: Felspar13 · CC BY-SA 4.0A place people come to for work: Rosser has 7.8 jobs per resident in work
Of Rosser’s residents aged 15 to 64, 70% were employed when the 2021 census was taken, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns. Before tax, the typical household in Rosser brought in $96,700 in 2020, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900. Out of work in May 2021: 8.9% of Rosser’s labour force, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Jobs and income in Rosser: what the figures say
Work near the middle
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 70% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 62%. In work ↓
Unemployment near the middle
8.9% 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% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
On jobs and income, Rosser grades B−
Better than 55% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is household income; 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.
On a working day, 2,856 people work in Rosser, 5.9 times its working residents
Rosser takes in some 9 workers for every resident it sends out. 18% 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.
2,661 people come into Rosser to work, most from Winnipeg and Thompson
- Winnipeg1,835
- Thompson160
- St. Andrews50
- St. Clements50
- Stony Mountain50
- Stonewall50
- Estevan40
- Oakbank35
- Brokenhead35
- Selkirk35
Of everyone working in Rosser, 98% come in from elsewhere; 1,835 make the 21 km trip from Winnipeg. Outbound, Winnipeg takes the most: 220 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Rosser at work: 70% of people aged 15 to 64
Of the 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 14, one has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 68% of residents that age. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 64% in October 2026. Statistics Canada counted on 11 May 2021, with much of the country under pandemic rules: more people were out of work or at home than usual.
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.
Household income in Rosser
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 82% of Canadian towns.
2 of the 3 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 14 have a higher median. That puts Rosser 15% above the median of Manitoba’s towns, $83,900. 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).
Leaving the car at home: 5.8% of commuters in Rosser
Working at home: 23% here, 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 94% of commuters go by car, truck or van.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
At 24.4 minutes, commutes from Rosser are close to the middle of Canadian towns
Timed exactly, the average is 22.3 minutes (Statistics Canada). Trips under 15 minutes: 28%, fewer than the 46% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. Long trips are rarer than in the middle of Manitoba’s towns: 0% take an hour or more, against 5.5%.
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.
11% more people are on EI in Census Division No. 14 than in 2019
Rosser doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from Census Division No. 14.
Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 5%. At its peak, in January 2021, 770 people were on EI, 2.2 times the 2019 average. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 3.3 are on 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).
Rosser on foot: a C grade
Better than 34% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Rosser and its neighbours: work and income
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosser | 70% | 8.9% | $97K | 24.4 min | B− | C |
| Buchanan 10.4 km | 72% | 9% | $98K | 23.4 min | B | B |
| Crestview 10.7 km | 77% | 7.5% | $84K | 23.3 min | B+ | A |
| Headingley 11.3 km | 65% | 5.4% | $141K | 24.6 min | B | C− |
| St. François Xavier 11.4 km | 81% | 5.6% | $124K | 33 min | B+ | C |
| Heritage Park 11.7 km | 74% | 8.4% | $72K | 23 min | C+ | A− |
| Sturgeon Creek 11.9 km | 72% | 7.5% | $82K | 22.3 min | B− | 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 Rosser, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Employment Insurance. A monthly count of Employment Insurance beneficiaries for the whole census division. It tracks the local job market, but it is not an unemployment rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada’s monthly survey, published for metro areas and economic regions rather than towns: it gives a current rate beside the census’s 2021 one.
- In work. How many residents held a job in May 2021, set against how many were 15 to 64. It reads a little high where many people work past 65, since below the municipality the census gives no breakdown of workers by age.
- 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. What the median household took in during 2020 before tax, as the census recorded it; an estimate built from income groups when the place is a neighbourhood.
- Trip times. One way, on a usual day, from the census’s travel-time bands. Band midpoints overstate it a little next to the figure Statistics Canada times.
- 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.
- 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 Rosser
What is the unemployment rate in Rosser?
Two figures answer it: 8.9% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 5% for the Winnipeg metro area in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Rosser?
Rosser’s middle household had $96,700 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Rosser get to work?
94% of commuters drive, 5.8% walk; 23% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Rosser?
The average commute is 24.4 minutes; 28% of trips take under 15 minutes and 0% an hour or more.
Where do people in Rosser work?
Only 18% work in Rosser itself; the rest go first to Winnipeg (220) and Stonewall (25).
How many jobs are there in Rosser?
The 2021 census found about 2,725 people with their usual workplace in Rosser, or 7.8 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 131 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).