A smaller share of people aged 15 to 64 are in work in Split Lake 171 than in almost any Canadian town
For 4.6% of commuters in Split Lake 171, the trip to work lasts an hour or more; the average is 14.5 minutes. Before tax, the typical household in Split Lake 171 brought in $81,700 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. 420 people have their usual place of work in Split Lake 171, against 455 residents who travel to a job.
What Split Lake 171’s work numbers say
Fewer people in work than most towns
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 43% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 40%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
Unemployment, 21% at the 2021 census, compares with 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. Unemployment ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 14.5 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 4.6% 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 & income in Split Lake 171: graded B−
Better than 51% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
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.
The share of 15-to-64s in work in Split Lake 171: 43%
Counting those looking for work too, 51% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. 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.
A smaller share in work than in almost any Canadian town.
The length of the trip to work in Split Lake 171
Trips under 15 minutes: 79%, more than the 46% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 13.4 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of Manitoba’s towns averages 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
Split Lake 171 empties a little on a working day
For every person who comes in to work, about 3 residents travel out. 88% 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.
12% of Split Lake 171’s residents in work leave it to work; Division No. 23, Unorganized takes the most
2021 Census, people with a usual place of work: where residents of Split Lake 171 work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Inbound, the leader is Thompson (10).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Earnings at home in Split Lake 171: households
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 60% of Canadian towns.
Split Lake 171’s median is 3% 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).
21% of commuters in Split Lake 171 walk, cycle or take transit
Few ride transit: 1.9%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. On foot: 19% of commuters, well above the 3.8% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. 77% 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.
EI claims in Census Division No. 22 are back near their 2019 level
Split Lake 171 doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from Census Division No. 22.
That is about 6.2 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 13%. The highest month was August 2021: 2,870 people, 2 times the 2019 level.
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).
On getting around on foot, Split Lake 171 grades A−
Better than 84% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
The places around Split Lake 171, side by side
Distances here run 90–122 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Split Lake 171.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Split Lake 171 | 43% | 21% | $82K | 14.5 min | B− | A− |
| Gillam 90.1 km | 69% | 9.3% | $146K | 15.1 min | A | B+ |
| Thompson 122.1 km | 68% | 8.9% | $96K | 12.4 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 Split Lake 171, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Beneficiaries of Employment Insurance, month by month, for the census division rather than the town. Many jobless people don’t qualify, so it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- 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. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- 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. The census asks how long the trip to work usually takes, in bands; our average uses each band’s middle, so it runs a little above Statistics Canada’s timed average.
- 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.
- A First Nations reserve. Split Lake 171’s figures are its own, though Statistics Canada rounds or suppresses some for small communities. A reserve has no overall grade and sits in no ranked list.
Questions about work in Split Lake 171
How do people in Split Lake 171 get to work?
77% of commuters drive, 1.9% take public transit and 19% walk; 2.7% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Split Lake 171?
The average commute is 14.5 minutes; 79% of trips take under 15 minutes and 4.6% an hour or more.
Where do people in Split Lake 171 work?
Most stay: 88% work in Split Lake 171. The rest go first to Division No. 23, Unorganized (15) and Winnipeg (10).
How many jobs are there in Split Lake 171?
The 2021 census found about 420 people with their usual workplace in Split Lake 171, or 0.9 for each resident who travels to a fixed job.
What is the unemployment rate in Split Lake 171?
The 2021 census found 21% of those working or looking without a job; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
What is the average household income in Split Lake 171?
At $81,700 before tax in 2020, the median household in Split Lake 171 compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
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) · 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).