Photo: Shahnoor Habib Munmun · CC BY 3.0St. Andrews’ household incomes are higher than in 91% of Canadian towns
Jobs located in St. Andrews: 1,505, for 4,130 residents with a usual workplace. St. Andrews counted 78% of its 15-to-64s in jobs at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. Census day 2021 found 6.2% of St. Andrews’ labour force without a job, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns.
The work numbers behind St. Andrews
More people in work than most towns
With 78% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 62% of all adults employed. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 6.2% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 2.9% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $106,700 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 30.3 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 6.5% take an hour or more. 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 St. Andrews: graded B+
Better than 66% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #82 of 185 in Manitoba.
Its strongest measure is household income; its weakest, trip times.
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 St. Andrews were working in 2021
Of the 4 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 13, 2 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 61% in work in October 2026. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 66% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. Counting retirees, 62% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. Census day was 11 May 2021, in the pandemic’s third wave: unemployment ran high and many worked from home, so these figures describe that spring rather than today.
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.
The median household in St. Andrews had $106,700 in 2020
The middle of Manitoba’s towns is $83,900, and St. Andrews is 27% above it. 2 of the 4 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 13 have a higher median. 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).
At 30.3 minutes, commutes from St. Andrews are longer than in the middle of Canadian towns
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 27.3 minutes. In the middle of Manitoba’s towns, the average commute is 23.6 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 21%, fewer than the 46% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. An hour or more: 6.5% of commuters, above the 5.5% 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.
More of St. Andrews’ workers leave each day than arrive
About 4 residents leave for work for each person who comes in. The job is inside the municipality for 13% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
87% of St. Andrews’ residents in work leave it to work; Winnipeg takes the most
- Winnipeg2,060
- Selkirk975
- Oakbank90
- West St. Paul80
- Gimli65
- St. Clements60
- Rosser50
- East St. Paul45
- Stony Mountain35
- Stonewall35
In the other direction the biggest source is Winnipeg, with 475.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Walking, cycling or transit: 2.1% of St. Andrews’ commuters
The car is the way to work for 97% of commuters. Home was the workplace for 16%, under the 21% 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).
In Census Division No. 13, 18% more people receive EI than in 2019
St. Andrews doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from Census Division No. 13.
Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 rose by 2%. The highest month was January 2021: 2,700 people, 2.4 times the 2019 level. Roughly 4.6 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw 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).
Walkability in St. Andrews: graded C−
Better than 20% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #177 of 185 in Manitoba.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Among Canadian towns of 8,400 to 16,200, St. Andrews ranks 208th of 632 for jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Saanich British Columbia | 12,986 | 85% | 5.9% | $121K | A+ |
| 2 | Sillery Quebec | 13,950 | 81% | 6.2% | $120K | A+ |
| 3 | Walsh Acres/Lakeridge/Garden Ridge Saskatchewan | 9,325 | 80% | 6.7% | $127K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 51 | Linden Woods Manitoba | 11,134 | 75% | 6.1% | $126K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 61 | West St. Paul Manitoba | 10,796 | 80% | 6.5% | $124K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 63 | Tyndall Park Manitoba | 12,393 | 77% | 7.6% | $105K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 206 | Carleton Place Ontario | 14,837 | 78% | 7.8% | $89K | B+ |
| 207 | Rideaucrest - Davidson Heights Ontario | 13,998 | 73% | 9.3% | $139K | B+ |
| 208 | St. Andrews Manitoba | 12,021 | 78% | 6.2% | $107K | B+ |
| 209 | Banff Alberta | 11,402 | 65% | 15% | $88K | B+ |
| 210 | Greenview No. 16 Alberta | 8,984 | 73% | 11% | $98K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 632 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of St. Andrews, and others among Manitoba’s towns.
Next to St. Andrews: how nearby places compare
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Andrews | 78% | 6.2% | $107K | 30.3 min | B+ | C− |
| Selkirk 8.1 km | 66% | 10% | $68K | 22.1 min | C− | A |
| St. Clements 10.3 km | 78% | 7.1% | $96K | 31.5 min | B− | D |
| Stony Mountain 17.6 km | 66% | 5.5% | $101K | 30.1 min | C | C− |
| West St. Paul 18.5 km | 80% | 6.5% | $124K | 26.2 min | A | D |
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 St. Andrews, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- 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.
- 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. Only people with a usual place of work are in it: those who work from home or have no fixed site are not. Home and work are both counted by municipality.
- 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. The most recent unemployment rate on the page comes from this monthly survey, which covers the wider metro area or economic region, not the town.
- In work. Everyone with a job, whatever their age, divided by the residents aged 15 to 64 at the 2021 Census: below the municipality the census doesn’t split work by age, and this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood can be given.
- 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 St. Andrews
How do people in St. Andrews get to work?
By car: 97% of commuters, 1.9% walk and 0.2% cycle; on census day 16% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from St. Andrews?
30.3 minutes is the average trip, with 21% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 6.5% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in St. Andrews work?
Only 13% work in St. Andrews itself; the rest go first to Winnipeg (2,060) and Selkirk (975).
How many jobs are there in St. Andrews?
The 2021 census counted about 1,505 people working in St. Andrews: 0.4 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 333 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in St. Andrews?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Interlake economic region at 2.9%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 6.2%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in St. Andrews?
The census puts St. Andrews at $106,700 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $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) · 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).