Photo: Umbra Lab, Inc. · CC BY 4.0Most of St. Clements works elsewhere: the town has 0.1 jobs for each resident in work
Getting to work from St. Clements takes 31.5 minutes on average, an hour or more for 6.5%. In 2020, a household at the middle of St. Clements had $95,700 before tax, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. 78% of people aged 15 to 64 in St. Clements had a job at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%.
The work numbers behind St. Clements
Less unemployment than most towns
7.1% 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 ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 31.5 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 and income in St. Clements earn B−
Better than 52% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #113 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.
In and out of work in St. Clements
Of the 4 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 13, one has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 60% were working. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 64% in October 2026. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 65% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. The figures are a snapshot of 11 May 2021, when pandemic rules still kept many people out of work or at home.
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 length of the trip to work in St. Clements
In the middle of Manitoba’s towns, the average commute is 23.6 minutes. Only 20% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 46% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 28.5 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.
More of St. Clements’ workers leave each day than arrive
For every person who comes in to work, about 17 residents travel out. 5.8% 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.
94% of St. Clements’ residents in work leave it to work; Winnipeg takes the most
- Winnipeg2,015
- Selkirk815
- Oakbank225
- Beausejour100
- St. Andrews85
- East St. Paul65
- Rosser50
- West St. Paul40
- Headingley35
- Brokenhead25
Coming the other way, Winnipeg sends the most (75).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
How St. Clements’ household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 82% of Canadian towns.
St. Clements’ median is 14% above the middle of Manitoba’s towns ($83,900). 3 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).
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 1.7% of St. Clements’ commuters
Transit takes 0.5% of commuters, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. The car is the way to work for 97% of commuters. Only 16% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
18% more people are on EI in Census Division No. 13 than in 2019
St. Clements doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from Census Division No. 13.
That works out to around 4.6 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number rose by 2%. The count topped out in January 2021 at 2,700 people, 2.4 times the 2019 average.
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).
How walkable St. Clements is: D
Better than 14% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #179 of 185 in Manitoba.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
299th of 632: where St. Clements ranks among Canadian towns of 8,400 to 16,200
| # | 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 |
| … | ||||||
| 297 | Electoral Area G, Nanaimo British Columbia | 8,412 | 72% | 9.5% | $85K | B− |
| 298 | Lac-Deschênes Quebec | 9,742 | 74% | 9% | $100K | B− |
| 299 | St. Clements Manitoba | 12,029 | 78% | 7.1% | $96K | B− |
| 300 | West Point Grey British Columbia | 13,429 | 69% | 9% | $104K | B− |
| 301 | Chapman Mills Ontario | 12,075 | 72% | 11% | $121K | 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. Clements, and others among Manitoba’s towns.
Work in and around St. Clements
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Clements | 78% | 7.1% | $96K | 31.5 min | B− | D |
| Selkirk 3.7 km | 66% | 10% | $68K | 22.1 min | C− | A |
| St. Andrews 10.3 km | 78% | 6.2% | $107K | 30.3 min | B+ | C− |
| Brokenhead 16 km | 76% | 7.8% | $94K | 37.5 min | C+ | 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 St. Clements, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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.
- Unemployment. The census-week jobless rate for residents 15 and over. Its base is the labour force, those employed plus those actively looking.
- 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. 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. 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.
- 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 St. Clements
What is the average household income in St. Clements?
At $95,700 before tax in 2020, the median household in St. Clements compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in St. Clements get to work?
By car: 97% of commuters, 0.5% take public transit, 1% walk and 0.2% cycle; on census day 16% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from St. Clements?
31.5 minutes is the average trip, with 20% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 6.5% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in St. Clements work?
Only 5.8% work in St. Clements itself; the rest go first to Winnipeg (2,015) and Selkirk (815).
How many jobs are there in St. Clements?
In June 2026, 222 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in St. Clements?
The census put unemployment at 7.1% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Winnipeg metro area at 5%.
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).