Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainMost of Stanley works elsewhere: the town has 0.2 jobs for each resident in work
Before tax, the typical household in Stanley brought in $89,700 in 2020, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns. Stanley had an unemployment rate of 4.9% at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. The average trip to work from Stanley is 16.2 minutes; 2.1% of commuters spend an hour or more getting there.
Work in Stanley, in a few figures
Less unemployment than most towns
The census counted 4.9% unemployed in 2021, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. Unemployment ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 16.2 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 2.1% 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 Stanley earn A
Better than 88% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #33 of 185 in Manitoba.
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.
Stanley at work: 74% of people aged 15 to 64
Of the 7 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 3, one has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
72% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. These are census figures from May 2021, during COVID’s third wave; jobs have recovered since, which the Labour Force Survey shows.
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 Stanley
Timed exactly, the average is 14.2 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of Manitoba’s towns, the average commute is 23.6 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 58% of commuters, against 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.
The daily tide in Stanley runs outward
For every person who comes in to work, about 7 residents travel out. Of those who commute, 10% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
90% of Stanley’s residents in work leave it to work; Winkler takes the most
Winkler sends the largest group the other way, 200 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Household income in Stanley
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 74% of Canadian towns.
One of the 7 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 3 has a higher median. Against the middle of Manitoba’s towns ($83,900), Stanley’s median is 7% above. Incomes here are 2020’s and include the pandemic payments, CERB among them, that propped up the lower end.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Stanley gets to work without a car for 4% of commuters
Only 12% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Few ride transit: 0.4%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 95% of commuters.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
77% more people are on EI in Census Division No. 3 than in 2019
February 2021 was the busiest month, with 2,170 people on EI, 2.3 times 2019’s average. That works out to around 5.4 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number rose by 24%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: one figure for all of Census Division No. 3. 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 Stanley is: C−
Better than 21% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #175 of 185 in Manitoba.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Stanley next to Canadian towns of 7,000 to 13,400: 74th of 651 on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | North River Heights Manitoba | 7,228 | 82% | 8.4% | $143K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 22 | Betsworth Manitoba | 7,476 | 82% | 6.7% | $107K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 56 | Linden Woods Manitoba | 11,134 | 75% | 6.1% | $126K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 72 | Tyndall Park Manitoba | 12,393 | 77% | 7.6% | $105K | A |
| 73 | Douglasdale/Glen Alberta | 13,333 | 75% | 10% | $132K | A |
| 74 | Stanley Manitoba | 9,929 | 74% | 4.9% | $90K | A |
| 75 | East St. Paul Manitoba | 10,321 | 79% | 6.5% | $142K | A |
| 76 | Jackson Ontario | 8,124 | 73% | 11% | $111K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 651 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Stanley, and others among Manitoba’s towns.
Neighbouring places to Stanley, compared
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley | 74% | 4.9% | $90K | 16.2 min | A | C− |
| Winkler 4.6 km | 76% | 4.2% | $71K | 12.5 min | B+ | B+ |
| Morden 13.1 km | 77% | 7.8% | $72K | 15.9 min | B+ | B+ |
| Rhineland 17.4 km | 73% | 2.8% | $79K | 19.5 min | B | B |
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 Stanley, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Household income. Half of households had more than this before tax in 2020, half less, counting every source of income. For a neighbourhood we estimate the median from the income brackets of its dissemination areas.
- 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. 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. 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.
- In work. People in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64 (2021 Census). The census doesn’t cross work with age below the municipality, so this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood has; retirees don’t weigh on it.
- Unemployment. The census-week jobless rate for residents 15 and over. Its base is the labour force, those employed plus those actively looking.
- 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 Stanley
Where do people in Stanley work?
Only 10% work in Stanley itself; the rest go first to Winkler (1,775) and Morden (480).
How many jobs are there in Stanley?
The 2021 census found about 640 people with their usual workplace in Stanley, or 0.2 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 229 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Stanley?
4.9% of the labour force was unemployed on census day in May 2021, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Stanley?
Stanley’s middle household had $89,700 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Stanley get to work?
95% of commuters drive, 0.4% take public transit and 3.6% walk; 12% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Stanley?
The average commute is 16.2 minutes; 58% of trips take under 15 minutes and 2.1% an hour or more.
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, 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).