Photo: Matthew ave jor · CC BY-SA 3.0Ste. Anne has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.2 for each
In 2020, a household at the middle of Ste. Anne had $83,900 before tax, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900. Ste. Anne had an unemployment rate of 7.1% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. From Ste. Anne, the drive or ride to work averages 33.7 minutes, with 13% going an hour or longer.
What the numbers say about work in Ste. Anne
Less unemployment than most towns
The Labour Force Survey had the area at 4.1% in October 2026; on census day in 2021 the town’s own rate was 7.1%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 33.7 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 13% 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 Ste. Anne: graded C
Better than 31% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #148 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.
Work for 76% of 15-to-64s in Ste. Anne
Of the 9 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 2, 4 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Working or looking, 64% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 60% were working. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 66% in October 2026. Pandemic rules were in force on census day, 11 May 2021; the Labour Force Survey shows how jobs have moved since.
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.
Time on the road to work from Ste. Anne
Only 25% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 46% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 30.2 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.
A commuter town: Ste. Anne sends out more workers than it takes in
It sends out some 12 workers for every one it takes in. 6.7% 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.
93% of Ste. Anne’s residents in work leave it to work; Winnipeg takes the most
Steinbach sends the largest group the other way, 30 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
How Ste. Anne’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 64% of Canadian towns.
Of the 9 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 2, 5 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).
0.5% of commuters from Ste. Anne go without a car
Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 17% against 21%. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 97% 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).
In Census Division No. 2, 37% more people receive EI than in 2019
Figures for EI beneficiaries are published for Census Division No. 2 as a whole, not for Ste. Anne alone.
Roughly 5 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 7%. January 2021 was the busiest month, with 3,850 people on EI, 2.2 times 2019’s 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).
The Walkability grade for Ste. Anne: D−
Better than 5% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #2,585 of 2,589 Canadian towns.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Ste. Anne next to Canadian towns of 4,500 to 8,600: 517th of 700 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 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 3 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| 4 | North River Heights Manitoba | 7,228 | 82% | 8.4% | $143K | A+ |
| 5 | Neepawa Manitoba | 6,328 | 85% | 2.9% | $84K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 515 | Cramahe Ontario | 7,216 | 74% | 7.9% | $87K | C |
| 516 | Whitewater Region Ontario | 7,899 | 74% | 7.8% | $81K | C |
| 517 | Ste. Anne Manitoba | 6,387 | 76% | 7.1% | $84K | C |
| 518 | Peachland British Columbia | 6,302 | 73% | 11% | $81K | C |
| 519 | Mount Royal Ontario | 6,421 | 67% | 12% | $153K | C |
| … | ||||||
| 700 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Ste. Anne, and others among Manitoba’s towns.
The work picture around Ste. Anne
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ste. Anne | 76% | 7.1% | $84K | 33.7 min | C | D− |
| Ste. Anne 4.2 km | 74% | 9.1% | $74K | 31.1 min | C− | B+ |
| Steinbach 17.8 km | 78% | 5.7% | $72K | 20.4 min | B+ | A− |
| Lorette 18.1 km | 79% | 6.1% | $109K | 32.8 min | B | 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 Ste. Anne, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Where people commute. Statistics Canada’s place-of-work table counts people with a usual place of work by the municipality they live in and the one they work in. Jobs here are people whose usual workplace is in the municipality, wherever they live.
- 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.
- The Labour Force Survey. Monthly, and only for metro areas and economic regions. It is the up-to-date rate we set beside the census’s 2021 snapshot.
- 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. It counts only people who wanted work and had none in May 2021, as a share of those working or searching; students and retirees who weren’t looking stay out of both sides.
- Household income. Taken from the 2021 Census, which asked about 2020: wages, pensions, investment income and government transfers together, before income tax, for the median household.
- 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.
- 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 Ste. Anne
How many jobs are there in Ste. Anne?
About 220 people had their usual place of work in Ste. Anne at the 2021 census, 0.2 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 104 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Ste. Anne?
The 2021 census found 7.1% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Southeast economic region, is 4.1% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Ste. Anne?
The median household in Ste. Anne had $83,900 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Ste. Anne get to work?
97% of commuters go by car, 0.5% cycle. On census day 17% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Ste. Anne?
On average 33.7 minutes; 25% take under 15 minutes and 13% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Ste. Anne work?
Only 6.7% work in Ste. Anne itself; the rest go first to Winnipeg (505) and Steinbach (330).
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).