Photo: Rkehler3 · CC0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Ste. Anne
Jobs were held by 74% of people aged 15 to 64 in Ste. Anne in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. Getting to work from Ste. Anne takes 31.1 minutes on average, an hour or more for 7.6%. Median household income in Ste. Anne was $73,800 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
Ste. Anne and work: the main findings
A local job centre
895 people work in Ste. Anne and 755 residents commute to a fixed workplace; the middle of Canadian towns has 0.8 jobs per working resident. The daily tide ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 31.1 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 7.6% 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.
Ste. Anne grades C− for jobs and income
Better than 19% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #164 of 185 in Manitoba.
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; 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.
Ste. Anne fills up on a working day: 15% more workers
755 residents of Ste. Anne had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 895 people had theirs in Ste. Anne, wherever they lived.
The job is inside the municipality for 25% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
Time on the road to work from Ste. Anne
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 28.1 minutes. In the middle of Manitoba’s towns, the average commute is 23.6 minutes. Only 26% get to work within a quarter-hour, 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
708 people come into Ste. Anne to work, most from Ste. Anne (Manitoba part) and Lorette
Of everyone working in Ste. Anne, 79% come in from elsewhere; 210 make the 4 km trip from Ste. Anne (Manitoba part). Going the other way, Winnipeg is the biggest single destination (255).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
2021 Census, people with a usual place of work: where residents of Ste. Anne work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
How many in Ste. Anne were working in 2021
Of the 9 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 2, one has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 58%: many residents are past working age. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 66% in October 2026. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 63% of residents that age. 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.
Household income in Ste. Anne
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 57% of Canadian towns.
Ste. Anne’s median is 12% below the middle of Manitoba’s towns ($83,900). Of the 9 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 2, 7 have a higher median. Incomes are for 2020, the first pandemic year, so CERB and other emergency payments are part of them.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
3.3% of commuters from Ste. Anne go without a car
Home was the workplace for 15%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 94% of commuters.
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. 2 run 37% above their 2019 level
For EI beneficiaries, the only official count covers all of Census Division No. 2, Ste. Anne included.
In the twelve months to August 2026 the number rose by 7%. January 2021 was the busiest month, with 3,850 people on EI, 2.2 times 2019’s average. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 5 are on 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).
Ste. Anne grades B+ for walkability
Better than 66% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #129 of 185 in Manitoba.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
637th of 778: where Ste. Anne ranks among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 4,800
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Mount Royal Alberta | 2,758 | 83% | 12% | $188K | A+ |
| 2 | Central River Heights Manitoba | 2,736 | 84% | 5.4% | $137K | A+ |
| 3 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| 4 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 635 | Victoria Park Ontario | 3,574 | 68% | 13% | $65K | C− |
| 636 | Two Hills County No. 21 Alberta | 3,626 | 74% | 6.2% | $70K | C− |
| 637 | Ste. Anne Manitoba | 3,587 | 74% | 9.1% | $74K | C− |
| 638 | York Alberta | 4,030 | 67% | 16% | $84K | C− |
| 639 | Victoria County, Subdivision A Nova Scotia | 2,746 | 61% | 29% | $65K | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 778 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,724 | 43% | 30% | $51K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Ste. Anne, and others among Manitoba’s towns.
Jobs and income in the places around Ste. Anne
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ste. Anne | 74% | 9.1% | $74K | 31.1 min | C− | B+ |
| Ste. Anne 4.2 km | 76% | 7.1% | $84K | 33.7 min | C | D− |
| Lorette 14.9 km | 79% | 6.1% | $109K | 32.8 min | B | C |
| Steinbach 15.7 km | 78% | 5.7% | $72K | 20.4 min | B+ | 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 Ste. Anne, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- In work. Why 15 to 64? Otherwise retirees would pull the rate down in older towns. The census can’t say how old a neighbourhood’s workers are, so the count of people in work takes every age.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- Household income. The 2020 income of the household at the midpoint, all sources and before tax. Inside a city we rebuild it from the dissemination areas’ income bands, so there it is an estimate.
- Trip times. How long getting to work normally takes, averaged from the census’s time bands at their middles; expect it to read slightly high against the timed figure.
- 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. Statistics Canada counts EI beneficiaries each month by census division. Seasonal work makes it swing, so read it as a trend, not a jobless 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.
- 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
Where do people in Ste. Anne work?
Only 25% work in Ste. Anne itself; the rest go first to Winnipeg (255) and Steinbach (170).
How many jobs are there in Ste. Anne?
The 2021 census counted about 895 people working in Ste. Anne: 1.2 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 111 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Ste. Anne?
The census put unemployment at 9.1% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Southeast economic region at 4.1%.
What is the average household income in Ste. Anne?
Ste. Anne’s middle household had $73,800 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Ste. Anne get to work?
By car: 94% of commuters, 3.3% walk; on census day 15% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Ste. Anne?
31.1 minutes is the average trip, with 26% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 7.6% taking 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, 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).