Photo: Jasonbook99 · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Ste. Rose have lower incomes than those in 88% of Canadian towns
An hour or more each way is the commute for 7.8% of workers in Ste. Rose; the average is 19.6 minutes. At the 2021 census, 72% of Ste. Rose’s 15-to-64s were in work, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%. Out of work in May 2021: 8% of Ste. Rose’s labour force; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
The work numbers behind Ste. Rose
Lower incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $60,000 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
A local job centre
With 510 jobs based in Ste. Rose and 440 working residents, the ratio compares with 0.8 in the middle of Canadian towns. The daily tide ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 19.6 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 7.8% last an hour or longer. 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. Rose: graded C
Better than 31% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is trip times; its weakest, household income.
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.
Median household income in Ste. Rose: $60,000 in 2020
The middle of Manitoba’s towns is $83,900, and Ste. Rose is 28% below it. Read the incomes as 2020’s, before tax: pandemic benefits such as CERB are in them, and they raised many low incomes for that year.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Each working day, Ste. Rose’s workforce swells by 14%
Ste. Rose takes in some 2 workers for every resident it sends out. 77% 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.
The length of the trip to work in Ste. Rose
A quarter-hour or less for 64% of commuters, against 46% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 19.9 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of Manitoba’s towns, the average commute is 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.
173 people come into Ste. Rose to work, most from Lakeshore and Dauphin
34% of the people who work in Ste. Rose live outside it, 50 of them in Lakeshore, 15 km away. The main destination the other way is Dauphin, with 65.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
How many in Ste. Rose were working in 2021
A smaller share in work than in 65% of Canadian towns.
The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 51% in October 2026. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 50% of residents that age. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 46%: many residents are past working age. 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.
Without a car, 17% of Ste. Rose’s commuters get to work
Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. 82% drive to work, fewer than the 87% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. Home was the workplace for 10%, under the 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).
EI claims in Census Division No. 17 run 19% above their 2019 level
Roughly 5.1 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 3%. At its peak, in July 2021, 1,100 people were on EI, 2.2 times the 2019 average.
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. 17. 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 Ste. Rose: graded A+
Better than 97% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Ste. Rose and its neighbours: work and income
Distances here run 15–45 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Ste. Rose.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ste. Rose | 72% | 8% | $60K | 19.6 min | C | A+ |
| Lakeshore 14.8 km | 80% | 6% | $64K | 26.5 min | C+ | D− |
| Ebb and Flow 52 35.4 km | 28% | 18% | $54K | 14.3 min | C− | C− |
| Alonsa 36.2 km | 60% | 18% | $55K | 26.4 min | D− | C− |
| Dauphin 38.3 km | 73% | 6.6% | $61K | 12.5 min | B− | A |
| Dauphin 45.4 km | 87% | 5% | $86K | 20.8 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 Ste. Rose, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- 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. The census asks how long the trip to work usually takes, in bands; our average uses each band’s middle, so it runs a little above Statistics Canada’s 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.
- Which towns we compare. Medians over towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents. Whole cities would swamp them and reserves sit outside the rankings, so neither is in.
Questions about work in Ste. Rose
How do people in Ste. Rose get to work?
82% of commuters drive, 17% walk; 10% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Ste. Rose?
The average commute is 19.6 minutes; 64% of trips take under 15 minutes and 7.8% an hour or more.
Where do people in Ste. Rose work?
Most stay: 77% work in Ste. Rose. The rest go first to Dauphin (65) and Winnipeg (20).
How many jobs are there in Ste. Rose?
The 2021 census found about 510 people with their usual workplace in Ste. Rose, or 1.2 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 98 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Ste. Rose?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Parklands and North economic region at 5.7%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 8%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Ste. Rose?
At $60,000 before tax in 2020, the median household in Ste. Rose compares with $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).