Photo: Mennowiki · CC BY-SA 4.0Working-age people in Steinbach are more likely to have a job than in 65% of Canadian towns
Median household income in Steinbach was $72,000 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. The census counted 8,910 people working in Steinbach and 6,200 residents commuting to a fixed workplace. In May 2021, unemployment in Steinbach reached 5.7%, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
Steinbach at work: what stands out
Less unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 5.7% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 4.1%. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The median household had $72,000 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
A local job centre
8,910 people work in Steinbach and 6,200 residents commute to a fixed workplace; the middle of Canadian towns has 0.8 jobs per working resident. The daily tide ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 20.4 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 7.5% 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 & income in Steinbach: graded B+
Better than 68% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #78 of 185 in Manitoba.
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.
Work for 78% of 15-to-64s in Steinbach
Of the 9 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 2, 6 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 66% of residents that age. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 62% were working. In October 2026, 66% of the wider area’s adults had a job, on the Labour Force Survey’s count. Statistics Canada counted on 11 May 2021, with much of the country under pandemic rules: more people were out of work or at home than usual.
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 Steinbach
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 61% of Canadian towns.
Steinbach’s median is 14% below the middle of Manitoba’s towns ($83,900). 8 of the 9 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 2 have a higher median. That year, 2020, brought emergency benefits that count in these totals, before tax.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Every working day, Steinbach’s workforce grows by 38%
Each resident commuting out of Steinbach is matched by about 2 coming in.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
At 20.4 minutes, commutes from Steinbach are shorter than in the middle of Canadian towns
Timed exactly, the average is 18 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of Manitoba’s towns averages 23.6 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 58%, more than the 46% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. An hour or more: 7.5% of commuters, above the 5.5% 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.
4,886 people come into Steinbach to work, most from Mitchell and La Broquerie
- Mitchell2,135
- La Broquerie870
- Winnipeg500
- Ste. Anne330
- Lorette275
- Ste. Anne170
- Niverville160
- Oakbank105
- Stuartburn75
- Piney65
- Mitchell700
- Winnipeg470
- La Broquerie225
- Niverville165
- Lorette110
- Ste. Anne85
- Oakbank45
- Ste. Anne30
- Shuniah25
- Stuartburn25
Of everyone working in Steinbach, 55% come in from elsewhere; 2,135 make the 8 km trip from Mitchell. The main destination the other way is Mitchell, with 700.
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 Steinbach work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Leaving the car at home: 7.3% of commuters in Steinbach
Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 11% against 21%. Few ride transit: 0.2%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. Nearly everyone drives: 91% 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).
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
Behind EI beneficiaries sits data gathered across Census Division No. 2, with Steinbach one part of it.
Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 rose by 7%. In January 2021 it reached 3,850, the most in the series and 2.2 times the 2019 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).
The walkability of Steinbach: A−
Better than 78% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #106 of 185 in Manitoba.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How Steinbach ranks: 97th of 411 Canadian towns of 15,200 to 29,300
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yellowknife Northwest Territories | 22,858 | 80% | 5.8% | $148K | A+ |
| 2 | Central Saanich British Columbia | 18,184 | 85% | 4.9% | $103K | A+ |
| 3 | Cap-Rouge Quebec | 17,139 | 81% | 4.3% | $126K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 82 | Winkler Manitoba | 16,156 | 76% | 4.2% | $71K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 95 | Brookside - Briarbrook - Morgans Grant Ontario | 15,509 | 73% | 9.3% | $139K | B+ |
| 96 | Mount Pearl Newfoundland and Labrador | 24,266 | 72% | 10% | $81K | B+ |
| 97 | Steinbach Manitoba | 21,671 | 78% | 5.7% | $72K | B+ |
| 98 | Mount Pleasant East Ontario | 16,373 | 77% | 11% | $115K | B+ |
| 99 | Kirkland Quebec | 19,696 | 75% | 8% | $128K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 114 | Springfield Manitoba | 17,494 | 79% | 5.3% | $114K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 139 | Hanover Manitoba | 19,950 | 75% | 5.1% | $88K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 411 | Parc-Extension Quebec | 29,066 | 61% | 16% | $48K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Steinbach, and others among Manitoba’s towns.
The places around Steinbach, side by side
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steinbach | 78% | 5.7% | $72K | 20.4 min | B+ | A− |
| Mitchell 7.7 km | 75% | 5.1% | $88K | 25.7 min | B | C+ |
| La Broquerie 10.2 km | 74% | 5.8% | $84K | 30.5 min | C | D |
| Ste. Anne 15.7 km | 74% | 9.1% | $74K | 31.1 min | C− | B+ |
| Ste. Anne 17.8 km | 76% | 7.1% | $84K | 33.7 min | C | 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 Steinbach, 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. 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.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada’s monthly survey, published for metro areas and economic regions rather than towns: it gives a current rate beside the census’s 2021 one.
- 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.
- 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. 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.
- Which towns we compare. Comparisons are with the median of Canadian towns and city neighbourhoods counting 2,500 people or more, reserves and entire cities excluded.
Questions about work in Steinbach
How do people in Steinbach get to work?
91% of commuters go by car, 0.2% take public transit, 5.1% walk and 2% cycle. On census day 11% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Steinbach?
On average 20.4 minutes; 58% take under 15 minutes and 7.5% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Steinbach work?
Most stay: 65% work in Steinbach. The rest go first to Mitchell (700) and Winnipeg (470).
How many jobs are there in Steinbach?
About 8,910 people had their usual place of work in Steinbach at the 2021 census, 1.4 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 1,145 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Steinbach?
Two figures answer it: 5.7% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 4.1% for the Southeast economic region in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Steinbach?
Before tax, half the households in Steinbach had more than $72,000 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
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).