Photo: RockyRoller · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Stonewall top those of 85% of Canadian towns
Of Stonewall’s residents aged 15 to 64, 79% were employed when the 2021 census was taken, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns. Joblessness at the 2021 census: 3.5% of Stonewall’s labour force, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. From Stonewall, the drive or ride to work averages 26.3 minutes, with 2.8% going an hour or longer.
Where Stonewall stands out on work
More people in work than most towns
The 2021 census found 79% of 15-to-64s with a job (73% in the middle of Canadian towns). Count every adult, retirees too, and the figure is 60%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 3.5% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 2.9% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $99,000 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
More jobs than the typical town
1,845 people work in Stonewall and 1,765 residents commute to a fixed workplace; the middle of Canadian towns has 0.8 jobs per working resident. The daily tide ↓
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 Stonewall earn A−
Better than 80% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #57 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.
In Stonewall, 79% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
A larger share in work than in 72% of Canadian towns.
63% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 60%: many residents are past working age. By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 61% of the wider area’s adults in work. May 2021, when the census was taken, was a pandemic spring; unemployment has come down since, as the Labour Force Survey records.
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.
$99,000 a year: the median household in Stonewall
Set beside Manitoba’s towns, where the median is $83,900, Stonewall sits 18% above. 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).
About as many people come in to work in Stonewall as leave
Of those who commute, 39% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
1,155 people come into Stonewall to work, most from Stony Mountain and Winnipeg
Of everyone working in Stonewall, 63% come in from elsewhere; 520 make the 11 km trip from Stony Mountain. The main destination the other way is Winnipeg, with 665.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
7.6% of commuters in Stonewall walk, cycle or take transit
Home was the workplace for 14%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. On foot: 5.9% of commuters, well above the 3.8% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. Nearly everyone drives: 90% 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).
Commuting times in Stonewall
Only 33% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 46% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 23.8 minutes. 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.
11% more people are on EI in Census Division No. 14 than in 2019
Figures for EI beneficiaries are published for Census Division No. 14 as a whole, not for Stonewall alone.
That works out to around 3.3 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 5%. In January 2021 it reached 770, the most in the series and 2.2 times the 2019 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).
On getting around on foot, Stonewall grades A
Better than 87% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #85 of 185 in Manitoba.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Stonewall next to Canadian towns of 3,800 to 7,300: 146th of 701 on jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 2 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | North River Heights Manitoba | 7,228 | 82% | 8.4% | $143K | A+ |
| 4 | Neepawa Manitoba | 6,328 | 85% | 2.9% | $84K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 144 | Inglewood Alberta | 4,380 | 74% | 9.4% | $93K | A− |
| 145 | Saint-Césaire Quebec | 6,150 | 86% | 5.4% | $73K | A− |
| 146 | Stonewall Manitoba | 5,443 | 79% | 3.5% | $99K | A− |
| 147 | Flin Flon (Part) Manitoba | 4,732 | 73% | 6.7% | $80K | A− |
| 148 | Beauceville Quebec | 6,228 | 84% | 4.7% | $66K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 701 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Stonewall, and others among Manitoba’s towns.
Jobs and income in the places around Stonewall
Distances here run 11–25 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Stonewall.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stonewall | 79% | 3.5% | $99K | 26.3 min | A− | A |
| Stony Mountain 10.9 km | 66% | 5.5% | $101K | 30.1 min | C | C− |
| Rosser 19.6 km | 70% | 8.9% | $97K | 24.4 min | B− | C |
| Woodlands 22.6 km | 80% | 3.1% | $91K | 35.1 min | B− | C+ |
| West St. Paul 23.8 km | 80% | 6.5% | $124K | 26.2 min | A | D |
| St. Andrews 25.1 km | 78% | 6.2% | $107K | 30.3 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 Stonewall, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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.
- 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 census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- 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. Jobs count everyone whose usual workplace lies in the municipality, residents or commuters from elsewhere, from Statistics Canada’s home-by-workplace table.
- 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 Stonewall
How do people in Stonewall get to work?
Driving takes 90% of commuters to work, 5.9% walk and 1.7% cycle, and on census day 14% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Stonewall?
About 26.3 minutes on average, with 33% under a quarter-hour and 2.8% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Stonewall work?
Only 39% work in Stonewall itself; the rest go first to Winnipeg (665) and Stony Mountain (95).
How many jobs are there in Stonewall?
Some 1,845 people worked in Stonewall at the 2021 census: 1.1 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 222 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Stonewall?
Two figures answer it: 3.5% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 2.9% for the Interlake economic region in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Stonewall?
At $99,000 before tax in 2020, the median household in Stonewall 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).