Photo: Bluejaywpg · Public domainWith 0.5 jobs for each resident in work, most of Stony Mountain commutes out
The median household in Stony Mountain had $101,100 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. 5.5% of the labour force in Stony Mountain was out of work at the 2021 census, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. Workers in Stony Mountain spend 30.1 minutes on the way to work on average, and 6.5% need an hour or more.
Stony Mountain at work: what stands out
Fewer people in work than most towns
The 2021 census found 66% of 15-to-64s with a job (73% in the middle of Canadian towns). Count every adult, retirees too, and the figure is 65%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 5.5% 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 $101,100 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 30.1 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 6.5% 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.
Stony Mountain grades C for jobs and income
Better than 29% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #150 of 185 in Manitoba.
Its strongest measure is household income; its weakest, the share of 15-to-64s in work.
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.
How many in Stony Mountain have a job: 66% of 15-to-64s
A smaller share in work than in 85% of Canadian towns.
69% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 61% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. 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.
Earnings at home in Stony Mountain: households
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 87% of Canadian towns.
The middle of Manitoba’s towns is $83,900, and Stony Mountain is 21% above it. CERB and the other emergency payments of 2020 are counted in these incomes, which lifted the lower ones 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).
Time on the road to work from Stony Mountain
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 27 minutes. In the middle of Manitoba’s towns, the average commute is 23.6 minutes. Only 24% 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.
Stony Mountain empties a little on a working day
Each person commuting in is matched by about 2 residents going out. Of those who commute, 13% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
87% of Stony Mountain’s residents in work leave it to work; Winnipeg takes the most
- Winnipeg1,055
- Stonewall520
- Teulon210
- Selkirk105
- Oakbank60
- Rosser50
- Woodlands40
- West St. Paul20
- St. Andrews20
- Gimli20
In the other direction the biggest source is Winnipeg, with 565.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Leaving the car at home: 4.3% of commuters in Stony Mountain
The car is the way to work for 93% of commuters. Only 18% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit takes 0.5% of commuters, against 3.5% 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).
In Census Division No. 14, 11% more people receive EI than in 2019
For EI beneficiaries, the only official count covers all of Census Division No. 14, Stony Mountain included.
In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 5%. January 2021 was the busiest month, with 770 people on EI, 2.2 times 2019’s average. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 3.3 receive 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).
Walking in Stony Mountain earns C−
Better than 24% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #171 of 185 in Manitoba.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How Stony Mountain ranks: 516th of 668 Canadian towns of 6,400 to 12,400
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | North River Heights Manitoba | 7,228 | 82% | 8.4% | $143K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 21 | Betsworth Manitoba | 7,476 | 82% | 6.7% | $107K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 28 | Elmhurst Manitoba | 6,600 | 79% | 7.3% | $117K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 514 | Dovercourt Village Ontario | 12,378 | 71% | 14% | $91K | C |
| 515 | Ermineskin Alberta | 7,483 | 72% | 14% | $76K | C |
| 516 | Rockwood Manitoba | 9,180 | 66% | 5.5% | $101K | C |
| 517 | Carleton Heights-Courtland Park Ontario | 8,621 | 69% | 13% | $79K | C |
| 518 | M-Section (bramalea) Ontario | 9,901 | 67% | 14% | $109K | C |
| … | ||||||
| 668 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Stony Mountain, and others among Manitoba’s towns.
The work picture around Stony Mountain
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Mountain | 66% | 5.5% | $101K | 30.1 min | C | C− |
| Stonewall 10.9 km | 79% | 3.5% | $99K | 26.3 min | A− | A |
| St. Andrews 17.6 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 Stony Mountain, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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.
- Where people commute. Only people with a usual place of work are in it: those who work from home or have no fixed site are not. Home and work are both counted by municipality.
- 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.
- 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.
- The municipality’s figures. Statistics Canada counts Stony Mountain as part of Rockwood, so every census figure on this page is the whole municipality’s.
Questions about work in Stony Mountain
How do people in Stony Mountain get to work?
Driving takes 93% of commuters to work, 0.5% take public transit, 3.2% walk and 0.6% cycle, and on census day 18% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Stony Mountain?
About 30.1 minutes on average, with 24% under a quarter-hour and 6.5% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Stony Mountain work?
Only 13% work in Stony Mountain itself; the rest go first to Winnipeg (1,055) and Stonewall (520).
How many jobs are there in Stony Mountain?
In June 2026, 139 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Stony Mountain?
The census put unemployment at 5.5% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Interlake economic region at 2.9%.
What is the average household income in Stony Mountain?
The census puts Stony Mountain at $101,100 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $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).