Wasagamack has lower household incomes than 93% of Canadian towns
Wasagamack counted 32% of its 15-to-64s in jobs at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. Workers in Wasagamack spend 10.2 minutes on the way to work on average, and 0% need an hour or more. When the 2021 census was taken, 20% of people in Wasagamack who wanted a job had none, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns.
What sets Wasagamack apart on jobs and income
Fewer people in work than most towns
In work at the 2021 census: 32% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 30% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
The census counted 20% unemployed in 2021, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $57,500 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 10.2 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 0% 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 and income in Wasagamack earn C−
Better than 21% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is trip times; 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.
Who in Wasagamack has a job
Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 37% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. The census was taken on 11 May 2021, mid-pandemic, when lockdowns had pushed unemployment up and sent many to work from 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.
A smaller share in work than in almost any Canadian town.
Before tax, the median household in Wasagamack had $57,500
That puts Wasagamack 31% below the median of Manitoba’s towns, $83,900. Pandemic benefits paid in 2020 lifted the incomes at the bottom, and they are counted here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
How long the commute from Wasagamack takes
Timed exactly, the average is 9.6 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of Manitoba’s towns averages 23.6 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 82% of commuters, 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.
Wasagamack is quieter on a working day than at night
Each person commuting in is matched by about 5 residents going out. Of those who commute, 92% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
8.1% of Wasagamack’s residents in work leave it to work; Winnipeg takes the most
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 6.8% of Wasagamack’s commuters
Nearly everyone drives: 92% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Transit barely figures here, 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. 22, the count on EI is close to where it was in 2019
Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 13%. August 2021 was the busiest month, with 2,870 people on EI, 2 times 2019’s average. That works out to around 6.2 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: Census Division No. 22. 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 Wasagamack: graded B
Better than 65% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Around Wasagamack: jobs, pay and the commute
Distances here run 16–79 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Wasagamack.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wasagamack | 32% | 20% | $58K | 10.2 min | C− | B |
| St. Theresa Point 16 km | 42% | 17% | $71K | 14.5 min | C | B |
| Garden Hill First Nation 22.4 km | 33% | 16% | $62K | 14.4 min | C− | B |
| God's Lake 23 78.9 km | 42% | 13% | $57K | 11.6 min | C− | B |
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 Wasagamack, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Counts of workers with a fixed workplace, by where they live and where they work, both taken as whole municipalities; the jobs figure takes everyone who works here, wherever home is.
- Employment Insurance. Monthly EI recipients across the census division: a pulse of the local job market rather than a measure of who is out of work.
- In work. How many residents held a job in May 2021, set against how many were 15 to 64. It reads a little high where many people work past 65, since below the municipality the census gives no breakdown of workers by age.
- Unemployment. The share of people 15 and over in the labour force, working or looking for work, who had no job on census day in May 2021.
- Household income. What the median household took in during 2020 before tax, as the census recorded it; an estimate built from income groups when the place is a neighbourhood.
- Which towns we compare. Any town of 2,500 or more counts, and so does any city neighbourhood that size; the city as a whole and First Nations reserves don’t. The middle is the median.
- A First Nations reserve. Wasagamack’s figures are its own, though Statistics Canada rounds or suppresses some for small communities. A reserve has no overall grade and sits in no ranked list.
Questions about work in Wasagamack
What is the unemployment rate in Wasagamack?
At the 2021 census, unemployment stood at 20%; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
What is the average household income in Wasagamack?
Wasagamack’s middle household had $57,500 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Wasagamack get to work?
92% of commuters drive, 6.8% walk; 0% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Wasagamack?
The average commute is 10.2 minutes; 82% of trips take under 15 minutes and 0% an hour or more.
Where do people in Wasagamack work?
92% work in Wasagamack itself; of those who leave, the most go to Winnipeg (10), then Rosser (10).
How many jobs are there in Wasagamack?
The 2021 census found about 290 people with their usual workplace in Wasagamack, or 0.9 for each resident who travels to a fixed job.
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) · 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).