Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHousehold incomes in Whitehead are higher than in 90% of Canadian towns
In Whitehead, 82% of residents aged 15 to 64 were working in May 2021, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%. Jobs located in Whitehead: 10, for 605 residents with a usual workplace. The 2021 census put unemployment in Whitehead at 5.2%; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
What stands out about work in Whitehead
More people in work than most towns
With 82% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 68% of all adults employed. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
The Labour Force Survey had the area at 5.8% in October 2026; on census day in 2021 the town’s own rate was 5.2%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
Half the households here had more than $105,100 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
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 Whitehead: graded A
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.
How many in Whitehead were working in 2021
Of the 4 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 7, 3 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 68%: many residents are past working age. For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 60% in work in October 2026. The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 72%. 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.
Median household income in Whitehead: $105,100 in 2020
No other place of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 7 has a higher median. The middle of Manitoba’s towns is $83,900, and Whitehead is 25% 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).
Whitehead empties a little on a working day
It sends out some 61 workers for every one it takes in. The job is inside the municipality for 0% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
100% of Whitehead’s residents in work leave it to work; Brandon takes the most
- Brandon10
Coming the other way, Brandon sends the most (10).
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: 3.4% of Whitehead’s commuters
Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 95% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Home was the workplace for 18%, 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).
At 25.9 minutes, commutes from Whitehead are close to the middle of Canadian towns
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 22.7 minutes. The middle of Manitoba’s towns averages 23.6 minutes. Only 20% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 46% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. Long trips are rarer than in the middle of Manitoba’s towns: 4% take an hour or more, against 5.5%.
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.
17% more people are on EI in Census Division No. 7 than in 2019
Whitehead doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from Census Division No. 7.
January 2021 was the busiest month, with 3,630 people on EI, 2.6 times 2019’s average. That works out to around 3.8 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 8%.
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).
Whitehead on foot: a C− grade
Better than 16% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Neighbouring places to Whitehead, compared
The nearest places to Whitehead with figures are 15–27 km away.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead | 82% | 5.2% | $105K | 25.9 min | A | C− |
| Brandon 14.8 km | 76% | 7.5% | $76K | 15.6 min | A− | A− |
| Souris 21.1 km | 76% | 6.8% | $73K | 23.3 min | B− | A |
| Sioux Valley Dakota Nation 25.6 km | 35% | 18% | $47K | 16 min | D | C− |
| Riverdale 26.3 km | 73% | 6.2% | $81K | 28.7 min | C | A− |
| Elton 26.7 km | 85% | 6.2% | $102K | 25 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 Whitehead, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Trip times. Our average assumes everyone in, say, the 15-to-29-minute band takes 22 minutes. Across all the bands that runs a shade above Statistics Canada’s measured 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. 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. A monthly household survey by Statistics Canada, reported for metro areas and economic regions only. It supplies a recent rate next to the 2021 census figure.
- In work. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- Unemployment. Of everyone 15 or older who was working or job-hunting in the census week, the part still looking. Someone not seeking work isn’t in it at all.
- Household income. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- Which towns we compare. Every town and city neighbourhood with 2,500 residents or more; whole cities and First Nations reserves are left out. Each middle figure is a median.
Questions about work in Whitehead
How many jobs are there in Whitehead?
The 2021 census counted about 10 people working in Whitehead: 0 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace.
What is the unemployment rate in Whitehead?
The 2021 census found 5.2% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Southwest economic region, is 5.8% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Whitehead?
Before tax, half the households in Whitehead had more than $105,100 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Whitehead get to work?
By car: 95% of commuters, 3.4% walk; on census day 18% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Whitehead?
25.9 minutes is the average trip, with 20% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 4% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Whitehead work?
0% work in Whitehead itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Brandon (470), then Souris (35).
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) · 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).