Photo: s.yume from Calgary, Canada · CC BY 2.0Winkler has lower household incomes than 65% of Canadian towns
An hour or more each way is the commute for 1.6% of workers in Winkler; the average is 12.5 minutes. 76% of people aged 15 to 64 in Winkler had a job at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. Of everyone in Winkler working or looking for work in May 2021, 4.2% were unemployed; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
The short version on work in Winkler
Less unemployment than most towns
The census counted 4.2% 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 $70,500 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
A local job centre
With 8,530 jobs based in Winkler and 5,245 working residents, the ratio compares with 0.8 in the middle of Canadian towns. The daily tide ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 12.5 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 1.6% 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.
Winkler earns B+ for jobs and income
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.
Who in Winkler has a job
Of the 7 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 3, 4 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 62%: many residents are past working age. Working or looking, 64% of everyone 15 and over was in the labour force. 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.
Winkler households: $70,500 a year at the median
Winkler’s median is 16% below the middle of Manitoba’s towns ($83,900). Of the 7 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 3, 6 have a higher median. Incomes here are 2020’s and include the pandemic payments, CERB among them, that propped up the lower end.
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, Winkler’s workforce grows by 59%
About 4 people arrive to work in Winkler for each resident who goes out. The job is inside the municipality for 78% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
How long the commute from Winkler takes
The middle of Manitoba’s towns averages 23.6 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 78%, more than the 46% in the middle of Manitoba’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 11.3 minutes (Statistics Canada).
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.
4,428 people come into Winkler to work, most from Stanley and Morden
52% of the people who work in Winkler live outside it, 1,775 of them in Stanley, 5 km away. Morden is where the largest group of commuters out goes, 535 of them.
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: 5.9% of commuters in Winkler
Few ride transit: 0.2%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. Nearly everyone drives: 93% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Only 4.9% worked at home on census day, against 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).
In Census Division No. 3, 77% more people receive EI than in 2019
Winkler shares its EI beneficiaries numbers with the rest of Census Division No. 3.
The highest month was February 2021: 2,170 people, 2.3 times the 2019 level. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 5.4 receive EI. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 rose by 24%.
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, Winkler grades B+
Better than 69% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #124 of 185 in Manitoba.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
For jobs and income, Winkler is 123rd of 551 Canadian towns of 11,300 to 21,800
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Saanich British Columbia | 12,986 | 85% | 5.9% | $121K | A+ |
| 2 | Sillery Quebec | 13,950 | 81% | 6.2% | $120K | A+ |
| 3 | Central Saanich British Columbia | 18,184 | 85% | 4.9% | $103K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 50 | Tyndall Park Manitoba | 12,393 | 77% | 7.6% | $105K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 74 | Thompson Manitoba | 12,917 | 68% | 8.9% | $96K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 77 | Dakota Crossing Manitoba | 13,048 | 77% | 7.6% | $105K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 121 | Chapel Hill North Ontario | 11,715 | 71% | 9.6% | $129K | B+ |
| 122 | Mountain View County Alberta | 14,802 | 85% | 7.9% | $94K | B+ |
| 123 | Winkler Manitoba | 16,156 | 76% | 4.2% | $71K | B+ |
| 124 | West Queen West Ontario | 13,599 | 81% | 7.5% | $103K | B+ |
| 125 | Orsainville Quebec | 14,751 | 81% | 6.1% | $75K | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 551 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Winkler, and others among Manitoba’s towns.
How Winkler compares with the places nearby
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winkler | 76% | 4.2% | $71K | 12.5 min | B+ | B+ |
| Stanley 4.6 km | 74% | 4.9% | $90K | 16.2 min | A | C− |
| Morden 11.5 km | 77% | 7.8% | $72K | 15.9 min | B+ | 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 Winkler, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Half of households had more than this before tax in 2020, half less, counting every source of income. For a neighbourhood we estimate the median from the income brackets of its dissemination areas.
- Trip times. Built from banded answers: each commuter’s usual one-way trip counts as the midpoint of the band they chose, and the result tends to sit slightly higher than Statistics Canada’s average.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 Winkler
Where do people in Winkler work?
78% work in Winkler itself; of those who leave, the most go to Morden (535), then Stanley (200).
How many jobs are there in Winkler?
The 2021 census found about 8,530 people with their usual workplace in Winkler, or 1.6 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. Statistics Canada counted 777 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Winkler?
At the 2021 census, unemployment stood at 4.2%; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
What is the average household income in Winkler?
At $70,500 before tax in 2020, the median household in Winkler compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Winkler get to work?
93% of commuters drive, 0.2% take public transit, 3.3% walk and 2.4% cycle; 4.9% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Winkler?
The average commute is 12.5 minutes; 78% of trips take under 15 minutes and 1.6% an hour or more.
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, 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).