Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.2 jobs for each resident in work, most of Neebing commutes out
Before tax, the typical household in Neebing brought in $93,300 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Most commutes from Neebing take well under an hour: the average is 32.4 minutes, and 4.2% take 60 minutes or longer. In Neebing, 74% of residents aged 15 to 64 were working in May 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%.
What sets Neebing apart on jobs and income
Work near the middle
Counting everyone 15 and over, 55% were in work at the 2021 census; among those aged 15 to 64 it was 74%, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. In work ↓
Longer trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 32.4 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 4.2% 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.
Neebing earns C+ for jobs and income
Better than 36% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
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.
Time on the road to work from Neebing
Timed exactly, the average is 31 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of Ontario’s towns averages 28.6 minutes. Only 13% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 31% in the middle of Ontario’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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
Neebing is quieter on a working day than at night
650 residents of Neebing had a usual place of work at the 2021 census, and 125 people had theirs in Neebing, wherever they lived.
Each person commuting in is matched by about 9 residents going out. Of those who commute, 9.3% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
91% of Neebing’s residents in work leave it to work; Thunder Bay takes the most
In the other direction the biggest source is Thunder Bay, with 35.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
2021 Census, people with a usual place of work: where residents of Neebing work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Who in Neebing has a job
Of the 6 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Thunder Bay census division, 5 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
A more recent figure, for the wider area: 59% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 61% of residents that age. Counting retirees, 55% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. Pandemic rules were in force on census day, 11 May 2021; the Labour Force Survey shows how jobs have moved since.
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 Neebing: households
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 79% of Canadian towns.
3 of the 6 other places of 2,500+ in the Thunder Bay census division have a higher median. That puts Neebing 2% above the median of Ontario’s towns, $91,600. That year, 2020, brought emergency benefits that count in these totals, before tax.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 0% of Neebing’s commuters
20% worked at home on census day, about the same as in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 96% 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).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
About as many people are on EI in the Thunder Bay census division as in 2019
For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 4 are on EI. Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 1%. The highest month was April 2021: 8,970 people, 2.6 times the 2019 level.
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). Neebing shares its EI beneficiaries numbers with the rest of the Thunder Bay census division.
Everyday places on foot in Neebing: D−
Better than 2% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Work in and around Neebing
No closer places have figures: these lie 23–48 km from Neebing.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neebing | 74% | 9.4% | $93K | 32.4 min | C+ | D− |
| Fort William 52 23.2 km | 41% | 16% | $58K | 17.9 min | C− | B− |
| Oliver Paipoonge 24.5 km | 74% | 8% | $108K | 25.3 min | B+ | C− |
| Thunder Bay 30.4 km | 68% | 11% | $78K | 17.2 min | B− | A− |
| Thunder Bay, Unorganized 47.7 km | 67% | 11% | $82K | 35.9 min | D | 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 Neebing, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. Statistics Canada counts EI beneficiaries each month by census division. Seasonal work makes it swing, so read it as a trend, not a jobless rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada surveys households every month; the results come out for metro areas and economic regions, never for single towns, and keep the rate current after 2021.
- 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. 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. 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.
- 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.
Questions about work in Neebing
How do people in Neebing get to work?
96% of commuters go by car. On census day 20% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Neebing?
On average 32.4 minutes; 13% take under 15 minutes and 4.2% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Neebing work?
9.3% work in Neebing itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Thunder Bay (525), then Oliver Paipoonge (50).
How many jobs are there in Neebing?
About 125 people had their usual place of work in Neebing at the 2021 census, 0.2 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 49 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Neebing?
Two figures answer it: 9.4% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 3.6% for the Thunder Bay metro area in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Neebing?
Before tax, half the households in Neebing had more than $93,300 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
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).