Photo: waferboard · CC BY 2.0Working-age people in Assiniboia have jobs more often than in 90% of Canadian towns
Half the households in Assiniboia had more than $71,000 in 2020, before tax; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Workers in Assiniboia spend 16.7 minutes on the way to work on average, and 6.4% need an hour or more. When the 2021 census was taken, 5.3% of people in Assiniboia who wanted a job had none, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns.
What sets Assiniboia apart on jobs and income
More people in work than most towns
With 84% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 56% of all adults employed. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 5.3% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 6.2% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $71,000 before tax in 2020, where the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
A local job centre
1,050 people work in Assiniboia and 780 residents commute to a fixed workplace; the middle of Canadian towns has 0.8 jobs per working resident. The daily tide ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 16.7 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 6.4% 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.
Jobs and income in Assiniboia earn A
Better than 91% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is the share of 15-to-64s in work; 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.
In Assiniboia, 84% of the working-age population has a job
The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 59% in October 2026. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 60% of residents that age. Counting retirees, 56% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. 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.
Household income in Assiniboia
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 64% of Canadian towns.
Set beside Saskatchewan’s towns, where the median is $86,800, Assiniboia sits 18% below. The year is 2020: emergency benefits like CERB count in these incomes, and they raised the bottom of the range.
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, Assiniboia’s workforce grows by 30%
Assiniboia takes in some 3 workers for every resident it sends out. Of those who commute, 85% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
The length of the trip to work in Assiniboia
A quarter-hour or less for 75% of commuters, against 67% in the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 13.5 minutes. The middle of Saskatchewan’s towns averages 18.1 minutes.
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.
385 people come into Assiniboia to work, most from Excel No. 71 and Lake of the Rivers No. 72
- Excel No. 7155
- Lake of the Rivers No. 7255
- Stonehenge No. 7355
- Willow Bunch No. 4235
- Rockglen30
- Moose Jaw25
- Wood River No. 7420
- Coronach15
- Limerick10
- Lafleche10
- Coronach30
- Mossbank20
- Rockglen10
- Limerick10
- Gravelbourg10
- Pense No. 16010
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Without a car, 14% of Assiniboia’s commuters get to work
Only 11% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. On foot: 13% of commuters, well above the 2.9% in the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns. 85% drive to work, fewer than the 91% in the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
EI claims in Census Division No. 3 run 5% below their 2019 level
Assiniboia shares its EI beneficiaries numbers with the rest of Census Division No. 3.
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 2.7 receive EI. Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 6%. The highest month was February 2021: 460 people, 2.2 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).
Assiniboia earns A+ for walkability
Better than 98% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
The work picture around Assiniboia
Distances here run 49–93 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Assiniboia.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assiniboia | 84% | 5.3% | $71K | 16.7 min | A | A+ |
| Gravelbourg 49 km | 90% | 3.9% | $76K | 15.3 min | A+ | A |
| Moose Jaw No. 161 85.1 km | 81% | 3.7% | $104K | 20.8 min | A+ | B+ |
| Moose Jaw 90.6 km | 73% | 9.5% | $74K | 16.9 min | B | B+ |
| Caronport 93.2 km | 61% | 12% | $77K | 17.1 min | C+ | A− |
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 Assiniboia, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Trip times. One way, on a usual day, from the census’s travel-time bands. Band midpoints overstate it a little next to the figure Statistics Canada times.
- 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. People receiving EI benefits each month, counted for the census division. It follows the local job market; it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Sampled each month and released for regions rather than towns, so its rate describes the area around the town.
- In work. Everyone with a job, whatever their age, divided by the residents aged 15 to 64 at the 2021 Census: below the municipality the census doesn’t split work by age, and this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood can be given.
- 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 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.
- Which towns we compare. The comparison pool is places of 2,500 people or more, towns or neighbourhoods inside cities, without whole cities or reserves, and we compare with its median.
Questions about work in Assiniboia
Where do people in Assiniboia work?
85% work in Assiniboia itself; of those who leave, the most go to Coronach (30), then Mossbank (20).
How many jobs are there in Assiniboia?
The 2021 census counted about 1,050 people working in Assiniboia: 1.4 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 171 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Assiniboia?
Two figures answer it: 5.3% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 6.2% for the Swift Current-Moose Jaw economic region in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Assiniboia?
At $71,000 before tax in 2020, the median household in Assiniboia compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Assiniboia get to work?
By car: 85% of commuters, 13% walk and 1.1% cycle; on census day 11% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Assiniboia?
16.7 minutes is the average trip, with 75% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 6.4% taking 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, 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).