Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Biggar tops that of 67% of Canadian towns
In May 2021, unemployment in Biggar reached 4.1%, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. Biggar is the usual workplace of 895 people, and 730 of its own residents commute to a job. Median household income in Biggar was $73,100 in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
Biggar at work: what stands out
Less unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 4.1% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 6% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
A local job centre
With 895 jobs based in Biggar and 730 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 19.7 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 11% 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 Biggar earn B+
Better than 73% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
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.
In Biggar, 78% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
None of the 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 12 has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 65% in October 2026. Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 57%. Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 55%. 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.
On a working day Biggar gains 21% in workers
Inbound commuters outnumber outbound ones about 2 to 1 in Biggar. 80% of residents who commute work inside the municipality, against 70% in the middle of Canadian towns.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
A shorter commute than the middle of Canadian towns: 19.7 minutes from Biggar
Timed exactly, the average is 17.2 minutes (Statistics Canada). 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
309 people come into Biggar to work, most from Biggar No. 347 and Saskatoon
- Biggar No. 347105
- Saskatoon40
- Watrous30
- Glenside No. 37725
- Perdue No. 34615
- Rosetown10
- Marriott No. 31710
- Perdue10
- Vanscoy No. 34510
- Battleford10
- Saskatoon40
- Rosetown25
- Perdue25
- Wilkie10
- North Battleford10
- Oyen10
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 Biggar work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Household income in Biggar
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 59% of Canadian towns.
Against the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns ($86,800), Biggar’s median is 16% below. Every other place of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 12 has a higher median. 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).
11% of commuters from Biggar go without a car
On foot: 9.6% of commuters, well above the 2.9% in the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns. 87% drive to work, fewer than the 91% in the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns. Only 4.8% 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.
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.
6% more people are on EI in Census Division No. 12 than in 2019
Nobody publishes EI beneficiaries for Biggar alone, so this card uses the figure for Census Division No. 12.
That is about 3.7 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. The count topped out in February 2021 at 1,040 people, 2.2 times the 2019 average.
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).
Everyday places on foot in Biggar: B+
Better than 73% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
The places around Biggar, side by side
Distances here run 55–78 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Biggar.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biggar | 78% | 4.1% | $73K | 19.7 min | B+ | B+ |
| Rosetown 55.5 km | 87% | 5% | $78K | 14.4 min | A+ | A− |
| Wilkie 62.7 km | 78% | 10% | $80K | 15.3 min | A | B |
| Vanscoy No. 345 68 km | 85% | 5.8% | $104K | 33.6 min | A− | C |
| Battle River No. 438 71.8 km | 84% | 7.4% | $93K | 28.2 min | A− | C− |
| Langham 77.9 km | 80% | 6% | $96K | 29.2 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 Biggar, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Household income. Taken from the 2021 Census, which asked about 2020: wages, pensions, investment income and government transfers together, before income tax, for the median household.
- 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. Statistics Canada’s place-of-work table counts people with a usual place of work by the municipality they live in and the one they work in. Jobs here are people whose usual workplace is in the municipality, wherever they live.
- 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.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada’s monthly survey, published for metro areas and economic regions rather than towns: it gives a current rate beside the census’s 2021 one.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. Medians over towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents. Whole cities would swamp them and reserves sit outside the rankings, so neither is in.
Questions about work in Biggar
Where do people in Biggar work?
80% work in Biggar itself; of those who leave, the most go to Saskatoon (40), then Rosetown (25).
How many jobs are there in Biggar?
The 2021 census found about 895 people with their usual workplace in Biggar, or 1.2 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 114 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Biggar?
The 2021 census found 4.1% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Saskatoon-Biggar economic region, is 6% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Biggar?
Biggar’s middle household had $73,100 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Biggar get to work?
87% of commuters drive, 9.6% walk and 1.7% cycle; 4.8% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Biggar?
The average commute is 19.7 minutes; 73% of trips take under 15 minutes and 11% 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).