Canora has lower household incomes than 92% of Canadian towns
Of Canora’s residents aged 15 to 64, 68% were employed when the 2021 census was taken; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. From Canora, the drive or ride to work averages 21.4 minutes, with 5.1% going an hour or longer. When the 2021 census was taken, 11% of people in Canora who wanted a job had none, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
Canora at work: what stands out
Fewer people in work than most towns
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 68% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 47%. In work ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $57,900 before tax in 2020, where the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
A local job centre
575 people work in Canora and 470 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 21.4 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 5.1% 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 Canora earn C−
Better than 18% 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 Canora, 68% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
A smaller share in work than in 78% of Canadian towns.
For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 59% in work in October 2026. Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 53%. Counting retirees, 47% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. The figures are a snapshot of 11 May 2021, when pandemic rules still kept many people out of work or at 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.
What households earned in Canora: $57,900 in 2020
The middle of Saskatchewan’s towns is $86,800, and Canora is 33% below it. 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).
Canora fills up on a working day: 18% more workers
Inbound commuters outnumber outbound ones about 2 to 1 in Canora. 66% 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.
Time on the road to work from Canora
In the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns, the average commute is 18.1 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 57%, fewer than the 67% in the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 19.2 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.
263 people come into Canora to work, most from Good Lake No. 274 and Yorkton
- Good Lake No. 27470
- Yorkton40
- Buchanan No. 30420
- Ebenezer15
- Sliding Hills No. 27315
- Preeceville15
- Clayton No. 33315
- Cana No. 21410
- Keys No. 30310
- Buchanan10
- Yorkton70
- Kamsack25
- Good Lake No. 27410
- Invermay10
- Preeceville10
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: 13% of Canora’s commuters
The car takes 86% of commuters here, under the 91% in the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns. Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. More people walk to work here than in the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns: 10% against 2.9%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
10% more people are on EI in Census Division No. 9 than in 2019
That works out to around 3.5 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 3%. At its peak, in February 2021, 1,740 people were on EI, 2.2 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Not measured by town: EI beneficiaries (Census Division No. 9). EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Canora grades A for walkability
Better than 90% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
The places around Canora, side by side
Canora has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 39–47 km out.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canora | 68% | 11% | $58K | 21.4 min | C− | A |
| Kamsack 38.8 km | 68% | 12% | $58K | 18 min | C− | A− |
| Preeceville 39.6 km | 77% | 9.6% | $55K | 20.2 min | C+ | B+ |
| Preeceville No. 334 40.2 km | 84% | 5.3% | $67K | 25.9 min | B− | — |
| Yorkton 47.1 km | 77% | 7.5% | $76K | 15.4 min | A− | 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 Canora, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. It counts only people who wanted work and had none in May 2021, as a share of those working or searching; students and retirees who weren’t looking stay out of both sides.
- Household income. Before-tax total income of the middle household for 2020, from the census. Neighbourhood medians are worked out from bracket counts, since Statistics Canada publishes none of their own.
- Trip times. Commuters picked a band for their usual trip (under 15 minutes, 15 to 29, and so on). We place each person at the middle of their band, which lands a little above Statistics Canada’s own timed average.
- Where people commute. Who travels where, from the census: workers with a regular workplace, sorted by the municipality they live in and the one they work in.
- Which towns we compare. Towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500 people or more, never a whole city and never a First Nations reserve. Middles are medians.
Questions about work in Canora
What is the unemployment rate in Canora?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 11% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Yorkton-Melville economic region at 4.9% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Canora?
Canora’s middle household had $57,900 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Canora get to work?
Driving takes 86% of commuters to work, 10% walk and 2.2% cycle, and on census day 13% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Canora?
About 21.4 minutes on average, with 57% under a quarter-hour and 5.1% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Canora work?
66% work in Canora itself; of those who leave, the most go to Yorkton (70), then Kamsack (25).
How many jobs are there in Canora?
Some 575 people worked in Canora at the 2021 census: 1.2 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 98 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
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).