Photo: Bulloney · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Carnduff are higher than in 70% of Canadian towns
In Carnduff, 78% of residents aged 15 to 64 were working in May 2021, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns. From Carnduff, the drive or ride to work averages 19.1 minutes, with 4.3% going an hour or longer. When the 2021 census was taken, 6.5% of people in Carnduff who wanted a job had none, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Carnduff at work: what stands out
Less unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 6.5% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 5%. Unemployment ↓
A local job centre
With 445 jobs based in Carnduff and 330 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 19.1 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 4.3% 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.
On jobs and income, Carnduff grades A
Better than 91% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is trip times; its weakest, the share of 15-to-64s in work.
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 and out of work in Carnduff
A larger share in work than in 66% of Canadian towns.
Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 68% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. Counting retirees, 63% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 65% in October 2026. 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.
Carnduff fills up on a working day: 32% more workers
Each resident commuting out of Carnduff is matched by about 2 coming in.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
How long the commute from Carnduff takes
In the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns, the average commute is 18.1 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 61%, fewer than the 67% in the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 15.2 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.
238 people come into Carnduff to work, most from Glen Ewen and Argyle No. 1
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Carnduff households: $87,000 a year at the median
Because 2020 was the first year of the pandemic, emergency benefits make up part of these before-tax incomes.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Walking, cycling or transit: 12% of Carnduff’s commuters
Home was the workplace for 7.1%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian 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: 9.7% against 2.9%. The car takes 88% of commuters here, under 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).
About as many people are on EI in Census Division No. 1 as in 2019
The count topped out in March 2021 at 1,490 people, 2.5 times the 2019 average. Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 3.3 receive EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 3%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: Census Division No. 1. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Carnduff on foot: a A+ grade
Better than 97% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
The work picture around Carnduff
Distances here run 28–45 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Carnduff.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnduff | 78% | 6.5% | $87K | 19.1 min | A | A+ |
| Oxbow 28.1 km | 76% | 6.8% | $95K | 24.2 min | B+ | B |
| Two Borders 40.2 km | 102% | 3.7% | $75K | 19.2 min | A | B |
| Redvers 44.6 km | 75% | 4.5% | $74K | 22 min | B− | 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 Carnduff, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. Only people with a usual place of work are in it: those who work from home or have no fixed site are not. Home and work are both counted by municipality.
- Employment Insurance. Monthly EI recipients across the census division: a pulse of the local job market rather than a measure of who is out of work.
- 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. Why 15 to 64? Otherwise retirees would pull the rate down in older towns. The census can’t say how old a neighbourhood’s workers are, so the count of people in work takes every 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 Carnduff
What is the unemployment rate in Carnduff?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 6.5% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Regina-Moose Mountain economic region at 5% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Carnduff?
At $87,000 before tax in 2020, the median household in Carnduff compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Carnduff get to work?
By car: 88% of commuters, 9.7% walk and 2.2% cycle; on census day 7.1% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Carnduff?
19.1 minutes is the average trip, with 61% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 4.3% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Carnduff work?
63% work in Carnduff itself; of those who leave, the most go to Oxbow (30), then Estevan (25).
How many jobs are there in Carnduff?
The 2021 census counted about 445 people working in Carnduff: 1.4 jobs for every resident who commutes to 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).