Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0Almost everyone of working age in Davidson has a job, next to other Canadian towns
The average trip to work from Davidson is 14.5 minutes; 4.5% of commuters spend an hour or more getting there. Half the households in Davidson had more than $71,200 in 2020, before tax, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900. When the 2021 census was taken, 0% of people in Davidson who wanted a job had none, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What stands out about work in Davidson
More people in work than most towns
In work at the 2021 census: 96% of people aged 15 to 64, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, and 66% of everyone 15 and over. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
The Labour Force Survey had the area at 6% in October 2026; on census day in 2021 the town’s own rate was 0%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The median household had $71,200 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
A local job centre
450 people work in Davidson and 325 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 14.5 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 4.5% 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 Davidson earn A+
Better than 96% 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.
96% of working-age people in Davidson have jobs
All 47 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 66%. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 66%: many residents are past working age. By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 65% of the wider area’s adults in work. The census caught the labour market on 11 May 2021, deep in the pandemic, so unemployment and working from home both ran above normal.
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 Davidson: households
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 63% of Canadian towns.
Davidson’s median is 18% below the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns ($86,800). Of the 47 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 11, 35 have a higher median. In 2020 emergency benefits topped up many low incomes, and the census counts them here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Each working day, Davidson’s workforce swells by 29%
Davidson takes in some 3 workers for every resident it sends out. The job is inside the municipality for 81% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
Time on the road to work from Davidson
Trips under 15 minutes: 76%, more than the 67% in the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 11.5 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns, the average commute is 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.
185 people come into Davidson to work, most from Arm River No. 252 and Willner No. 253
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Davidson gets to work without a car for 9.1% of commuters
The car takes 88% of commuters here, under the 91% in the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns. Working at home: 20%, close to the middle of Canadian towns. Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
19% more people are on EI in Census Division No. 11 than in 2019
At its peak, in February 2021, 16,430 people were on EI, 2.5 times the 2019 average. Roughly 3.8 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 2%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: Census Division No. 11. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Walking in Davidson earns A
Better than 86% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
The places around Davidson, side by side
No closer places have figures: these lie 58–78 km from Davidson.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davidson | 96% | 0% | $71K | 14.5 min | A+ | A |
| Watrous 58.5 km | 83% | 4.3% | $77K | 15.9 min | A+ | A+ |
| Dundurn No. 314 74.7 km | 73% | 3.8% | $150K | 29.6 min | B− | C− |
| McKillop No. 220 75 km | 99% | 5.2% | $98K | 35.6 min | B+ | C |
| Outlook 78.3 km | 79% | 4.8% | $74K | 18.4 min | A− | 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 Davidson, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Trip times. How long getting to work normally takes, averaged from the census’s time bands at their middles; expect it to read slightly high against the timed figure.
- Where people commute. Built from the census table that pairs each worker’s home municipality with their workplace municipality. A job here means someone who usually works in the municipality, local or not.
- 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. 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. 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. What the median household took in during 2020 before tax, as the census recorded it; an estimate built from income groups when the place is a neighbourhood.
- 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 Davidson
How do people in Davidson get to work?
88% of commuters drive, 9.1% walk; 20% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Davidson?
The average commute is 14.5 minutes; 76% of trips take under 15 minutes and 4.5% an hour or more.
Where do people in Davidson work?
81% work in Davidson itself; of those who leave, the most go to Kenaston (20), then Craik (10).
How many jobs are there in Davidson?
The 2021 census found about 450 people with their usual workplace in Davidson, or 1.4 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. Statistics Canada counted 113 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Davidson?
The census put unemployment at 0% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Saskatoon-Biggar economic region at 6%.
What is the average household income in Davidson?
The median household in Davidson had $71,200 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
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).