Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domainWorking-age people in Indian Head have jobs more often than in 97% of Canadian towns
5% of the labour force in Indian Head was out of work at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. In 2020, a household at the middle of Indian Head had $72,500 before tax, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900. Most commutes from Indian Head take well under an hour: the average is 23.5 minutes, and 7.9% take 60 minutes or longer.
What sets Indian Head apart on jobs and income
More people in work than most towns
88% of people aged 15 to 64 had a job at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; counting everyone 15 and over, retirees included, it was 60%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 5% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 5% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $72,500 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
More jobs than the typical town
With 735 jobs based in Indian Head and 670 working residents, the ratio compares with 0.8 in the middle of Canadian towns. The daily tide ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Jobs & income in Indian Head: graded A−
Better than 79% 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.
Work for 88% of 15-to-64s in Indian Head
All 30 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 6 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 65% of the wider area’s adults in work. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 63% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 60% were working. 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 Indian Head: households
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 60% of Canadian towns.
Against the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns ($86,800), Indian Head’s median is 16% below. Of the 30 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 6, 22 have a higher median. These are 2020 incomes, before tax, and they include pandemic benefits such as CERB, which lifted many lower incomes that year.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Workers pour into Indian Head: 8% more on a working day
The job is inside the municipality for 65% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
302 people come into Indian Head to work, most from Indian Head No. 156 and Regina
- Indian Head No. 15660
- Regina45
- Qu'Appelle35
- North Qu'Appelle No. 18725
- Moosomin20
- Katepwa15
- Moosomin No. 12110
- Wolseley10
- Elcapo No. 15410
- South Qu'Appelle No. 15710
- Regina110
- Grenfell20
- Wolseley15
- Edenwold No. 15815
- Fort Qu'Appelle15
- Sherwood No. 15910
- Qu'Appelle10
- Saskatoon10
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Walking, cycling or transit: 4.9% of Indian Head’s commuters
Only 13% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 94% of commuters.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
The length of the trip to work in Indian Head
Timed exactly, the average is 20.2 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns, the average commute is 18.1 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 59%, fewer than the 67% in the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns.
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.
In Census Division No. 6, 11% more people receive EI than in 2019
Roughly 3.3 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 3%. February 2021 was the busiest month, with 13,440 people on EI, 2.6 times 2019’s average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries published for Census Division No. 6, not by town. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
On getting around on foot, Indian Head grades B
Better than 56% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Indian Head and its neighbours: work and income
No closer places have figures: these lie 22–30 km from Indian Head.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Head | 88% | 5% | $73K | 23.5 min | A− | B |
| North Qu'Appelle No. 187 22.1 km | 79% | 7.7% | $105K | 31 min | B | C− |
| Fort Qu'Appelle 27.4 km | 74% | 8.5% | $67K | 18.9 min | B− | A |
| South Qu'Appelle No. 157 29.6 km | 90% | 6.2% | $92K | 30.1 min | A− | C− |
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 Indian Head, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Employment Insurance. Beneficiaries of Employment Insurance, month by month, for the census division rather than the town. Many jobless people don’t qualify, so it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada surveys households every month; the results come out for metro areas and economic regions, never for single towns, and keep the rate current after 2021.
- In work. We divide the number of employed residents by the number aged 15 to 64. Workers past 64 still count on top, because the 2021 Census crosses work with age only for whole municipalities; in return, a retirement town’s pensioners don’t drag the rate down.
- 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. 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. The census asks how long the trip to work usually takes, in bands; our average uses each band’s middle, so it runs a little above Statistics Canada’s timed average.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. Every town and city neighbourhood with 2,500 residents or more; whole cities and First Nations reserves are left out. Each middle figure is a median.
Questions about work in Indian Head
How do people in Indian Head get to work?
94% of commuters go by car, 4.9% walk. On census day 13% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Indian Head?
On average 23.5 minutes; 59% take under 15 minutes and 7.9% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Indian Head work?
65% work in Indian Head itself; of those who leave, the most go to Regina (110), then Grenfell (20).
How many jobs are there in Indian Head?
About 735 people had their usual place of work in Indian Head at the 2021 census, 1.1 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 83 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Indian Head?
The census put unemployment at 5% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Regina-Moose Mountain economic region at 5%.
What is the average household income in Indian Head?
Indian Head’s middle household had $72,500 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
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).