Photo: ««« OisinisiO »»» ᵀ ᴭᴸᵏ · CC BY-SA 3.0A larger share of people aged 15 to 64 are in work in Kipling than in 84% of Canadian towns
When the 2021 census was taken, 3.8% of people in Kipling who wanted a job had none, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. Kipling is the usual workplace of 465 people, and 335 of its own residents commute to a job. Half the households in Kipling had more than $70,000 in 2020, before tax, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
Work in Kipling, in a few figures
More people in work than most towns
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 82% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 59%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 3.8% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 4.9% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
At $70,000 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
A local job centre
465 people work in Kipling and 335 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 21.2 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Kipling: B+
Better than 74% 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.
The share of 15-to-64s in work in Kipling: 82%
Of the 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 5, 2 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 59% were working. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 59% in October 2026. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 61% of residents that age. Statistics Canada counted on 11 May 2021, with much of the country under pandemic rules: more people were out of work or at home than usual.
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 in Kipling earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 66% of Canadian towns.
Against the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns ($86,800), Kipling’s median is 19% below. Of the 3 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 5, 2 have a higher median. Pandemic support paid in 2020, CERB first among it, is 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).
A working day adds 32% to the people at work in Kipling
For every resident who leaves Kipling for work, about 2 people come in. The job is inside the municipality for 70% of its commuters, as in the middle of Canadian towns.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
Shorter than the middle of Canadian towns: commutes from Kipling average 21.2 minutes
The middle of Saskatchewan’s towns averages 18.1 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 60%, fewer than the 67% in the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns. An hour or more: 4.5% of commuters, close to the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 17.7 minutes (Statistics Canada).
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.
231 people come into Kipling to work, most from Kingsley No. 124 and Kennedy
- Kingsley No. 12475
- Kennedy45
- Windthorst35
- Hazelwood No. 9420
- Golden West No. 9515
- Wawken No. 9310
- Silverwood No. 12310
- Silverwood No. 12340
- Carlyle20
- Kenosee Lake10
- Broadview10
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: 7.9% of Kipling’s commuters
Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. 89% drive to work, fewer than the 91% in the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 13% against 21%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
In Census Division No. 5, 16% more people receive EI than in 2019
Kipling shares its EI beneficiaries numbers with the rest of Census Division No. 5.
Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 rose by 9%. In February 2021 it reached 1,280, the most in the series and 2.1 times the 2019 average. That works out to around 3.9 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division.
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).
Kipling earns A for walkability
Better than 90% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Around Kipling: jobs, pay and the commute
No closer places have figures: these lie 40–74 km from Kipling.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kipling | 82% | 3.8% | $70K | 21.2 min | B+ | A |
| Grenfell 40.2 km | 68% | 13% | $64K | 20.7 min | C | A− |
| Carlyle 58.5 km | 85% | 3.7% | $91K | 16.5 min | A+ | A |
| Moosomin 69.1 km | 81% | 4.5% | $83K | 17.3 min | A+ | A− |
| Esterhazy 73.6 km | 83% | 4.9% | $91K | 17.4 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 Kipling, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Household income. Half of households had more than this before tax in 2020, half less, counting every source of income. For a neighbourhood we estimate the median from the income brackets of its dissemination areas.
- Trip times. One way, on a usual day, from the census’s travel-time bands. Band midpoints overstate it a little next to the figure Statistics Canada times.
- 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. 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. People in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64 (2021 Census). The census doesn’t cross work with age below the municipality, so this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood has; retirees don’t weigh on it.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- Which towns we compare. The comparison pool is places of 2,500 people or more, towns or neighbourhoods inside cities, without whole cities or reserves, and we compare with its median.
Questions about work in Kipling
How many jobs are there in Kipling?
The 2021 census found about 465 people with their usual workplace in Kipling, or 1.4 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. Statistics Canada counted 112 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Kipling?
The 2021 census found 3.8% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Yorkton-Melville economic region, is 4.9% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Kipling?
The census puts Kipling at $70,000 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Kipling get to work?
89% of commuters drive, 7.9% walk; 13% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Kipling?
The average commute is 21.2 minutes; 60% of trips take under 15 minutes and 4.5% an hour or more.
Where do people in Kipling work?
70% work in Kipling itself; of those who leave, the most go to Silverwood No. 123 (40), then Carlyle (20).
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).