Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0More of Lanigan’s 15-to-64s are in work than in 78% of Canadian towns
The median household in Lanigan had $90,000 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. From Lanigan, the drive or ride to work averages 18.4 minutes, with 2.5% going an hour or longer. Joblessness at the 2021 census: 5% of Lanigan’s labour force, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns.
What stands out about work in Lanigan
More people in work than most towns
At the 2021 census 81% of the 15-to-64s were in work (73% in the middle of Canadian towns); across all ages 15 and over, 59%. 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 6% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
A local job centre
With 700 jobs based in Lanigan and 495 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 18.4 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 2.5% 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Lanigan: A+
Better than 97% 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 Lanigan, 81% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
Of the 47 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 39 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 65% in work in October 2026. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 62% of residents that age. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 59% of residents 15 and over were in work. May 2021, when the census was taken, was a pandemic spring; unemployment has come down since, as the Labour Force Survey records.
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.
A working day adds 37% to the people at work in Lanigan
About 2 people arrive to work in Lanigan for each resident who goes out. Of those who commute, 58% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
How long the commute from Lanigan takes
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 15.2 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 55%, 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.
414 people come into Lanigan to work, most from Humboldt and Saskatoon
59% of the people who work in Lanigan live outside it, 110 of them in Humboldt, 40 km away. Drake is where the largest group of commuters out goes, 45 of them.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Earnings at home in Lanigan: households
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 75% of Canadian towns.
22 of the 47 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 11 have a higher median. Against the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns ($86,800), Lanigan’s median is 4% above. 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).
8.3% of commuters from Lanigan go without a car
Nearly everyone drives: 91% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. More people walk to work here than in the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns: 6.6% against 2.9%.
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
Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 2%. 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.
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).
Getting around Lanigan on foot earns B
Better than 64% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How the places next to Lanigan compare on work
The nearest places to Lanigan with figures are 36–42 km away.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanigan | 81% | 5% | $90K | 18.4 min | A+ | B |
| Watrous 35.6 km | 83% | 4.3% | $77K | 15.9 min | A+ | A+ |
| Humboldt 39.8 km | 82% | 4.8% | $80K | 17.5 min | A | A |
| Humboldt No. 370 42.3 km | 89% | 3.7% | $101K | 23 min | A+ | D− |
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 Lanigan, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Unemployment. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- Household income. The 2020 income of the household at the midpoint, all sources and before tax. Inside a city we rebuild it from the dissemination areas’ income bands, so there it is an estimate.
- 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. 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. A monthly count of Employment Insurance beneficiaries for the whole census division. It tracks the local job market, but it is not an unemployment rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Sampled each month and released for regions rather than towns, so its rate describes the area around the town.
- 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.
- 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 Lanigan
What is the unemployment rate in Lanigan?
Two figures answer it: 5% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 6% for the Saskatoon-Biggar economic region in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Lanigan?
The census puts Lanigan at $90,000 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Lanigan get to work?
By car: 91% of commuters, 6.6% walk and 1.7% cycle; on census day 8.3% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Lanigan?
18.4 minutes is the average trip, with 55% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 2.5% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Lanigan work?
58% work in Lanigan itself; of those who leave, the most go to Drake (45), then Usborne No. 310 (35).
How many jobs are there in Lanigan?
The 2021 census counted about 700 people working in Lanigan: 1.4 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 46 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).