Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Lumsden have higher incomes than those in 93% of Canadian towns
Census day 2021 found 5.8% of Lumsden’s labour force without a job, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. Jobs located in Lumsden: 645, for 515 residents with a usual workplace. 82% of people aged 15 to 64 in Lumsden had a job at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%.
The short version on work in Lumsden
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 63%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
5.8% of the labour force was out of work at the 2021 census (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns); the Labour Force Survey had the area at 5.9% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $110,700 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
A local job centre
With 645 jobs based in Lumsden and 515 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.
On jobs and income, Lumsden grades A
Its strongest measure is household income; its weakest, trip times.
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 Lumsden
Of the 30 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 6, 28 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 66% of the wider area’s adults in work. Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 68%. Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 63%. 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.
Lumsden households: $110,700 a year at the median
7 of the 30 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 6 have a higher median. The middle of Saskatchewan’s towns is $86,800, and Lumsden is 28% above it. 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).
Every working day, Lumsden’s workforce grows by 18%
Of those who commute, 26% stay within the municipality; the middle of Canadian towns is 70%.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
510 people come into Lumsden to work, most from Regina and Moose Jaw
- Regina140
- Moose Jaw85
- Lumsden No. 18960
- Yorkton40
- Swift Current35
- McKillop No. 22020
- Regina Beach15
- Bethune15
- Craven15
- White City10
- Regina320
- Lumsden No. 18920
- Sherwood No. 15915
- Southey10
79% of the people who work in Lumsden live outside it, 140 of them in Regina, 28 km away. Going the other way, Regina is the biggest single destination (320).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
9.6% of commuters in Lumsden walk, cycle or take transit
More people walk to work here than in the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns: 7.4% against 2.9%. 90% drive to work, fewer than the 91% in the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns. Working at home: 24% here, 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
At 25.7 minutes, commutes from Lumsden are close to the middle of Canadian towns
Long trips are rarer than in the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns: 2.9% take an hour or more, against 4.1%. Timed exactly, the average is 24.4 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of Saskatchewan’s towns averages 18.1 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 25%, 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.
EI claims in Census Division No. 6 run 11% above their 2019 level
Nobody publishes EI beneficiaries for Lumsden alone, so this card uses the figure for Census Division No. 6.
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 3.3 receive EI. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 3%. At its peak, in February 2021, 13,440 people were on EI, 2.6 times the 2019 average.
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).
Lumsden grades A for walkability
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Lumsden and its neighbours: work and income
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lumsden | 82% | 5.8% | $111K | 25.7 min | A | A |
| Lumsden No. 189 5.7 km | 93% | 3% | $130K | 28.9 min | A | D |
| Longlaketon No. 219 17.1 km | 96% | 0% | $95K | 35.6 min | B+ | D− |
| Regina Beach 18.2 km | 76% | 12% | $87K | 35.8 min | C | 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 Lumsden, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. Built from banded answers: each commuter’s usual one-way trip counts as the midpoint of the band they chose, and the result tends to sit slightly higher than Statistics Canada’s 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. Statistics Canada counts EI beneficiaries each month by census division. Seasonal work makes it swing, so read it as a trend, not a jobless rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Monthly, and only for metro areas and economic regions. It is the up-to-date rate we set beside the census’s 2021 snapshot.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. Any town of 2,500 or more counts, and so does any city neighbourhood that size; the city as a whole and First Nations reserves don’t. The middle is the median.
Questions about work in Lumsden
How do people in Lumsden get to work?
90% of commuters drive, 7.4% walk and 2.2% cycle; 24% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Lumsden?
The average commute is 25.7 minutes; 25% of trips take under 15 minutes and 2.9% an hour or more.
Where do people in Lumsden work?
26% work in Lumsden itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Regina (320), then Lumsden No. 189 (20).
How many jobs are there in Lumsden?
The 2021 census found about 645 people with their usual workplace in Lumsden, or 1.3 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 106 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Lumsden?
Two figures answer it: 5.8% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 5.9% for the Regina metro area in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Lumsden?
At $110,700 before tax in 2020, the median household in Lumsden compares with $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).