Photo: Kevstan · CC BY-SA 4.0Macklin has higher household incomes than 70% of Canadian towns
For 5.4% of commuters in Macklin, the trip to work lasts an hour or more; the average is 18.3 minutes. At the 2021 census, Macklin sat at the middle of Canadian towns on work: 73% of 15-to-64s had a job. In May 2021, unemployment in Macklin reached 15%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Where Macklin stands out on work
More unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 15% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 6% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
A local job centre
With 455 jobs based in Macklin and 395 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 18.3 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 5.4% 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.
Macklin grades A− for jobs and income
Better than 77% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is trip times; its weakest, the share of 15-to-64s in work.
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.
How many in Macklin were working in 2021
A smaller share in work than in 61% of Canadian towns.
72% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 65% in work in October 2026. Pandemic rules were in force on census day, 11 May 2021; the Labour Force Survey shows how jobs have moved since.
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 14% to the people at work in Macklin
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
Time on the road to work from Macklin
Timed exactly, the average is 14.9 minutes (Statistics Canada). Only 60% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 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.
207 people come into Macklin to work, most from Eye Hill No. 382 and Heart's Hill No. 352
- Eye Hill No. 382105
- Heart's Hill No. 35225
- Provost25
- Senlac No. 41115
- Wainwright15
- Provost No. 5210
- Provost90
- Kindersley15
- Heart's Hill No. 35210
- Unity10
- Vermilion10
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Half the households in Macklin had more than $87,100 in 2020
The year is 2020: emergency benefits like CERB count in these incomes, and they raised the bottom of the range.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 8.1% of Macklin’s commuters
On foot: 6.3% of commuters, well above the 2.9% in the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns. Nearly everyone drives: 91% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Only 5.1% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Few ride transit: 1.8%, 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).
EI claims in Census Division No. 13 run 7% above their 2019 level
That works out to around 3.3 beneficiaries per 100 people aged 15 to 64 across the division. Over the year to August 2026, the count rose by 5%. In March 2021 it reached 930, the most in the series and 2.3 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: one figure for all of Census Division No. 13. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
How walkable Macklin is: B+
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Neighbouring places to Macklin, compared
Distances here run 21–79 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Macklin.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macklin | 73% | 15% | $87K | 18.3 min | A− | B+ |
| Provost 21.4 km | 79% | 7.7% | $84K | 15 min | A+ | B+ |
| Provost No. 52 38.6 km | 88% | 4.9% | $88K | 25.9 min | A | C− |
| Unity 54.4 km | 81% | 4.5% | $81K | 19 min | A | A |
| Special Area No. 4 78.7 km | 88% | 2.8% | $86K | 26.1 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 Macklin, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- 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.
- 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 Macklin
How long is the commute from Macklin?
On average 18.3 minutes; 60% take under 15 minutes and 5.4% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Macklin work?
63% work in Macklin itself; of those who leave, the most go to Provost (90), then Kindersley (15).
How many jobs are there in Macklin?
About 455 people had their usual place of work in Macklin at the 2021 census, 1.2 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 110 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Macklin?
Two figures answer it: 15% 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 Macklin?
Macklin’s middle household had $87,100 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Macklin get to work?
91% of commuters go by car, 1.8% take public transit and 6.3% walk. On census day 5.1% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
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).