Few Canadian towns have as many of their 15-to-64s in work as Moose Range No. 486
On census day, 36% of workers here were at home, next to 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. 25 people have their usual place of work in Moose Range No. 486, against 205 residents who travel to a job. In 2020, a household at the middle of Moose Range No. 486 had $87,500 before tax; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
What sets Moose Range No. 486 apart on jobs and income
More people in work than most towns
With 95% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 72% of all adults employed. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
The Labour Force Survey had the area at 6.5% in October 2026; on census day in 2021 the town’s own rate was 4.7%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
The average trip to work is 20.9 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 6.2% last an hour or longer. The trip to work ↓
Many work from home
36% of workers worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Getting to work ↓
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, Moose Range No. 486 grades A+
Better than 98% 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.
95% of working-age people in Moose Range No. 486 have jobs
All 3 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 14 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 74%. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 72%: many residents are past working age. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 60% in October 2026. Census day was 11 May 2021, in the pandemic’s third wave: unemployment ran high and many worked from home, so these figures describe that spring rather than today.
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.
Moose Range No. 486 has a quicker trip to work than the middle of Canadian towns: 20.9 minutes
In the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns, the average commute is 18.1 minutes. Only 52% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 67% in the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns. An hour or more: 6.2% of commuters, above the 4.1% in the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 17.5 minutes.
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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 9.2% of Moose Range No. 486’s commuters
Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. 89% drive to work, fewer than the 91% in the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
Moose Range No. 486 empties a little on a working day
It sends out some 8 workers for every one it takes in. 0% of residents who commute work inside the municipality, against 70% in the middle of Canadian towns.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
100% of Moose Range No. 486’s residents in work leave it to work; Carrot River takes the most
2021 Census, people with a usual place of work: where residents of Moose Range No. 486 work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
In the other direction the biggest source is Saskatoon, with 25.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
How Moose Range No. 486’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 71% of Canadian towns.
No other place of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 14 has a higher median. Set beside Saskatchewan’s towns, where the median is $86,800, Moose Range No. 486 sits 1% above. CERB and the other emergency payments of 2020 are counted in these incomes, which lifted the lower ones 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).
In Census Division No. 14, 9% fewer people receive EI than in 2019
Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 9%. The highest month was March 2021: 1,900 people, 1.7 times the 2019 level. That works out to around 4.9 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. Not measured by town: EI beneficiaries (Census Division No. 14). EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Walkability in Moose Range No. 486: graded B−
Better than 47% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Jobs and income in the places around Moose Range No. 486
Moose Range No. 486 has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 30–58 km out.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moose Range No. 486 | 95% | 4.7% | $88K | 20.9 min | A+ | B− |
| Nipawin 30.4 km | 72% | 9% | $67K | 15.6 min | B− | A− |
| Torch River No. 488 49.1 km | 88% | 7.9% | $75K | 25.9 min | B+ | C |
| Tisdale 57.6 km | 83% | 3.5% | $68K | 14.2 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 Moose Range No. 486, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- In work. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- Unemployment. The share of people 15 and over in the labour force, working or looking for work, who had no job on census day in May 2021.
- Household income. Before-tax total income of the middle household for 2020, from the census. Neighbourhood medians are worked out from bracket counts, since Statistics Canada publishes none of their own.
- 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. Only people with a usual place of work are in it: those who work from home or have no fixed site are not. Home and work are both counted by municipality.
- Employment Insurance. Monthly EI recipients across the census division: a pulse of the local job market rather than a measure of who is out of work.
- The Labour Force Survey. A monthly household survey by Statistics Canada, reported for metro areas and economic regions only. It supplies a recent rate next to the 2021 census figure.
- 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 Moose Range No. 486
How many jobs are there in Moose Range No. 486?
The 2021 census counted about 25 people working in Moose Range No. 486: 0.1 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace.
What is the unemployment rate in Moose Range No. 486?
The census put unemployment at 4.7% in May 2021, where the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. More recently, in October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had the Prince Albert and Northern economic region at 6.5%.
What is the average household income in Moose Range No. 486?
Before tax, half the households in Moose Range No. 486 had more than $87,500 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Moose Range No. 486 get to work?
By car: 89% of commuters, 9.2% walk; on census day 36% of those in work worked from home.
How long is the commute from Moose Range No. 486?
20.9 minutes is the average trip, with 52% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 6.2% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Moose Range No. 486 work?
0% work in Moose Range No. 486 itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Carrot River (160), then Nipawin (35).
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) · 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).