Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0Working-age people in Outlook have jobs more often than in 72% of Canadian towns
Half the households in Outlook had more than $74,300 in 2020, before tax; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Most commutes from Outlook take well under an hour: the average is 18.4 minutes, and 8.5% take 60 minutes or longer. The 2021 census put unemployment in Outlook at 4.8%; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
Work in Outlook, in a few figures
More people in work than most towns
The 2021 census found 79% of 15-to-64s with a job (73% in the middle of Canadian towns). Count every adult, retirees too, and the figure is 54%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
The Labour Force Survey had the area at 6% in October 2026; on census day in 2021 the town’s own rate was 4.8%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
A local job centre
With 890 jobs based in Outlook and 675 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 8.5% 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.
Jobs & income in Outlook: graded A−
Better than 82% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #58 of 104 in Saskatchewan.
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.
Work for 79% of 15-to-64s in Outlook
Of the 46 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 11, 36 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 57%. An older population pulls the all-ages rate down: 54% of residents 15 and over were in work. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 65% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. 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.
Each working day, Outlook’s workforce swells by 28%
Each resident commuting out of Outlook is matched by about 2 coming in. The job is inside the municipality for 78% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
Commuting times in Outlook
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 17.1 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 70%, more 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.
363 people come into Outlook to work, most from Fertile Valley No. 285 and Rudy No. 284
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Household income in Outlook
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 56% of Canadian towns.
Against the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns ($86,800), Outlook’s median is 14% below. 34 of the 46 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 11 have a higher median. 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).
Leaving the car at home: 12% of commuters in Outlook
Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Fewer drive than in the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns: 86% against 91%. Home was the workplace for 10%, under the 21% 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).
19% more people are on EI in Census Division No. 11 than in 2019
Outlook doesn’t get its own EI beneficiaries figures; the ones here come from Census Division No. 11.
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 3.8 receive EI. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 2%. The count topped out in February 2021 at 16,430 people, 2.5 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).
Getting around Outlook on foot earns A
Better than 93% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #17 of 104 in Saskatchewan.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Outlook is 94th of 424 Canadian towns of 2,500 to 3,500 people for jobs and income
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Mount Royal Alberta | 2,758 | 83% | 12% | $188K | A+ |
| 2 | Central River Heights Manitoba | 2,736 | 84% | 5.4% | $137K | A+ |
| 3 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| 4 | Adelaide/Churchill Saskatchewan | 2,652 | 83% | 6% | $107K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 11 | Boothill Saskatchewan | 2,613 | 80% | 8.2% | $98K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Esterhazy Saskatchewan | 2,513 | 83% | 4.9% | $91K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 92 | Westbrook Estates Alberta | 2,838 | 75% | 11% | $140K | A− |
| 93 | Granville Alberta | 2,994 | 79% | 8.9% | $137K | A− |
| 94 | Outlook Saskatchewan | 2,629 | 79% | 4.8% | $74K | A− |
| 95 | Vars Ontario | 2,767 | 81% | 4.3% | $126K | A− |
| 96 | Westmeria Ontario | 2,646 | 79% | 12% | $113K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 424 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,724 | 43% | 30% | $51K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Outlook, and others among Saskatchewan’s towns.
Work next door to Outlook
Distances here run 52–77 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Outlook.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outlook | 79% | 4.8% | $74K | 18.4 min | A− | A |
| Vanscoy No. 345 52 km | 85% | 5.8% | $104K | 33.6 min | A− | C |
| Dundurn No. 314 56.4 km | 73% | 3.8% | $150K | 29.6 min | B− | C− |
| Rosetown 65.1 km | 87% | 5% | $78K | 14.4 min | A+ | A− |
| Corman Park No. 344 71.4 km | 81% | 5.3% | $121K | 24.7 min | A | C− |
| Saskatoon 76.6 km | 74% | 8.7% | $85K | 19.7 min | — | — |
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 Outlook, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Household income. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- 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. Counts of workers with a fixed workplace, by where they live and where they work, both taken as whole municipalities; the jobs figure takes everyone who works here, wherever home is.
- 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. Sampled each month and released for regions rather than towns, so its rate describes the area around the town.
- In work. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- Unemployment. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- 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 Outlook
What is the unemployment rate in Outlook?
At the 2021 census 4.8% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Saskatoon-Biggar economic region, gives 6% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Outlook?
The median household in Outlook had $74,300 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Outlook get to work?
Driving takes 86% of commuters to work, 12% walk, and on census day 10% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Outlook?
About 18.4 minutes on average, with 70% under a quarter-hour and 8.5% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Outlook work?
Most stay: 78% work in Outlook. The rest go first to Broderick (40) and Saskatoon (40).
How many jobs are there in Outlook?
Some 890 people worked in Outlook at the 2021 census: 1.3 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 163 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).