Photo: Masalai at en.wikipedia · Public domainHouseholds in Pilot Butte earn more than those in 98% of Canadian towns
The census counted 570 people working in Pilot Butte and 855 residents commuting to a fixed workplace. In Pilot Butte, 76% of residents aged 15 to 64 were working in May 2021, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%. Census day 2021 found 5.6% of Pilot Butte’s labour force without a job; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
What the numbers say about work in Pilot Butte
Less unemployment than most towns
Census day in 2021 put 5.6% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 5.9% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The median household had $129,900 before tax in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
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, Pilot Butte grades A
Better than 89% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #50 of 104 in Saskatchewan.
Its strongest measure is household income; 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.
Who in Pilot Butte has a job
Of the 29 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 6, 16 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
70% of residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force, in work or seeking it. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 66% in October 2026. These are census figures from May 2021, during COVID’s third wave; jobs have recovered since, which the Labour Force Survey shows.
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.
Pilot Butte households: $129,900 a year at the median
Of the 29 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 6, 2 have a higher median. That puts Pilot Butte 50% above the median of Saskatchewan’s towns, $86,800. 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).
More workers leave Pilot Butte each day than arrive
Each person commuting in is matched by about 2 residents going out. The job is inside the municipality for 12% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
88% of Pilot Butte’s residents in work leave it to work; Regina takes the most
- Regina330
- Edenwold No. 15885
- Lumsden No. 18915
- White City10
- Balgonie10
- Qu'Appelle10
- Regina595
- Sherwood No. 15960
- Edenwold No. 15855
- White City15
- Broadview10
- Balgonie10
Regina sends the largest group the other way, 330 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
2021 Census, people with a usual place of work: where residents of Pilot Butte work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Pilot Butte gets to work without a car for 0.9% of commuters
Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 96% of commuters. Home was the workplace for 19%, 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).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
Shorter than the middle of Canadian towns: commutes from Pilot Butte average 23.1 minutes
Trips under 15 minutes: 26%, fewer than the 67% in the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns. An hour or more: 4.1% of commuters, close to the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 21.7 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns, the average commute is 18.1 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.
11% more people are on EI in Census Division No. 6 than in 2019
Figures for EI beneficiaries are published for Census Division No. 6 as a whole, not for Pilot Butte alone.
In February 2021 it reached 13,440, the most in the series and 2.6 times the 2019 average. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 3.3 are on EI. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 3%.
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).
Everyday places on foot in Pilot Butte: C
Better than 33% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #96 of 104 in Saskatchewan.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Out of 694 Canadian towns of 2,500 to 4,400, Pilot Butte comes 90th on 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 14 | Boothill Saskatchewan | 2,613 | 80% | 8.2% | $98K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 16 | Esterhazy Saskatchewan | 2,513 | 83% | 4.9% | $91K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 88 | Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine British Columbia | 3,189 | 83% | 8% | $97K | A |
| 89 | Léry Quebec | 2,817 | 87% | 4.1% | $94K | A |
| 90 | Pilot Butte Saskatchewan | 3,255 | 76% | 5.6% | $130K | A |
| 91 | Cap-Santé Quebec | 3,885 | 85% | 4.5% | $85K | A |
| 92 | Kinburn Ontario | 2,639 | 84% | 6.4% | $125K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 694 | 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 Pilot Butte, and others among Saskatchewan’s towns.
The work picture around Pilot Butte
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Butte | 76% | 5.6% | $130K | 23.1 min | A | C |
| Edenwold No. 158 4.2 km | 84% | 4.5% | $146K | 24.6 min | A+ | C |
| White City 6.3 km | 83% | 4.1% | $171K | 26.1 min | A+ | C |
| Dewdney East 9.3 km | 75% | 9.9% | $93K | 17.4 min | A | B+ |
| Arcola East 9.7 km | 79% | 7.7% | $123K | 18.3 min | A+ | B− |
| Sherwood No. 159 9.8 km | 40% | 4.9% | $111K | 22.2 min | B− | D− |
| Balgonie 10.5 km | 84% | 6.5% | $124K | 26.8 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 Pilot Butte, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- Household income. What the median household took in during 2020 before tax, as the census recorded it; an estimate built from income groups when the place is a neighbourhood.
- 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. Built from the census table that pairs each worker’s home municipality with their workplace municipality. A job here means someone who usually works in the municipality, local or not.
- 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. Statistics Canada surveys households every month; the results come out for metro areas and economic regions, never for single towns, and keep the rate current after 2021.
- 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.
- 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 Pilot Butte
What is the unemployment rate in Pilot Butte?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Regina metro area at 5.9%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 5.6%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Pilot Butte?
Before tax, half the households in Pilot Butte had more than $129,900 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Pilot Butte get to work?
96% of commuters go by car, 0.9% walk. On census day 19% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Pilot Butte?
On average 23.1 minutes; 26% take under 15 minutes and 4.1% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Pilot Butte work?
12% work in Pilot Butte itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Regina (595), then Sherwood No. 159 (60).
How many jobs are there in Pilot Butte?
About 570 people had their usual place of work in Pilot Butte at the 2021 census, 0.7 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 91 businesses with employees in June 2026.
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).