Photo: Dreerwin · CC BY-SA 4.0The share of 15-to-64s in work puts Pinehouse near the very bottom of Canadian towns
In 2020, a household at the middle of Pinehouse had $80,000 before tax; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. The average trip to work from Pinehouse is 15.9 minutes; 4.8% of commuters spend an hour or more getting there. Census day 2021 found 20% of Pinehouse’s labour force without a job, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns.
Work in Pinehouse, in a few figures
Fewer people in work than most towns
At the 2021 census 36% of the 15-to-64s were in work (73% in the middle of Canadian towns); across all ages 15 and over, 33%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021, 20% of those working or looking had no job; the middle of Canadian towns was 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 15.9 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 4.8% take an hour or more. 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.
Pinehouse grades C+ for jobs and income
Better than 45% 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.
In Pinehouse, 36% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 40%. 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.
A smaller share in work than in almost any Canadian town.
The length of the trip to work in Pinehouse
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 15.7 minutes. In the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns, the average commute is 18.1 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 60%, 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.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
How Pinehouse’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 56% of Canadian towns.
The middle of Saskatchewan’s towns is $86,800, and Pinehouse is 8% below it. Incomes are for 2020, the first pandemic year, so CERB and other emergency payments are part of them.
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: 43% of Pinehouse’s commuters
50% drive to work, fewer than the 91% in the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns. Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 6.7% against 21%. Hardly anyone takes transit to work, 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).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
In Census Division No. 18, 18% fewer people receive EI than in 2019
Roughly 6.9 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 10%. At its peak, in August 2021, 3,250 people were on EI, 1.7 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Area behind the EI beneficiaries figures: Census Division No. 18. 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 Pinehouse on foot earns B
Better than 60% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Next to Pinehouse: how nearby places compare
Pinehouse has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 84–115 km out.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinehouse | 36% | 20% | $80K | 15.9 min | C+ | B |
| Île-à-la-Crosse 83.8 km | 43% | 25% | $92K | 12.3 min | B+ | A− |
| La Ronge 93.7 km | 67% | 12% | $95K | 10.2 min | A− | A− |
| Air Ronge 93.9 km | 67% | 8.7% | $110K | 12 min | A | A− |
| Lac La Ronge 156 95 km | 29% | 27% | $75K | 15.3 min | C+ | A− |
| Division No. 18, Unorganized 114.7 km | 50% | 12% | $78K | 24.2 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 Pinehouse, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- In work. Everyone with a job, whatever their age, divided by the residents aged 15 to 64 at the 2021 Census: below the municipality the census doesn’t split work by age, and this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood can be given.
- Unemployment. A census-day figure: people without a job who were looking, divided by all those working or looking, ages 15 and up.
- 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. Commuters picked a band for their usual trip (under 15 minutes, 15 to 29, and so on). We place each person at the middle of their band, which lands a little above Statistics Canada’s own timed average.
- 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.
- Which towns we compare. Towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500 people or more, never a whole city and never a First Nations reserve. Middles are medians.
Questions about work in Pinehouse
How long is the commute from Pinehouse?
15.9 minutes is the average trip, with 60% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 4.8% taking an hour or more.
What is the unemployment rate in Pinehouse?
At the 2021 census, unemployment stood at 20%; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
What is the average household income in Pinehouse?
The census puts Pinehouse at $80,000 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Pinehouse get to work?
By car: 50% of commuters, 43% walk; on census day 6.7% of those in work worked from home.
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, 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).