Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0Rosthern has a larger share of its working-age people in jobs than 65% of Canadian towns
Half the households in Rosthern had more than $77,100 in 2020, before tax; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. The census counted 865 people working in Rosthern and 550 residents commuting to a fixed workplace. Census day 2021 found 6.2% of Rosthern’s labour force without a job, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns.
The work figures that set Rosthern apart
Less unemployment than most towns
On census day in 2021 6.2% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; by October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the area at 6.5%. Unemployment ↓
A local job centre
With 865 jobs based in Rosthern and 550 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 21.9 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 5.5% 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.
The Jobs & income grade for Rosthern: B+
Better than 69% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
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.
The share of 15-to-64s in work in Rosthern: 78%
Of the 5 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 15, 2 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 54% were working. For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 60% in work in October 2026. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 57% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. The census caught the labour market on 11 May 2021, deep in the pandemic, so unemployment and working from home both ran above normal.
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, Rosthern’s workforce swells by 53%
Inbound commuters outnumber outbound ones about 2 to 1 in Rosthern. The job is inside the municipality for 61% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
21.9 minutes from Rosthern to work, under the middle of Canadian towns
5.5% spend an hour or longer getting to work; the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns has 4.1%. Timed exactly, the average is 20.7 minutes (Statistics Canada). In the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns, the average commute is 18.1 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 59%, 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.
528 people come into Rosthern to work, most from Rosthern No. 403 and Saskatoon
- Rosthern No. 403175
- Saskatoon85
- Waldheim40
- Dalmeny35
- Martensville30
- Laird No. 40425
- Hague25
- Corman Park No. 34420
- Warman20
- Hepburn15
- Saskatoon95
- Warman25
- Hague20
- Prince Albert15
- Waldheim10
- Wakaw10
- St. Louis No. 43110
- Cypress County10
61% of the people who work in Rosthern live outside it, 175 of them in Rosthern No. 403, 22 km away. Of residents who leave for work, most head to Saskatoon (95).
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 Rosthern work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Earnings at home in Rosthern: households
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 50% of Canadian towns.
Of the 5 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 15, 4 have a higher median. The middle of Saskatchewan’s towns is $86,800, and Rosthern is 11% below it. That year, 2020, brought emergency benefits that count in these totals, before tax.
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: 12% of Rosthern’s commuters
More people walk to work here than in the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns: 9.4% against 2.9%. Fewer drive than in the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns: 88% against 91%. Only 6.6% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. 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. 15, 8% fewer people receive EI than in 2019
Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 3%. The highest month was February 2021: 4,830 people, 1.9 times the 2019 level. That works out to around 4.4 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. Data for EI beneficiaries covers Census Division No. 15. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Rosthern grades A− for walkability
Better than 77% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How Rosthern compares with the places nearby
Distances here run 19–22 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Rosthern.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosthern | 78% | 6.2% | $77K | 21.9 min | B+ | A− |
| Beardy's 97 and Okemasis 96 19.1 km | 30% | 19% | $63K | 21 min | D | C− |
| Waldheim 21.8 km | 74% | 7.6% | $84K | 29.2 min | C+ | A |
| Rosthern No. 403 22.4 km | 88% | 2.6% | $96K | 28.1 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 Rosthern, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Where people commute. Who travels where, from the census: workers with a regular workplace, sorted by the municipality they live in and the one they work in.
- Employment Insurance. A monthly count of Employment Insurance beneficiaries for the whole census division. It tracks the local job market, but it is not an unemployment rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Monthly, and only for metro areas and economic regions. It is the up-to-date rate we set beside the census’s 2021 snapshot.
- In work. How many residents held a job in May 2021, set against how many were 15 to 64. It reads a little high where many people work past 65, since below the municipality the census gives no breakdown of workers by age.
- 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. Taken from the 2021 Census, which asked about 2020: wages, pensions, investment income and government transfers together, before income tax, for the median household.
- Trip times. Our average assumes everyone in, say, the 15-to-29-minute band takes 22 minutes. Across all the bands that runs a shade above Statistics Canada’s measured average.
- 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 Rosthern
What is the unemployment rate in Rosthern?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Prince Albert and Northern economic region at 6.5%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 6.2%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Rosthern?
Before tax, half the households in Rosthern had more than $77,100 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Rosthern get to work?
88% of commuters go by car, 9.4% walk and 2.3% cycle. On census day 6.6% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Rosthern?
On average 21.9 minutes; 59% take under 15 minutes and 5.5% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Rosthern work?
61% work in Rosthern itself; of those who leave, the most go to Saskatoon (95), then Warman (25).
How many jobs are there in Rosthern?
About 865 people had their usual place of work in Rosthern at the 2021 census, 1.6 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 102 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).