Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domainWorking-age people in Tisdale are more likely to have a job than in 88% of Canadian towns
Joblessness at the 2021 census: 3.5% of Tisdale’s labour force; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. The average trip to work from Tisdale is 14.2 minutes; 2.4% of commuters spend an hour or more getting there. In 2020, a household at the middle of Tisdale had $68,200 before tax, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns.
The short version on work in Tisdale
More people in work than most towns
Counting everyone 15 and over, 57% were in work at the 2021 census; among those aged 15 to 64 it was 83%, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
3.5% of the labour force was out of work at the 2021 census (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns); the Labour Force Survey had the area at 6.5% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
At $68,200 before tax in 2020, the median household compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns. Household income ↓
A local job centre
With 1,620 jobs based in Tisdale and 1,000 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 14.2 minutes (26 in the middle of Canadian towns), and 2.4% 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 Tisdale: graded A
Better than 90% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #49 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.
In Tisdale, 83% of people aged 15 to 64 have a job
Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 57%. By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 60% of the wider area’s adults in work. Counting those looking for work too, 59% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. Pandemic rules were in force on census day, 11 May 2021; the Labour Force Survey shows how jobs have moved since.
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.
What households in Tisdale earn
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 71% of Canadian towns.
The middle of Saskatchewan’s towns is $86,800, and Tisdale is 21% below it. Pandemic benefits paid in 2020 lifted the incomes at the bottom, and they are counted here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Workers pour into Tisdale: 54% more on a working day
About 5 people arrive to work in Tisdale for each resident who goes out. 86% 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.
Commuting times in Tisdale
A quarter-hour or less for 76% of commuters, against 67% in the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 11.9 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of Saskatchewan’s towns averages 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.
760 people come into Tisdale to work, most from Tisdale No. 427 and Melfort
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 7.3% of Tisdale’s commuters
Nearly everyone drives: 91% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Home was the workplace for 11%, 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).
In Census Division No. 14, 9% fewer people receive EI than in 2019
At its peak, in March 2021, 1,900 people were on EI, 1.7 times the 2019 average. For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 4.9 are on EI. Over the year to August 2026, the count fell by 9%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries published for Census Division No. 14, not by town. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Tisdale grades B for walkability
Better than 64% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #61 of 104 in Saskatchewan.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Tisdale next to Canadian towns of 2,500 to 4,100: 73rd of 610 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+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Boothill Saskatchewan | 2,613 | 80% | 8.2% | $98K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 15 | Esterhazy Saskatchewan | 2,513 | 83% | 4.9% | $91K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 71 | Lambeth Ontario | 2,609 | 78% | 11% | $123K | A |
| 72 | Grand Manan New Brunswick | 2,648 | 78% | 12% | $77K | A |
| 73 | Tisdale Saskatchewan | 3,052 | 83% | 3.5% | $68K | A |
| 74 | Collectivité Nouvelle Quebec | 3,587 | 81% | 4.8% | $144K | A |
| 75 | Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine British Columbia | 3,189 | 83% | 8% | $97K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 610 | 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 Tisdale, and others among Saskatchewan’s towns.
Around Tisdale: jobs, pay and the commute
No closer places have figures: these lie 37–64 km from Tisdale.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tisdale | 83% | 3.5% | $68K | 14.2 min | A | B |
| Melfort 37.3 km | 83% | 6.3% | $72K | 14.9 min | A | A− |
| Nipawin 56 km | 72% | 9% | $67K | 15.6 min | B− | A− |
| Moose Range No. 486 57.6 km | 95% | 4.7% | $88K | 20.9 min | A+ | B− |
| Torch River No. 488 64.3 km | 88% | 7.9% | $75K | 25.9 min | B+ | 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 Tisdale, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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. 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.
- Where people commute. Jobs count everyone whose usual workplace lies in the municipality, residents or commuters from elsewhere, from Statistics Canada’s home-by-workplace table.
- 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. 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. Of everyone 15 or older who was working or job-hunting in the census week, the part still looking. Someone not seeking work isn’t in it at all.
- 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 Tisdale
How many jobs are there in Tisdale?
About 1,620 people had their usual place of work in Tisdale at the 2021 census, 1.6 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 228 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Tisdale?
Two figures answer it: 3.5% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 6.5% for the Prince Albert and Northern economic region in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Tisdale?
The median household in Tisdale had $68,200 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Tisdale get to work?
91% of commuters go by car, 7.3% walk. On census day 11% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Tisdale?
On average 14.2 minutes; 76% take under 15 minutes and 2.4% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Tisdale work?
86% work in Tisdale itself; of those who leave, the most go to Melfort (45), then Nipawin (20).
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).