Photo: Masterhatch · CC0A larger share of people aged 15 to 64 are in work in Weyburn than in 75% of Canadian towns
When the 2021 census was taken, 7.5% of people in Weyburn who wanted a job had none, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%. Getting to work from Weyburn takes 17.3 minutes on average, an hour or more for 7%. The median household in Weyburn had $80,300 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
What the numbers say about work in Weyburn
More people in work than most towns
With 80% of its 15-to-64s in work in 2021, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns, it has 62% of all adults employed. In work ↓
More jobs than the typical town
4,155 people work in Weyburn and 3,725 residents commute to a fixed workplace; the middle of Canadian towns has 0.8 jobs per working resident. The daily tide ↓
Shorter trips than most towns
Commutes take 17.3 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 7% 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.
Weyburn earns A for jobs and income
Better than 92% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #40 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.
Weyburn at work: 80% of people aged 15 to 64
A more recent figure, for the wider area: 65% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. The participation rate, everyone 15 and over working or looking for work, was 67%. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 62%: many residents are past working age. 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.
A working day adds 10% to the people at work in Weyburn
Weyburn takes in some 2 workers for every resident it sends out. The job is inside the municipality for 84% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
How long the commute from Weyburn takes
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 15.4 minutes. A quarter-hour or less for 73% of commuters, against 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.
1,011 people come into Weyburn to work, most from Weyburn No. 67 and Regina
- Weyburn No. 67265
- Regina90
- Yellow Grass75
- Griffin No. 6650
- Wellington No. 9750
- Lomond No. 3745
- Brokenshell No. 6845
- Radville40
- McTaggart40
- Estevan25
- Weyburn No. 67115
- Estevan55
- Regina35
- Stoughton30
- Radville30
- Midale30
- Carlyle25
- Rosser20
- Estevan No. 520
- Lajord No. 12820
Of everyone working in Weyburn, 24% come in from elsewhere; 265 make the 5 km trip from Weyburn No. 67. The main destination the other way is Weyburn No. 67, with 115.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
How Weyburn’s household incomes compare
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 57% of Canadian towns.
These are 2020 incomes, before tax, and they include pandemic benefits such as CERB, which lifted many lower incomes that year.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Without a car, 6% of Weyburn’s commuters get to work
Home was the workplace for 9.7%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. More people walk to work here than in the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns: 5.6% against 2.9%. Nearly everyone drives: 92% of commuters go by car, truck or van.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
EI claims in Census Division No. 2 run 5% above their 2019 level
For EI beneficiaries, the only official count covers all of Census Division No. 2, Weyburn included.
Roughly 3.3 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. The count topped out in January 2021 at 900 people, 2.2 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).
On getting around on foot, Weyburn grades B
Better than 63% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #68 of 104 in Saskatchewan.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How Weyburn ranks: 42nd of 640 Canadian towns of 8,300 to 16,000
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Saanich British Columbia | 12,986 | 85% | 5.9% | $121K | A+ |
| 2 | Sillery Quebec | 13,950 | 81% | 6.2% | $120K | A+ |
| 3 | Walsh Acres/Lakeridge/Garden Ridge Saskatchewan | 9,325 | 80% | 6.7% | $127K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 5 | Prairie View Saskatchewan | 8,517 | 79% | 7.4% | $128K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 7 | Martensville Saskatchewan | 11,808 | 82% | 5.2% | $116K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 40 | Westboro Ontario | 12,899 | 78% | 7.6% | $100K | A |
| 41 | Lake Bonavista Alberta | 11,154 | 76% | 11% | $138K | A |
| 42 | Weyburn Saskatchewan | 11,871 | 80% | 7.5% | $80K | A |
| 43 | Rosewood Saskatchewan | 8,427 | 78% | 7.2% | $101K | A |
| 44 | Moncton New Brunswick | 12,238 | 80% | 7.2% | $91K | A |
| … | ||||||
| 640 | René-Goupil Quebec | 11,663 | 58% | 15% | $54K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Weyburn, and others among Saskatchewan’s towns.
Jobs and income in the places around Weyburn
Weyburn has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 5–91 km out.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weyburn | 80% | 7.5% | $80K | 17.3 min | A | B |
| Weyburn No. 67 5.1 km | 83% | 5.7% | $110K | 23.8 min | A+ | C− |
| Lajord No. 128 77.7 km | 74% | 5.1% | $103K | 30.9 min | C+ | C+ |
| Estevan 84.6 km | 78% | 7.4% | $94K | 14.9 min | A+ | B |
| Estevan No. 5 85.2 km | 77% | 6.7% | $126K | 18.7 min | A+ | C |
| South Qu'Appelle No. 157 91.2 km | 90% | 6.2% | $92K | 30.1 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 Weyburn, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- 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.
- 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. 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. The most recent unemployment rate on the page comes from this monthly survey, which covers the wider metro area or economic region, not the town.
- In work. Why 15 to 64? Otherwise retirees would pull the rate down in older towns. The census can’t say how old a neighbourhood’s workers are, so the count of people in work takes every age.
- 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. 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 Weyburn
How long is the commute from Weyburn?
17.3 minutes is the average trip, with 73% of commuters there in under 15 minutes and 7% taking an hour or more.
Where do people in Weyburn work?
Most stay: 84% work in Weyburn. The rest go first to Weyburn No. 67 (115) and Estevan (55).
How many jobs are there in Weyburn?
The 2021 census counted about 4,155 people working in Weyburn: 1.1 jobs for every resident who commutes to a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 504 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Weyburn?
At the 2021 census 7.5% of the labour force had no job and was looking (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). The latest monthly survey, for the Regina-Moose Mountain economic region, gives 5% in October 2026.
What is the average household income in Weyburn?
At $80,300 before tax in 2020, the median household in Weyburn compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Weyburn get to work?
By car: 92% of commuters, 5.6% walk and 0.4% cycle; on census day 9.7% 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, 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).