Households in Wynyard have lower incomes than those in 81% of Canadian towns
Joblessness at the 2021 census: 4.8% of Wynyard’s labour force, next to 9.9% for the middle of Canadian towns. Getting to work from Wynyard takes 15.1 minutes on average, an hour or more for 2%. Wynyard counted 81% of its 15-to-64s in jobs at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns.
The work numbers behind Wynyard
More people in work than most towns
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 81% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 58%. In work ↓
Less unemployment than most towns
The Labour Force Survey had the area at 4.9% in October 2026; on census day in 2021 the town’s own rate was 4.8%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $63,300 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
A local job centre
810 people work in Wynyard and 605 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 15.1 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 2% 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.
Jobs and income in Wynyard earn A−
Better than 76% 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.
In and out of work in Wynyard
A larger share in work than in 78% of Canadian towns.
Counting retirees, 58% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 59% in October 2026. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 61% of residents that age. 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.
Household income in Wynyard: $63,300 at the median
That puts Wynyard 27% below the median of Saskatchewan’s towns, $86,800. Pandemic support paid in 2020, CERB first among it, is part of these before-tax incomes.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
On a working day Wynyard gains 31% in workers
Inbound commuters outnumber outbound ones about 3 to 1 in Wynyard. 84% 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 Wynyard
In the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns, the average commute is 18.1 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 75%, more than the 67% in the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 12.3 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.
304 people come into Wynyard to work, most from Big Quill No. 308 and Elfros No. 307
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Leaving the car at home: 15% of commuters in Wynyard
The middle of Saskatchewan’s towns has 2.9% walking; here, 13% do. Fewer drive than in the middle of Saskatchewan’s towns: 85% against 91%. Home was the workplace for 7%, under the 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).
EI claims in Census Division No. 10 run 9% above their 2019 level
Per 100 residents aged 15 to 64, about 3.9 receive EI. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 rose by 3%. The count topped out in February 2021 at 630 people, 1.9 times the 2019 average.
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. 10. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
How walkable Wynyard is: A−
Better than 77% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
The places around Wynyard, side by side
The nearest places to Wynyard with figures are 33–59 km away.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wynyard | 81% | 4.8% | $63K | 15.1 min | A− | A− |
| Wadena 32.8 km | 84% | 3.4% | $58K | 14.8 min | A− | A− |
| Foam Lake 47 km | 67% | 4.4% | $58K | 21.2 min | C− | A− |
| Lanigan 58.9 km | 81% | 5% | $90K | 18.4 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 Wynyard, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- The Labour Force Survey. A monthly household survey by Statistics Canada, reported for metro areas and economic regions only. It supplies a recent rate next to the 2021 census figure.
- 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. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- 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. One way, on a usual day, from the census’s travel-time bands. Band midpoints overstate it a little next to the figure Statistics Canada times.
- 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. 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.
- 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 Wynyard
How many jobs are there in Wynyard?
Some 810 people worked in Wynyard at the 2021 census: 1.3 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. Statistics Canada counted 94 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Wynyard?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Yorkton-Melville economic region at 4.9%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 4.8%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Wynyard?
Wynyard’s middle household had $63,300 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Wynyard get to work?
Driving takes 85% of commuters to work, 13% walk and 2% cycle, and on census day 7% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Wynyard?
About 15.1 minutes on average, with 75% under a quarter-hour and 2% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Wynyard work?
Most stay: 84% work in Wynyard. The rest go first to Wadena (15) and Lanigan (15).
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).