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Commuting Patterns

Commuters are defined, for this report, as persons who live in one census subdivision and work in another. Nearly three quarters of employed males and over 85% of employed females in the City of Brandon live and work within the city (at a usual place, outside the home). About 13% of males have no usual place of work, while only about 3% of females reported this place of work status. Only 9% of males and 5% of females who live in Brandon work in another municipality in Canada. Around 5% of both sexes work out of their home.

Commuting Patterns of Employed Labour Force (15+ years)
Brandon and Economic Region (ER)*

Employed Labour Force	Non-commuters				Commuters
	Male		Female		Male		Female
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Brandon CY	8255	74	9225	86	1050	9	535	5
ER Towns / Villages	3115	52	3870	66	1455	24	1095	19
ER Rural Areas	855	7	685	8	4620	40	5485	60
Southwest ER Total	12225	42	13785	54	7120	25	7120	28

Employed Labour Force	Worked at Home				No Fixed Workplace
	Male		Female		Male		Female
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Brandon CY	395	4	595	6	1450	13	375	3
ER Towns / Villages	560	9	560	10	885	15	295	5
ER Rural Areas	4650	40	2550	28	1450	12	350	4
Southwest ER Total	5605	19	3715	14	3785	13	1020	4

Statistics Canada; 2006 Census Custom Tabulation, 20% Sample-based Data
*Economic Region (ER) is detailed below.

Twenty-four percent of males and 19% of females living in towns and villages within the Southwest Economic Region commute outside of their community for work. Nine percent of males and 10% of females in the towns and villages work at home.

Rural dwellers are more likely to commute than those in the economic region towns and villages, as 40% of males and 60% of females work outside their municipality of residence. In addition, those living in the economic region rural areas are far more likely to report working at home than those in the towns and villages. The majority of those in rural areas working at home reported working in the farming industry.

Within the economic region as a whole, 42% of males are non-commuters (who work at a usual place, outside the home) and 25% are commuters. About 19% work at home – over three quarters of whom are working in the farming industry. Among females, 54% are non-commuters and 28% are commuters. 14% of females work at home, with about half working in the farming industry.

The Southwest Economic Region consisted of 67 municipalities in 2006 (plus the City of Brandon itself).

EMPLOYED LABOUR FORCE WITH A USUAL PLACE OF WORK - CSDs IN SOUTHWEST ECONOMIC REGION – 2006

While some communities within the economic region reported significant proportions of those with a usual place of work commuting to the City of Brandon, others had few or no commuters to the city.

Jurisdiction	Total	Commuters to Brandon CY
		No.	%
Turtle Mountain RM	365	0	0
Killarney T	780	10	1
Morton RM	240	0	0
Boissevain T	570	10	2
Winchester RM	135	-	0
Deloraine T	325	-	0
Brenda RM	90	-	0
Waskada VL	55	-	0
Arthur RM	150	-	0
Melita T	355	-	0
Edward RM	190	-	0
Albert RM	100	-	0
Cameron RM	85	10	12
Hartney T	125	0	0
Whitewater RM	175	15	9
Riverside RM	235	30	13
Strathcona RM	215	0	0
Sifton RM	190	25	13
Oak Lake T	70	10	14
Pipestone RM	420	0	0
Wallace RM	360	10	3
Canupawakpa Dakota First Nation (Oak Lake 59) IRI	70	0	0
Elkhorn VL	155	10	6
Virden T	1195	25	2
Woodworth RM	280	40	14
Sioux Valley Dakota Nation IRI	235	20	9
South Cypress RM	165	20	12
Glenboro VL	185	0	0
Oakland RM	410	315	77
Wawanesa VL	220	35	16
Glenwood RM	200	65	33
Souris T	590	125	21
Whitehead RM	710	570	80
Cornwallis RM	1940	1085	56
North Cypress RM	680	140	21
Carberry T	515	100	19
Elton RM	555	410	74
Daly RM	285	110	39
Rivers T	405	135	33
Langford RM	265	25	9
Neepawa T	1275	45	4
Odanah RM	140	60	43
Saskatchewan RM	200	40	20
Rapid City T	130	70	54
Blanshard RM	130	15	12
Hamiota RM	170	-	0
Hamiota T	285	10	4
Miniota RM	235	10	4
Birdtail Creek 57 IRI	55	-	0
Archie RM	105	-	0
Ellice RM	120	-	0
St-Lazare VL	135	10	7
Birtle RM	175	-	0
Birtle T	230	-	0
Shoal Lake RM	195	10	5
Shoal Lake T	220	-	0
Strathclair RM	295	10	3
Harrison RM	175	10	6
Rolling River 67 IRI	115	0	0
Minto RM	230	25	11
Minnedosa T	935	110	12
Rosedale RM	415	10	2
Clanwilliam RM	165	15	9
Erickson T	175	-	0
Park (South) RM	435	35	8

Statistics Canada; 2006 Census Standard Tabulation – 97-561-XCB2006008
Notes:
1) In addition to the CSDs listed above, the Economic Region included Gambler 63 (Part) IRI and Keeseekoowenin 61 IRI – both of which are suppressed.
2) Dashes in the column showing the number of commuters to Brandon indicate that no commuting data from that CSD to Brandon CY was reported. Zeros in that column indicate that a zero was reported, which could mean that a small number of commuters were reported, but that the number was randomly rounded to zero.