 A practical effect on border towns like Gainsborough is that they only align with neighbouring communities in Manitoba and North Dakota for half the year, which may lead to misunderstandings regarding the timing of scheduled inter-community events.Primary income of community members is derived from agricultural businesses (farming, ranching) and petroleum drilling services.In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Gainsborough recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of .