Its current population is generally older, as most young people have left for jobs in Winnipeg.
Tolstoi is the transfer point for microwave (S-band) television signals between Winnipeg and North Dakota.
Between 1974 and March 1986, cable companies in Winnipeg received the NBC and CBS affiliates from Fargo, KTHI TV11 and KXJB-TV TV4, respectively (via translator K58BP at Glasston, North Dakota).
By March 1986 Videon Cablesystems and Greater Winnipeg Cablevision received permission from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to replace KTHI and KXJB-TV with WDIV and WJBK of Detroit, Michigan via the CANCOM package on the Anik satellite.
[citation needed] One of the biggest challenges for the hamlet is reliable cellular telephone services.