ManningAlberta

Trips to work from Manning are shorter than from Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 18 min on average

At the census, 95% of commuters went by car.

Rent takes less of local pay in Manning than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: 14% of household income

70% of households are owner-occupiers. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 18% of households, below Alberta’s towns (21%) and close to Canadian towns (18%).

Crime runs heavier where Manning is policed than in Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns, at an index of 120

Measured across the Manning detachment area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

For violence alone, its police area’s index was 132, above both Alberta’s towns (109) and Canadian towns (86). Violent crime in the area its police cover: 15.7 per 1,000 people a year. Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 45.3 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed.

3 schools serve Manning, 1 elementary school and 2 schools for every grade

Manning is on Canada’s flood inventory: 1 listed, led by Government of Alberta

About as many homes carry radon around Manning as elsewhere, 8.9% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Seismic risk runs low: $0.007 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Some 6% of the land within 25 km of Manning has burned since 1986; at 0.15% a year that is moderate, not high. Behind radon tests sits data gathered across the Peace Country Health, with Manning one part of it.

Expect 78.3 years of life in the region around Manning, 3.2 under the typical Canadian town

Adults here are less upbeat about their health than the province: 48% very good or excellent, against 53% in Alberta. Smoking is commoner than in the province: 17% of adults, against 11% for Alberta. On average just over a fifth of adults live with arthritis, diabetes or high blood pressure, above Alberta’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (17%) alike. For Manning itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 0.9 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical.

Manning has colder winters than Alberta’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of −20.1°C

June is the wettest month, with 68 mm of rain and snow on average. There are 206 days of frost in a typical year, above both Alberta’s towns (193) and Canadian towns (159). Frost usually lifts by 21 May and returns around 13 September: 114 days without it. Midsummer afternoons in Manning peak at about 22.7°C.

In Manning, November normally means −3°C afternoons and −12°C nights

Into December, the normals move to −8°C and −18°C. November normally sees 20 mm of precipitation. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Peace River forecast, on the Weather page.

Chris Warkentin (Conservative Party of Canada) holds Grande Prairie, the riding that includes Manning

For local government, Manning is a town.

Each person Manning Municipal Library serves borrows 13.7 items, more than at 87% of Alberta’s town libraries

Manning Municipal Library has one location for the 1,183 people it serves.

Older residents shape Manning: 22% are 65 or over, above Alberta’s towns and Canadian towns

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 8.3% of residents, above both Alberta’s towns (4.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). Children are 18% of the town.

The nearest provincial park to Manning is Notikewin Provincial Park, 32 km away

National parks are all over 100 km off. Within 10 km is a single protected area.