AlonsaManitoba

Crime runs heavier where Alonsa is policed than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns, at an index of 379

A best guess: the nearest detachment’s figures, since none is filed under Alonsa · Shared with the rest of the Ste. Rose du Lac detachment area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

Property crime in the area its police cover: 95.1 per 1,000 people a year. Its police area recorded 69.5 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, above Manitoba’s towns (18) and Canadian towns (12) alike.

The car carries 98% of commuters in Alonsa, more than in both Manitoba’s towns and Canadian towns

The commute to work averages 26 min.

Renting in Alonsa costs 11% of household income, less than in both Manitoba’s towns and Canadian towns

Owners put the median home at $150,000, below Manitoba’s towns ($300,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000) alike. The owner-occupied share of households is 82%.

One school serves Alonsa: Alonsa School

Secondary school means a trip of 34 km at the nearest, above both Manitoba’s towns (1.1 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km).

Residents of Alonsa live 41 km from the nearest hospital on average

Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the Prairie Mountain Health Region

A child born in the region can expect 78.8 years, below both Manitoba’s towns (80.0) and Canadian towns (81.5). At 15%, the share of adults who smoke tops the 12% for Manitoba. Self-rated health is ordinary for Manitoba: 51% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 51%.

July highs in Alonsa: 25.1°C, against 25.8°C in Manitoba’s towns and 25.5°C in Canadian towns

Counting rain and snow alike, 462 mm falls in a year, below Manitoba’s towns (519 mm) and Canadian towns (883 mm) alike. In January, overnight lows in Alonsa settle at −20.9°C. Frost usually lifts by 21 May and returns around 20 September: 121 days without it. The most precipitation falls in June: 87 mm in a normal year.

Alonsa in November: highs near freezing, lows near −10°C

Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s McCreary forecast, on the Weather page. Into December, the normals move to −8°C and −18°C.

Alonsa’s MP is Dan Mazier (Conservative Party of Canada), for Riding Mountain

From Manitoba come 14 MPs, 7 of them with the Conservative Party of Canada.

Alonsa has no public library of its own; the nearest is Ste Rose Public Library, 37 km away

Library statistics aren’t published openly in Manitoba, so there are no visit or loan figures for Alonsa.

Radon is Alonsa’s main hazard: 43% of tested homes in its area top Health Canada’s guideline

Measured across the Parkland health region: radon tests

Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.005 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Fire seldom reaches Alonsa: since 1986, 0.6% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.02% a year). The national flood inventory has no study of the town.

More of Alonsa’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 58%

The under-15s are just over a fifth of the population here. 1.7% of residents belong to a visible minority, lower than both Manitoba’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (15%). People 65 and over make up 23% of the town.

Riding Mountain National Park lies 19 km beyond Alonsa’s edge

OpenStreetMap shows 2 unnamed beaches within 5 km. The protected share within 10 km is 1.2%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. The nearest provincial park, Spruce Woods Provincial Park, is 82 km away.