ArborgManitoba

Commuters in Arborg have a short way to work, 18 min on average, less than in both Manitoba’s towns and Canadian towns

Life expectancy around Arborg is 78.5 years, 3.0 less than for the typical Canadian town

Source area for health survey and life expectancy: the Interlake-Eastern Health Region

By their own account, 50% of adults here are in very good or excellent health, below both Manitoba’s towns (52%) and Canadian towns (52%). At 17%, the share of adults who smoke tops the 12% for Manitoba. What sets Arborg apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 0.8 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical).

Violent crime weighs less where Arborg is policed than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 72

No police detachment reports under Arborg’s name, so these are the nearest detachment’s figures, not the town’s own

Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 28.5 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed. Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 77 over 2023–25, between Manitoba’s towns (129) and Canadian towns (67). Where it is policed, 11 violent incidents per 1,000 residents are recorded each year.

Winter nights bite in Arborg: January lows of −22.7°C, colder than Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns

Frost usually lifts by 25 May and returns around 27 September: 124 days without it. There are 195 days of frost in a typical year, about level with Manitoba’s towns (193) and above Canadian towns (159). December is the snowiest month, with 39 cm on average. For the wettest month, look to June: 87 mm on average.

The schools around Arborg answer to 3 boards

The 3 km around Arborg counts 1 elementary school, 1 secondary school and 3 schools for every grade. Young children have 18 km to the nearest elementary school, above both Manitoba’s towns (0.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km).

Home ownership in Arborg, 58%, runs below Manitoba’s towns and Canadian towns

Shelter took 30% or more of income for just over one in ten households, below Manitoba’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Rent took nearly a fifth of household income, below both Manitoba’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%).

In Arborg, November normally means freezing afternoons and −9°C nights

Over the year, July is warmest at 25°C by day and January coldest at −23°C by night. A typical November adds 32 cm of snow. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Arnes forecast, on the Weather page.

James Bezan won Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman by 18,704 votes in 2021, a wider lead than in 88% of Canada’s ridings

The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba’s boundary file has no licence page we could read, so this page doesn’t place Arborg in a riding.

Arborg has one public library, Arborg Library

From the centre of Arborg, it is 0.2 km away.

More of Arborg’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 18%

20% are under 15, above both Manitoba’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (16%). Over-65s are 27% of the population.

Around Arborg, 25% of tested homes have radon above the guideline

The radon tests numbers here cover the Interlake health region

Seismic risk runs low: $0.006 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Fire seldom reaches Arborg: since 1986, 1.8% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.05% a year). No one has filed a flood map for Arborg on the national inventory.

Hecla/Grindstone Provincial Park, 25 km away, is the closest provincial park to Arborg

The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. There is one protected area within 10 km. The largest is Skylake Wildlife Management Area: 620 ha, 5.5 km from the edge of town.