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Trips to work from Armstrong take longer than from Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 29 min on average

On health, Armstrong falls short of 87% of Canadian towns

Smokers make up 17% of the region’s adults, higher than both Manitoba’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%). For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 78.5 years at birth, 81.3 for women and 76.0 for men. Across the region, half of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Manitoba (51%). The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Armstrong’s is long: 17 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical.

The force covering Armstrong records less serious violence than Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns, at 72

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

For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 11 violent incidents are reported each year. The index for the force that serves it came to 77, below Manitoba’s towns (129) but above Canadian towns (67). The force’s area logs 28.5 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year.

Inwood School is the only school in and around Armstrong

Teenagers have 13 km to go to the closest secondary school, above both Manitoba’s towns (1.1 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km).

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

Between the last spring frost, 25 May, and the first in autumn, 27 September, lie 124 days. There are 195 days of frost in a typical year, close to Manitoba’s towns (193) and above Canadian towns (159). Rain and snow peak in June, at 87 mm.

Armstrong is a town of owners: 92% of households own their home, above Manitoba’s towns and Canadian towns

Rent took 18% of household income, below Manitoba’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 8% of households, below both Manitoba’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (18%).

High radon around Armstrong: 25% of homes tested in the area exceed 200 Bq/m³

Shared with the rest of the Interlake health region: radon tests

Earthquakes matter little: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.005 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. Fire reaches the land around Armstrong now and then: 2.9% within 25 km since 1986 (0.08% a year), below the high band. No one has filed a flood map for Armstrong on the national inventory.

Expect November days around freezing in Armstrong, nights around −9°C

About 21 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Expect about 23 mm of rain and snow over November. Across the year, normals run from −23°C nights in January to 25°C afternoons in July. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Gimli forecast.

In 2021, James Bezan carried Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman by 18,704 votes, a margin wider than 88% of Canada’s ridings

Statistics Canada lists Armstrong as a rural municipality.

No public library stands in Armstrong: the closest, South Interlake Regional Library, is 18 km away

After it comes Evergreen Regional Library (Gimli), 27 km away.

Narcisse Wildlife Management Area begins at the edge of Armstrong

Protected areas cover 4.2% of the land within 10 km, higher than both Manitoba’s towns (1.1%) and Canadian towns (2.3%). 9.8 km out lies the largest, Sleeve Lake Wildlife Management Area, at 15,857 ha. A provincial park, Hecla/Grindstone Provincial Park, lies 23 km away. No national park lies within 100 km.

More of Armstrong’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 15%

Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over. Visible minorities make up 2% of the population, below both Manitoba’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (15%).