BeausejourManitoba

The median home in Beausejour costs just 3.5 years of household income, against 4.7 in the typical Canadian town

14% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below Manitoba’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Owners put the median home at $250,000, below Manitoba’s towns ($300,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000) alike.

People in Beausejour’s health region live to 78.5 on average, 3.0 years short of the typical Canadian town

On average 20% of adults live with arthritis, diabetes or high blood pressure, above both Manitoba’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (17%). Smoking is commoner than in the province: 17% of adults, against 12% for Manitoba. The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 50%; Manitoba as a whole is at 51%. What sets Beausejour apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 0.7 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Nobody publishes health survey and life expectancy for Beausejour alone, so this card uses the figure for the Interlake-Eastern Health Region.

Commuters in Beausejour travel further than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns, 30 min on average

The car took 89% of commuters, close to both Manitoba’s towns (87%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Around Beausejour, 21% of tested homes have radon above the guideline

The radon tests numbers here cover the North Eastman health region

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 Beausejour: since 1986, 0.9% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.03% a year). No one has filed a flood map for Beausejour on the national inventory.

Hardly any Canadian towns see harsher January nights than Beausejour

Snow peaks in December: 27 cm in a normal year. Frost comes on 194 days a year, about level with Manitoba’s towns (193) and above Canadian towns (159). The most precipitation falls in June: 99 mm in a normal year.

The force covering Beausejour records less serious violence than Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns, at 39

These figures come from the closest detachment: none reports for Beausejour itself

Its police area recorded 7.7 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, below Manitoba’s towns (18) and Canadian towns (12) alike. Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 27.8 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed. Figures for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 are published for the Oakbank Area detachment area as a whole, not for Beausejour alone.

A normal November in Beausejour runs from −8°C to freezing

A typical November adds 21 cm of snow. November normally sees 24 mm of precipitation. Normal highs peak at 25°C in July; nights bottom out at −22°C in January. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Richer forecast, on the Weather page.

A 18,704-vote win for James Bezan made Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman safer in 2021 than 88% of ridings

Locally, Beausejour is run as a town.

Beausejour’s public library is Brokenhead River Regional Library

The library is 0.5 km from the centre of Beausejour.

Beausejour has no protected land within 10 km

The closest provincial park is Birds Hill Provincial Park, 23 km from the edge of town. Within 100 km there is no national park. 4 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Echo Beach.

More of Beausejour’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 19%

Immigrants make up 3.6% of residents, lower than both Manitoba’s towns (7.7%) and Canadian towns (6.4%). Visible minorities make up 1.7% of the population, lower than both Manitoba’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (15%).

4 schools serve Beausejour, 2 elementary schools and 2 schools for every grade