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Brandon’s Violent Crime Severity Index is 121 (Manitoba’s towns: 198; Canadian towns: 86)

Property crime runs at 49.6 per 1,000 people a year. Violence reaches 17.5 per 1,000 residents a year.

Trips to work from Brandon are shorter than from Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 16 min on average

90% of commuters drove to work at the census.

Brandon has cooler summers than Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: July highs of 24.9°C

The frost-free season runs from 18 May to 18 September, 122 days. There are 205 days of frost in a typical year, above both Manitoba’s towns (193) and Canadian towns (159). Brandon sees January nights of −21.9°C on average. A normal December brings 29 cm of snow, the most of any month.

More of Brandon’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 14%

18% are under 15, above both Manitoba’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (16%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 16% of residents.

Rent takes less of local pay in Brandon than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 17% of household income

Measured across the Brandon metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 16% of households, above Manitoba’s towns (15%) but below Canadian towns (18%).

People in Brandon’s health region live to 78.8 on average, 2.7 years short of the typical Canadian town

The health survey and life expectancy numbers here cover the Prairie Mountain Health Region

For Brandon itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 2.5 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Smokers make up 15% of the region’s adults, higher than both Manitoba’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%). About as many adults call their health very good or excellent here as across Manitoba, 51% against 51%.

Expect November days around freezing in Brandon, nights around −10°C

A normal December brings highs of −9°C, lows of −19°C. Snowfall in a normal November: 21 cm. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 20 mm. The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Brandon.

Brandon’s MP is Grant Jackson (Conservative Party of Canada), for Brandon—Souris

Across Manitoba, 7 of the 14 MPs sit with the Conservative Party of Canada.

Brandon has two public libraries, Brandon Public Library and Manitoba Public Library Services

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

44% of homes tested in Brandon’s area are above the radon guideline

Source area for radon tests: the Brandon health region

The national inventory holds one flood map for it, from Hydrologic Forecasting and Water Management Branch of Manitoba Transporation and Infrastructure . Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.005 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Burn scars are few around Brandon, with 0.2% of the land within 25 km touched by fire since 1986 (0.005% a year).

Floodplain City Lands reaches Brandon

The nearest national park is Riding Mountain National Park, 67 km away. 18 km from town is Criddle/Vane Homestead Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. The largest named area nearby is Brandon Hills Wildlife Management Area, 762 ha, 9.0 km away. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 1.1% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town.

4 boards run the schools in and around Brandon

Brandon: 7 historic places, 2 with the highest designation

The earliest construction date, 1907, belongs to Armoury. Older housing, built before 1961, accounts for nearly a quarter of homes, above both Manitoba’s towns (23%) and Canadian towns (18%).