CartierManitoba

Commuters in Cartier travel further than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns, 34 min on average

Rent takes less of local pay in Cartier than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 12% of household income

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 13% of households, lower than both Manitoba’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (18%). 91% of households are owner-occupiers.

Cartier and its edges hold 3 schools: 1 elementary school, 1 secondary school and 1 school for every grade

From the middle of town, the first elementary school is 17 km off, above both Manitoba’s towns (0.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km). The schools around it answer to 2 boards, lower than both Manitoba’s towns (6) and Canadian towns (3).

A hospital trip from Cartier means 30 km on average, in a straight line

A baby born in the region can expect 80.7 years, 82.9 for a girl and 78.7 for a boy (2022/2024). Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect nearly a fifth of the region’s adults on average, above both Manitoba’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (17%). The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 51%; Manitoba as a whole is at 51%. For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the Southern Health Region, Cartier included.

More of Cartier’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 21%

5.3% of residents belong to a visible minority, below Manitoba’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike. Immigrants make up 6.9% of residents, lower than Manitoba’s towns (7.7%) yet higher than Canadian towns (6.4%).

January nights in Cartier drop to −19.1°C (Manitoba towns −21.2°C, Canadian towns −13.5°C)

Frosty days number 184 in a normal year, about level with Manitoba’s towns (193) and above Canadian towns (159). A normal June brings 80 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. Snow peaks in December: 27 cm in a normal year.

Around Cartier, 43% of tested homes have radon above the guideline

Manitoba Infrastructure has mapped the flood hazard here: one study on the national inventory. Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.006 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical).

Cartier in November: highs near freezing, lows near −8°C

A normal December brings highs of −7°C, lows of −16°C. Precipitation in November averages 25 mm. November usually brings some 21 cm of snow. The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Portage la Prairie.

Cartier sends Branden Leslie (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Portage—Lisgar

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

No public library stands in Cartier: the closest, Headingley Municipal Library, is 26 km away

The next is Westwood Library (Westwood), 34 km away.

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

No police detachment reports under Cartier’s name, so these are the nearest detachment’s figures, not the town’s own · Measured across the Headingley detachment area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

Where it is policed, thefts, break-ins and damage came to 24.5 per 1,000 a year, below both Manitoba’s towns (58.8) and Canadian towns (31.2). Violence across its police area runs at 8.2 per 1,000 residents a year.

Beaudry Provincial Park begins where Cartier ends

The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 0.2% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. For walks, the Oak Trail runs within 2 km.