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Trips to work from Cornwallis are shorter than from Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 18 min on average

93% of commuters took the car to work at the census.

Renting in Cornwallis costs 12% of household income, less than in Manitoba’s towns and across Canadian towns

Owners make up 63% of households, below both Manitoba’s towns (75%) and Canadian towns (74%). 6% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below both Manitoba’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Fewer of Cornwallis’s people belong to a visible minority than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 3.4%

12% of residents have an Indigenous identity, close to Manitoba’s towns (12%) and above Canadian towns (2.8%). Immigrants make up 6.4% of residents, below Manitoba’s towns (7.7%) and close to Canadian towns (6.4%).

Expect 78.8 years of life in the region around Cornwallis, 2.7 under the typical Canadian town

Measured from where Cornwallis’ residents live, the nearest hospital is 15 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. The region has more smokers than Manitoba, 15% of adults to 12%. In the health survey, 51% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, close to Manitoba’s 51%. For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the Prairie Mountain Health Region, Cornwallis included.

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

A normal December brings 29 cm of snow, the most of any month. Cornwallis sees January nights of −21.9°C on average. Counting rain and snow alike, 489 mm falls in a year, lower than both Manitoba’s towns (519 mm) and Canadian towns (883 mm). Gardeners get 122 frost-free days, from 18 May to 18 September.

Cornwallis and its edges hold 20 schools: 16 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 schools for every grade

Secondary school means a trip of 5 km at the nearest, above both Manitoba’s towns (1.1 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km).

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

The month after, December, normally sees −9°C afternoons and −19°C nights. Snowfall in a normal November: 21 cm. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 20 mm. ECCC’s forecast for Brandon is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

Brandon—Souris, which takes in Cornwallis, is held by Grant Jackson (Conservative Party of Canada)

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

The nearest public library to Cornwallis is Brandon Public Library, 17 km away

The next is Manitoba Public Library Services (Brandon), 18 km away.

Radon is Cornwallis’ main hazard: 44% of tested homes in its area top Health Canada’s guideline

Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Brandon 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). The national inventory holds one flood map for it, from Hydrologic Forecasting and Water Management Branch of Manitoba Transporation and Infrastructure . Some 2.8% of the land within 25 km of Cornwallis has burned since 1986; at 0.07% a year that is moderate, not high.

2.4 km from Cornwallis to Criddle/Vane Homestead Provincial Park

The 10 km around town hold 26 protected areas. 5.3 km out lies the largest, Canadian Forces Base Shilo, at 23,061 ha. Of the land within 10 km, 5.5% has protected status, above both Manitoba’s towns (1.1%) and Canadian towns (2.3%). Riding Mountain National Park is the closest national park, 69 km from town.