GrahamdaleManitoba

Grahamdale faces more hazards than almost every Canadian town

Health Canada’s survey found radon above the guideline in a quarter of homes, above both Manitoba’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (6.6%). Wildfire is a real hazard for Grahamdale: 29% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, 0.85% a year, in the high band. Seismic risk runs low: $0.005 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Grahamdale doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Interlake health region.

Rent takes less of local pay in Grahamdale than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 10% of household income

84% of households own their home.

The police who cover Grahamdale record more serious crime than Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: a Crime Severity Index of 420

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

The violent index for its police area came to 615, above Manitoba’s towns (198) and Canadian towns (86) alike. For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 107.4 violent incidents are reported each year. Add to that, its police area records 168.3 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

Grahamdale scores below 93% of Canadian towns for health

A child born in the region can expect 78.5 years, lower than both Manitoba’s towns (80.0) and Canadian towns (81.5). At 17%, the share of adults who smoke tops the 12% for Manitoba. Across the region, half of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Manitoba (51%). Closer to home, a hospital is 28 km from the average resident of Grahamdale, further than the usual 3.7 km. Behind health survey and life expectancy sits data gathered across the Interlake-Eastern Health Region, with Grahamdale one part of it.

Grahamdale has colder winters than Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of −24.3°C

Snow peaks in December: 39 cm in a normal year. The thermometer drops below freezing on 217 days a year, above Manitoba’s towns (193) and Canadian towns (159) alike. Frost usually lifts by 3 June and returns around 13 September: 101 days without it. Rain and snow peak in June, at 85 mm.

Grahamdale’s household incomes are lower than in 91% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work takes 27 min.

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

3.1% of residents came to Canada as immigrants, below Manitoba’s towns (7.7%) and Canadian towns (6.4%) alike. The 65-and-over age group makes up 27% of residents. Children under 15 count for 16% of the people here.

In Grahamdale, November normally means −1°C afternoons and −10°C nights

Rain and snow over a typical November come to 37 mm. Into December, the normals move to −9°C and −20°C. About 32 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Normal highs peak at 25°C in July; nights bottom out at −24°C in January.

James Bezan took Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman in 2021 by 18,704 votes, more than the margin in 88% of ridings

Statistics Canada lists Grahamdale as a rural municipality.

The nearest public library to Grahamdale is UCN Pukatawagan Public Library, 37 km away

The next is UCN Chemawawin Public Library (Division No.

Grahamdale has 5 beaches within 5 km

14% of the town lies within a protected area. The closest of Canada’s national parks is Riding Mountain National Park, at 80 km. Protected areas cover 6.9% of the land within 10 km, higher than both Manitoba’s towns (1.1%) and Canadian towns (2.3%). Sturgeon Bay Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 28 km.

23% of Grahamdale’s homes predate 1961