La BroquerieManitoba

La Broquerie faces more hazards than 95% of Canadian towns

Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the South Eastman health region

The national inventory holds 2 flood maps for it, the newest from Manitoba Infrastructure. Wildfire is a real hazard for La Broquerie: a tenth of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, 0.28% a year, in the high band. Radon is about average around La Broquerie: 9.7% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. Earthquakes matter little: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.005 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town.

More of La Broquerie’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 18%

1.6% of residents belong to a visible minority, lower than both Manitoba’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (15%).

La Broquerie households put 37% of their income into housing and transport, more than the 29% typical across Canada

Owners make up nearly four in five households, near Manitoba’s towns (75%) and higher than Canadian towns (74%). 16% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, near Manitoba’s towns (15%) and lower than Canadian towns (18%).

The force covering La Broquerie records less serious violence than Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns, at 54

No police detachment reports under La Broquerie’s name, so these are the nearest detachment’s figures, not the town’s own

Its police area records 19.8 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The index for the force that serves it came to 48, below both Manitoba’s towns (129) and Canadian towns (67). Where it is policed, 9.3 violent incidents per 1,000 residents are recorded each year. For Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, the only official count covers all of the Steinbach detachment area, La Broquerie included.

Commuters in La Broquerie travel further than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns, 31 min on average

La Broquerie has colder winter nights than 89% of Canadian towns

June is the wettest month, with 90 mm of rain and snow on average. There are 186 days of frost in a typical year, close to Manitoba’s towns (193) and above Canadian towns (159). A normal December brings 27 cm of snow, the most of any month.

Around La Broquerie, 51% of adults call their health very good or excellent

Shared with the rest of the Southern Health Region: health survey and life expectancy

For La Broquerie itself the measure is access, and it lags: 13 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Chronic conditions run at 19% of adults, age-standardised, above both Manitoba’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (17%). The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 80.7, with women at 82.9 and men at 78.7.

One of the 4 schools around La Broquerie teaches in French

Within 3 km, 3 boards share the schools, below Manitoba’s towns (6) and close to Canadian towns (3). Counting a 3 km margin, La Broquerie has 3 elementary schools and 1 school for every grade.

La Broquerie in November: highs near 1°C, lows near −8°C

The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Steinbach. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 25 mm. Next comes December, with normal highs of −7°C and lows of −16°C. November usually brings some 21 cm of snow.

Ted Falk took Provencher in 2021 by 15,823 votes, more than the margin in 80% of ridings

Federally, La Broquerie sits in Provencher, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP), held by Ted Falk of the Conservative Party of Canada.

La Broquerie has one public library, Bibliothèque Saint-Joachim Library

It stands 5.2 km from the centre of La Broquerie.

Watson P. Davidson Wildlife Management Area begins at the edge of La Broquerie

OpenStreetMap shows 3 unnamed beaches within 5 km. No national park lies within 100 km. 6.6% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). The closest provincial park is Birds Hill Provincial Park, 53 km from the edge of town.