Minto-OdanahManitoba

Minto-Odanah has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.1 for each

Commutes averaged 21 min, lower than both Manitoba’s towns (24 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

The violent severity index where Minto-Odanah is policed is 149 (Manitoba’s towns: 198; Canadian towns: 86)

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

Violent incidents in its police area came to 18.7 per 1,000 residents a year, near Manitoba’s towns (18) and higher than Canadian towns (12). The force’s area logs 35 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year.

More households own their home in Minto-Odanah than in Manitoba’s towns or across Canadian towns: 93%

Summers stay cool in Minto-Odanah: July afternoons reach 24.9°C, below Manitoba’s towns and Canadian towns

Gardeners get 122 frost-free days, from 18 May to 18 September. In January the thermometer sinks to −21.9°C overnight, close to Manitoba’s towns (−21.2°C) and below Canadian towns (−13.5°C). The most precipitation falls in June: 98 mm in a normal year. December is the snowiest month, with 29 cm on average.

Lives run shorter around Minto-Odanah: 78.8 years, 2.7 below the typical Canadian town’s region

Source area for health survey and life expectancy: the Prairie Mountain Health Region

In the health survey, just over half of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, close to Manitoba’s 51%. Smoking takes in 15% of adults, age-standardised, above Manitoba’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%) alike. Closer to home, a hospital is 7.9 km from the average resident of Minto-Odanah, further than the usual 3.7 km.

Minto-Odanah in November: highs near freezing, lows near −10°C

The month after, December, normally sees −9°C afternoons and −19°C nights. In November, the normal is 20 mm of rain and snow. Snowfall in a normal November: 21 cm. ECCC’s forecast for Minnedosa is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

Dan Mazier (Conservative Party of Canada) holds Riding Mountain, the riding that includes Minto-Odanah

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

Minto-Odanah’s public library is Minnedosa Regional Library

The library is 5.9 km from the centre of Minto-Odanah.

Children make up 20% of Minto-Odanah, above Manitoba’s towns and Canadian towns

5.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity, lower than Manitoba’s towns (12%) yet higher than Canadian towns (2.8%). Over-65s are a fifth of the population.

High radon around Minto-Odanah: 35% of homes tested in the area exceed 200 Bq/m³

One flood study covers the town, by Hydrologic Forecasting and Water Management Branch of Manitoba Transporation and Infrastructure . 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.

Within 9.9 km of Minto-Odanah: Riding Mountain National Park

Count 58 protected areas within 10 km of town. For a provincial park, Rivers Provincial Park lies 18 km off. Protected areas cover 1.3% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%. Within 5 km is one beach, Minnedosa Beach.

Older housing stands out in Minto-Odanah: 40% predates 1961