Mitchellin Hanover, Manitoba

Flood mapping exists for Mitchell: 2 on record, latest by Hydrologic Forecasting and Water Management Branch of Manitoba Transporation and Infrastructure

The burn rate around Mitchell is 0.11% a year (3.2% of the land within 25 km since 1986), a moderate band. In Health Canada’s survey, 9.7% of homes tested in the town’s area exceeded 200 Bq/m³, close to the typical 6.6%. Seismic risk runs low: $0.005 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Nobody publishes radon tests for Mitchell alone, so this card uses the figure for the South Eastman health region.

Mitchell is younger than 99% of Canadian towns: a median age of 28.8

4.7% of residents belong to a visible minority, below Manitoba’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike. First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 8.2% of residents, lower than Manitoba’s towns (12%) yet higher than Canadian towns (2.8%).

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

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

Across its police area, there are 19.8 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The index for the force that serves it came to 48, below Manitoba’s towns (129) and Canadian towns (67) alike. Violence across its police area runs at 9.3 per 1,000 residents a year.

Mitchell and its edges hold 10 schools: 8 elementary schools and 2 schools for every grade

From the town centre, high school starts 16 km away, above Manitoba’s towns (1.1 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km) alike. Elementary school is 3 km away at the nearest, above both Manitoba’s towns (0.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km).

More households own their home in Mitchell than in Manitoba’s towns or across Canadian towns: 85%

A year’s rent came to 18% of the median household income, lower than both Manitoba’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%). 16% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, near Manitoba’s towns (15%) and lower than Canadian towns (18%).

Mitchell has colder winter nights than 95% of Canadian towns

Gardeners get 122 frost-free days, from 23 May to 22 September. Frosty days number 193 in a normal year, near Manitoba’s towns (193) and higher than Canadian towns (159). A normal December brings 27 cm of snow, the most of any month. For the wettest month, look to July: 77 mm on average.

Mitchell’s household incomes are higher than in 71% of Canadian towns

94% of commuters took the car to work at the census. Commutes averaged 26 min, higher than Manitoba’s towns (24 min) and near Canadian towns (26 min).

What November brings in Mitchell: −9°C at night, freezing by day

The month after, December, normally sees −8°C afternoons and −17°C nights. November usually brings some 21 cm of snow. Precipitation in November averages 25 mm. Also worth knowing: at the extremes, July afternoons reach 26°C and January nights −21°C.

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

Mitchell’s riding for the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba isn’t named: the licence for the province’s boundary file couldn’t be read, so it isn’t used.

No public library stands in Mitchell: the closest, Jake Epp Library, is 7.4 km away

After it comes Jake Epp Public Library (Steinbach), 7.6 km away.

Very good or excellent health for 51% of adults in Mitchell’s health region

The health survey and life expectancy numbers here cover the Southern Health Region

13% of adults smoke, daily or now and then, above both Manitoba’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%). Across the region, life runs to 80.7 years on average: women 82.9, men 78.7, in 2022/2024. For Mitchell itself the measure is access, and it lags: 9.4 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical.

The nearest provincial park to Mitchell is Beaudry Provincial Park, 39 km away

National parks are all over 100 km off. The 10 km around town hold 65 protected areas. Biggest among them: Rat River Wildlife Management Area, 1,040 ha, 2.4 km off. OpenStreetMap shows 3 unnamed beaches within 5 km.