NeepawaManitoba

Trips to work from Neepawa are shorter than from Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 11 min on average

The car took 91% of commuters, about level with Canadian towns (89%) and above Manitoba’s towns (87%).

Renting in Neepawa costs 14% of household income, less than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns

Owners make up 69% of households, below Manitoba’s towns (75%) and Canadian towns (74%) alike. 11% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below Manitoba’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.

Violent crime weighs less on Neepawa than on Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 47

Each year brings 19.5 property incidents per 1,000 residents. Police recorded 8.9 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, lower than both Manitoba’s towns (18) and Canadian towns (12).

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

Winter lows in Neepawa average −21.9°C in January. Frost comes on 205 days a year, higher than both Manitoba’s towns (193) and Canadian towns (159). Snow peaks in December: 29 cm in a normal year. Gardeners get 122 frost-free days, from 18 May to 18 September.

More of Neepawa belongs to a visible minority than Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 53%

The under-15s are nearly a fifth of the population here. First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 4.5% of residents, between Manitoba’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 18% of residents.

What November brings in Neepawa: −10°C at night, freezing by day

Looking ahead to December, expect highs near −9°C and lows near −19°C. Snow is normal by November, about 21 cm over the month. November normally sees 20 mm of precipitation. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Shilo forecast, on the Weather page.

Riding Mountain, which takes in Neepawa, is held by Dan Mazier (Conservative Party of Canada)

Neepawa is a town by Statistics Canada’s count of municipalities.

Neepawa Public Library is Neepawa’s public library

It sits 0.2 km from the centre of Neepawa.

People in Neepawa’s health region live to 78.8 on average, 2.7 years short of the typical Canadian town

Self-rated health is ordinary for Manitoba: just over half of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 51%. 15% of adults smoke, daily or now and then, above both Manitoba’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%). The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Neepawa is well placed: 0.7 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Neepawa doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the Prairie Mountain Health Region.

Riding Mountain National Park lies 29 km beyond Neepawa’s edge

The tally of protected areas open to the public within 10 km is 1, lower than both Manitoba’s towns (12) and Canadian towns (4). 8.1 km out lies the largest, Whitemud Watershed Wildlife Management Area, at 5,445 ha. Protected areas cover 1% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%.

Radon is Neepawa’s main hazard: 35% of tested homes in its area top Health Canada’s guideline

Source area for radon tests: the Assiniboine health region

Seismic risk runs low: $0.005 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. No one has filed a flood map for Neepawa on the national inventory.

Neepawa and its edges hold 7 schools: 2 elementary schools and 5 schools for every grade

2 historic places in Neepawa, one of them a top designation

Counted by designation, there are a heritage railway station. Neepawa Court House / Beautiful Plains County Court Building, begun in 1884, is the oldest by its record. Also worth knowing: 32% of its homes were built before 1961, above both Manitoba’s towns (23%) and Canadian towns (18%).