Portage la PrairieManitoba

3 schools serve Portage la Prairie, 2 elementary schools and 1 secondary school

From the middle of town, the first elementary school is 9.2 km off, above Manitoba’s towns (0.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km) alike. Measured from the centre, the closest high school lies 11 km off, above both Manitoba’s towns (1.1 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km).

Winter nights in Portage la Prairie are colder than in 86% of Canadian towns

Between the last spring frost, 19 May, and the first in autumn, 28 September, lie 130 days. Frosty days number 184 in a normal year, about level with Manitoba’s towns (193) and above Canadian towns (159). A normal June brings 80 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. Snow peaks in December: 27 cm in a normal year.

More of Portage la Prairie’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 19%

2.2% of residents belong to a visible minority, lower than both Manitoba’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (15%). The share of residents under 15 is 22%. The 65-and-over age group makes up 16% of residents.

Very good or excellent health for 51% of adults in Portage la Prairie’s health region

Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the Southern Health Region

Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect nearly a fifth of the region’s adults on average, above both Manitoba’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (17%). Life expectancy in the region is 80.7 years (82.9 for women, 78.7 for men, 2022/2024). What sets Portage la Prairie apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 14 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical).

Shelter costs push only 8% of Portage la Prairie’s households past 30% of income, fewer than the 18% of the typical Canadian town

Measured across the Portage La Prairie metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom

83% of households own their home, above Manitoba’s towns (75%) and Canadian towns (74%) alike. Rent took 17% of household income, below both Manitoba’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%).

A normal November in Portage la Prairie runs from −8°C to freezing

For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Portage la Prairie forecast. Then December: −7°C by day, −16°C at night. A typical November adds 21 cm of snow. In November, the normal is 25 mm of rain and snow.

Portage—Lisgar, which takes in Portage la Prairie, is held by Branden Leslie (Conservative Party of Canada)

For local government, Portage la Prairie is a rural municipality.

The nearest public library to Portage la Prairie is Portage la Prairie Regional Library, 10 km away

The next is Bibliothèque St.

Violent crime weighs less where Portage la Prairie is policed than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 72

Property crime in its police area ran at 24.5 per 1,000 residents a year, lower than both Manitoba’s towns (58.8) and Canadian towns (31.2). Where it is policed, 11.2 violent incidents per 1,000 residents are recorded each year. Figures for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 are published for the Central Plains detachment area as a whole, not for Portage la Prairie alone.

Protected land at Portage la Prairie’s edge: Delta Marsh Wildlife Management Area

OpenStreetMap shows 2 unnamed beaches within 5 km. For a national park, Riding Mountain National Park is 76 km away. A provincial park, Beaudry Provincial Park, lies 26 km away. Of the country within 10 km, 4.7% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%.

Around Portage la Prairie, 43% of tested homes have radon above the guideline

Shared with the rest of the Central health region: radon tests

Manitoba Infrastructure has mapped the flood hazard here, one of 2 studies on the national inventory. Seismic risk runs low: $0.005 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030.

The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Portage la Prairie trails that of 78% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work took 23 min, about level with Manitoba’s towns (24 min) and below Canadian towns (26 min).

Portage la Prairie’s oldest designated place, Fort La Reine, dates from 1738

All 2 historic places listed here are of the highest rank. Before 1961 is when 29% of the homes went up, above both Manitoba’s towns (23%) and Canadian towns (18%).