Prairie LakesManitoba

Renting in Prairie Lakes costs 13% of household income, less than in Manitoba’s towns and across Canadian towns

Just over one in ten households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below both Manitoba’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (18%). Home ownership covers nine in ten households.

The police who cover Prairie Lakes record less serious crime than Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: a Crime Severity Index of 43

These figures come from the closest detachment: none reports for Prairie Lakes itself · The Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 numbers here cover the Killarney detachment area

The violent index for its police area came to 35, below Manitoba’s towns (198) and Canadian towns (86) alike. For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 17.6 property crimes are reported each year. Violence across its police area runs at 6.6 per 1,000 residents a year.

Trips to work from Prairie Lakes take longer than from Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 30 min on average

90% of commuters drove, in line with Manitoba’s towns (87%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Life expectancy around Prairie Lakes is 78.8 years, 2.7 less than for the typical Canadian town

Measured across the Prairie Mountain Health Region: health survey and life expectancy

The survey counts 15% of adults as smokers, above both Manitoba’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%). Self-rated health is ordinary for Manitoba: just over half of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 51%. Closer to home, a hospital is 19 km from the average resident of Prairie Lakes, further than the usual 3.7 km.

January in Prairie Lakes bites harder than in 89% of Canadian towns

Rain and melted snow add up to 517 mm a year, close to Manitoba’s towns (519 mm) and below Canadian towns (883 mm). Between the last spring frost, 19 May, and the first in autumn, 21 September, lie 124 days. Most of the snow comes in December, about 34 cm. The most precipitation falls in June: 91 mm in a normal year.

Prairie Lakes skews older, with 24% of residents 65 or over, more than in Manitoba’s towns and across Canadian towns

Visible minorities make up 3.5% of the population, below both Manitoba’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (15%). First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 5.6% of residents, lower than Manitoba’s towns (12%) yet higher than Canadian towns (2.8%).

Expect November days around freezing in Prairie Lakes, nights around −9°C

Over the year, July is warmest at 26°C by day and January coldest at −20°C by night. Snow is normal by November, about 22 cm over the month. In November, the normal is 25 mm of rain and snow. Then December: −7°C by day, −17°C at night.

Grant Jackson (Conservative Party of Canada) represents Prairie Lakes in Ottawa as MP for Brandon—Souris

Statistics Canada lists Prairie Lakes as a rural municipality.

No public library stands in Prairie Lakes: the closest, Lakeland Regional Library, is 21 km away

The next is R.M.

Protected land at Prairie Lakes’ edge: Pembina Valley Wildlife Management Area

The closest provincial park is Spruce Woods Provincial Park, 13 km from the edge of town. There is no national park within 100 km of the town. For a swim, Kiwanis Beach is the beach within 5 km.

Around Prairie Lakes, 35% of tested homes have radon above the guideline

Radon tests for the Assiniboine health region

Flood mapping exists: a study by Manitoba Infrastructure. Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.005 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Little of the land around Prairie Lakes has burned: 0.2% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.004% a year.

40% of Prairie Lakes’s homes were built before 1961