RossburnManitoba

Renting in Rossburn costs 11% of household income, less than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns

Nearly nine in ten households own their home, higher than both Manitoba’s towns (75%) and Canadian towns (74%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for 7% of households, below Manitoba’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.

Where Rossburn is policed, the Crime Severity Index is 111 (Manitoba’s towns: 129; Canadian towns: 67)

No police detachment reports under Rossburn’s name, so these are the nearest detachment’s figures, not the town’s own · Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over the Yellowhead detachment area

For violence alone, its police area’s index was 149, below Manitoba’s towns (198) but above Canadian towns (86). Violent crime in the area its police cover: 18.7 per 1,000 people a year. Property crime in the area its police cover: 35 per 1,000 people a year.

Trips to work from Rossburn are shorter than from Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 20 min on average

81% of commuters drove to work at the census.

Summers stay cool in Rossburn: July afternoons reach 23.7°C, below Manitoba’s towns and Canadian towns

A normal winter brings 95 cm of snow, lower than both Manitoba’s towns (126 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). The coldest nights come in January, when Rossburn averages a low of −22.3°C. Snow peaks in December: 20 cm in a normal year. The most precipitation falls in June: 88 mm in a normal year.

An older town: 30% of people in Rossburn are 65 or over, more than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns

1.6% of residents belong to a visible minority, lower than both Manitoba’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (15%). Children under 15 count for 16% of the people here.

Expect 78.8 years of life in the region around Rossburn, 2.7 under 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%). On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 51% very good or excellent, 51% for Manitoba. Closer to home, a hospital sits 3.4 km from the average resident of Rossburn, about the norm of 3.7 km.

The boundary of Riding Mountain National Park runs along Rossburn

Within 10 km, the count of public protected areas is 2, below both Manitoba’s towns (12) and Canadian towns (4). A provincial park, Asessippi Provincial Park, lies 27 km away. There is a beach within 5 km, unnamed on the map.

2 schools in and around Rossburn: 1 elementary school and 1 secondary school

What November brings in Rossburn: −11°C at night, −2°C by day

Normal highs peak at 24°C in July; nights bottom out at −22°C in January. Then December: −10°C by day, −19°C at night. In November, the normal is 18 mm of rain and snow. A typical November adds 13 cm of snow.

Dan Mazier (Conservative Party of Canada) represents Rossburn in Ottawa as MP for Riding Mountain

Of the 14 Commons seats from Manitoba, the Conservative Party of Canada holds 7.

No public library stands in Rossburn: the closest, Binscarth Library, is 34 km away

After it comes Russell Library (Russell), 36 km away.

35% of homes tested in Rossburn’s area are above the radon guideline

The burn rate around Rossburn is 0.10% a year (3% of the land within 25 km since 1986), a moderate band. 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. The national flood inventory has no study of the town.

An older town: 34% of Rossburn’s homes predate 1961