Snow LakeManitoba

Trips to work from Snow Lake are shorter than from Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 17 min on average

81% of commuters drove, below Manitoba’s towns (87%) and Canadian towns (89%) alike.

On hazards, Snow Lake comes out behind almost every Canadian town

The radon tests numbers here cover the Norman health region

Health Canada’s survey found radon above the guideline in 12% of homes, near Manitoba’s towns (12%) and higher than Canadian towns (6.6%). Wildfire is Snow Lake’s dominant hazard: 41% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, 1.05% a year. Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.004 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical).

Rent takes less of local pay in Snow Lake than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 13% of household income

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 7% of households, below both Manitoba’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (18%). 73% of households own their home, near both Manitoba’s towns (75%) and Canadian towns (74%).

Snow Lake’s region trails the typical Canadian town by 13.0 years: life expectancy 68.5

Shared with the rest of the Northern Health Region: health survey and life expectancy

15% of adults smoke, daily or now and then, above Manitoba’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%) alike. Adults here are less upbeat about their health than the province: 40% very good or excellent, against 51% in Manitoba. Closer to home, a hospital is just 2.1 km from the average resident of Snow Lake, nearer than the usual 3.7 km.

The violent severity index where Snow Lake is policed is 88 (Manitoba’s towns: 198; Canadian towns: 86)

Source area for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000: the Snow Lake detachment area

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 115 over 2023–25, between Manitoba’s towns (129) and Canadian towns (67). The force’s area logs 16.9 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 34.7 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed.

Winter nights bite in Snow Lake: January lows of −24.1°C, colder than Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns

Snow Lake sees July afternoons of 23.7°C on average. There are 207 days of frost in a typical year, above both Manitoba’s towns (193) and Canadian towns (159). The most precipitation falls in July: 86 mm in a normal year.

More of Snow Lake’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 28%

3.1% of residents came to Canada as immigrants, below Manitoba’s towns (7.7%) and Canadian towns (6.4%) alike. One measure of family life: just over a fifth of residents are under 15. Over-65s are 17% of the population.

Snow Lake in November: highs near −4°C, lows near −11°C

In November, the normal is 26 mm of rain and snow. A normal December brings highs of −13°C, lows of −21°C. The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Snow Lake.

Snow Lake’s MP is Rebecca Chartrand (Liberal Party of Canada), for Churchill—Keewatinook Aski

Snow Lake’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.

Snow Lake has one public library, Snow Lake Community Library

The library is 3.2 km from the centre of Snow Lake.

None of the land within 10 km of Snow Lake is protected

There is no national park within 100 km of the town. For a provincial park, Grass River Provincial Park lies 47 km off. Swimmers have 2 beaches within 5 km, Purple Sandy Beach the nearest.

Joseph H. Kerr School is the only school in and around Snow Lake

Young children have 2.9 km to the nearest elementary school, above both Manitoba’s towns (0.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km).