Alpine PlaceWinnipeg

Households in Alpine Place earn less than in almost any other Canadian town

A trip to work takes 26 min on average.

Alpine Place is graded a D for safety

For violence alone, its police area’s index was 198, close to Manitoba’s towns (198) and above Canadian towns (86). Where it is policed, 18 violent incidents per 1,000 residents are recorded each year. The force’s area logs 58.8 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year. Nobody publishes Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for Alpine Place alone, so this card uses the figure for the Winnipeg service area.

Rent takes more of local pay in Alpine Place than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 43% of household income

46% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, higher than both Manitoba’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (18%). Behind rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom sits data gathered across the Winnipeg metro area, with Alpine Place one part of it.

Hazards in Alpine Place: wildfire low, radon over the guideline in 12% of tested homes

Radon tests for the Winnipeg health region

Seismic risk runs low: $0.006 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. No flood study for Alpine Place is on the national inventory. Alpine Place doesn’t get its own earthquake risk figures; the ones here come from the city of Winnipeg.

Life expectancy around Alpine Place is 80.0 years, 1.5 less than for the typical Canadian town

Shared with the rest of the Winnipeg-Churchill Health Region: health survey and life expectancy

What sets Alpine Place apart within its region is distance, and at 3.9 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical). Smoking is rarer than in the province: one in ten adults, against 12% for Manitoba. Self-rated health is ordinary for Manitoba: 52% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 51%.

Alpine Place has colder winter nights than 95% of Canadian towns

December is the snowiest month, with 27 cm on average. There are 193 days of frost in a typical year, about level with Manitoba’s towns (193) and above Canadian towns (159). Frost usually lifts by 23 May and returns around 22 September: 122 days without it. Rain and snow peak in July, at 77 mm.

Older residents shape Alpine Place: 34% are 65 or over, above Manitoba’s towns and Canadian towns

13% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above Manitoba’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike. Children under 15 count for 15% of the people here.

In Alpine Place, November normally means freezing afternoons and −9°C nights

In November, the normal is 25 mm of rain and snow. Into December, the normals move to −8°C and −17°C. A typical November adds 21 cm of snow. Across the year, normals run from −21°C nights in January to 26°C afternoons in July.

St. Boniface—St. Vital, which takes in Alpine Place, is held by Ginette Lavack (Liberal Party of Canada)

Alpine Place is a Winnipeg neighbourhood, so city council decides its local matters.

Alpine Place has no public library of its own; the nearest is Saint Vital Library, 1.1 km away

Seine River Corridor begins at the edge of Alpine Place

Within 100 km there is no national park. 0.9% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). Biggest among them: Assiniboine Forest, 286 ha, 9.1 km off. A provincial park, Birds Hill Provincial Park, lies 20 km away.

Schools in Alpine Place: 8 boards, side by side

Its 3 km reach takes in 31 elementary schools, 12 secondary schools and 2 schools for every grade, all of Alpine Place’s schooling. In French: 2 of the 45 schools, where in Manitoba the share is 3%.