Amber TrailsWinnipeg

For safety, Amber Trails gets a D

For violence alone, its police area’s index was 198, about level with Manitoba’s towns (198) and above Canadian towns (86). Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 58.8 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed. Violence across its police area runs at 18 per 1,000 residents a year. Nobody publishes Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for Amber Trails alone, so this card uses the figure for the Winnipeg service area.

Amber Trails’ household incomes are higher than in 97% of Canadian towns

92% of commuters drove, about level with Canadian towns (89%) and above Manitoba’s towns (87%). A trip to work takes 26 min on average.

Hazards in Amber Trails: wildfire low, radon over the guideline in 12% of tested homes

Area-wide: earthquake risk, counted over the city of Winnipeg

Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.006 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). No one has filed a flood map for Amber Trails on the national inventory. Figures for radon tests are published for the Winnipeg health region as a whole, not for Amber Trails alone.

Life expectancy around Amber Trails is 80.0 years, 1.5 less than for the typical Canadian town

Source area for health survey and life expectancy: the Winnipeg-Churchill Health Region

In the health survey, 52% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, close to Manitoba’s 51%. The region has fewer smokers than Manitoba, one in ten adults to 12%. Measured from where Amber Trails’ residents live, the nearest hospital is 2.4 km away, under the typical 3.7 km.

Midwinter lows in Amber Trails sink below those of 95% of Canadian towns

Counting rain and snow alike, 519 mm falls in a year, close to Manitoba’s towns (519 mm) and below Canadian towns (883 mm). The frost-free season runs from 23 May to 22 September, 122 days. December is the snowiest month, with 27 cm on average. Rain and snow peak in July, at 77 mm.

More of Amber Trails belongs to a visible minority than Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 82%

3% of residents have an Indigenous identity, below Manitoba’s towns (12%) but above Canadian towns (2.8%).

Expect November days around freezing in Amber Trails, nights around −9°C

Snowfall in a normal November: 21 cm. A normal December brings highs of −8°C, lows of −17°C. In November, the normal is 25 mm of rain and snow. At the extremes, July afternoons reach 26°C and January nights −21°C.

Winnipeg North, which takes in Amber Trails, is held by Kevin Lamoureux (Liberal Party of Canada)

From Manitoba come 14 MPs, 7 of them with the Conservative Party of Canada.

The nearest public library to Amber Trails is Sir William Stevenson Library, 3.5 km away

The next is West Kildonan Library (Jefferson), 4.5 km away.

Renting in Amber Trails costs 15% of household income, less than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns

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

86% of households own their home, above both Manitoba’s towns (75%) and Canadian towns (74%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for a fifth of households, above both Manitoba’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Amber Trails has 0.3% protected land within 10 km

7.2 km out lies the largest, Seine River Corridor, at 111 ha. The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. The tally of protected areas open to the public within 10 km is 6, lower than Manitoba’s towns (12) yet higher than Canadian towns (4).

Amber Trails’s schools come under 3 different boards

The 3 km around Amber Trails counts 16 elementary schools and 5 secondary schools.