Bridgwater ForestWinnipeg
In Winnipeg, this neighbourhood has 5,076 residents. It is one of 128 neighbourhoods of Winnipeg.
Is Bridgwater Forest a good place to live?
The picture is mixed. Safety lags (D). Overall, Bridgwater Forest earns a C+: better than 40% of Canadian towns, and #88 of 181 in Manitoba. Jobs and pay hold up well (A−). A median home here was worth $552,000 at the census, or 5.1 times what the middle household earns in a year. Residents are healthier than most (B+).
Figures: home values and income: Statistics Canada, Census 2021.
Rents here are the metro area's average, shared by every town and neighbourhood in it. Safety less sure: this is the whole city's figure, because the city doesn't publish open neighbourhood crime rates. No School Grade: this province doesn't publish comparable results school by school. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.
How Bridgwater Forest grades
Each subject compares Bridgwater Forest with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Bridgwater Forest stand out
The 3 things Bridgwater Forest does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bridgwater Forest.
Bridgwater Forest gets a D for safety
Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over the Winnipeg service area
The index for the force that serves it came to 129, near Manitoba’s towns (129) and higher than Canadian towns (67). Across its police area, there are 58.8 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The force’s area logs 18 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Bridgwater Forest | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 198 | 198 | 86 |
| Crime Severity Index | 129 | 129 | 67 |
| Property crime per 1,000 | 58.8 | 58.8 | 31.2 |
| Violent crime | 18 | 18 | 12 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average
Households in Bridgwater Forest earn more than those in 92% of Canadian towns
The average trip to work took 26 min, about level with Canadian towns (26 min) and above Manitoba’s towns (24 min).
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Bridgwater Forest | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Car or van | 92% | 87% | 89% |
| Average trip | 26 min | 24 min | 26 min |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · These are May 2021 figures, gathered while COVID-19 kept many people home or out of work.
Wildfire low, radon 12%: how Bridgwater Forest stands on hazards
Measured across the city of Winnipeg: earthquake risk
Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.006 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). The national flood inventory has no study for Bridgwater Forest.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Bridgwater Forest | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 12% | 12% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.006 | $0.006 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory · Area behind the radon tests figures: the Winnipeg health region
Bridgwater Forest’s region trails the typical Canadian town by 1.5 years: life expectancy 80.0
What sets Bridgwater Forest apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 2.2 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Smoking is rarer than in the province: 10% of adults, against 12% for Manitoba. Across the region, 52% of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Manitoba (51%). Bridgwater Forest doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the Winnipeg-Churchill Health Region.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Bridgwater Forest | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy at birth | 80.0 | 80.0 | 81.5 |
| Smokers | 10% | 10% | 12% |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities
More households are stretched by shelter costs in Bridgwater Forest: 29% spend 30%+ of income, against 18% in the typical Canadian town
Rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom for the Winnipeg metro area
A year’s rent came to 17% of the median household income, below Manitoba’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike. Just over three quarters of households are owner-occupiers.
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Bridgwater Forest | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 29% | 15% | 18% |
| Median home value, 2021 | $552,000 | $300,000 | $406,000 |
| Rent as a share of income | 17% | 20% | 20% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · These are 2021 census values, as owners judged them, set against household income in 2020.
January in Bridgwater Forest bites harder than in 95% of Canadian towns
For the wettest month, look to July: 77 mm on average. The thermometer drops below freezing on 193 days a year, close to Manitoba’s towns (193) and above Canadian towns (159). Frost usually lifts by 23 May and returns around 22 September: 122 days without it. A normal December brings 27 cm of snow, the most of any month.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Bridgwater Forest | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| January night low | −21.2°C | −21.2°C | −13.5°C |
| Precipitation a year | 519 mm | 519 mm | 883 mm |
| Days with frost a year | 193 | 193 | 159 |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Winnipeg Richardson (Airport))
Visible minorities make up more of Bridgwater Forest than of Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 60%
2.3% of residents have an Indigenous identity, below Manitoba’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike.
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
Women make up 50.0% of Bridgwater Forest
In 2021 there were 2,540 women to 2,540 men; Canada as a whole is 50.9% women.
| Bridgwater Forest | Manitoba | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 72% | 64% | 64% |
| 65+ | 6.9% | 17% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 7.5% | 16% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 69% | 52% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Manitoba and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
Bridgwater Forest in November: highs near freezing, lows near −9°C
A normal November brings 25 mm of rain and snow. Snow is normal by November, about 21 cm over the month. Normal highs peak at 26°C in July; nights bottom out at −21°C in January. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Winnipeg (The Forks) forecast, on the Weather page.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −9°C | −19°C | 51 mm |
| Spring | 9°C | −3°C | 128 mm |
| Summer | 25°C | 12°C | 225 mm |
| Autumn | 10°C | −1°C | 116 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Winnipeg Richardson (Airport)); the forecast is on the Weather page
Terry Duguid (Liberal Party of Canada) holds Winnipeg South, the riding that includes Bridgwater Forest
Bridgwater Forest’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.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
Bridgwater Forest has no public library of its own; the nearest is Pembina Trail Library, 2.3 km away
The next is Eckhardt-Gramatté Music Library (Normand Park), 3.7 km away.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
20 public protected areas lie within 10 km of Bridgwater Forest
One unnamed beach is mapped within 5 km. No national park lies within 100 km. Assiniboine Forest (286 ha) is the biggest, 5.0 km from town.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Bridgwater Forest | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 20 | 12 | 4 |
| Protected land within 10 km | 1.7% | 1.1% | 2.3% |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Schools in Bridgwater Forest: 6 boards, side by side
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chancellor ElementaryNearest elementary school, 0.5 kmElementary | Elementary | – | English public |
| Inform NetNearest secondary school, 0.6 kmSecondary | Secondary | – | English public |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Bridgwater Forest | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 6 | 6 | 3 |
Statistics Canada’s Open Database of Educational Facilities · Towns in Manitoba aren’t in the schools rankings: the province publishes no results school by school.
Everything we know about Bridgwater Forest
Gallery One One One and 10 more in and around Bridgwater Forest
What there is to see in Bridgwater Forest and within a short drive, starting with the places most people have heard of.
Museum · Parks CanadaRiel House2.9 km outside town, to the east
MuseumManitoba Electrical Museum5 km outside town, to the northeastMuseumMuseumRobert B. Ferguson Museum of Mineralogy2.7 km outside town, to the eastAttractionAttractionFortWhyte Alive3.3 km outside town, to the northwestAttractionAttractionCandy Cane Lane - Christmas Lights2 km outside town, to the northPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (2)
- Riel House: Hans-Jürgen Hübner, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Manitoba Electrical Museum: Wtshymanski, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
About Bridgwater Forest
Neighbourhood in Winnipeg
Where Bridgwater Forest begins and ends inside Winnipeg is TownRatings’s line, traced along census dissemination areas and named after the city’s map or OpenStreetMap.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 5,076 (people, 2021 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Manitoba
- City
- Winnipeg
- Census subdivision
- 4611040
Bridgwater Forest’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgwater Forest | 5,076 | — | C+ | C | D | B+ |
| Waverley Heights | 5,252 | 1.2 | C+ | C | D | B+ |
| Fairfield Park | 4,578 | 1.5 | D | D | D | B+ |
| Whyte Ridge | 7,299 | 2 | B+ | A− | D | B+ |
| Bridgwater Trails | 11,365 | 2.2 | C− | C | D | B+ |
| Montcalm | 5,676 | 2.2 | D | D− | D | B+ |
| South Pointe | 8,168 | 2.7 | C | C | D | B+ |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Bridgwater Forest
Is Bridgwater Forest a young town or an old one?
Half its people are older than 33.7 (the middle of Canadian towns: 45.2); children under 15 make up 21%, people 65 and over 7%.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).