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Broadway-Assiniboine gets a D for safety

Shared with the rest of the Winnipeg service area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 129 over 2023–25, about level with Manitoba’s towns (129) and above Canadian towns (67). Property crime in the area its police cover: 58.8 per 1,000 people a year. Its police area records 18 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

Rent takes more of local pay in Broadway-Assiniboine than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 40% of household income

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

37% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above both Manitoba’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Broadway-Assiniboine ranks among the lowest-earning Canadian towns by household income

The average trip to work took 24 min, about level with Manitoba’s towns (24 min) and below Canadian towns (26 min).

Expect 80.0 years of life in the region around Broadway-Assiniboine, 1.5 under the typical Canadian town

Self-rated health is ordinary for Manitoba: 52% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 51%. The region has fewer smokers than Manitoba, one in ten adults to 12%. For Broadway-Assiniboine itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 1.1 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical.

Broadway-Assiniboine’s hazards at a glance: a low wildfire record and 12% of area homes over the radon guideline

Earthquakes matter little: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.006 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. No flood study for Broadway-Assiniboine is on the national inventory. Broadway-Assiniboine doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Winnipeg health region.

Midwinter lows in Broadway-Assiniboine sink below those of 95% of Canadian towns

Snow peaks in December: 27 cm in a normal year. The thermometer drops below freezing on 193 days a 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. For the wettest month, look to July: 77 mm on average.

Children make up only 7.5% of Broadway-Assiniboine, fewer than in both Manitoba’s towns and Canadian towns

12% of residents have an Indigenous identity, about level with Manitoba’s towns (12%) and above Canadian towns (2.8%). Those 65 and older account for 15% of residents.

In Broadway-Assiniboine, November normally means freezing afternoons and −9°C nights

Over the year, July is warmest at 26°C by day and January coldest at −21°C by night. Into December, the normals move to −8°C and −17°C. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 25 mm. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Winnipeg (The Forks) forecast, on the Weather page.

Broadway-Assiniboine’s MP is Leah Gazan (New Democratic Party), for Winnipeg Centre

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

Broadway-Assiniboine has no public library of its own; the nearest is Millennium Library, 0.6 km away

23 public protected areas lie within 10 km of Broadway-Assiniboine

The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. Birds Hill Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 19 km. Assiniboine Forest (286 ha) is the biggest, 6.6 km from town. OpenStreetMap shows 4 walking routes nearby, including the Portage Skywalk and Graham Skywalk.

10 boards run the schools in and around Broadway-Assiniboine

4 of the 77 teach in French, against 3% of schools in Manitoba. Within 3 km of Broadway-Assiniboine are 48 elementary schools, 21 secondary schools and 8 schools for every grade.

Broadway-Assiniboine’s oldest designated place, “Forts Rouge, Garry and Gibraltar”, dates from 1738

Before 1961 is when 25% of the homes went up, above both Manitoba’s towns (23%) and Canadian towns (18%). Inside the town the registers count 5 historic places; 4 are top designations. Counted by designation, there are a provincial or municipal listing.