Central River HeightsWinnipeg

Trips to work from Central River Heights are shorter than from Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 19 min on average

The car took 84% of commuters, about level with Manitoba’s towns (87%) and below Canadian towns (89%).

For safety, Central River Heights gets a D

The index for the force that serves it came to 129, about level with Manitoba’s towns (129) and above Canadian towns (67). For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 58.8 property crimes are reported each year. Violent crime in the area its police cover: 18 per 1,000 people a year.

Rent takes less of local pay in Central River Heights than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 14% of household income

Area-wide: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, counted over the Winnipeg metro area

93% of households own their home. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 3% of households, below both Manitoba’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Hazards in Central River Heights: wildfire low, radon over the guideline in 12% of tested homes

Radon tests for the Winnipeg health region

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 Central River Heights is on the national inventory. For earthquake risk, the only official count covers all of the city of Winnipeg, Central River Heights included.

Expect 80.0 years of life in the region around Central River Heights, 1.5 under the typical Canadian town

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

For Central River Heights itself the measure is access: 2.8 km to the nearest hospital, much like the typical 3.7 km. At 10%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 12% for Manitoba. Self-rated health is ordinary for Manitoba: 52% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 51%.

Midwinter lows in Central River Heights sink below those of 95% of Canadian towns

The year’s precipitation totals 519 mm, about level with Manitoba’s towns (519 mm) and below Canadian towns (883 mm). Between the last spring frost, 23 May, and the first in autumn, 22 September, lie 122 days. Also worth knowing: a normal December brings 27 cm of snow, the most of any month. July is the wettest month, with 77 mm of rain and snow on average.

Visible minorities make up less of Central River Heights than of Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 6.8%

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 4.5% of residents, lower than Manitoba’s towns (12%) yet higher than Canadian towns (2.8%). 18% of residents are children under 15. Retirement age and beyond: 18% of residents are 65 or older.

In Central River Heights, November normally means freezing afternoons and −9°C nights

By December, a normal day reaches −8°C and a night falls to −17°C. A normal November brings 25 mm of rain and snow. About 21 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Over the year, July is warmest at 26°C by day and January coldest at −21°C by night.

Ben Carr (Liberal Party of Canada) holds Winnipeg South Centre, the riding that includes Central River Heights

Central River Heights is a Winnipeg neighbourhood, so city council decides its local matters.

River Heights Library is Central River Heights’s public library

The library is 0.3 km from the centre of Central River Heights.

Central River Heights has 23 public protected areas within 10 km

Biggest among them: Assiniboine Forest, 286 ha, 2.5 km off. 19 km from town is Beaudry Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. No national park lies within 100 km. There is a beach within 5 km, unnamed on the map.

9 school boards share Central River Heights

In or within 3 km of Central River Heights: 35 elementary schools, 10 secondary schools and 4 schools for every grade.

An older town: 91% of Central River Heights’s homes predate 1961