Dakota CrossingWinnipeg
13,048 people call this neighbourhood in Winnipeg home. Of Winnipeg’s 128 neighbourhoods, this is one.
Is Dakota Crossing a good place to live?
Some subjects shine; others lag. The local economy does well (A−). Homes were valued at a median $348,000 at the 2021 census, 3.3 times the typical household’s income. Its weakest subject is safety (D). Overall, that makes a B−, good for #47 of 181 in Manitoba. It comes out better than 55% of Canadian towns.
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 Dakota Crossing grades
Each subject compares Dakota Crossing 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 Dakota Crossing stand out
The 2 things Dakota Crossing does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Dakota Crossing.
Dakota Crossing earns a D for safety
Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for the Winnipeg service area
The index for the force that serves it came to 129, close to Manitoba’s towns (129) and above Canadian towns (67). Across its police area, there are 58.8 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Violent crime in the area its police cover: 18 per 1,000 people a year.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Dakota Crossing | 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 Dakota Crossing have higher incomes than those in 90% of Canadian towns
Getting to work takes 25 min on average.
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Dakota Crossing | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Car or van | 91% | 87% | 89% |
| Average trip | 25 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.
Dakota Crossing’s hazards at a glance: a low wildfire record and 12% of area homes over the radon guideline
Shared with the rest of the Winnipeg health region: radon tests
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 Dakota Crossing on the national inventory. Dakota Crossing shares its earthquake risk numbers with the rest of the city of Winnipeg.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Dakota Crossing | 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
People in Dakota Crossing’s health region live to 80.0 on average, 1.5 years short of the typical Canadian town
Measured from where Dakota Crossing’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 5.0 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. At 10%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 12% for Manitoba. About as many adults call their health very good or excellent here as across Manitoba, 52% against 51%. Behind health survey and life expectancy sits data gathered across the Winnipeg-Churchill Health Region, with Dakota Crossing one part of it.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Dakota Crossing | 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
Dakota Crossing has colder winter nights than 95% of Canadian towns
A normal year brings 519 mm of precipitation, near Manitoba’s towns (519 mm) and lower than Canadian towns (883 mm). The frost-free season runs from 23 May to 22 September, 122 days. Most of the snow comes in December, about 27 cm. The most precipitation falls in July: 77 mm in a normal year.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Dakota Crossing | 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))
More people in Dakota Crossing speak English and French than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 19%
People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, above both Manitoba’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (19%). Children under 15 count for 15% of the people here.
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 52.2% of Dakota Crossing
In 2021 there were 6,815 women to 6,240 men; Canada as a whole is 50.9% women.
| Dakota Crossing | Manitoba | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 64% | 64% | 64% |
| 65+ | 22% | 17% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 11% | 16% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 61% | 52% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Manitoba and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
What November brings in Dakota Crossing: −9°C at night, freezing by day
November usually brings some 21 cm of snow. Next comes December, with normal highs of −8°C and lows of −17°C. Expect about 25 mm of rain and snow over November. The year peaks in July (26°C) and bottoms out in January (−21°C).
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
Winnipeg South turned out at 68% in 2021, higher than 85% of Canada’s ridings
Federally, Dakota Crossing sits in Winnipeg South, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP), held by Terry Duguid of the Liberal Party of Canada.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
No public library stands in Dakota Crossing: the closest, Louis Riel Library, is 1.1 km away
The next is Eckhardt-Gramatté Music Library (Normand Park), 3.4 km away.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Seine River Corridor begins at the edge of Dakota Crossing
The largest named area nearby is Assiniboine Forest, 286 ha, 9.8 km away. The nearest provincial park, Birds Hill Provincial Park, is 22 km away. No national park lies within 100 km. The protected share within 10 km is 0.8%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Dakota Crossing | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 18 | 12 | 4 |
| Protected land within 10 km | 0.8% | 1.1% | 2.3% |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
More households own their home in Dakota Crossing than in Manitoba’s towns or across Canadian towns: 89%
Source area for rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom: the Winnipeg metro area
Shelter took 30% or more of income for 11% of households, lower than both Manitoba’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (18%).
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Dakota Crossing | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 89% | 75% | 74% |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 11% | 15% | 18% |
| Rent as a share of income | 18% | 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.
Dakota Crossing’s schools come under 4 different boards
In French: 2 of the 24 schools, where in Manitoba the share is 3%.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| École Christine-Lespérance FrenchIn Dakota CrossingElementary | Elementary | – | French public |
| Centre scolaire Léo-Rémillard FrenchIn Dakota CrossingSecondary | Secondary | – | French public |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Dakota Crossing | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 4 | 6 | 3 |
Statistics Canada’s Open Database of Educational Facilities · In Manitoba, no schools grade. The province publishes no results school by school.
Everything we know about Dakota Crossing
Gallery One One One and 6 more in and around Dakota Crossing
From museums to parks and historic sites: Dakota Crossing’s places to visit and those just beyond its edge, most famous first.
Museum · Parks CanadaRiel House2.6 km outside town, to the west
MuseumSt. Vital Historical Society4.1 km outside town, to the northMuseumMuseumRobert B. Ferguson Museum of Mineralogy2.7 km outside town, to the westWater parkWater parkDakota Park Wading Pool200 m outside town, to the westAttractionAttractionRoyal Canadian Mint3.3 km outside town, to the northeastPhotos: 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
- St. Vital Historical Society: w:en:NellieBly, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
About Dakota Crossing
Neighbourhood in Winnipeg
Dakota Crossing is a neighbourhood of Winnipeg, built by TownRatings from Statistics Canada’s smallest census areas and named from the city’s map or OpenStreetMap.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 13,048 (people, 2021 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Manitoba
- City
- Winnipeg
- Census subdivision
- 4611040
Dakota Crossing’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dakota Crossing | 13,048 | — | B− | B− | D | B+ |
| River Park South | 12,304 | 1.4 | B | B | D | B+ |
| Royalwood | 6,439 | 1.6 | B | B | D | B |
| Meadowood | 6,991 | 1.7 | C− | C− | D | B+ |
| Fraipont | 4,221 | 2.1 | B− | B+ | D | B |
| Worthington | 6,093 | 2.6 | D | D | D | B+ |
| Island Lakes | 4,148 | 2.9 | B | B+ | D | B |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Dakota Crossing
Do people in Dakota Crossing speak French?
English and French are both spoken by 19% of residents, where the median of Canadian towns is 8%. French alone: 0.1%.
How old are the people of Dakota Crossing?
The median resident is 45.8 years old, against 45.2 for the median of Canadian towns. 15% are under 15 and 22% are 65 or over.
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).