Deer LodgeWinnipeg

Deer Lodge earns a D for safety

The index for the force that serves it came to 129, near Manitoba’s towns (129) and higher than Canadian towns (67). Its police area records 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. Nobody publishes Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for Deer Lodge alone, so this card uses the figure for the Winnipeg service area.

Commuters in Deer Lodge have a short way to work, 20 min on average, less than in both Manitoba’s towns and Canadian towns

The car took 87% of commuters, in line with Manitoba’s towns (87%) and Canadian towns (89%).

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

Radon tests for the Winnipeg health region · Area-wide: earthquake risk, counted over the city of Winnipeg

Seismic risk runs low: $0.006 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. No one has filed a flood map for Deer Lodge on the national inventory.

Lives run shorter around Deer Lodge: 80.0 years, 1.5 below the typical Canadian town’s region

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

What sets Deer Lodge apart within its region is distance, and at 3.1 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical). The region has fewer smokers than Manitoba, 10% of adults to 12%. In the health survey, 52% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, close to Manitoba’s 51%.

Deer Lodge homes are worth 3.3 years of the median household’s pay, below the 4.7 of the typical Canadian town

The rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom numbers here cover the Winnipeg metro area

14% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below Manitoba’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Owners make up 78% of households.

Deer Lodge has colder winter nights than 95% of Canadian towns

Frosty days number 193 in a normal year, near Manitoba’s towns (193) and higher than Canadian towns (159). Gardeners get 122 frost-free days, from 23 May to 22 September. July is the wettest month, with 77 mm of rain and snow on average. Most of the snow comes in December, about 27 cm.

Deer Lodge: median age 43, 1,505 households

15% are under 15, below Manitoba’s towns (17%) and close to Canadian towns (16%). Over-65s are 18% of the population.

In Deer Lodge, November normally means freezing afternoons and −9°C nights

November usually brings some 21 cm of snow. A normal November brings 25 mm of rain and snow. December follows at −8°C by day and −17°C by night. At the extremes, July afternoons reach 26°C and January nights −21°C.

Doug Eyolfson (Liberal Party of Canada) holds Winnipeg West, the riding that includes Deer Lodge

Local decisions for Deer Lodge are made by Winnipeg’s council; neighbourhoods don’t have their own.

The nearest public library to Deer Lodge is Saint James-Assiniboia Library, 0.8 km away

The next is River Heights Library (Central River Heights), 3.6 km away.

From Deer Lodge, Beaudry Provincial Park is the nearest provincial park (15 km)

Assiniboine Forest (286 ha) is the biggest, 0.8 km from town. Within 10 km are 18 protected areas. National parks are all over 100 km off. Of the country within 10 km, 1.3% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%.

Schools in Deer Lodge: 6 boards, side by side

Taken together, Deer Lodge and its 3 km edge hold 23 elementary schools, 5 secondary schools and 2 schools for every grade.

81% of Deer Lodge’s homes were built before 1961