Fort RichmondWinnipeg

Rent takes more of local pay in Fort Richmond than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 26% of household income

25% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above Manitoba’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Owners put the median home at $400,000, about level with Canadian towns ($406,000) and above Manitoba’s towns ($300,000).

Commuters in Fort Richmond travel further than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns, 29 min on average

Fort Richmond earns a D for safety

The violent index for its police area came to 198, about level with Manitoba’s towns (198) and above Canadian towns (86). The force’s area logs 58.8 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year. Violence across its police area runs at 18 per 1,000 residents a year. For Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, the only official count covers all of the Winnipeg service area, Fort Richmond included.

Wildfire low, radon 12%: how Fort Richmond stands on hazards

Earthquake risk for 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 Fort Richmond on the national inventory.

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

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%. Closer to home, a hospital is just 1.9 km from the average resident of Fort Richmond, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. Fort Richmond doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the Winnipeg-Churchill Health Region.

Nights turn raw in Fort Richmond each January, colder than in 95% of Canadian towns

Frost comes on 193 days a year, about level with Manitoba’s towns (193) and above Canadian towns (159). Gardeners get 122 frost-free days, from 23 May to 22 September. A normal December brings 27 cm of snow, the most of any month. For the wettest month, look to July: 77 mm on average.

Visible minorities make up more of Fort Richmond than of Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 57%

People 65 and over make up 15% of the town, below Manitoba’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (19%) alike. First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 7.9% of residents, lower than Manitoba’s towns (12%) yet higher than Canadian towns (2.8%).

A normal November in Fort Richmond runs from −9°C to freezing

In November, the normal is 25 mm of rain and snow. December follows at −8°C by day and −17°C by night. Snowfall in a normal November: 21 cm. At the extremes, July afternoons reach 26°C and January nights −21°C.

Winnipeg South, which takes in Fort Richmond, is held by Terry Duguid (Liberal Party of Canada)

Across Manitoba, 7 of the 14 MPs sit with the Conservative Party of Canada.

Fort Richmond has one public library, Pembina Trail Library

It stands 0.9 km from the centre of Fort Richmond.

Protected land at Fort Richmond’s edge: Kilkenny Forest

National parks are all over 100 km off. 22 km from town is Beaudry Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. The largest is Assiniboine Forest: 286 ha, 7.5 km from the edge of town. OpenStreetMap shows one beach within 5 km, without a name.

Schools in Fort Richmond: 7 boards, side by side

In or within 3 km of Fort Richmond: 19 elementary schools and 4 secondary schools. Of the 23, 2 teach in French (3% of schools in Manitoba).