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For safety, Fraipont gets a D

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). The force’s area logs 58.8 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year. Violent crime in the area its police cover: 18 per 1,000 people a year.

Fraipont has higher household incomes than 98% of Canadian towns

Commutes averaged 27 min, about level with Canadian towns (26 min) and above Manitoba’s towns (24 min).

Hazards in Fraipont: wildfire low, radon over the guideline in 12% of tested homes

The radon tests numbers here cover the Winnipeg health region

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 flood study for Fraipont is on the national inventory. For earthquake risk, the only official count covers all of the city of Winnipeg, Fraipont included.

Most households in Fraipont own their home: 96%, more than in both Manitoba’s towns and Canadian towns

Rent took 14% of household income, below Manitoba’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 16% of households, near Manitoba’s towns (15%) and lower than Canadian towns (18%). Behind rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom sits data gathered across the Winnipeg metro area, with Fraipont one part of it.

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

Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the Winnipeg-Churchill Health Region

Across the region, 52% of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Manitoba (51%). At 10%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 12% for Manitoba. What sets Fraipont apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 6.9 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical).

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

A normal July brings 77 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. Between the last spring frost, 23 May, and the first in autumn, 22 September, lie 122 days. Frosty days number 193 in a normal year, near Manitoba’s towns (193) and higher than Canadian towns (159). Most of the snow comes in December, about 27 cm.

More of Fraipont belongs to a visible minority than Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 47%

15% speak both English and French, above both Manitoba’s towns (7.2%) and Canadian towns (7.5%). First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up nearly one in ten residents, between Manitoba’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

What November brings in Fraipont: −9°C at night, freezing by day

A typical November adds 21 cm of snow. By December, a normal day reaches −8°C and a night falls to −17°C. Expect about 25 mm of rain and snow over November. Normal highs peak at 26°C in July; nights bottom out at −21°C in January.

Ginette Lavack (Liberal Party of Canada) holds St. Boniface—St. Vital, the riding that includes Fraipont

From Manitoba come 14 MPs, 7 of them with the Conservative Party of Canada.

The nearest public library to Fraipont is Louis Riel Library, 2.9 km away

The next is Windsor Park Library (Windsor Park), 4.4 km away.

Birds Hill Provincial Park, 20 km away, is the closest provincial park to Fraipont

Within 10 km of the town, 0.7% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. The largest is LaSalle River Corridor: 165 ha, 8.5 km from the edge of town. 17 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. There is no national park within 100 km of the town.

In and around Fraipont, 22 schools: 16 elementary schools and 6 secondary schools