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Heritage Park is graded a D for safety

For violence alone, its police area’s index was 198, about level with Manitoba’s towns (198) and above Canadian towns (86). Property crime in the area its police cover: 58.8 per 1,000 people 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 Heritage Park alone, so this card uses the figure for the Winnipeg service area.

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

Measured across the Winnipeg metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom

Nearly a quarter of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above both Manitoba’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (18%). The median home value was $310,000, about level with Manitoba’s towns ($300,000) and below Canadian towns ($406,000).

Life expectancy around Heritage Park is 80.0 years, 1.5 less than for the typical Canadian town

Source area for health survey and life expectancy: the Winnipeg-Churchill Health Region

For Heritage Park itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 1.2 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. The region has fewer smokers than Manitoba, 10% of adults to 12%. Across the region, 52% of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Manitoba (51%).

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

Shared with the rest of the city of Winnipeg: earthquake risk

Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.006 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). The national flood inventory has no study for Heritage Park. Heritage Park doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Winnipeg health region.

January in Heritage Park bites harder than in 95% of Canadian towns

Between the last spring frost, 23 May, and the first in autumn, 22 September, lie 122 days. There are 193 days of frost in a typical year, about level with Manitoba’s towns (193) and above Canadian towns (159). July is the wettest month, with 77 mm of rain and snow on average. A normal December brings 27 cm of snow, the most of any month.

Households in Heritage Park have lower incomes than those in 61% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work took 23 min, close to Manitoba’s towns (24 min) and below Canadian towns (26 min). 87% of commuters took the car to work at the census.

More of Heritage Park’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 15%

Expect November days around freezing in Heritage Park, nights around −9°C

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

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

Winnipeg’s council runs Heritage Park, one of the city’s neighbourhoods.

Heritage Park has no public library of its own; the nearest is Westwood Library, 2 km away

The next is Charleswood Library (Elmhurst), 3.7 km away.

Beaudry Provincial Park is 12 km from Heritage Park

There is no national park within 100 km of the town. Count 9 protected areas within 10 km of town. Biggest among them: Assiniboine Forest, 286 ha, 2.5 km off. 1% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%).

6 boards run the schools in and around Heritage Park

In or within 3 km of Heritage Park: 20 elementary schools, 4 secondary schools and 2 schools for every grade. One of the 26 teaches in French, against 3% of schools in Manitoba.

Heritage Park’s housing: 95% built from 1961 on