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Kildonan Drive gets 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. Its police area records 18 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Figures for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 are published for the Winnipeg service area as a whole, not for Kildonan Drive alone.

Rent takes more of local pay in Kildonan Drive than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 24% of household income

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

23% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above both Manitoba’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (18%).

A larger share of people aged 15 to 64 are in work in Kildonan Drive than in 85% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work took 24 min, near Manitoba’s towns (24 min) and lower than Canadian towns (26 min). Driving is how 86% of commuters got to work at the census.

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

Area-wide: earthquake risk, counted over the city of Winnipeg

Earthquakes matter little: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.006 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. The national flood inventory has no study for Kildonan Drive.

Kildonan Drive’s region trails the typical Canadian town by 1.5 years: life expectancy 80.0

For Kildonan Drive itself the measure is access: 3.6 km to the nearest hospital, much like the typical 3.7 km. At 10%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 12% for Manitoba. On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 52% very good or excellent, 51% for Manitoba. Nobody publishes health survey and life expectancy for Kildonan Drive alone, so this card uses the figure for the Winnipeg-Churchill Health Region.

January in Kildonan Drive bites harder than in 95% of Canadian towns

The year’s precipitation totals 519 mm, close to Manitoba’s towns (519 mm) and below Canadian towns (883 mm). Frost usually lifts by 23 May and returns around 22 September: 122 days without it. Most of the snow comes in December, about 27 cm. The most precipitation falls in July: 77 mm in a normal year.

High-rise living: 36% of households in Kildonan Drive are five storeys up or more

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 10% of residents, lower than Manitoba’s towns (12%) yet higher than Canadian towns (2.8%). 8.4% of residents belong to a visible minority, lower than both Manitoba’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (15%).

In Kildonan Drive, November normally means freezing afternoons and −9°C nights

Over the year, July is warmest at 26°C by day and January coldest at −21°C by night. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 25 mm. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near −8°C and lows near −17°C. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Winnipeg (The Forks) forecast, on the Weather page.

Kildonan Drive votes in 2 federal ridings, led by Kildonan—St. Paul and Elmwood—Transcona

Kildonan Drive has no council of its own: it is a neighbourhood of Winnipeg, run by the city council.

Kildonan Drive has one public library, Henderson Library

From the centre of Kildonan Drive, it is 0.1 km away.

Kildonan Park begins at the edge of Kildonan Drive

Seine River Corridor (111 ha) is the biggest, 2.5 km from town. The nearest provincial park, Birds Hill Provincial Park, is 12 km away. Protected areas cover 0.3% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%. No national park lies within 100 km.

Kildonan Drive’s schools come under 9 different boards

Its 3 km reach takes in 51 elementary schools, 12 secondary schools and 7 schools for every grade, all of Kildonan Drive’s schooling.

51% of Kildonan Drive’s homes were built before 1961