Mandalay WestWinnipeg

For safety, Mandalay West gets a D

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 129 over 2023–25, near Manitoba’s towns (129) and higher than 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. 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, Mandalay West included.

Household incomes in Mandalay West top those of 93% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work took 25 min, higher than Manitoba’s towns (24 min) and near Canadian towns (26 min). The car carried nine in ten commuters at the census.

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

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

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 Mandalay West. Behind radon tests sits data gathered across the Winnipeg health region, with Mandalay West one part of it.

People in Mandalay West’s health region live to 80.0 on average, 1.5 years short of the typical Canadian town

On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 52% very good or excellent, 51% for Manitoba. At 10%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 12% for Manitoba. Measured from where Mandalay West’s residents live, a hospital is 3.0 km away, near the 3.7 km most towns see. Mandalay West 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 Mandalay West each January, colder than in 95% of Canadian towns

The thermometer drops below freezing on 193 days a year, near Manitoba’s towns (193) and higher than Canadian towns (159). Between the last spring frost, 23 May, and the first in autumn, 22 September, lie 122 days. Most of the snow comes in December, about 27 cm. The most precipitation falls in July: 77 mm in a normal year.

Visible minorities make up more of Mandalay West than of Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 70%

6.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity, lower than Manitoba’s towns (12%) yet higher than Canadian towns (2.8%). Under-15s account for 16% of the population. People 65 and over make up 18% of the town.

Mandalay West in November: highs near freezing, lows near −9°C

Precipitation in November averages 25 mm. By December, a normal day reaches −8°C and a night falls to −17°C. A typical November adds 21 cm of snow. Across the year, normals run from −21°C nights in January to 26°C afternoons in July.

Mandalay West sends Kevin Lamoureux (Liberal Party of Canada) to the Commons from Winnipeg North

7 of the 14 MPs from Manitoba belong to the Conservative Party of Canada.

Mandalay West has no public library of its own; the nearest is Sir William Stevenson Library, 2.3 km away

The next is West Kildonan Library (Jefferson), 5 km away.

Most households in Mandalay West own their home: 86%, more than in Manitoba’s towns or across Canadian towns

A year’s rent came to 17% of the median household income, below both Manitoba’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%). 14% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below Manitoba’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.

Only 0.4% of the land within 10 km of Mandalay West is protected

For a provincial park, Birds Hill Provincial Park lies 17 km off. 9.8 km out lies the largest, Assiniboine Forest, at 286 ha. CPCAD lists 8 protected areas within 10 km. Within 100 km there is no national park.

3 boards run the schools in and around Mandalay West

Taken together, Mandalay West and its 3 km edge hold 19 elementary schools and 6 secondary schools.