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For safety, Meadows gets a D

The index for the force that serves it came to 129, near Manitoba’s towns (129) and higher than Canadian towns (67). The force’s area logs 18 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 58.8 property crimes are reported each year. Meadows doesn’t get its own Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 figures; the ones here come from the Winnipeg service area.

Household incomes in Meadows top those of 80% of Canadian towns

90% of commuters took the car to work at the census. Commutes averaged 25 min, about level with Canadian towns (26 min) and above Manitoba’s towns (24 min).

Wildfire low, radon 12%: how Meadows stands on hazards

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. No one has filed a flood map for Meadows on the national inventory.

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

The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 52%; Manitoba as a whole is at 51%. Smoking is rarer than in the province: 10% of adults, against 12% for Manitoba. For Meadows itself the measure is access: 3.1 km to the nearest hospital, much like the typical 3.7 km. Meadows shares its health survey and life expectancy numbers with the rest of the Winnipeg-Churchill Health Region.

In Meadows, just 10% of households give 30% or more of their income to shelter; the typical Canadian town has 18%

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

87% of households are owner-occupiers. Owners put the median home at $320,000, between Manitoba’s towns ($300,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000).

Midwinter lows in Meadows sink below those of 95% of Canadian towns

Snow peaks in December: 27 cm in a normal year. Frosty days number 193 in a normal year, about level with Manitoba’s towns (193) and above Canadian towns (159). The frost-free season runs from 23 May to 22 September, 122 days. A normal July brings 77 mm of precipitation, more than any other month.

First Nations, Métis and Inuit: 11% of the people of Meadows

Children are 14% of the town. Over-65s are nearly a fifth of the population. Visible minorities make up 12% of the population, below Manitoba’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike.

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

The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Winnipeg (The Forks). Next comes December, with normal highs of −8°C and lows of −17°C. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 25 mm. Snowfall in a normal November: 21 cm.

Meadows sends Colin Reynolds (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Elmwood—Transcona

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

No public library stands in Meadows: the closest, Transcona Library, is 1.1 km away

The next is Transcona Library (Victoria West), 2 km away.

Meadows has 0.3% protected land within 10 km

The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. Birds Hill Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 11 km. 5.4 km out lies the largest, Seine River Corridor, at 111 ha.

4 boards run the schools in and around Meadows

Schooling in French is on offer at one of the 18; in Manitoba, 3% of schools teach in it. Within 3 km of Meadows are 14 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 schools for every grade.