Mission GardensWinnipeg

Mission Gardens gets a D for safety

Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for the Winnipeg service area

For violence alone, its police area’s index was 198, near Manitoba’s towns (198) and higher than Canadian towns (86). Where it is policed, 18 violent incidents per 1,000 residents are recorded each year. Its police area records 58.8 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

Wildfire low, radon 12%: how Mission Gardens stands on hazards

Measured across the city of Winnipeg: earthquake risk

Seismic risk runs low: $0.006 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. No wildfire is mapped within 25 km of Mission Gardens’ homes since 1986 (0% of the land, 0.001% a year). Flood mapping: none on the national inventory of the town.

Mission Gardens gets a B+ for jobs & income

The car took nine in ten commuters, in line with Manitoba’s towns (87%) and Canadian towns (89%). The average trip to work takes 25 min.

Mission Gardens’ region trails the typical Canadian town by 1.5 years: life expectancy 80.0

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

The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of Mission Gardens live 2.8 km from a hospital on average, close to the typical town’s 3.7 km. The region has fewer smokers than Manitoba, 10% of adults to 12%. In the health survey, 52% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, close to Manitoba’s 51%.

Mission Gardens has just 9% of households spending at least 30% of income on shelter, where the typical Canadian town has 18%

85% of households own their home. A year’s rent came to nearly a fifth of the median household income, about level with Manitoba’s towns (20%) and below Canadian towns (20%).

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

The thermometer drops below freezing on 193 days a year, about level with Manitoba’s towns (193) and above Canadian towns (159). Gardeners get 122 frost-free days, from 23 May to 22 September. A normal July brings 77 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. Most of the snow comes in December, about 27 cm.

More of Mission Gardens belongs to a visible minority than Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 34%

The 65-and-over age group makes up 16% of residents. First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up just over one in ten residents, about level with Manitoba’s towns (12%) and above Canadian towns (2.8%). The under-15s are 19% of the population here.

In Mission Gardens, November normally means freezing afternoons and −9°C nights

July brings the warmest days, 26°C; January the coldest nights, −21°C. December follows at −8°C by day and −17°C by night. November normally sees 25 mm of precipitation. ECCC’s forecast for Winnipeg (The Forks) is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

Colin Reynolds (Conservative Party of Canada) holds Elmwood—Transcona, the riding that includes Mission Gardens

Mission Gardens is a Winnipeg neighbourhood, so city council decides its local matters.

No public library stands in Mission Gardens: the closest, Transcona Library, is 1.5 km away

The next is Transcona Library (Victoria West), 2.6 km away.

Mission Gardens touches Rotary Prairie Nature Park

Within 100 km there is no national park. 14 km from town is Birds Hill Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. The protected share within 10 km is 0.5%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. Seine River Corridor (111 ha) is the biggest, 1.8 km from town.

Schools in Mission Gardens: 7 boards, side by side

Of the 41, 3 teach in French (3% of schools in Manitoba). Counting a 3 km margin, Mission Gardens has 31 elementary schools, 6 secondary schools and 4 schools for every grade.