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Rent takes more of local pay in Montcalm than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 36% of household income

Area-wide: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, counted over the Winnipeg metro area

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 39% of households, above both Manitoba’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (18%). Owners put the median home at $400,000, above Manitoba’s towns ($300,000) and close to Canadian towns ($406,000).

Commuters in Montcalm travel further than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns, 30 min on average

Montcalm gets a D for safety

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

For violence alone, its police area’s index was 198, close to 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. The force’s area logs 18 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

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

Measured across the Winnipeg-Churchill Health Region: health survey and life expectancy

At 10%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 12% for Manitoba. Self-rated health is ordinary for Manitoba: 52% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 51%. Closer to home, a hospital is just 0.8 km from the average resident of Montcalm, nearer than the usual 3.7 km.

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

The radon tests numbers here cover the Winnipeg health region

Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.006 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). No flood study for Montcalm is on the national inventory. For earthquake risk, the only official count covers all of the city of Winnipeg, Montcalm included.

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

Frost usually lifts by 23 May and returns around 22 September: 122 days without it. The thermometer drops below freezing on 193 days a year, close to Manitoba’s towns (193) and above Canadian towns (159). For the wettest month, look to July: 77 mm on average. A normal December brings 27 cm of snow, the most of any month.

Visible minorities make up more of Montcalm than of Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 66%

One in ten residents are 65 or over, lower than both Manitoba’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (19%). Under-15s account for 14% of the population.

What November brings in Montcalm: −9°C at night, freezing by day

Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Winnipeg (The Forks) forecast, on the Weather page. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near −8°C and lows near −17°C. About 21 cm of snow falls in a normal November. November normally sees 25 mm of precipitation.

Terry Duguid (Liberal Party of Canada) represents Montcalm in Ottawa as MP for Winnipeg South

From Manitoba come 14 MPs, 7 of them with the Conservative Party of Canada.

Montcalm has no public library of its own; the nearest is Eckhardt-Gramatté Music Library, 1.8 km away

After it comes Pembina Trail Library (Fort Richmond), 2.1 km away.

From Montcalm, Beaudry Provincial Park is the nearest provincial park (22 km)

The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. Protected areas open to the public, within 10 km of the town: 19, above both Manitoba’s towns (12) and Canadian towns (4). The largest is Assiniboine Forest: 286 ha, 6.2 km from the edge of town. One unnamed beach is mapped within 5 km.

Montcalm’s schools come under 9 different boards