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For safety, Munroe East 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). Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 58.8 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed. Violence across its police area runs at 18 per 1,000 residents a year. Munroe East shares its Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 numbers with the rest of the Winnipeg service area.

Rent takes more of local pay in Munroe East than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 26% of household income

The rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom numbers here cover the Winnipeg metro area

Owners put the median home at $278,000, below both Manitoba’s towns ($300,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000). 15% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, near Manitoba’s towns (15%) and lower than Canadian towns (18%).

Lives run shorter around Munroe East: 80.0 years, 1.5 below the typical Canadian town’s region

About as many adults call their health very good or excellent here as across Manitoba, 52% against 51%. The region has fewer smokers than Manitoba, 10% of adults to 12%. Closer to home, a hospital is just 1.0 km from the average resident of Munroe East, nearer than the usual 3.7 km.

Wildfire low, radon 12%: how Munroe East stands on hazards

Source area for earthquake risk: 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. No one has filed a flood map for Munroe East on the national inventory.

Jobs and earnings in Munroe East, and the trip to work

Commutes averaged 25 min, higher than Manitoba’s towns (24 min) and near Canadian towns (26 min).

January in Munroe East bites harder than in 95% of Canadian towns

The year’s precipitation totals 519 mm, about level with Manitoba’s towns (519 mm) and below Canadian towns (883 mm). The frost-free season runs from 23 May to 22 September, 122 days. Most of the snow comes in December, about 27 cm. The most precipitation falls in July: 77 mm in a normal year.

More of Munroe East’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 16%

13% of residents are 65 or over. Visible minorities make up 40% of the population, above Manitoba’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike. Children under 15 make up 20% of residents.

Expect November days around freezing in Munroe East, nights around −9°C

July brings the warmest days, 26°C; January the coldest nights, −21°C. A normal December brings highs of −8°C, lows of −17°C. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 25 mm. The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Winnipeg (The Forks).

Munroe East’s MP is Colin Reynolds (Conservative Party of Canada), for Elmwood—Transcona

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

Munroe Library is Munroe East’s public library

From the centre of Munroe East, it is 0.6 km away.

Protected land is scarce around Munroe East: 0.5% within 10 km

The largest named area nearby is Seine River Corridor, 111 ha, 1.6 km away. Birds Hill Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 14 km. No national park lies within 100 km. The 10 km around town hold 12 protected areas.

The schools around Munroe East answer to 10 boards

Its 3 km reach takes in 39 elementary schools, 7 secondary schools and 6 schools for every grade, all of Munroe East’s schooling. Schooling in French is on offer at 4 of 52; in Manitoba, 3% of schools teach in it.

Munroe East keeps its older homes: 39% from before 1961