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For safety, Munroe West gets a D

For violence alone, its police area’s index was 198, about level with Manitoba’s towns (198) and above Canadian towns (86). Across its police area, there are 58.8 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Its police area records 18 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

Rent takes more of local pay in Munroe West than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 25% of household income

Owners make up four in five households, above both Manitoba’s towns (75%) and Canadian towns (74%). The median home value was $250,000, below Manitoba’s towns ($300,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000) alike. Munroe West doesn’t get its own rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom figures; the ones here come from the Winnipeg metro area.

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

Area-wide: earthquake risk, counted over 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 flood study for Munroe West is on the national inventory. Munroe West shares its radon tests numbers with the rest of the Winnipeg health region.

Expect 80.0 years of life in the region around Munroe West, 1.5 under the typical Canadian town

Measured from where Munroe West’s residents live, a hospital is 2.6 km away, near the 3.7 km most towns see. Smoking is rarer than in the province: one in ten adults, against 12% for Manitoba. Across the region, 52% of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Manitoba (51%). Behind health survey and life expectancy sits data gathered across the Winnipeg-Churchill Health Region, with Munroe West one part of it.

The climate in Munroe West

Most of the snow comes in December, about 27 cm. January nights fall to −21.2°C on average, close to Manitoba’s towns (−21.2°C) and below Canadian towns (−13.5°C). Between the last spring frost, 23 May, and the first in autumn, 22 September, lie 122 days. A normal July brings 77 mm of precipitation, more than any other month.

Jobs and the daily commute in Munroe West

The average trip to work took 24 min, close to Manitoba’s towns (24 min) and below Canadian towns (26 min). By car: that was how 87% of commuters travelled at the census.

More of Munroe West’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 14%

21% of residents belong to a visible minority, above Manitoba’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike.

In Munroe West, November normally means freezing afternoons and −9°C nights

Across the year, normals run from −21°C nights in January to 26°C afternoons in July. By December, a normal day reaches −8°C and a night falls to −17°C. A normal November brings 25 mm of rain and snow. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Winnipeg (The Forks) forecast.

Elmwood—Transcona, which takes in Munroe West, is held by Colin Reynolds (Conservative Party of Canada)

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

Munroe West has no public library of its own; the nearest is Henderson Library, 1.6 km away

The next is Munroe Library (Munroe East), 1.8 km away.

Munroe West has 0.4% protected land within 10 km

Seine River Corridor (111 ha) is the biggest, 2.0 km from town. 14 km from town is Birds Hill Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. The nearest national park is more than 100 km away.

12 boards run the schools in and around Munroe West

The 3 km around Munroe West counts 48 elementary schools, 10 secondary schools and 8 schools for every grade. 3 of the 66 teach in French, against 3% of schools in Manitoba.

Older housing stands out in Munroe West: 82% predates 1961