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Trips to work from Pembina Strip take longer than from Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 29 min on average

Rent takes more of local pay in Pembina Strip than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 39% of household income

The median home value was $200,000, below both Manitoba’s towns ($300,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000). 43% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above both Manitoba’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Pembina Strip earns a D for safety

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. Its police area records 18 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Pembina Strip 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.

Pembina Strip’s hazards at a glance: a low wildfire record and 12% of area homes over the radon guideline

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 Pembina Strip on the national inventory.

Life expectancy around Pembina Strip is 80.0 years, 1.5 less than for the typical Canadian town

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

In the health survey, 52% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, close to Manitoba’s 51%. Smoking is rarer than in the province: 10% of adults, against 12% for Manitoba. Closer to home, a hospital is just 2.1 km from the average resident of Pembina Strip, nearer than the usual 3.7 km.

January in Pembina Strip bites harder than in 95% of Canadian towns

Gardeners get 122 frost-free days, from 23 May to 22 September. There are 193 days of frost in a typical year, close to Manitoba’s towns (193) and above Canadian towns (159). Most of the snow comes in December, about 27 cm. Rain and snow peak in July, at 77 mm.

More of Pembina Strip belongs to a visible minority than Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 67%

One measure of family life: 8.9% of residents are under 15. First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 2.3% of residents, lower than both Manitoba’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town.

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

December follows at −8°C by day and −17°C by night. Expect about 25 mm of rain and snow over November. Snowfall in a normal November: 21 cm. July brings the warmest days, 26°C; January the coldest nights, −21°C.

Pembina Strip sends Ben Carr (Liberal Party of Canada) to the Commons from Winnipeg South Centre

Across Manitoba, 7 of the 14 MPs sit with the Conservative Party of Canada.

The nearest public library to Pembina Strip is Fort Garry Library, 1.5 km away

The next is Eckhardt-Gramatté Music Library (Normand Park), 2.4 km away.

Beaudry Provincial Park, 22 km away, is the closest provincial park to Pembina Strip

The tally of protected areas open to the public within 10 km is 19, above both Manitoba’s towns (12) and Canadian towns (4). The largest named area nearby is Assiniboine Forest, 286 ha, 5.8 km away. One unnamed beach is mapped within 5 km. Within 100 km there is no national park.

Pembina Strip’s schools come under 10 different boards

Its 3 km reach takes in 20 elementary schools, 7 secondary schools and 2 schools for every grade, all of Pembina Strip’s schooling.