Point RoadWinnipeg
It is one of 128 neighbourhoods of Winnipeg. In Winnipeg, this neighbourhood has 3,290 residents.
Is Point Road a good place to live?
Point Road’s strongest is jobs & income (A+). Walkability is another plus (A). What counts against it is safety (D). Homes are dear (C). The overall grade comes out at B, #40 of 181 in Manitoba. That leaves it better than 58% of Canadian towns.
Rents here are the metro area's average, shared by every town and neighbourhood in it. Safety less sure: this is the whole city's figure, because the city doesn't publish open neighbourhood crime rates. No School Grade: this province doesn't publish comparable results school by school. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.
What makes Point Road stand out
The 3 things Point Road does most differently from other towns.
How Point Road grades
Each subject compares Point Road with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
Canadian Museum for Human Rights and 57 more in and around Point Road
The best-known places to visit in and around Point Road come first; the full list is on the Attractions page.
MuseumCanadian Museum for Human Rights3.9 km outside town, to the north
Art galleryWinnipeg Art Gallery3.8 km outside town, to the north
CathedralSaint Boniface Cathedral3.7 km outside town, to the northeast
CathedralSt. Mary's Cathedral, Winnipeg3.9 km outside town, to the north
MuseumWinnipeg Railway Museum3.7 km outside town, to the north
MuseumDalnavert3.4 km outside town, to the northPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (6)
- Canadian Museum for Human Rights: Ethan Sahagun, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Winnipeg Art Gallery: Cayla at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Saint Boniface Cathedral: Dondon83~commonswiki, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- St. Mary's Cathedral, Winnipeg: NellieBly, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Winnipeg Railway Museum: Milorad Dimic MD, Nis, Serbia, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dalnavert: Jessica Losorata, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Point Road.
Commuters in Point Road have a short way to work, 22 min on average, less than in both Manitoba’s towns and Canadian towns
Driving is how 86% of commuters got to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Point Road | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 22 min | 24 min | 26 min |
| Car or van | 86% | 87% | 89% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so commuting and work figures carry the lockdowns’ mark.
Point Road is graded a D for safety
The index for the force that serves it came to 129, near Manitoba’s towns (129) and higher than Canadian towns (67). Across its police area, there are 58.8 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Violent crime in the area its police cover: 18 per 1,000 people a year.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Point Road | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 198 | 198 | 86 |
| Crime Severity Index | 129 | 129 | 67 |
| Property crime per 1,000 | 58.8 | 58.8 | 31.2 |
| Violent crime | 18 | 18 | 12 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average · Area behind the Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 figures: the Winnipeg service area
Point Road’s hazards at a glance: a low wildfire record and 12% of area homes over the radon guideline
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 Point Road is on the national inventory. Figures for radon tests are published for the Winnipeg health region as a whole, not for Point Road alone.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Point Road | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 12% | 12% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.006 | $0.006 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory · Earthquake risk: one figure for all of the city of Winnipeg
Lives run shorter around Point Road: 80.0 years, 1.5 below the typical Canadian town’s region
Source area for health survey and life expectancy: the Winnipeg-Churchill Health Region
The region has fewer smokers than Manitoba, one in ten adults to 12%. Across the region, 52% of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Manitoba (51%). What sets Point Road apart within its region is distance, and at 3.8 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical).
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Point Road | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy at birth | 80.0 | 80.0 | 81.5 |
| Smokers | 10% | 10% | 12% |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities
Point Road is a town of owners: 84% of households own their home, above Manitoba’s towns and Canadian towns
Rent took 18% of household income, below Manitoba’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike. Owners put the median home at $448,000, above Manitoba’s towns ($300,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000) alike. For rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, the only official count covers all of the Winnipeg metro area, Point Road included.
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Point Road | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 84% | 75% | 74% |
| Rent as a share of income | 18% | 20% | 20% |
| Median home value, 2021 | $448,000 | $300,000 | $406,000 |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 16% | 15% | 18% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Home values are owners’ own estimates at the May 2021 census, and incomes are for 2020.
Nights turn raw in Point Road each January, colder than in 95% of Canadian towns
A normal year brings 519 mm of precipitation, near Manitoba’s towns (519 mm) and lower than Canadian towns (883 mm). Frost usually lifts by 23 May and returns around 22 September: 122 days without it. July is the wettest month, with 77 mm of rain and snow on average. Most of the snow comes in December, about 27 cm.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Point Road | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| January night low | −21.2°C | −21.2°C | −13.5°C |
| Precipitation a year | 519 mm | 519 mm | 883 mm |
| Days with frost a year | 193 | 193 | 159 |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Winnipeg Richardson (Airport))
Point Road skews older, with 25% of residents 65 or over, more than in both Manitoba’s towns and Canadian towns
6% of residents have an Indigenous identity, between Manitoba’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). Children under 15 make up 14% of residents.
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
51.4% of Point Road’s residents are women
Women numbered 1,690 and men 1,600 in 2021, next to a 50.9% share of women for Canada.
| Point Road | Manitoba | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 61% | 64% | 64% |
| 65+ | 25% | 17% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 7.6% | 16% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 68% | 52% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Manitoba and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
A normal November in Point Road runs from −9°C to freezing
Expect about 25 mm of rain and snow over November. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near −8°C and lows near −17°C. About 21 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Across the year, normals run from −21°C nights in January to 26°C afternoons in July.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −9°C | −19°C | 51 mm |
| Spring | 9°C | −3°C | 128 mm |
| Summer | 25°C | 12°C | 225 mm |
| Autumn | 10°C | −1°C | 116 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Winnipeg Richardson (Airport)); the forecast is on the Weather page
Point Road votes in 2 federal ridings, led by Winnipeg South Centre and St. Boniface—St. Vital
Ben Carr represents 78% of Point Road in the Commons, while Ginette Lavack covers the bulk of the rest.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
No public library stands in Point Road: the closest, Fort Garry Library, is 1.1 km away
After it comes Osborne Library (Lord Roberts), 1.9 km away.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Within 10 km of Point Road: 23 public protected areas
Within 100 km there is no national park. 21 km from town is Birds Hill Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. Biggest among them: Assiniboine Forest, 286 ha, 5.6 km off.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Point Road | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 23 | 12 | 4 |
| Protected land within 10 km | 1.5% | 1.1% | 2.3% |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Schools in Point Road: 10 boards, side by side
One of the 63 teaches in French, against 3% of schools in Manitoba. Taken together, Point Road and its 3 km edge hold 44 elementary schools, 14 secondary schools and 5 schools for every grade.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| École Viscount AlexanderIn Point RoadElementary | Elementary | – | English public |
| St. John's-Ravenscourt SchoolIn Point RoadAll grades | All grades | – | English public |
| École Précieux-Sang FrenchTeaches in FrenchElementary | Elementary | – | French public |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Point Road | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 10 | 6 | 3 |
Statistics Canada’s Open Database of Educational Facilities · Source note: the province publishes no results school by school, so there’s no schools grade in Manitoba.
68% of Point Road’s homes were built before 1961
| Heritage | Point Road | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 68% | 23% | 18% |
Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period
Everything we know about Point Road
Point Road’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Point Road | 3,290 | — | B | C | D | B+ |
| Maybank | 4,817 | 1.5 | C+ | C− | D | B+ |
| Grant Park | 2,898 | 1.7 | C− | D | D | B+ |
| Lord Roberts | 5,104 | 1.7 | C− | C− | D | B+ |
| Pulberry | 7,723 | 1.9 | B− | C | D | B+ |
| Rockwood | 4,554 | 2.1 | C | D | D | B+ |
| Riverview | 4,649 | 2.3 | B− | C− | D | B+ |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Point Road
Do people in Point Road speak French?
17% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, against 8% for the median of Canadian towns; 0% speak French but not English.
About Point Road
Neighbourhood in Winnipeg
No official boundary marks Point Road off from the rest of Winnipeg: TownRatings draws it from the census’s dissemination areas and takes its name from the city’s map or OpenStreetMap.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 3,290 (people, 2021 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Manitoba
- City
- Winnipeg
- Census subdivision
- 4611040
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).