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Richmond West gets a D for safety

The violent index for its police area came to 198, about level with Manitoba’s towns (198) and above Canadian towns (86). Its police area records 58.8 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 18 violent incidents are reported each year. Richmond West 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.

Richmond West gets a C− for cost of living

Rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom for the Winnipeg metro area

Owners make up 78% of households, in line with Manitoba’s towns (75%) and Canadian towns (74%). A year’s rent came to nearly a fifth of the median household income, about level with Manitoba’s towns (20%) and below Canadian towns (20%).

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

Area-wide: radon tests, counted over 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). Flood mapping: none on the national inventory for Richmond West.

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

The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 52%; Manitoba as a whole is at 51%. At 10%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 12% for Manitoba. For Richmond West itself the measure is access: 2.7 km to the nearest hospital, much like the typical 3.7 km. Richmond West doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the Winnipeg-Churchill Health Region.

Household incomes in Richmond West are higher than in 85% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work took 26 min, higher than Manitoba’s towns (24 min) and near Canadian towns (26 min).

Nights turn raw in Richmond West each January, colder than in 95% of Canadian towns

The frost-free season runs from 23 May to 22 September, 122 days. Frost comes on 193 days a year, close to Manitoba’s towns (193) and above Canadian towns (159). A normal December brings 27 cm of snow, the most of any month. For the wettest month, look to July: 77 mm on average.

More of Richmond West belongs to a visible minority than Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 50%

Children under 15 count for 15% of the people here. First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 5% of residents, below Manitoba’s towns (12%) but above Canadian towns (2.8%). Over-65s are 16% of the population.

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

Expect around 21 cm of snow in November. Next comes December, with normal highs of −8°C and lows of −17°C. November normally sees 25 mm of precipitation. Also worth knowing: july brings the warmest days, 26°C; January the coldest nights, −21°C.

Richmond West sends Terry Duguid (Liberal Party of Canada) to the Commons from Winnipeg South

The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba’s boundary file has no licence page we could read, so this page doesn’t place Richmond West in a riding.

No public library stands in Richmond West: the closest, Pembina Trail Library, is 1.4 km away

The next is Eckhardt-Gramatté Music Library (Normand Park), 3.7 km away.

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

Assiniboine Forest (286 ha) is the biggest, 7.5 km from town. CPCAD lists 17 protected areas within 10 km. The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. One unnamed beach is mapped within 5 km.

Richmond West’s schools come under 6 different boards

One of the 17 teaches in French, against 3% of schools in Manitoba. Counting a 3 km margin, Richmond West has 13 elementary schools and 4 secondary schools.