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The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Rivergrove tops that of 96% of Canadian towns

The car took 94% of commuters, higher than both Manitoba’s towns (87%) and Canadian towns (89%). The commute to work averages 26 min.

Rivergrove is graded a D for safety

Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over the Winnipeg service area

The index for the force that serves it came to 129, about level with Manitoba’s towns (129) and above Canadian towns (67). Across its police area, there are 58.8 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Where it is policed, 18 violent incidents per 1,000 residents are recorded each year.

Fewer households own their home in Rivergrove than in Manitoba’s towns or across Canadian towns: 69%

19% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, about level with Canadian towns (18%) and above Manitoba’s towns (15%).

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

The earthquake risk numbers here cover 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. The national flood inventory has no study for Rivergrove.

Rivergrove’s region trails the typical Canadian town by 1.5 years: life expectancy 80.0

Shared with the rest of the Winnipeg-Churchill Health Region: health survey and life expectancy

On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 52% very good or excellent, 51% for Manitoba. At 10%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 12% for Manitoba. The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of Rivergrove live 4.1 km from a hospital on average, close to the typical town’s 3.7 km.

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

Most of the snow comes in December, about 27 cm. Frost comes on 193 days a year, close to Manitoba’s towns (193) and above Canadian towns (159). Between the last spring frost, 23 May, and the first in autumn, 22 September, lie 122 days. For the wettest month, look to July: 77 mm on average.

Older than 86% of Canadian towns: half of Rivergrove is over 50.2

One in ten residents have an Indigenous identity, lower than Manitoba’s towns (12%) yet higher than Canadian towns (2.8%). Visible minorities make up just over a fifth of the population, above Manitoba’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike.

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

By December, a normal day reaches −8°C and a night falls to −17°C. About 21 cm of snow falls in a normal November. November normally sees 25 mm of precipitation. Normal highs peak at 26°C in July; nights bottom out at −21°C in January.

Kildonan—St. Paul turned out at 66% in 2021, higher than seven in ten Canada’s ridings

Without a readable licence for the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba’s ridings map, Rivergrove isn’t placed in a riding here.

Rivergrove has no public library of its own; the nearest is Henderson Library, 2.1 km away

The next is West Kildonan Library (Jefferson), 3.5 km away.

Protected land at Rivergrove’s edge: McBeth and River Ridge Parks

There is no national park within 100 km of the town. The closest provincial park is Birds Hill Provincial Park, 11 km from the edge of town. Of the country within 10 km, 0.2% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%. Biggest among them: Seine River Corridor, 111 ha, 5.5 km off.

4 boards run the schools in and around Rivergrove

Its 3 km reach takes in 19 elementary schools, 3 secondary schools and 2 schools for every grade, all of Rivergrove’s schooling.