RobertsonWinnipeg
The neighbourhood has 5,090 residents and lies in Winnipeg. Of Winnipeg’s 128 neighbourhoods, this is one.
Is Robertson a good place to live?
Good on most counts; one lags. Jobs and pay hold up well (A+). It is easy to get around without a car (A). The catch is safety (D). All told, that adds up to a B overall and a rank of #28 of 181 in Manitoba. Set against the rest, it does better than 64% 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.
How Robertson grades
Each subject compares Robertson 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 →
What makes Robertson stand out
The 3 things Robertson does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Robertson.
Robertson has a larger share of its working-age people in jobs than 87% of Canadian towns
Commutes averaged 22 min, below Manitoba’s towns (24 min) and Canadian towns (26 min) alike. By car: that was how nine in ten commuters travelled at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Robertson | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 22 min | 24 min | 26 min |
| Car or van | 90% | 87% | 89% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · These are May 2021 figures, gathered while COVID-19 kept many people home or out of work.
Robertson is graded 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. The force’s area logs 18 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Robertson | 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 · Not measured by town: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 (the Winnipeg service area)
Hazards in Robertson: wildfire low, radon over the guideline in 12% of tested homes
Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Winnipeg health region · Earthquake risk for the city of Winnipeg
Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.006 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). The national flood inventory has no study for Robertson.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Robertson | 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
Robertson’s region trails the typical Canadian town by 1.5 years: life expectancy 80.0
Across the region, 52% of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in Manitoba (51%). The region has fewer smokers than Manitoba, one in ten adults to 12%. Closer to home, a hospital is just 2.5 km from the average resident of Robertson, nearer than the usual 3.7 km.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Robertson | 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 · Health survey and life expectancy: the Winnipeg-Churchill Health Region
The climate in Robertson
On a January night, the temperature in Robertson falls to about −21.2°C. Frost usually lifts by 23 May and returns around 22 September: 122 days without it. Frosty days number 193 in a normal year, close to Manitoba’s towns (193) and above Canadian towns (159). For the wettest month, look to July: 77 mm on average.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Robertson | 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))
Visible minorities make up more of Robertson than of Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 58%
First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 9.7% of residents, between Manitoba’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
49.9% of Robertson’s residents are women
The 2021 census counted 2,530 women and 2,540 men here, where women make up 50.9% of Canada.
| Robertson | Manitoba | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 70% | 64% | 64% |
| 65+ | 13% | 17% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 16% | 16% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 50% | 52% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Manitoba and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
In Robertson, November normally means freezing afternoons and −9°C nights
A normal November brings 25 mm of rain and snow. Into December, the normals move to −8°C and −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
Kevin Lamoureux (Liberal Party of Canada) represents Robertson in Ottawa as MP for Winnipeg North
The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba’s boundary file has no licence page we could read, so this page doesn’t place Robertson in a riding.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
Robertson has no public library of its own; the nearest is Saint John's Library, 1.7 km away
The next is West Kildonan Library (Jefferson), 1.9 km away.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Robertson is a town of owners: 92% of households own their home, above Manitoba’s towns and Canadian towns
Measured across the Winnipeg metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom
Shelter took 30% or more of income for 7% of households, lower than both Manitoba’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (18%). Rent took just over a fifth of household income, in line with Manitoba’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%).
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Robertson | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 7% | 15% | 18% |
| Households owning their home | 92% | 75% | 74% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · These are 2021 census values, as owners judged them, set against household income in 2020.
The nearest provincial park to Robertson is Birds Hill Provincial Park, 16 km away
There is no national park within 100 km of the town. Protected areas cover 0.7% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%. Assiniboine Forest (286 ha) is the biggest, 8.8 km from town. The 10 km around town hold 13 protected areas.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Robertson | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 13 | 12 | 4 |
| Protected land within 10 km | 0.7% | 1.1% | 2.3% |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Schools in Robertson: 10 boards, side by side
Taken together, Robertson and its 3 km edge hold 46 elementary schools, 14 secondary schools and 4 schools for every grade.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| École LansdowneIn RobertsonElementary | Elementary | – | English public |
| Andrew Mynarski V.C. SchoolNearest secondary school, 0.1 kmSecondary | Secondary | – | English public |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Robertson | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 10 | 6 | 3 |
Statistics Canada’s Open Database of Educational Facilities · In Manitoba, no schools grade. The province publishes no results school by school.
88% of Robertson’s homes were built before 1961
| Heritage | Robertson | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 88% | 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 Robertson
Canadian Museum for Human Rights and 48 more in and around Robertson
Sights in Robertson and close by, ordered by how widely each is known.
MuseumCanadian Museum for Human Rights4.2 km outside town, to the south
Art galleryWinnipeg Art Gallery4.1 km outside town, to the south
CathedralSaint Boniface Cathedral4.6 km outside town, to the south
MuseumUkrainian Cultural and Educational Centre3 km outside town, to the south
CathedralCathedral of Sts. Vladimir and Olga1.2 km outside town, to the south
CathedralSt. Mary's Cathedral, Winnipeg4 km outside town, to the southPhotos: 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
- Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre: Ccyyrree, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathedral of Sts. Vladimir and Olga: Amakuha, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St. Mary's Cathedral, Winnipeg: NellieBly, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
About Robertson
Neighbourhood in Winnipeg
The edges of Robertson follow census dissemination areas, which TownRatings groups into Winnipeg’s neighbourhoods; the name comes from the city’s map or OpenStreetMap.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 5,090 (people, 2021 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Manitoba
- City
- Winnipeg
- Census subdivision
- 4611040
Robertson’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robertson | 5,090 | — | B | B− | D | B+ |
| Inkster-Faraday | 3,700 | 0.7 | C | C | D | B+ |
| Burrows Central | 5,565 | 1 | C | C | D | B+ |
| Shaughnessy Park | 5,169 | 1.2 | B− | C+ | D | B+ |
| Leila-McPhillips Triangle | 3,824 | 1.6 | C− | C− | D | B+ |
| Garden City | 6,794 | 1.6 | C+ | C− | D | B+ |
| St. John's | 8,492 | 1.8 | C− | C− | D | B+ |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Robertson
Is Robertson a young town or an old one?
39.6 is the median age, 45.2 the median among Canadian towns; 13% of residents are 65 or over and 17% under 15.
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).