St. GeorgeWinnipeg
The neighbourhood, home to 4,254 people, lies in Winnipeg. It is one of the 128 neighbourhoods that make up Winnipeg.
Is St. George a good place to live?
The picture is mixed. Its weakest subject is safety (D). Cost of living is weaker too (C). Walkability is its strong suit (A). Overall, that makes a C+, good for #83 of 181 in Manitoba. That leaves it better than just over two fifths 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 St. George grades
Each subject compares St. George 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 St. George stand out
The 3 things St. George does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in St. George.
St. George’s grade for safety: a D
Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over the Winnipeg service area
For violence alone, its police area’s index was 198, near Manitoba’s towns (198) and higher than Canadian towns (86). Across its police area, there are 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 | St. George | 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
St. George’s hazards at a glance: a low wildfire record and 12% of area homes over the radon guideline
Measured across the city of Winnipeg: earthquake risk
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 St. George.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | St. George | 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 · Not measured by town: radon tests (the Winnipeg health region)
Home values sit low against pay in St. George: 3.4 times household income, where the typical Canadian town is at 4.7
Shelter took 30% or more of income for 15% of households, below Manitoba’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. The owner-occupied share of households is 79%. Figures for rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom are published for the Winnipeg metro area as a whole, not for St. George alone.
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | St. George | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 15% | 15% | 18% |
| Households owning their home | 79% | 75% | 74% |
| Rent as a share of income | 21% | 20% | 20% |
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.
Expect 80.0 years of life in the region around St. George, 1.5 under the typical Canadian town
The health survey and life expectancy numbers here cover the Winnipeg-Churchill Health Region
Self-rated health is ordinary for Manitoba: 52% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 51%. Smoking is rarer than in the province: one in ten adults, against 12% for Manitoba. What sets St. George apart within its region is distance, and at 4.2 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical).
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | St. George | 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
Households in St. George have higher incomes than those in 74% of Canadian towns
Getting to work takes 24 min on average.
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | St. George | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 24 min | 24 min | 26 min |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so commuting and work figures carry the lockdowns’ mark.
Midwinter lows in St. George sink below those of 95% of Canadian towns
A normal year brings 519 mm of precipitation, close to Manitoba’s towns (519 mm) and below Canadian towns (883 mm). Between the last spring frost, 23 May, and the first in autumn, 22 September, lie 122 days. Snow peaks in December: 27 cm in a normal year. July is the wettest month, with 77 mm of rain and snow on average.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | St. George | 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))
More of St. George’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 13%
Visible minorities make up 26% of the population, above both Manitoba’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (15%).
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
50.1% of St. George’s residents are women
Here the census found 2,135 women and 2,125 men; across Canada the share of women is 50.9%.
| St. George | Manitoba | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 71% | 64% | 64% |
| 65+ | 14% | 17% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 13% | 16% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 55% | 52% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Manitoba and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
A normal November in St. George runs from −9°C to freezing
About 21 cm of snow falls in a normal November. November normally sees 25 mm of precipitation. Then December: −8°C by day, −17°C at night. Also worth knowing: 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
St. George sends Ginette Lavack (Liberal Party of Canada) to the Commons from St. Boniface—St. Vital
Without a readable licence for the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba’s ridings map, St.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
St. George’s public library is Saint Vital Library
From the centre of St.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
St. George has 20 public protected areas within 10 km
No national park lies within 100 km. Within 10 km of the town, 1.5% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. Biggest among them: Assiniboine Forest, 286 ha, 7.9 km off.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | St. George | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 20 | 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 St. George: 9 boards, side by side
Schooling in French is on offer at 2 of 55; in Manitoba, 3% of schools teach in it. Counting a 3 km margin, St. George has 38 elementary schools, 14 secondary schools and 3 schools for every grade.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christ the King School CatholicIn St. GeorgeElementary | Elementary | – | English Catholic |
| Glenlawn CollegiateNearest secondary school, 0 kmSecondary | Secondary | – | English public |
| École Lacerte FrenchTeaches in FrenchElementary | Elementary | – | French public |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | St. George | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 9 | 6 | 3 |
Statistics Canada’s Open Database of Educational Facilities · In Manitoba, no schools grade. The province publishes no results school by school.
In St. George, 67% of homes go back before 1961
| Heritage | St. George | Manitoba | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 67% | 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 St. George
Canadian Museum for Human Rights and 38 more in and around St. George
Museums, historic sites, parks, gardens and days out in and near St. George, the best known first.
MuseumCanadian Museum for Human Rights4.2 km outside town, to the north
Art galleryWinnipeg Art Gallery4.8 km outside town, to the northwest
CathedralSaint Boniface Cathedral3.8 km outside town, to the north
CathedralSt. Mary's Cathedral, Winnipeg4.6 km outside town, to the north
MuseumWinnipeg Railway Museum4.1 km outside town, to the north
MuseumGrey Nuns' Convent3.7 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
- Grey Nuns' Convent: Colincan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
About St. George
Neighbourhood in Winnipeg
No official boundary marks St. George 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
- 4,254 (people, 2021 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Manitoba
- City
- Winnipeg
- Census subdivision
- 4611040
St. George’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. George | 4,254 | — | C+ | C | D | B+ |
| Alpine Place | 3,721 | 1.1 | D | C− | D | B+ |
| Worthington | 6,093 | 1.4 | D | D | D | B+ |
| Niakwa Place | 3,461 | 1.7 | D | D | D | B+ |
| Glenwood | 6,617 | 1.7 | B− | C | D | B+ |
| Pulberry | 7,723 | 1.8 | B− | C | D | B+ |
| Meadowood | 6,991 | 2.2 | C− | C− | D | B+ |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about St. George
Is St. George a young town or an old one?
The typical resident is 38.5 (Canadian towns: 45.2), with seniors at 14% of the population and under-15s at 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).