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Valley Gardens 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, 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. For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 18 violent incidents are reported each year.

Rent takes more of local pay in Valley Gardens than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 24% of household income

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 17% of households, higher than Manitoba’s towns (15%) and near Canadian towns (18%).

Expect 80.0 years of life in the region around Valley Gardens, 1.5 under the typical Canadian town

Measured across the Winnipeg-Churchill Health Region: health survey and life expectancy

The average trip from home to a hospital is 0.9 km, lower than both Manitoba’s towns (3.1 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km). At 10%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 12% for Manitoba. On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 52% very good or excellent, 51% for Manitoba.

Wildfire low, radon 12%: how Valley Gardens stands on hazards

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 Valley Gardens is on the national inventory. Behind earthquake risk sits data gathered across the city of Winnipeg, with Valley Gardens one part of it.

Working-age people in Valley Gardens have jobs less often than in 63% of Canadian towns

By car: that was how 85% of commuters travelled at the census. Commutes averaged 24 min, near Manitoba’s towns (24 min) and lower than Canadian towns (26 min).

Midwinter lows in Valley Gardens sink below those of 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. December is the snowiest month, with 27 cm on average. For the wettest month, look to July: 77 mm on average.

More of Valley Gardens’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Manitoba’s towns or Canadian towns: 16%

38% of residents belong to a visible minority, above both Manitoba’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (15%). The share of residents under 15 is 19%. People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town.

A normal November in Valley Gardens runs from −9°C to freezing

Normal highs peak at 26°C in July; nights bottom out at −21°C in January. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near −8°C and lows near −17°C. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 25 mm. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Winnipeg (The Forks) forecast, on the Weather page.

Colin Reynolds (Conservative Party of Canada) holds Elmwood—Transcona, the riding that includes Valley Gardens

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

Valley Gardens has no public library of its own; the nearest is Munroe Library, 1.7 km away

After it comes Henderson Library (Kildonan Drive), 2.8 km away.

Little of the land around Valley Gardens is protected: 0.4% within 10 km

The largest is Seine River Corridor: 111 ha, 2.8 km from the edge of town. The nearest provincial park, Birds Hill Provincial Park, is 12 km away. No national park lies within 100 km. The 10 km around town hold 9 protected areas.

Valley Gardens’s schools come under 7 different boards

Taken together, Valley Gardens and its 3 km edge hold 31 elementary schools, 4 secondary schools and 6 schools for every grade. One of the 41 teaches in French, against 3% of schools in Manitoba.