River Heights, Winnipeg

49°51′51″N 97°11′20″W / 49.86417°N 97.18889°W / 49.86417; -97.18889Country CanadaProvince ManitobaCityWinnipegNeighbourhoods17, including

• Crescentwood
• Grant Park
• Rockwood
• Wellington Crescent

Government • MPBen Carr (Winnipeg South Centre) • MLAMike Moroz (River Heights) • CouncillorJohn Orlikow (River Heights – Fort Garry)Area • Suburb18.1 km² (7.0 sq mi) • Metro475.2 km² (183.5 sq mi)Population • Suburb57,375 • Density3,200/km² (8,200/sq mi) • Metro778,489Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)Forward sortation areaArea code(s)Area codes 204 and 431

River Heights is a suburb and community area in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is bordered by Route 90 to the west, the Assiniboine River to the north, Cambridge Street to the east, and Taylor Avenue to the south.^[1]

History

The land of present-day River Heights was once part of the Parish of St. Boniface. It was annexed by the City of Winnipeg in 1882, though substantial development did not occur in the area until after World War I.

Some streets at the eastern end of River Heights are named after types of deciduous trees, Oak, Elm, Ash, while others are named after places, Waterloo (1881), Montrose, Oxford.^[2]

River Heights, along with West Fort Rouge, comprised the South End of the old City of Winnipeg. It was these areas that contributed the majority of the men and the money to form the Citizens Committee of 1000, the group that broke the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919.^{[citation needed]}

Demographics

Population history

Year	Pop.	±%
1971	70,650	—
1976	65,400	−7.4%
1981	61,035	−6.7%
1986	60,645	−0.6%
1991	58,090	−4.2%
1996	57,685	−0.7%
2001	56,240	−2.5%
2006	56,505	+0.5%
2011	56,225	−0.5%
2016	57,375	+2.0%
Source:[3]

In 2016, the population of River Heights was 57,375,^[4] (18,995 not including "East River Heights from Census definition) has been constantly going down since 1971 when the population was 70,650, other than the 0.5% increase from 2001 to 2006. The median household income in River Heights is $47,646, slightly lower than the city-average at $49,790.

Though the neighbourhood was traditionally an Anglo-Saxon Protestant area, today the area has a more diverse population, featuring a significant Jewish presence, which makes up 11% of the neighbourhood's population.

Racial demographics

River Heights community area population by race, 2016^[5]

Population group		Population	% of population
Non-visible minority or Aboriginal (White)		43,810	76.4%
Visible minority	Filipino	2,005	3.5%
	South Asian	1,535	2.7%
	Black	1,380	2.4%
	Chinese	955	1.7%
	Southeast Asian	245	0.4%
	Latin American	745	1.3%
	Arab	240	0.4%
	Korean	335	0.6%
	West Asian	285	0.5%
	Japanese	230	0.4%
	Multiple visible minorities	375	0.7%
	Other	225	0.4%
Total visible minority population		8,555	14.9%
Aboriginal identity	Métis*	3,035	5.3%
	First Nations (North American Indian)*	1,810	3.2%
	Inuk (Inuit)*	35	0.1%
	Multiple Aboriginal identities	90	0.2%
	Other Aboriginal identities	40	0.1%
Total aboriginal population		5,010	8.7%
Total population		57,375	100%
* single identity

Points of interest

River Heights is part of the Winnipeg School Division, and includes the following schools:

• Brock-Corydon Elementary School
• J. B. Mitchell School
• Montrose Elementary School
• Queenston Elementary School
• River Heights School
• Robert H. Smith Elementary School
• Ecole Sir William Osler

Private schools in the area include St. John Brebeuf School.

For sports/athletics, the area has the River Heights Community Club and the Sir John Franklin Community Club. Other points of interest include River Heights Public Library, Grant Park Shopping Centre (including McNally Robinson Booksellers), Pan Am Pool, and Manitoba Electrical Museum.

Major streets of River Heights include Academy Road and Stafford Street.

Neighbourhoods

River Heights is divided into two neighbourhood clusters: River Heights West and River Heights East, which encompass 17 neighbourhoods in Winnipeg in total.^[1][6]

River Heights East^[7]

• Lord Roberts
• McMillan
• River-Osborne
• Riverview
• Roslyn

Crime rates

River Heights is known to be one of the safer urban areas of Winnipeg. The table below shows the crime rates of various crimes in each of the River Heights neighbourhoods. The crime data spans 5 years from the year 2017 to the year 2021. The rates are crimes per 100,000 residents per year.

Crime Rates per 100,000 people in River Heights Neighbourhoods, 2017-2021^[8]

Neighbourhood	Pop. [9]	Homicide	Rate [a]	Robbery	Rate	Agr. Aslt. [b]	Rate	Cmn. Aslt [c]	Rate	Utt. Threat [d]	Rate	Property	Rate
Central River Heights	3,340	0	0.0	5	29.9	5	29.9	22	131.7	2	12.0	927	5,550.9
J.B. Mitchell	2,270	0	0.0	13	114.5	3	26.4	15	132.2	2	17.6	534	4,704.8
Mathers	2,680	0	0.0	4	29.9	5	37.3	14	104.5	1	7.5	475	3,544.8
North River Heights	5,615	0	0.0	10	35.6	3	10.7	18	64.1	9	32.1	1818	6,475.5
Sir John Franklin	2,425	0	0.0	3	24.7	10	82.5	41	338.1	5	41.2	774	6,383.5
South River Heights	2,665	0	0.0	0	0.0	17	127.6	26	195.1	8	60.0	1171	8,788.0
Wellington Crescent	1,655	0	0.0	28	338.4	7	84.6	27	326.3	3	36.3	870	10,513.6
River Heights	20,650	0	0.0	63	61.0	50	48.4	163	157.9	30	29.1	6,569	6,362.2

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