River Heights, Winnipeg

River Heights is a community area in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is located south of the Assiniboine River, west of Fort Rouge at Cambridge Street, east of Edgeland St. adjacent to Tuxedo, and north of the Canadian National Railways mainline. To the north of Academy Road is Wellington Crescent.

History

The land which is now 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.

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

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

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%
Source:^[1]

In 2006, the population of River Heights was 56,505,^[2] 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.

Racial Demographics

84.2% White
6.6% Aboriginal - 4.2% Metis, 2.2% First Nations
2.4% East Asian - 1.6% Chinese, 0.4% Korean, 0.4% Japanese
2.1% Black
2.0% Southeast Asian - 1.7% Filipino, 0.3% other Southeast Asian
1.1% South Asian
0.9% Latin American
0.2% Arab
0.1% West Asian
0.3% Other
0.2% Multiracial

Crime

Note: The latest available population statistics are from 2006, whereas the latest crime statistics are from 2012, so the rates might be off slightly.

River Heights statistically speaking, has lower crime rates in almost every crime compared to the city as a whole, but quite the opposite with the national rates. The crime in 2012 is as followed;

Homicides; 2 homicides^[3] for a rate of 3.5 per 100,000 residents. 118.7% higher than the national rate,.^[4] The city-wide rate is 42.9% higher.^[5]
Sexual Assault; 15 sexual assaults for a rate of 26.5 per 100,000 residents. The national rate is 137.4% higher, and the city-wide rate is 280% higher.
Shootings; 0 shootings
Robberies: 108 robberies for a rate of 191.1 per 100,000 residents. 140.7% higher than the national rate. The city-wide rate is 30.9% higher.
Break and Enters: 554 break and enters for a rate of 975.1 per 100,000 residents. 93.6% higher than the national rate, and 41.0% higher than the city-wide rate.
Motor Thefts; 140 motor thefts for a rate of 247.8 per 100,000 residents. 10.9% higher than the national rate. The city-wide rate is 32.0% higher.

River Heights is a community area with 17 neighborhoods, so the crime in each neighborhood differs.

Common Crimes in River Heights Neighbourhoods (2012)^[6]^[7]
Neighbourhood	Population	Sexual Assaults	Rate	Robberies	Rate	Break & Enters	Rate	Motor Thefts	Rate
Central River Heights	3,145	0	0.0	1	31.8	49	1558.0	8	254.4
Crescentwood	2,705	0	0.0	2	73.9	25	942.2	6	221.8
Earl Grey	4,410	1	22.7	12	272.1	45	1020.4	13	294.8
Ebby-Wentworth	720	1	138.9	0	0.0	15	2083.3	3	416.7
Grant Park	2,700	0	0.0	5	185.2	21	777.8	8	296.3
J. B. Mitchell	2,095	0	0.0	0	0.0	17	811.5	6	286.4
Lord Roberts	4,955	0	0.0	8	161.5	33	665.9	17	343.1
Mathers	2,605	0	0.0	1	38.4	12	460.7	9	345.5
McMillan	3,420	4	117.0	14	409.4	33	964.9	15	438.6
North River Heights	5,660	0	0.0	3	53.0	65	1148.4	4	70.7
River-Osborne	4,880	4	82.0	34	696.7	56	1147.5	16	327.9
Riverview	4,350	4	92.0	13	298.9	32	735.6	15	344.8
Rockwood	4,205	0	0.0	5	118.9	55	1308.0	6	142.7
Roslyn	4,145	0	0.0	9	217.1	13	313.6	5	120.6
Sir John Franklin	2,320	1	43.1	0	0.0	38	1637.9	5	215.5
South River Heights	2,585	0	0.0	0	0.0	28	1083.2	2	77.4
Wellington Crescent	1,605	0	0.0	1	62.3	16	996.9	2	124.6

Points of interest

Schools

Public

Kelvin High School, a high school in River Heights

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

River Heights School
Montrose Elementary School
Brock-Corydon Elementary School
J. B. Mitchell School
Queenston Elementary School
Robert H. Smith Elementary School
Kelvin High School
Grant Park High School

Private

St Mary's Academy

Sports/athletic

Pan Am Pool
River Heights Community Club
Sir John Franklin Community Club
Academy Uptown Bowling Alley

Other points of interest

River Heights Branch of the Winnipeg Public Library

Neighbourhoods

According to the Winnipeg Census Profiles,^[8] River Heights is divided into two neighbourhood clusters; River Heights West and River Heights East, for a total of 17 neighbourhoods which include;

Central River Heights
Ebby-Wentworth
Lord Roberts
North River Heights
Rockwood
South River Heights
Crescentwood
Grant Park
Mathers
River-Osborne
Roslyn
Wellington Crescent
Earl Grey
J.B. Mitchell
McMillan
Riverview
Sir John Franklin

Sources

Neighbourhoods in Winnipeg

Agassi Airport Alpine Place Amber Trails Archwood Armstrong's Point Beaumont Betsworth Birchwood Booth Bridgwater Forest Broadway–Assiniboine Brockville Brooklands Bruce Park Buchanan Burrows–Keewatin Burrows Central Canterbury Park Centennial Central Park Central St Boniface Chalmers Charleswood Chinatown Cloutier Drive Colony Crescent Park Crescentwood Crestview Dakota Crossing Daniel McIntyre Deer Lodge Dufferin Dufresne Eaglemere Earl Grey East Elmwood East Kildonan Ebby–Wentworth Edgeland Elm Park Elmhurst Elmwood Eric Coy Exchange District Fort Richmond Fort Rouge Garden City Glendale Glenelm Glenwood Grant Park Grassie Heritage Park Holden Inkster–Faraday Inkster Gardens Island Lakes J.B. Mitchell Jameswood Jefferson Kensington Kern Park Kil-cona Park Kildare–Redonda Kildonan Drive King Edward Kingston Crescent Kirkfield Lavalee Leila–McPhillips Triangle Linden Woods Logan–CPR Lord Roberts Lord Selkirk Park Luxton Maginot Mandalay West Margaret Park Marlton Mathers Maybank McMillan Meadowood Meadows Melrose Minnetonka Minto Mission Gardens Montcalm Munroe East Munroe West Mynarski Niakwa Park Niakwa Place Norberry Normand Park North Point Douglas North St Boniface Norwood East Norwood West Old Tuxedo Osborne Village Parc La Salle Peguis Pembina Strip Point Road Portage–Ellice Pulberry Radisson Richmond Lakes Richmond West Ridgedale Ridgewood South River East River Heights River Park South River West Park Riverbend Rivergrove Riverview Robertson Roblin Park Rockwood Roslyn Rosser–Old Kildonan Rossmere–A Rossmere–B Royalwood Sargent Park Seven Oaks Shaughnessy Park Silver Heights Sir John Franklin South Point Douglas South Portage South Tuxedo Southboine Southdale Southland Park Spence Springfield North Springfield South St. George St. James-Assiniboia St. John's Park St. John's St. Matthews St. Norbert St. Vital Perimeter South Sturgeon Creek Talbot–Grey Templeton–Sinclair The Maples Tissot Transcona South Trappistes Tuxedo Tyndall Park University Valhalla Valley Gardens Varennes Varsity View Vialoux Victoria Crescent Victoria West Vista Waverley Heights Wellington Crescent West Alexander West Broadway West Wolseley Westdale Weston Westwood Whyte Ridge Wildwood Park Wilkes South William Whyte Victoria West Windsor Park Wolseley Woodhaven Worthington

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Coordinates: 49°51′51″N 97°11′20″W / 49.86417°N 97.18889°W / 49.86417; -97.18889

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