Concept: Winnipeg Community Areas (CAs)

Introduction

Winnipeg Community Areas are one of two levels of geographic areas developed by the Community Data Network with input from the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Manitoba Health, Social Planning Council of Winnipeg, and others. The second, more detailed level of areas developed are called Neighbourhood Clusters (NC).

The 12 Community Areas are used by Manitoba Health and the WRHA for planning and policy purposes. They include the municipalities of East and West St. Paul.

The following table contains the Community Area codes and descriptions corresponding to the map on the right.



Winnipeg Community Areas ============================ 01 - St. James-Assiniboia 02 - Assiniboine South 03 - Fort Garry 04 - St. Vital 05 - St. Boniface 06 - Transcona 07 - River East (includes East St. Paul) 08 - Seven Oaks (includes West St. Paul) 09 - Inkster 10 - Point Douglas 11 - Downtown 12 - River Heights

SAS Formats

MCHP has developed a SAS® format "$wpg_caf", that will convert a postal code to a Community Area (CA) code for each of the 12 CAs. The format adds a "W" as a prefix to each of the CA codes listed above.

NOTE: An additional CA code of 21 can also be generated separately for Churchill, which is also part of the Winnipeg RHA.

Population Size by Sex and Age Classification - Winnipeg Community Areas - 1998

The following table lists the population size by sex and age classification in Winnipeg Community Areas (CAs) in 1998. This information is based on information from Table II in Brownell et al. (2002).



Community Area (CA)	0-4 Male	0-4 Female	5-9 Male	5-9 Female	10-14 Male	10-14 Female	15-19 Male	15-19 Female	20+ Male	20+ Female	Total Population
Fort Garry	1967	1852	2190	2149	2144	2076	2124	2012	21,396	23,352	61,262
Assiniboine South	958	947	1299	1289	1421	1388	1405	1262	12,369	14,118	36,456
St. Vital	2043	1930	2308	2063	2135	2049	1930	1908	20,799	23,739	60,904
St. Boniface	1374	1414	1518	1483	1422	1324	1494	1413	16,606	18,149	46,197
River Heights	1514	1495	1486	1408	1374	1347	1342	1327	20,700	24,968	56,961
Seven Oaks	1731	1687	1911	1825	1948	1874	1913	1979	20,036	22,567	57,471
St.James-Assiniboia	1727	1659	1820	1717	1690	1588	1725	1641	21,826	24,998	60,391
River East	2861	2751	3142	3032	3119	2960	3197	3001	31,756	35,285	91,104
Transcona	1185	1080	1349	1216	1293	1223	1182	1122	11,859	12,307	33,816
Inkster	1318	1113	1353	1237	1303	1259	1213	1168	10,370	10,873	31,207
Downtown	2707	2506	2536	2485	2262	2152	2061	2037	28,167	27,647	74,560
Point Douglas	1656	1563	1660	1561	1428	1371	1216	1214	14,323	14,529	40,521
Winnipeg	21,041	19,997	22,572	21,465	21,539	20,611	20,802	20,084	230,207	252,532	650,850