North End, Winnipeg
North End | ||
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Neighbourhood | ||
Province ![]() | ||
City | Winnipeg | |
Population (2006) | ||
• Total | 55,240 |
The areas to the east of McPhillips Street are considered the Old North End, and were developed in the late 19th century and early 20th century, while the areas to the west were generally developed in the 1940s and later. The North End is primarily residential, though there is some light industrial development in Inkster Industrial Park and adjacent to Oak Point Highway and Brookside Boulevard.
History
The site of the North End was part of the
The City of Winnipeg was incorporated, and its northern boundary was Burrows Avenue. Gradually the boundary of the City of Winnipeg was extended north and parts of the North End today are in the Parish of Kildonan. It is one of the oldest settled parts of Winnipeg. It was the location of Fort Douglas, built by the Selkirk settlers in 1812. The present-day North End was divided into long, narrow farming lots occupied by Selkirk Settlers.
The arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway to Winnipeg would have a significant impact on the development of the North End as a largely working class neighbourhood. The main railway passed through what was then the northern end of the small City of Winnipeg. The presence of this busy railroad and associated rail yards would effectively divide the North End from the rest of the city. As Winnipeg began to experience rapid growth in the late 19th century, the North End began to develop as a largely working class residential area, beginning in the 1880s. Streetcar service on Main Street commenced in 1892, although early patrons were forced to walk across the railway tracks for transportation to Downtown Winnipeg until completion of the Main Street underpass in 1904.
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By the 1910s the area was heavily developed and had a large population of immigrants from Central and Eastern Europe.
The area has long been acknowledged as the most socially deprived part of the city of Winnipeg. Parts of the area, especially east of McPhillips Street and south of Mountain Avenue are marked by high drug use and its associated crime and
The North End was considered Ward Three in the Old City of Winnipeg and historically voted for left of centre parties. It was represented by
Neighbourhoods
The boundaries of the North End contain 18 neighbourhoods:
Crime
In 2011, there were 18 homicides in the North End alone, making a rate per 100,000 people at 32.6,[9] but the following year there were 6, making the rate 10.2. Midway through 2013, dropped to 7.2. In 2018, there were 8 homicides in North End, making the homicide rate 14.4
In the Old North End in 2012, there were 374 robberies (1175.0 per 100,000 residents), 352 auto thefts (1105.9), 624 break-ins (1960.4) and 17 shootings (53.4).[10]
Although the North End is infamous for its crime rates to Winnipeggers, crime in the North End, especially violent crimes, are much more densely concentrated in its southern and eastern halves: south of Mountain Avenue and east of Arlington Street, which constitute the neighborhoods of Dufferin, Lord Selkirk Park, North Point Douglas and William Whyte. The table below shows the crime rates of various crimes in each of the North End neighborhoods. The crime data spans 5 years from the year 2017 to the year 2021. The rates are crimes per 100,000 residents per year.
Sub-area | Neighborhood | Pop. [12] | Homicide | r/ [a] | Robbery | r/ | Agr. Aslt. [b] | r/ | Cmn. Aslt. [c] | r/ | Utt. Threat [d] | r/ | Property | r/ |
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St. John's | Luxton | 2,575 | 0 | 0.0 | 45 | 349.5 | 36 | 279.6 | 63 | 489.3 | 20 | 155.3 | 749 | 5,817.5 |
St. John's | St. John's | 8,330 | 11 | 26.4 | 347 | 833.1 | 517 | 1,241.3 | 721 | 1,731.1 | 157 | 377.0 | 4,028 | 9,671.1 |
St. John's | St. John's Park | 530 | 0 | 0.0 | 54 | 2,037.7 | 39 | 1,471.7 | 69 | 2,603.8 | 17 | 641.5 | 450 | 16,981.1 |
-- | St. John's | 11,435 | 11 | 19.2 | 446 | 780.1 | 592 | 1,035.4 | 853 | 1,491.9 | 194 | 339.3 | 5,227 | 9,142.1 |
Burrows | Burrows Central | 5,415 | 4 | 14.8 | 167 | 616.8 | 118 | 435.8 | 198 | 731.3 | 38 | 140.4 | 1,900 | 7,017.5 |
Burrows | Inkster-Faraday | 4,545 | 0 | 0.0 | 82 | 360.8 | 96 | 422.4 | 129 | 567.7 | 54 | 237.6 | 1,556 | 6,847.1 |
Burrows | Robertson | 4,970 | 0 | 0.0 | 42 | 169.0 | 29 | 116.7 | 45 | 181.1 | 21 | 84.5 | 1,211 | 4,873.2 |
-- | Burrows | 14,930 | 4 | 5.4 | 291 | 389.8 | 243 | 325.5 | 372 | 498.3 | 113 | 151.4 | 4,667 | 6,251.8 |
Old North End | Dufferin[e] | 2,255 | 7 | 62.1 | 152 | 1,348.1 | 258 | 2,288.2 | 313 | 2,776.1 | 73 | 647.5 | 1,782 | 15,804.9 |
Old North End | Lord Selkirk Park | 1,520 | 5 | 65.8 | 310 | 4,078.9 | 340 | 4,473.7 | 329 | 4,328.9 | 86 | 1,131.6 | 1,399 | 18,407.9 |
Old North End | North Point Douglas | 2,025 | 4 | 39.5 | 145 | 1,432.1 | 270 | 2,666.7 | 322 | 3,180.2 | 80 | 790.1 | 1,913 | 18,893.8 |
Old North End | William Whyte | 6,260 | 28 | 89.5 | 610 | 1,948.9 | 932 | 2,977.6 | 1,029 | 3,287.5 | 272 | 869.0 | 4,333 | 13,843.5 |
-- | Old North End | 12,060 | 44 | 73.0 | 1,217 | 2018.2 | 1,800 | 2,985.1 | 1,993 | 3,305.1 | 511 | 847.4 | 9,427 | 15,633.5 |
Total | North End | 38,425 | 59 | 30.7 | 1954 | 1017.0 | 2,635 | 1,371.5 | 3,218 | 1,675.0 | 818 | 425.8 | 19,321 | 10,056.5 |
- ^ Rate per 100,000 people per year: Figure is calculated by dividing the total incidences of a crime by the neighborhood population, then multiplying by 100,000, and then dividing by 5, as the data spans 5 years
- ^ Aggravated assault: Includes assaults which cause bodily harm or utilize weapons; includes the following categories given on Winnipeg CrimeMaps: aggravated assault, aggravated sexual assault, assault against peace officer, assault with weapon or causing bodily harm, attempted murder, firearms offences, sexual assault with a weapon.
- ^ Common assault: Excludes assaults which cause bodily harm or utilize weapons; includes the following categories given on Winnipeg CrimeMaps: assault against peace officer, common assault, other assaults, sexual assault.
- ^ Abbreviated from: uttering threats
- ^ Includes the unpopulated area Dufferin Industrial as well
Demographics
The population of the North End according to the 2006 Census, is 55,240 people (Old North End: 31,830).[6][13]
Racial Groups in the North End, Winnipeg | |||||||
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Population group | Population ( 2006)[6] |
% of total population (2006) | Population (2016)[14] | % of total population (2016) | |||
White |
26,525 | 48% | 23,260 | 32.0% | |||
Visible minority group | Filipino | Unknown | Unknown | 23,245 | 31.9% | ||
South Asian | 1,020 | 1.8% | 2935 | 4.0% | |||
East Asian | 915 | 1.7% | 780 | 1.1% | |||
Black | 700 | 1.3% | 1,770 | 2.4% | |||
Latin American |
550 | 1% | 570 | 0.8% | |||
West Asian |
100 | 0.2% | 245 | 0.3% | |||
Southeast Asian | 10,815 | 19.6% | 1,490 | 2.0% | |||
Other | 145 | 0.3% | 180 | 0.2% | |||
Multiracial |
900 | 1.6% | 1,125 | 1.5% | |||
Total visible minority population | 15,145 | 27.4% | 11,090 | 15.2% | |||
Indigenous group | First Nations | 6,260 | 11.3% | 10,045 | 13.8% | ||
Métis |
6,150 | 11.1% | 6,820 | 9.4% | |||
Inuit | 40 | 0.1% | 10 | 0.0% | |||
Indigenous, Other | 355 | 0.6% | 40 | 0.1% | |||
Multiple Indigenous identities | 765 | 1.4% | 265 | 0.4% | |||
Total Indigenous population | 13,570 | 24.6% | 17,180 | 23.6% | |||
Total population | 55,240 | 100% | 72,780 | 100% |
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References
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- ^ Martynowych, Orest T. "Ukrainian Immigrants in the City" (PDF). Ukrainian Canadian Studies at the University of Manitoba. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
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- ^ "Walking Tour of North Point Douglas". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
- ^ Paquette, A.J., Markings : scenes and recollections of Winnipeg's North End, Loch & Mayberry Fine Art Inc., Winnipeg, 1995.
- ^ "CBC Manitoba | Homicide Map".
- ^ Crime in Winnipeg by Neighbourhoods (2012) [permanent dead link], info gathered from CrimeStat. Retrieved December 3rd, 2013
- ^ "January CrimeMaps - 2022 by Winnipeg Police Service". Retrieved May 7, 2022.
- ^ "2016 Census: City of Winnipeg Neighbourhood Profiles". Winnipeg.ca. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
- ^ City of Winnipeg. "Neighbourhood Cluster Profiles - 2006 Census - Census - City of Winnipeg". winnipeg.ca. Retrieved Dec 20, 2020.
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