R6M vs R6W

Manitoba

This page does not pick a winner. Every row shows two measurements and the gap between them. There is no score, no tally of which area “wins” more categories, and no overall result — those would be a rating of two places and the people who live in them, assembled by the layout.

Both areas are forward sortation areas, and every figure describes the whole of one. Crime is not shown here: it is reported at the metropolitan level, so for two areas in the same city it is usually the same number twice. It is on each area’s own page, with the geography it describes.

Selected 2021 Census figures for R6M and R6W, with the national figure for scale. The last column states the gap between the two areas as a direction and a size, never as a preference.
Measure	R6M	R6W	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$73,000	$76,000	$84,000	R6M is about the same as R6W
Median after-tax income	$64,500	$67,500	$73,000	R6M is about the same as R6W
Median age	37.6	30.6	41.6	R6M is 23% higher than R6W
Unemployment rate	7.1%	4.3%	10.3%	R6M is 65% higher than R6W
Low income (LIM-AT)	15.2%	14.9%	11.1%	R6M is about the same as R6W
Average household size	2.5	3.1	2.4	R6M is 19% lower than R6W

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	R6M	R6W
Population	11,444	21,551
Private dwellings	4,627	7,191
Land area	411 km²	461 km²

Share of each area’s residents with an amenity within reach, weighted by where people live. A blank is a coverage fact, not a zero.
Amenity	Within	R6M	R6W
Grocery store	1 km walk	43%	31%
Public transit	1 km walk	0%	0%
Park	1 km walk	55%	47%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	32%	11%
Child care	1.5 km walk	86%	67%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	50%	34%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	36%	20%
Library	1.5 km walk	37%	32%
Health care	3 km drive	88%	77%
Employment	10 km drive	96%	93%

These measure how close an amenity is, never its quality. A school 500 m away is a school 500 m away — nothing here says anything about the school itself.
The proximity index is scaled against all of Canada, where 1 is the single most well-served block in the country and the national average is close to zero. It is useful for comparing places and misleading as a score.

What tenants pay, from CMHC’s survey of purpose-built rental buildings. The two areas may sit in different survey zones, or one may not be surveyed at all — that is a coverage fact and is stated rather than left blank.
Unit	R6M	R6W
studio	not surveyed	not surveyed
1	not surveyed	not surveyed
2	not surveyed	not surveyed
3plus	not surveyed	not surveyed

The air quality index is a reading at the nearest station, which may be far away — the distance is shown because it decides whether the reading describes the area at all. Facility counts are reported releases within 10 km.
Measure	R6M	R6W
Nearest AQHI station	Winnipeg · 104 km	Winnipeg · 99 km
Current reading	not shown	not shown
Reporting facilities within 10 km	7	9
Reported releases to air	257 t	275 t

R6M: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Winnipeg, 104 km from R6M. That is far enough to be a different airshed, so its reading is not shown here as though it described this area. The index is published for about 130 communities and zones, not continuously across Canada.
R6W: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Winnipeg, 99 km from R6W. That is far enough to be a different airshed, so its reading is not shown here as though it described this area. The index is published for about 130 communities and zones, not continuously across Canada.

This page carries the figures the two areas can be set against each other on. Each area’s own page has the rest — including crime, the boundary map, and every source note and caveat in full.

R6M in full · R6W in full

Source: Census Profile, 2021 Census (98-401-X). Data current as of 2026-08-12. Statistics Canada Open Licence. Each figure describes a whole forward sortation area. Amenity, rent and air figures carry their own sources and vintages on the area pages.