Living in St Boniface, Winnipeg Manitoba with Local Real Estate Expert and Guide (2024)!

🎉 It’s finally here! We are asked all the time what living in St Boniface is like, and today we've decided to answer just that in our series, Want to be Our Neighbour? Stay tuned to see what this Winnipeg, Manitoba neighbourhood is like with local real estate expert, Ashton Augert 🙌 There’s a lot going on in this one... We share information about what living within the neighbourhood is like - this includes types of homes, school districts, shopping, recreation, entertainment, lifestyle. We hope you enjoy this labour of love. Saint Boniface is a large centrally-located neighbourhood within the Southeast End of Winnipeg. Here, you will find the largest speaking francophone population within all of Winnipeg. In fact, Tourisme Riel puts it as the largest Francophone community in all of Western Canada. If our French was any better, we would have written this entire page for you en Francais! This is a large area that consists of many smaller subareas such as: Norwood and Norwood flats which are often sought-after areas for the unique neighbourhood style where front streets are eliminated and the homes were to be served by a back entry way. This allowed for a focus on sidewalks and walkways in front of the home. St Boniface has a ton of character – and its homes are no different! Fun Fact: St Boniface’s claim to fame is that it was the birthplace of Metis Leader, Louis Riel. Saint Boniface is within the Louis Riel School Division. The area has six public schools within its borders. For those wishing to send their children to French Immersion for High School courses, your child will likely be placed in College Beliveau in neighbouring Windsor Park. Also within the borders of the St. Boniface neighbourhood, you will find the Université de Saint-Boniface (USB). The Saint Boniface General Hospital is located at 409 Tache Avenue. It is one of Manitoba's largest health care facilities and one of two teaching hospitals here in Winnipeg. St. Boniface maintains a campus comprised of more than 180 departments and services with various specialties and has a beautiful backdrop of the Red River. In total, over 4,000 health care professionals and support personnel work at the St Boniface General Hospital! We love St. Boniface Hospital and its staff, as several of the Queen Team babies were actually born here! The Saint Boniface Public Library is located at 100-131 Provencher Boulevard. Shopping Shopping in Saint Boniface is unique, most of the store are independently owned and run. On a nice sunny day St. Boniface is a great place to walk the streets and check out all the different shops. The options are extensive – whether you be looking for a children’s book an eclectic collection of jewelry, fashion-forward handbags, locally made cheeses, art galleries, or so much more. The streets are oozing with small businesses just waiting to be discovered! Whittier Park is one of the largest parks within the area and houses Fort Gibraltar as well as many other fun river walking trails. Journey back in time to the fur-trade era with a visit to Fort Gibraltar. The fort is a reproduction of the original fur trade post built by the North-West Company around 1810. In summer, costumed interpreters guide visitors through this historical site, while in February it is part of the annual winter festivities of Festival du Voyageur. One of the city’s major architectural landmarks, St. Boniface Cathedral attracts thousands of visitors each year. If you’re into watching sporting events St. Boniface is home to the Manitoba Major Junior Hockey League team St. Boniface Riels. Catching a Goldeyes game? Why not park in St. Boniface and then walk over the beautiful Esplanade Riel Bridge all while taking in beautiful views of the Red River. Promenade Taché is an interpretive walk on the banks of the Red River along Taché Avenue from the Provencher Bridge to the Norwood Bridge in St. Boniface. Want to try something new? What about Disc Golf (Frisbee Golf)? Visit Happyland Park Disc Golf! Let us know if we missed anything! 👉🏽 If you ever have any 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝘁𝗼 [email protected] — 𝘐’𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭𝘴 🙏🏻 📣𝗖𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗢𝗨𝗦 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗚 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗗 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗛𝗢𝗠𝗘? Check out our Website: https://www.queenteam.ca/winnipeg-nei... for a list of neighbourhoods we think would be great to call home! 🏡 Follow us for additional content and shenanigans here: Facebook:   / jenniferqueenremaxwinnipeg   Instagram:   / yourqueenteam   Web: https://www.queenteam.ca/ The Queen Team RE/MAX Professionals (204) 813-7655