Official Name: | Centennial |
Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | City |
Subdivision Name2: | Winnipeg |
Population Total: | 3,260 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | 5,312.1 |
Demographics Type1: | Racial Group |
Demographics1 Title1: | White |
Demographics1 Title2: | Aboriginal |
Demographics1 Title3: | Visible minority |
Demographics1 Info1: | 18.8% |
Demographics1 Info2: | 30.7% |
Demographics1 Info3: | 50.5% |
Area Land Km2: | 0.5 |
Blank Info Sec1: | Location |
Blank Name Sec1: | Locations Type |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | • Neighbourhood Cluster |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | • Community Area |
Blank3 Name Sec1: | • Police District |
Blank4 Name Sec1: | • City Council Ward |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Downtown East |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Downtown |
Blank3 Info Sec1: | District 1 |
Blank4 Info Sec1: | Point Douglas Ward |
Centennial is an inner-city neighbourhood located Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, in the Downtown East Neighbourhood Cluster. The boundaries of Centennial are Sherbrook Street on the west, Logan Avenue on the north, William Avenue on the south and Stanley, Paulin and Adelaide streets on the east.[1]
In 2021, the population of Centennial was 3,260, which is the highest it has been since 1971 when the population was 3,510. Centennial does not have a majority racial group as it is 30.7% Aboriginal, 18.8% White and 50.5% is made up of visible minorities, including 23.5% Black, 11.2% Filipino, and 8.0% Arab.
Centennial had a median household income of $45,600 in 2020, which was just over half of the city's at $80,000. As of 2020, there were 1,195 occupied private dwellings, 19.0% which were owned and the average dwelling is worth $198,000, significantly higher than the value in 2006, when the average was $53,440. 8.4% of these dwellings were in need of major repairs.
Centennial has very high crime rates, violent crimes specifically. There were 11 homicides in the area from 2012 to 2016. In 2016, there were 36 robberies (1618.0 per 100,000 residents), 23 auto-thefts (629.2), 46 break-ins (2067.4) and 21 shootings (224.7).[2] All of these rates are not only significantly higher than the national rates, but much higher than the city-wide rates. The robbery rate is more than 20 times the national rate (79 per 100,000 residents)[3] and the 9th highest of all the neighborhoods in Winnipeg with populations over 1,000 residents, 15th (of 234) in total.