Richmond West, Winnipeg Richmond West, Winnipeg Richmond West is a suburb in southwest Winnipeg, Manitoba. Richmond West was originally part of the Rural Municipality of Fort Garry, Winnipeg which was incorporated in 1912. On January 1, 1972 Fort Garry legally became part of the City of Winnipeg. Richmond West is located north of the Winnipeg perimeter highway, east of Waverley Street, west of Pembina Highway and south of the lot north of the property line along Craigmohr drive and Colebrook drive. Further, the Letellier line of Canadian National Railways’ goes from north to south along the east side of its boundary and to
Demographics of Winnipeg followed by French which is the mother-tongue for about 4% of the population. The Aboriginal community is large in Winnipeg. Winnipeg not only has the highest percentage of Aboriginals (11.1%) for any major Canadian city (population 100,000+), but also has the highest total number of Aboriginals living off of the reserves in one city, despite only being the 7th largest city in Canada. There are 72,335 who live in Winnipeg as of 2011, approximately 20,000 more than 10 years ago. That number is more than 30,000 more Aboriginals than the second city with 41,985, which is Edmonton. Winnipeg also has