Centennial is an inner-city neighbourhood located

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, 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.

Demographics

In 2006, the population of Centennial was 2,225, which has been on a near-steady drop since 1971 when the population was 3,510.2006 Census (Centennial)
Retrieved 3 December 2013. Centennial does not have a majority racial group as it is 26.3%

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, 44.7% Aboriginal and 29.0% is made up of visible minorities; 12.1%

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n, 9.4%

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, 5.2%

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and the rest of other groups. Centennial is a lower income neighbourhood, with a

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of $15,206, which is ess than one-third of the city's at $49,790. There are 910 dwellings, 20.9% which are owned and the average dwelling is worth $53,440. 18.6% of these dwellings are in need of major repairs.

Crime

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). 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)Police-reported crime for selected offences, Canada, 2011 and 2012
Retrieved 3 December 2013. and the 9th highest of all the neighborhoods in Winnipeg with populations over 1,000 residents, 15th (of 234) in total.

Points of interest

Schools

* Dufferin School * Red River College - Roblin Centre

Parks and playgrounds

* Dufferin Park * Dufferin and Isabel park * Lizzie Playground * Ross Ellen Playground * Roosevelt Playground * Pacific Avenue Tot Lot * Ellen and Pacific Tot Lot * Central Park

Places of religion

* Vietnamese Mennonite Church * Believers Church * Amazing Grace Ministry

References

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