Talk:River Heights, Winnipeg

Mennonites

For the second time I have deleted the reference to a concentrated Mennonite population in River Heights. According to the 2001 census, Mennonites comprised 2.2% of the population of River Heights, compared to 2.6% for Winnipeg overall. This can not be claimed to be a concentrated population. Conversely, the area was 10.9% Jewish compared to 2.1% for Winnipeg as a whole so this is evidence of concentration. I think the writer continues to insert this a method of self-promotion of a particular religion which has no place in an encyclopedia.--207.161.47.175 01:36, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Wellington

I find the phrase "Wellington Crescent, as it is known to many in Winnipeg..." odd because Wellington Crescent is the name of a street, not just a name locals use. The perception of affluence applies to the full length of the street, and not to streets that are nearby, or even a block away. But I'm unfamilliar with wikiformat, and thought there might be a reason for it, so I'm too shy to edit.--207.161.45.138 11:39, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Proposed page move

As per WP:CANSTYLE#Neighbourhoods, this article should be moved to River Heights, Winnipeg. In accordance with the guideline, however, the move is first being raised on the talk page. Skeezix1000 (talk) 16:54, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

River Heights Residents Involvement In Committee of 1000

In my High School history classes (at Kelvin in the 1980s) and that 1919 Strike bus tour in the 1990s, they never stated that River Heights residents were part of the Committee of 1000, an anti-union conservative group. No, it was mainly the shop/business owners who lived on Wellington Crescent who were.? I am asking citation for this piece:

River Heights, along with West Fort Rouge, comprised the South End of the old City of Winnipeg. It was these areas which contributed the majority of the men and the money to form the Citizens Committee of 1000, the group which broke the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919.

Jimj wpg (talk) 04:03, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

River Heights Boundaries

Stats. Canada has an East and West River Heights, but anyone who lives here knows that we don't refer to the areas as such. The article says there are 70,000 living in River Heights, but that figure includes residents esat of Cambridge St. which is Grant Park and Rockwood areas. The total I got just including "West River Heights" is 18,995 (as at 2016). So I created a wikitable to show just the 6 sub-neighbourhoods that are truly considered as River Heights to locals - North, Central, South,Sir John Franklin, J.B. Mitchell, and Mathers. Discovered the "Map" function in in MediaWiki editor, but I wish it had a colouring feature so that I could show the boundaries of R.H. in Red, similar to the Infobox of the Etobicoke, Ontario article. Jimj wpg (talk) 03:49, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

IP User:24.77.158.214 just changed the descriptive boundary of River Heights from Cambridge to Stafford. This is incorrect. Maybe the political boundary is Stafford for City Council or MLA, but the neighbourhood boundary has always, always, always, been Cambridge. This may have to go to arbitration at Wikiproject Manitoba (sigh). Jimj wpg (talk) 02:28, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

I agree that the descriptive boundary of River Heights Neighbourhood is Cambridge. East of Cambridge is part of the Crescentwood neighbourhood. The Wikipedia article on Crescentwood says that the western boundary of Crescentwood is Cambridge. It is also interesting that the Crescentwood article say it is part of the River Heights area. Setting the western boundary of River Heights as Taylor Avenue, suggests that the Sir John Franklin community/neighbourhood is now part of River Heights. The Wikipedia article "List of neighbourhood in Winnipeg" includes Sir John Franklin, JB Mitchell and Wellington Crescent as distinct neighbourhoods that fall within the current boundary definition of River Heights.

Once we agree on the boundaries, a number of other edits should be made to the article. The article would be helped by acknowledging that the Census (Stats Canada) definition of River Heights is different than the commonly accepted definition of the neighbourhood. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kjs353 (talk • contribs) 17:17, 12 January 2022 (UTC)