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Wildlife and Vehicles

Manitoba drivers report approximately 10,000* wildlife-vehicle collisions each year. Of these, 65 to 80 percent involve deer. This represents 6,500 to 8,000 deer. Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) estimates that wildlife-vehicle collisions cost Manitobans approximately $27 million annually. In the City of Winnipeg alone, over 300 per year are confirmed as deer-vehicle collisions.

Some areas inside the City of Winnipeg are at higher risk for deer-vehicle collisions than other areas, although deer can make their way to any part of the city.

Winnipeg's high risk areas (see PDF map) are as follows:

• Wilkes Avenue from Perimeter West to Shaftesbury Boulevard
• All of Roblin Boulevard, and Corydon Avenue facing the Zoo and Assiniboine Park
• Shaftesbury Boulevard from Grant Avenue to Sterling Lyon Parkway
• Grant Avenue from Roblin Road to Shaftesbury Boulevard
• Sturgeon Road between Saskatchewan and Murray Park
• McGillivray Boulevard between Kenaston and McCreary Road (and all of McCreary Road)
• Kenaston Boulevard between Sterling Lyon Parkway and Bishop Grandin
• Waverley from McGillivray Boulevard to Perimeter South
• St.Mary's Road from Bishop Grandin Boulevard to Perimeter South
• McPhillips Street from Leila Avenue to Perimeter North

Some of the locations in rural Manitoba noted as deer-vehicle collision areas are:

• PTH #1 (Falcon Lake to the Saskatchewan border)
• PTH 59 and PR 206.
• PTH 10 south of Brandon
• PTH #83 (Virden to Swan River)
• PTH #'s 6, 7, 8 and 9

To avoid collisions, drive with caution, reduce your speed, and be on alert for wildlife that may be feeding beside, or attempting to cross, the road, especially at night.

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*Numbers provided by Manitoba Public Insurance.

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Winnipeg's High Risk Areas Map [PDF]