Varennes, Winnipeg

A two-storey brown brick church with a modern bell tower.
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Varennes.

49°51′18″N 97°06′43″W / 49.855°N 97.112°W / 49.855; -97.112

Varennes is a neighbourhood in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, located in the northern section of the district of St. Vital. It is a small triangular neighbourhood located, and is bounded by St. Mary's Road on the west, Fermor Avenue on the south, and St. Anne's Road (Trans-Canada Highway) on the east. In the 2001 census, Varennes had a population of 1,080.[1]

The neighbourhood was named for Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, an early French explorer in the district.

It is in the federal riding of Saint Boniface—Saint Vital and the provincial riding of St. Vital.

  1. ^ "VARENNES" (PDF). 2001 CENSUS DATA. City of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, web site. Retrieved 2009-10-08.