Rural Municipality of West St. Paul 3.98

West St. Paul is a rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada. It lies adjacent to the north side of Winnipeg, and directly west of the Red River. It is part of the Winnipeg Capital Region, and had a population of 4,932 at the 2011 census. It was formed on 3 November 1915 when the municipality of St. Paul (1888-1914) was subdivided into West St. Paul and East St. Paul. It contains two communities, Middlechurch and Rivercrest. Middlechurch is the larger of the two communities and includes the municipal hall, curling club, fire station, St. Paul's church, the Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, and Grassmere Creek and lies at the Southern portion of the municipality. The community of Rivercrest lies to the North and contains the West St. Paul School and Royal Manitoba Yacht Club.Municipal HallThe two story municipal Hall was built in 1917 and expanded with a North and South addition in 1989. It is considered a municipally designated historic landmark of Manitoba and currently the only official historic site within West St. Paul.Fire DepartmentThe West St. Paul Fire Dept. is not a full-time fire department, but rather a paid-on-call department, meaning firefighters are paid only for the emergency calls and training that they attend. The department's fire coverage area encompasses the entire municipality of West St. Paul or 87.66 square kilometers. The department responds to a variety of emergency situations including but not limited to fire response, medical response, motor vehicle collisions, Carbon Monoxide alarms, downed power lines and water rescue response. The department responded to a total of 264 calls for service in 2013.