North Point Douglas Today
North Point Douglas continues to be primarily a residential neighbourhood, but is also home to commercial and industrial uses, with industry located mainly on the south side of the neighbourhood along the CPR tracks, and commercial establishments on the western side, along Main Street—one of the city's busiest thoroughfares.
North Point Douglas is located immediately north of Winnipeg's downtown, and is considered part of Winnipeg's inner city. It has faced many of the same challenges that have characterized the North American city in the postwar decades: population and economic decline, crime, drug abuse, and a lack of investment. In recent years, the neighbourhood has begun to stabilize, through efforts by community groups like the Point Douglas Residents Committee and North End Community Renewal Corporation, and through new and long-time residents renovating properties.
North Point Douglas has begun to develop a reputation an attractive, quiet, character neighbourhood. As a result, a small number of artists and "Bohemians" are moving to the neighbourhood.
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