[4] The ward includes such neighbourhoods as Garden City, The Maples, Amber Trail, Leila-Mcphillips Triangle, Leila North, Templeton-Sinclair, North Inkster Industrial, West Kildonan Industrial, Rosser-Old Kildonan, and Mandalay West.

Following the signing of Treaty 1 with the Chippewa (Anishinabe) and Cree First Nations in 1871, settlement increased in the region and the process of municipal development had accelerated.

[7] In 1875, Kildonan became one of the districts of the Red River Colony,[6] and originally rivalled Fort Garry in the Winnipeg area.

[8] From 1875 to 1914, Kildonan covered a large area on both sides of the Red River, just north of the original City of Winnipeg.

[3] In 2018, from the first of January to September 28, 364 crimes were reported from the area to police, compared to 303 during the same period the previous year—marking a 20% increase.