Landscaping in Ste. Anne, Manitoba

Ste. Anne (Sainte-Anne-des-Chênes) traces its roots to 1856, when it was established as the first parish in the area under the name La Pointe-des-Chênes — “the point of the oak trees” — on the banks of the Seine River. French-speaking settlers from Canada East farmed the surrounding land and supplied lumber for the construction of St. Boniface Cathedral, and the town’s Catholic church, opened in 1898, still anchors the community today. Ste. Anne was incorporated as a village in 1963 and reached town status in 1997.

What makes Ste. Anne different today is both its growth rate and its character. The town grew from 1,513 residents in 2011 to 2,891 in 2021 — 36.8% growth in the final five years alone — while holding onto a francophone identity most Winnipeg-area towns lost generations ago: École Pointe-des-Chênes runs K-12 in French, Mass at Ste. Anne’s Catholic church is offered in both French and English, and the town markets itself on its bilingual heritage. Geographically, Ste. Anne sits where the flat Red River Valley prairie gives way to the wooded edge of the Canadian Shield, and after the town’s worst flood on record in 1959, the Seine River Diversion was completed in 1960 to keep the river out of town — which means the drainage story here is as much about a river as it is about clay.

Why Ste. Anne is a different job

Between the terrain and the town’s pace of growth, a few things set Ste. Anne apart:

Soil changes across town, not just from lot to lot. Ste. Anne sits at the transition between open Red River Valley prairie to the west and the wooded fringe of the Canadian Shield to the east, so we don’t assume one soil profile applies to every property — grading and drainage plans get checked on-site, not copied from the last job.

A flood-diversion town still needs yard-level drainage. The 1960 Seine River Diversion protects Ste. Anne from the kind of river flooding that hit the town in 1959, but that protects the town, not your yard — proper grading and drainage around the house is still on the homeowner, and we build it in from the start.

Fast growth, similar to Niverville, but a different kind of town. Ste. Anne’s population grew 36.8% between 2016 and 2021, close to Niverville’s pace, but the growth here is layered onto a nearly 170-year-old parish with an established francophone core, not a brand-new subdivision grid.

A bilingual community that expects clear, professional communication. With Mass, schooling and much of daily life in Ste. Anne conducted in French as well as English, we make sure quotes, contracts and on-site conversations are as clear and professional as the work itself.

Our landscaping services in Ste. Anne

On a residential lot in Ste. Anne, we handle:

• Grading and drainage — grading and drainage suited to Ste. Anne’s mixed prairie-to-Shield soil and its flood-diversion setting.
• Sod installation — sod installation for new lawns and replacement of tired, patchy turf.
• Driveways — paving stone driveways built on a proper compacted base for our freeze-thaw winters.
• Patios and decks — paving stone patios and deck construction for outdoor living space along the Seine River corridor.
• Retaining walls — retaining walls where grade changes near the river or older lots demand it.
• Full yard builds and renovations — full yard renovations and front yard landscaping taking a bare or dated yard to finished.

Areas we serve around Ste. Anne

We serve Ste. Anne and the surrounding RM of Ste. Anne. Neighbouring areas include Landmark and Lorette. See all our Winnipeg and Manitoba service areas.

Why Ste. Anne homeowners choose BerryHill

How it works

1. Free on-site consultation
   We assess your lot’s grade, soil and goals, in French or English.
2. Design and fixed quote
   One line-itemed price covering excavation, base, materials and labour.
3. Build and final walkthrough
   Grading and drainage first, then hardscape, sod and planting. We walk it with you before calling it done.

Ste. Anne landscaping questions