A year into his term as mayor, the bloom's not off Brian Bowman.

A Probe Research poll found 77% of Winnipeggers approve of Bowman’s job performance to date – including 15% who strongly approve.

About 10% moderately disapprove and 2% strongly disapprove.

Bowman has slightly outdone former mayor Sam Katz, who had a 76% approval rating one year after first being elected.

Bowman’s biggest fans live east of the Red River, with 23% in northeast Winnipeg and 20% in southeast Winnipeg saying they “strongly approve” of his job performance. Only 7% in southwest Winnipeg say the mayor’s doing an excellent job.

Women are more likely than men to strongly approve of the mayor’s job performance (19% versus 11% respectively). The mayor’s popularity is relatively consistent across all other demographic sub-groups.

Probe surveyed 600 Winnipeg adults by phone between Sept. 14-23.