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Encyclopedia > Winnipeg Capital Region

The Winnipeg Capital Region is located in the Red River Valley in the south central portion of the province of Manitoba, Canada, containing the provincial capital of Winnipeg and its surrounding rural municipalities (RMs), cities, and towns. It was created to co-ordinate land use policy and economic development between the city of Winnipeg and the surrounding municipalities. It is the most densely populated and economically important area of Manitoba. See also the Red River disambiguation page. ... Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Latin: Glorious and free) Official languages English and French, per mandate of the Constitution Act 1982 Flower Prairie Crocus Tree White Spruce Bird Great Grey Owl Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Lieutenant-Governor John Harvard Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 14... Motto: Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) Area: 465. ...


Other communities with over 1,000 population in the region besides Winnipeg are the city of Selkirk and towns of Oakbank, Stonewall, Stony Mountain, Teulon, Lorette and Niverville. Selkirk is a city in the Canadian province of Manitoba, located about 20km northeast of Winnipeg. ... Oakbank (, ) is a small town in Manitoba, Canada located about 15km east of the provincial capital Winnipeg, in the Rural Municipality of Springfield. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Niverville is a small town in the Canadian Province of Manitoba (population 1,921, Statistics Canada Census 2001), located about 25 km south of the provincial capital, Winnipeg. ...


Officially, the Winnipeg Capital Region is comprised of the following cities, towns and RMs; their total population as of the 2001 census was 711,455, and their total land area is 7,789.75 km² (3,007.64 sq mi): The Canada 2001 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. ...

However, there are some municipalities that are geographically entirely or largely within its territory that are not officially part of the Capital Region. These include the towns of Niverville and Teulon, the villages of Dunnottar and Garson, and the Indian reserve of Brokenhead 4. Motto: Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) Area: 465. ... Selkirk is a city in the Canadian province of Manitoba, located about 20km northeast of Winnipeg. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... East St. ... Headingley is a rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada. ... We dont have an article called MacDonald, Manitoba Search Wikipedia for MacDonald, Manitoba - it might be called something else. ... Rosser, Manitoba is a village 26 kilometres north-west of Winnipeg, latitude 49 degrees 59 minutes 26 seconds North, longitude 97 degrees 27 minutes 7 seconds West. ... Springfield is a Rural Municipality located in southern Manitoba, Canada. ... St. ... A very good place to live! ... West St. ... Niverville is a small town in the Canadian Province of Manitoba (population 1,921, Statistics Canada Census 2001), located about 25 km south of the provincial capital, Winnipeg. ... In Canada, an Indian reserve is specified by the Indian Act as a tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band. ...


The Winnipeg Capital Region includes the smaller Winnipeg census metropolitan area (CMA) with the exception of Brokenhead 4. The included CMA municipalities are: A census metropolitan area, or CMA is a Canadian census subdivision comprising a large urban area (known as the urban core) and adjacent areas (known as urban and rural fringes) that have a high degree of social and economic integration with the urban core. ...

Motto: Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) Area: 465. ... East St. ... Headingley is a rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada. ... Rosser, Manitoba is a village 26 kilometres north-west of Winnipeg, latitude 49 degrees 59 minutes 26 seconds North, longitude 97 degrees 27 minutes 7 seconds West. ... Springfield is a Rural Municipality located in southern Manitoba, Canada. ... A very good place to live! ... West St. ...

See also

Regions in the province of Manitoba, Canada, showing the census divisions in each. ... Communities in the province of Manitoba, Canada See also: list of Manitoba regions, list of rural municipalities in Manitoba. ...

External links

  • Government of Manitoba Community profiles:
    • Regional Map
    • Census Divisions Map
    • Municipality Profiles
Flag of Manitoba Manitoba
Regions Winnipeg Capital Region - Central Plains - Eastman - Interlake - Northern - Parkland - Pembina Valley - Westman
Census divisions 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20 - 21 - 22 - 23
Cities Brandon - Dauphin - Flin Flon - Portage la Prairie - Selkirk - Steinbach - Thompson - Winkler - Winnipeg
List of communities in Manitoba - List of rural municipalities in Manitoba

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Winnipeg - winnipeg free press (3887 words)
Winnipeg (49°53' N 97°09' W, CST) is a Canadian city and the provincial capital of the province of Manitoba.
Winnipeg was once Canada's third-largest city (until the 1930s), but, beginning in the 1970s, as the economy evolved away from rural farm-based industry, Winnipeg stalled in growth and dropped to eighth by 2004.
Winnipeg wasn't actually born in Winnipeg, but was purchased in White River, Ontario, by an officer of the Fort Garry Horse cavalry regiment en route to his embarkation point for the front lines of World War I. He named the bear after the regiment's home town.
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