Winnipeg Metropolitan Region

The Winnipeg Metropolitan Region^[5] (formerly called the Winnipeg Capital Region and the Manitoba Capital Region)^[6] is a metropolitan area in the Canadian province of Manitoba located in the Red River Valley in the southeast portion of the province of Manitoba, Canada. It contains the provincial capital of Winnipeg and 17 surrounding rural municipalities, cities, and towns.^[5]

Winnipeg Metropolitan Region
Metropolitan area
Downtown Winnipeg in 2016
Red areas are part of the Statistics Canada CMA while green areas show other regions included in the wider WMR.
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Established	1998; 26 years ago (1998)
Government
• Body	Board[1]
• Co-chairs	Scott Gillingham and Shelley Hart
Area [2]
• Total	7,795.96 km2 (3,010.04 sq mi)
Population  (2021 Census)[3]
• Total	834,678
• Extended area	39,202
• Extended area density	157.9/km2 (409/sq mi)
• Combined	873,880
GDP
• Winnipeg CMA	CA$45.0 billion (2020)[4]
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	204, 431
Website	winnipegmetroregion.ca

Other places in the Region besides Winnipeg with a population over 1,000 are the city of Selkirk; towns of Stonewall and Niverville; and communities of Oakbank, Oak Bluff, Stony Mountain, Teulon, and Lorette. As the most densely-populated and economically-important area of Manitoba, the region accounts for two-thirds of the province's population and 70% of the provincial GDP as of 2021^[update].^[5]

It also includes the smaller census metropolitan area (CMA) of Winnipeg, with the addition of the Brokenhead 4 Indian Reserve.^[7][8]

History

In the late 1990s, issues such as providing Shoal Lake water to nearby municipalities and allowing exurban housing growth beyond Winnipeg became more important. At the time, Mayor Susan Thompson voiced the idea of a regional planning authority to mediate such issues.^[9]

In June 1998, former Great West Life President Kevin Kavanagh was appointed by Premier Gary Filmon to chair the Capital Region Review Committee.^[10] The panel looked at land-use planning and economic development between the City of Winnipeg and surrounding municipalities. Thompson along with the mayors and reeves of the 14 municipalities adjacent to Winnipeg began to meet on a regular basis starting in October 1998, thus forming the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region.^[11] Due to a change of government in September 1999, however, creating a regional planning authority took longer than originally foreseen.

The Capital Region was originally defined in 2006, through The Capital Region Partnership Act, to include 16 municipalities.^[12]

A pro-economic growth planning document was released in November 2018, called Securing Our Future: An Action Plan for Winnipeg's Metropolitan Region.^[13]

In October 2019, Dentons released a speech and discussion document, For the Benefit of All: Regional Competitiveness and Collaboration in the Winnipeg Metro Region,^[14] which sought to reform regional planning. Upon publication, Premier Brian Pallister and Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman spoke in favour of creating a new entity to manage development and transportation in the Winnipeg Metro Region.^[15]

Membership

The Winnipeg Metro Region is located in the Red River Valley in the southeast portion of the province of Manitoba, and is bounded to the north by the south basin of Lake Winnipeg.^[6]

The Region was originally defined in The Capital Region Partnership Act (2006) to include 16 municipalities.^[12] Since that time, the Town of Niverville and the Village of Dunnottar have been incorporated into the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region, giving the Region 18 municipalities in total.

The Region today comprises the following cities, towns, and RMs:^[5]

City of Winnipeg City of Selkirk Town of Stonewall Town of Niverville Village of Dunnottar RM of Cartier RM of East St. Paul RM of Headingley RM of Macdonald

RM of Ritchot RM of Rockwood RM of Rosser RM of Springfield RM of St. Andrews RM of St. Clements RM of St. François Xavier RM of Taché RM of West St. Paul

An aerial view of Winnipeg.

However, there are some municipalities that are geographically (entirely or largely) within the Region's territory that are not officially part of the Metro Region. These include the town of Teulon, the village of Garson, and the Indian reserve of Brokenhead Ojibway Nation.

Winnipeg census metropolitan area

The Winnipeg Metro Region includes the smaller Winnipeg census metropolitan area (CMA), with the addition of the Brokenhead 4 Indian Reserve. The included CMA municipalities are:^[7]

Winnipeg East St. Paul Headingley Ritchot Rosser

Springfield St. Clements St. François Xavier Taché West St. Paul

Demographics

Population

The population of the Winnipeg Metro Region is greatly concentrated within the city of Winnipeg itself, which has 86.5% of the Region's population residing in less than 6% of its land area. On the provincial level, the city has 54.9% of the province's population, while the Region's share is 63.5%.

Census area	1991 census	1996 census	2001 census	2006 census	2011 census	2016 census	2021 census
City of Winnipeg[16][17]	615,215	618,477	619,544	633,451	663,617	705,244	749,607
Winnipeg CMA[8][18][19][20]	660,450	672,109	676,594	694,668	730,018	778,489	834,678
Winnipeg Metropolitan Region[21][22][23]	696,453	705,806	711,455	730,305	771,616	821,537	873,880

Ethnicity

Panethnic groups in Metro Winnipeg (2001−2021)

Panethnic group	2021[24][25]		2016[26]		2011[27]		2006[28]		2001[29]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European[lower-alpha 1]	460,240	56.15%	473,360	62.16%	495,445	69.33%	514,715	75.03%	523,405	79.1%
Indigenous	102,075	12.45%	92,810	12.19%	78,420	10.97%	68,385	9.97%	55,755	8.43%
Southeast Asian[lower-alpha 2]	94,700	11.55%	81,875	10.75%	63,740	8.92%	42,275	6.16%	35,125	5.31%
South Asian	63,805	7.78%	38,100	5%	23,175	3.24%	15,295	2.23%	12,290	1.86%
African	40,920	4.99%	27,375	3.59%	17,840	2.5%	14,475	2.11%	11,440	1.73%
East Asian[lower-alpha 3]	28,525	3.48%	25,270	3.32%	19,375	2.71%	16,720	2.44%	13,470	2.04%
Middle Eastern[lower-alpha 4]	10,480	1.28%	7,110	0.93%	4,705	0.66%	4,020	0.59%	1,955	0.3%
Latin American	9,160	1.12%	6,825	0.9%	6,560	0.92%	5,475	0.8%	4,550	0.69%
Other/Multiracial[lower-alpha 5]	10,595	1.29%	8,810	1.16%	5,390	0.75%	4,680	0.68%	3,735	0.56%
Total responses	819,715	98.21%	761,540	97.82%	714,635	97.89%	686,040	98.76%	661,725	98.58%
Total population	834,678	100%	778,489	100%	730,018	100%	694,668	100%	671,274	100%
Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses

Language

The question on knowledge of languages allows for multiple responses.

Knowledge of Languages in Metro Winnipeg

Language	2021[30]		2011[27]		2001[31]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
English	805,680	98.29%	711,285	99.53%	655,360	99.04%
French	83,365	10.17%	76,765	10.74%	74,460	11.25%
Tagalog	64,725	7.9%	45,745	6.4%	23,560	3.56%
Punjabi	40,105	4.89%	12,010	1.68%	6,130	0.93%
Hindi	23,670	2.89%	6,900	0.97%	3,245	0.49%
Spanish	16,550	2.02%	13,475	1.89%	10,655	1.61%
German	15,755	1.92%	23,485	3.29%	28,485	4.3%
Mandarin	15,240	1.86%	3,590	0.5%	1,490	0.23%
Ukrainian	9,720	1.19%	13,490	1.89%	20,865	3.15%
Russian	9,615	1.17%	5,495	0.77%	3,100	0.47%
Arabic	9,470	1.16%	4,485	0.63%	1,900	0.29%
Portuguese	8,605	1.05%	6,595	0.92%	7,965	1.2%
Cantonese	8,165	1%	4,365	0.61%	3,025	0.46%
Urdu	6,240	0.76%	2,315	0.32%	1,115	0.17%
Polish	6,145	0.75%	7,380	1.03%	11,005	1.66%
Vietnamese	6,015	0.73%	3,825	0.54%	3,900	0.59%
Yoruba	5,350	0.65%	—	—	—	—
Italian	4,860	0.59%	5,440	0.76%	6,740	1.02%
Gujarati	4,280	0.52%	1,310	0.18%	485	0.07%
Tigrigna	4,100	0.5%	1,010	0.14%	—	—
Korean	3,900	0.48%	2,660	0.37%	885	0.13%
Hebrew	3,690	0.45%	2,575	0.36%	1,625	0.25%
Amharic	3,370	0.41%	1,605	0.22%	—	—
Ojibway	3,265	0.4%	2,260	0.32%	3,535	0.53%
Ilocano	3,015	0.37%	1,165	0.16%	—	—
Swahili	2,775	0.34%	1,200	0.17%	550	0.08%
Bengali	2,660	0.32%	630	0.09%	275	0.04%
Serbo-Croatian	2,630	0.32%	2,085	0.29%	3,535	0.53%
Plautdietsch	2,190	0.27%	—	—	—	—
Cree	1,805	0.22%	1,555	0.22%	2,850	0.43%
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)	1,635	0.2%	—	—	—	—
Somali	1,590	0.19%	735	0.1%	—	—
Dutch	1,565	0.19%	1,935	0.27%	2,980	0.45%
Iranian Persian	1,525	0.19%	—	—	—	—
Greek	1,500	0.18%	1,435	0.2%	1,655	0.25%
Igbo	1,400	0.17%	—	—	—	—
Cebuano	1,365	0.17%	—	—	—	—
Japanese	1,310	0.16%	860	0.12%	975	0.15%
Kurdish	1,170	0.14%	265	0.04%	365	0.06%
Lao	1,165	0.14%	960	0.13%	1,285	0.19%
Sinhala	1,160	0.14%	535	0.07%	425	0.06%
Malayalam	1,095	0.13%	310	0.04%	90	0.01%
Hungarian	1,035	0.13%	1,140	0.16%	1,680	0.25%
Chinese, n.o.s	—	—	6,430	0.9%	5,650	0.85%
Persian	—	—	1,950	0.27%	810	0.12%
Total Responses	819,715	98.21%	714,635	97.89%	661,725	98.58%
Total Population	834,678	100%	730,018	100%	671,274	100%

Governance

Regional partnership is led by a board of governors. As of 2021^[update], board members include:^[1]

• Scott Gillingham, City of Winnipeg councillor — board co-chair
• Shelley Hart, RM of East St. Paul mayor — board co-chair
• John Orlikow, City of Winnipeg councillor
• Larry Johannson, City of Selkirk mayor
• Christa Vann Mitchell, RM of Cartier reeve
• Jim Robson, RM of Headingley councillor
• Brad Erb, RM of Macdonald reeve
• Chris Ewen, RM of Ritchot mayor
• J. Wesley Taplin, RM of Rockwood reeve
• Fran Smee, RM of Rosser reeve
• Tiffany Fell, RM of Springfield mayor
• Joy Sul, RM of St. Andrews mayor
• Debbie Fiebelkorn, RM of St. Clements mayor
• Rick van Wyk, RM of St. François Xavier reeve
• Justin Denis Bohemier, RM of Taché mayor
• Cheryl Christian, RM of West St. Paul mayor
• Myron Dyck, Town of Niverville mayor
• Clive Hinds, Town of Stonewall mayor
• Rick Gamble, Village of Dunnottar mayor

In addition to those located entirely in the City of Winnipeg, the Region falls into several federal electoral districts:

• Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley^[32]
• Kildonan—St. Paul^[33]
• Portage—Lisgar (northeastern portion)^[34]
• Provencher (northwestern portion)^[35]
• Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman (southern portion)^[36]

See also

• List of Manitoba regions
• List of communities in Manitoba
• Southern Manitoba
• Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg
• Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
• Metro Winnipeg Transit
• Metro Winnipeg (newspaper)
• Amalgamation of Winnipeg
• Regional planning

Notes

1. 2001-2016: Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
   
   2021: Statistic includes all persons belonging to the non-indigenous and non-visible minority “White” population group.
2. Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
3. Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
4. Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
5. Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

References

1. "Governance".
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10. Redekop, Bill (November 9, 1998). "Hearings aim to heal relationship between city, nearby municipalities". Winnipeg Free Press. p. A3.
11. MacKenzie, Glen (October 4, 1998). "Capital region chiefs bury hatchet". Winnipeg Free Press. p. A3.
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13. Securing Our Future: An Action Plan for Winnipeg's Metropolitan Region (PDF). Winnipeg Metro Region. 2018.
14. Murray, Robert W. (2019). For the Benefit of All: Regional Competitiveness and Collaboration in the Winnipeg Metro Region (PDF). Dentons.
15. Kives, Bartley (October 31, 2019). "Province may appoint new planning authority to oversee development in Winnipeg and area". CBC News Manitoba. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
16. "2001 Census Data - The City of Winnipeg" (PDF). City of Winnipeg. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
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21. "Partnership of the Manitoba Capital Region A Regional Growth Strategy and Population Analysis" (PDF). The Partnership of the Manitoba Capital Region. 9 May 2016. p. 4. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
22. "Resources". Winnipeg Metropolitan Region. 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
23. "Draft Plan20-50 - Regional Growth and Servicing Plan: WINNIPEG METROPOLITAN REGION" (PDF). Winnipeg Metropolitan Region. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
24. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2022-09-21). "Indigenous identity by Registered or Treaty Indian status: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
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26. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2021-10-27). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
27. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2015-11-27). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
28. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2019-08-20). "2006 Community Profiles". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
29. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2019-07-02). "2001 Community Profiles". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
30. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2022-08-17). "Knowledge of languages by age and gender: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
31. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2013-12-23). "Various Non-official Languages Spoken (76), Age Groups (13) and Sex (3) for Population, for Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2001 Census - 20% Sample Data". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
32. "Charleswood--St. James--Assiniboia--Headingley (Manitoba)," Elections Canada. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
33. "Kildonan--St. Paul," Elections Canada. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
34. "Portage--Lisgar (Manitoba)," Elections Canada. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
35. "Provencher (Manitoba)," Elections Canada. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
36. "Selkirk--Interlake--Eastman (Manitoba)," Elections Canada. Retrieved 2021-08-12.

External links

• Government of Manitoba Community profiles:
  • Regional Map
  • Census Divisions Map
  • Municipality Profiles
  • Winnipeg Capital Region Map

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