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Winnipeg Metropolitan Region

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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]

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Winnipeg Metropolitan Region
Metropolitan area
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Downtown Winnipeg in 2016
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Red areas are part of the Statistics Canada CMA while green areas show other regions included in the wider WMR.
Country Canada
Province Manitoba
Established1998; 27 years ago (1998)
Government
 • BodyBoard[1]
 • Co-chairsScott Gillingham and Shelley Hart
Area
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 • Total
7,795.96 km2 (3,010.04 sq mi)
Population
 (2021 Census)[3]
 • Total
834,678
 • Extended area
39,202
 • Extended area density157.9/km2 (409/sq mi)
 • Combined
873,880
GDP
 • Winnipeg CMACA$45.0 billion (2020)[4]
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)204, 431
Websitewinnipegmetroregion.ca
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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.[5]

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

History

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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

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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]

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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]

Demographics

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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%.

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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
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Ethnicity

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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[a] 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[b] 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[c] 28,525 3.48% 25,270 3.32% 19,375 2.71% 16,720 2.44% 13,470 2.04%
Middle Eastern[d] 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[e] 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
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Language

The question on knowledge of languages allows for multiple responses.

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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%
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Governance

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

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

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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.

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