This is a list of regions in Manitoba, Canada, including Manitoba's geographic regions, economic regions, and health regions. These regions do not reflect the organization of local government in Manitoba. These areas exist solely for the purposes of statistical analysis and presentation; they have no government of their own.

Typically outlined by provincial or federal authorities, these formal and informal regional models broadly follow the geographic definitions, but have particular variations depending on their administrative or other purpose.

Geographic regions

These are informal geographic regions, accompanied by the census divisions in each. Unlike in some other provinces, census divisions in Manitoba do not reflect the organization of local government: these areas exist solely for the purposes of statistical analysis and presentation; they have no government of their own.

Provincial regions

Central Manitoba

  • Interlake
  • North Interlake (Division No. 18)
  • Selkirk Area (Division No. 13)
  • South Interlake (Division No. 14)
  • Parkland
  • Dauphin (Division No. 17)
  • Roblin, Russell, Rossburn Area (Division No. 16)
  • Swan Valley (Division No. 20)

Northern Manitoba

  • Northern (Norman or Nor-Man) — this region was added to the province in 1912, and includes all land north of the 52nd parallel.
  • Churchill/Northern Manitoba (Division No. 23)
  • Flin Flon/North West (Division No. 21)
  • North East Manitoba, or North Eastman (Division No. 19)
  • Thompson/North Central (Division No. 22)

Southern Manitoba

Southern Manitoba includes:

  • Winnipeg census division (Division No. 11):
  • City of Winnipeg
  • Headingley
  • Three rural municipalities from the Central Plains Region (Division 10 in its entirety):
  • Cartier
  • Macdonald
  • St. François Xavier
  • Three rural municipalities from the Eastman Region (portions of Divisions 2 and 12):
  • Ritchot
  • Springfield
  • Taché
  • Eight rural municipalities from the Interlake Region (all of Division 13 and part of Division 14):
  • East St. Paul
  • Rockwood
  • Rosser
  • Selkirk
  • St. Andrews
  • St. Clements
  • Stonewall
  • West St. Paul

Extraterritorial regions

In the broader context of Canada's 7 primary regions, as well as those of North America's various regions, Manitoba can be considered by the following physiographic regions:

  • Hudson Bay Lowlands
  • Canadian Shield
  • Interior Plains
  • Red River Valley
  • Western Canada
  • Canadian Prairies

Economic regions

The economic regions of Manitoba are defined by Statistics Canada. Manitoba is broken into 8 economic regions, each with its own competitive advantages and potential opportunities. These regions also include "self-contained labour areas," or SLAs, which are local geographic areas in Manitoba where people live and work and that have a minimum population of 3,000 and a minimum tax base of CA$130 million. These areas are solely based on economic relationships that exist between neighbouring towns and municipalities.

Manitoba's 8 economic regions include the following.

The 5 health regions, and their respective RHAs, that exist today were created as an amalgamation of 11 regions and authorities that were merged in 2012:

  • Interlake-Eastern health region — comprising the geographic regions of Interlake and North Eastman
  • Northern Health health region — comprising the geographic region of Northern Manitoba (excluding Churchill)
  • Prairie Mountain health region — comprising southwestern Manitoba, including the geographic regions of Westman and Parkland
  • Southern Health-Santé Sud — comprising the geographic region of Pembina Valley and South Eastman (census districts 1 and 2)
  • Winnipeg health region — comprising the City of Winnipeg, the northern community of Churchill, and the Rural Municipalities of East and West St. Paul,

Other

Schools

School divisions and districts in Manitoba are also divided into regions:

  • Treaty 1 — comprising Winnipeg (census division 11), and southern Manitoba—roughly the regions of Central Plains, Pembina Valley, and Interlake (excluding northern half of census division 18)
  • Treaty 2 — comprising southern Manitoba—roughly the Westman Region, census division 17, parts of division 16, southern part of division 19, and northern part of division 18
  • Treaty 3 — roughly comprising census division 1; and the Lake of the Woods area of southeastern Ontario
  • Treaty 4 — roughly comprising census division 20, the non-contiguous western portion of division 19, and small, westward portion of division 16; and the Qu’Appelle area of southern Saskatchewan
  • Treaty 5 — comprising central-northern Manitoba—roughly Northern Manitoba (excluding a portion of division 19; and the furthest-east portion of census division 23, which does not belong to a Manitoba treaty)

Manitoba Metis Federation regions

The Manitoba Metis Federation, which is the official self-governing political organization for Métis people in Manitoba, uses a regionally-based governance structure wherein the MMF is organized into regional associations that are made up of local associations.

  • Northwest Region
  • The Pas Region
  • Thompson Region
  • Interlake Region
  • Southeast Region
  • Southwest Region
  • Winnipeg Region

See also

  • Administrative divisions of Canada
  • List of census divisions of Manitoba
  • List of communities in Manitoba
  • List of former counties of Manitoba
  • List of municipalities in Manitoba
  • List of rural municipalities in Manitoba
  • List of regions of Canada

References

  • Government of Manitoba Community Profiles:
  • Regional Map.
  • Municipality Profiles.
  • https://www.brandonu.ca/rdi/files/2017/01/Report-3-Admin-Regions-in-MB-Jan24.pdf