Winnipeg Metropolitan Region

The Winnipeg Metropolitan Region (formerly called the Winnipeg Capital Region and the Manitoba Capital Region) 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.

In June 1998, former Great West Life President Kevin Kavanagh was appointed by Premier Gary Filmon to chair the Capital Region Review Committee. 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. 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.

In October 2019, Dentons released a speech and discussion document, For the Benefit of All: Regional Competitiveness and Collaboration in the Winnipeg Metro Region, 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.

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. 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:

| 615,215

| 618,477

| 619,544

| 633,451

| 663,617

| 705,244

| 749,607

! Winnipeg

| 660,450

| 672,109

| 676,594

| 694,668

| 730,018

| 778,489

| 834,678

! Winnipeg Metropolitan Region

| 696,453

| 705,806

| 711,455

| 730,305

| 771,616

| 821,537

| 873,880

Ethnicity

{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable"

|+ Panethnic groups in Metro Winnipeg (2001−2021)

! rowspan="2" |Panethnic group

! colspan="2" |2021

! colspan="2" |2016

! colspan="2" |2011

! colspan="2" |2006

! colspan="2" |2001

| European

| 460,240

| 473,360

| 495,445

| 514,715

| 523,405

| Indigenous

| 102,075

| 92,810

| 78,420

| 68,385

| 55,755

| Southeast Asian

| 94,700

| 81,875

| 63,740

| 42,275

| 35,125

| South Asian

| 63,805

| 38,100

| 23,175

| 15,295

| 12,290

| African

| 40,920

| 27,375

| 17,840

| 14,475

| 11,440

| East Asian

| 28,525

| 25,270

| 19,375

| 16,720

| 13,470

| Middle Eastern

| 10,480

| 7,110

| 4,705

| 4,020

| 1,955

| Latin American

| 9,160

| 6,825

| 6,560

| 5,475

| 4,550

| Other/Multiracial

| 10,595

| 8,810

| 5,390

| 4,680

| 3,735

! Total responses

! 819,715

! 761,540

! 714,635

! 686,040

! 661,725

! Total population

! 834,678

! 778,489

! 730,018

! 694,668

! 671,274

|- class="sortbottom"

| colspan="15" |

Language

The question on knowledge of languages allows for multiple responses.

{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable"

|+Knowledge of Languages in Metro Winnipeg

! rowspan="2" |Language

! colspan="2" |2021

! colspan="2" |2011

| English

| 805,680

| 711,285

| 655,360

| French

| 83,365

| 76,765

| 74,460

| Tagalog

| 64,725

| 45,745

| 23,560

| Punjabi

| 40,105

| 12,010

| 6,130

| Hindi

| 23,670

| 6,900

| 3,245

| Spanish

| 16,550

| 13,475

| 10,655

| German

| 15,755

| 23,485

| 28,485

| Mandarin

| 15,240

| 3,590

| 1,490

| Ukrainian

| 9,720

| 13,490

| 20,865

| Russian

| 9,615

| 5,495

| 3,100

| Arabic

| 9,470

| 4,485

| 1,900

| Portuguese

| 8,605

| 6,595

| 7,965

| Cantonese

| 8,165

| 4,365

| 3,025

| Urdu

| 6,240

| 2,315

| 1,115

| Polish

| 6,145

| 7,380

| 11,005

| Vietnamese

| 6,015

| 3,825

| 3,900

| Yoruba

| 5,350

| Italian

| 4,860

| 5,440

| 6,740

| Gujarati

| 4,280

| 1,310

| 485

| Tigrigna

| 4,100

| 1,010

| Korean

| 3,900

| 2,660

| 885

| Hebrew

| 3,690

| 2,575

| 1,625

| Amharic

| 3,370

| 1,605

| Ojibway

| 3,265

| 2,260

| 3,535

| Ilocano

| 3,015

| 1,165

| Swahili

| 2,775

| 1,200

| 550

| Bengali

| 2,660

| 630

| 275

| Serbo-Croatian

| 2,630

| 2,085

| 3,535

| Plautdietsch

| 2,190

| Cree

| 1,805

| 1,555

| 2,850

| Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)

| 1,635

| Somali

| 1,590

| 735

| Dutch

| 1,565

| 1,935

| 2,980

| Iranian Persian

| 1,525

| Greek

| 1,500

| 1,435

| 1,655

| Igbo

| 1,400

| Cebuano

| 1,365

| Japanese

| 1,310

| 860

| 975

| Kurdish

| 1,170

| 265

| 365

| Lao

| 1,165

| 960

| 1,285

| Sinhala

| 1,160

| 535

| 425

| Malayalam

| 1,095

| 310

| 90

| Hungarian

| 1,035

| 1,140

| 1,680

| Chinese,

| 6,430

| 5,650

| Persian

| 1,950

| 810

! Total Responses

! 819,715

! 714,635

! 661,725

! Total Population

! 834,678

! 730,018

! 671,274

Governance

Regional partnership is led by a board of governors. , board members include:

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
Kildonan—St. Paul
Portage—Lisgar (northeastern portion)
Provencher (northwestern portion)
Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman (southern portion)

Notes

References

External links

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