Amalgamation of Winnipeg

"Unicity" redirects here. For the former mall in Winnipeg, see Unicity Mall. For other uses, see Unicity (disambiguation).
The City of Winnipeg Act
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
  • The City of Winnipeg Act creating Unicity
CitationS.M. 1971, c. 105
Royal assentJuly 27, 1971
Legislative history
Bill titleBill 36
Amended by
City of Winnipeg Charter, S.M. 2002, c. 39
Status: Amended

The amalgamation of Winnipeg, Manitoba (also known as Unicity) was the municipal incorporation of the old City of Winnipeg, eleven surrounding municipalities, and the Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg (Metro) into one.[1]

The amalgamated city's boundaries were established by the 1971 City of Winnipeg Act,[2] combining the former Winnipeg and Metro with the rural municipalities of Charleswood, Fort Garry, North Kildonan, and Old Kildonan; the Town of Tuxedo; and the cities of East Kildonan, West Kildonan, St. Vital, Transcona, St. Boniface, and St. James-Assiniboia.[3] The city-metropolitan government officially replaced the existing municipal governments on 1 January 1972.[1]

Though officially joined in 1972, these areas and their respective civic services (e.g. police departments) were not completely merged until years later.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Metro Years". Pathways to Winnipeg History. Archived from the original on 2012-06-03. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
  2. ^ "Description of Geographies Used to Produce Census Profiles - Census - City of Winnipeg". City of Winnipeg. Archived from the original on 2021-02-15. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  3. ^ "History of City government". City of Winnipeg. Archived from the original on 2022-06-27. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  4. ^ Winnipeg Police Service. "History of the Winnipeg Police Service". City of Winnipeg. Archived from the original on 2021-02-14. Retrieved 2021-02-08.