| Mayor | Scott Gillingham |
| River Heights-Fort Garry | John Orlikow |
| Charleswood-Tuxedo-Westwood | Evan Duncan |
| Waverly West | Janice Lukes |
| St. James | Shawn Dobson |
| Fort Rouge-East Fort Garry | Sherri Rollins |
| North Kildonan | Jeff Browaty |
| St. Boniface | Matt Allard |
| Old Kildonan | Devi Sharma |
| Point Douglas | Vivian Santos |
| Daniel McIntyre | Cindy Gilroy |
| St. Vital | Brian Mayes |
| St. Norbert-Seine River | Markus Chambers |
| Elmwood-East Kildonan | Jason Schreyer |
| Transcona | Russ Wyatt |
| Mynarski | Ross Eadie |
The municipal government of Winnipeg is represented by 15 city councillors and a mayor elected every four years.
Along with being the current provincial capital of Manitoba, Winnipeg has served as the capital for two other Canadian territories: the North-West Territories, from 1870 to 1876, and the District of Keewatin, from 1876 to 1905.
In the past, Winnipeg has garnered a reputation as the "gang capital" of Canada[1] and, in 2013, the Canadian Police Association claimed that gangs were "a key and distinguishing feature of the urban landscape in Winnipeg."[2] In 2019, there were an estimated 4,000 local gang members in Winnipeg—around 1,500 full members and 2,500 associates—spread out between 25 and 30 separate gangs.[3][4]
From 2018 to 2019, the Winnipeg Census Metropolitan Area had the largest Crime Severity Index increase (+22) in the number of homicides in Canada overall.[5][6] Winnipeg in 2019 also dealt with a record breaking year in homicides with 44 and a rise in violent property crimes.[5] Two months before the end of 2022, Winnipeg broke its own record for the most homicides in a year, with 45 homicides by the beginning of October, and 53 being reported by the end of the year, giving the city a homicide rate of 7.1 per 100,000 people.[7] In 2017, Winnipeg had among the highest number (192) of police officers per capita among major Canadian cities (i.e., those with populations of 500,000 or more).[8]
Scott Gillingham was elected as the 44th Mayor of the City of Winnipeg after a very tight race against Glen Murray, on October 26, 2022. Winnipeg is also represented in the Canadian House of Commons by eight Members of Parliament.