Winnipeg Metropolitan Region

Winnipeg Metropolitan Region
Metropolitan area
Downtown Winnipeg in 2016
Downtown Winnipeg in 2016
Red areas are part of the Statistics Canada CMA while green areas show other regions included in the wider WMR.
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; 26 years ago (1998)
Government
 • BodyBoard[1]
 • Co-chairsScott Gillingham and Shelley Hart
Area
[2]
 • 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

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]

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]

  1. ^ "Governance".
  2. ^ "Partnership of the Manitoba Capital Region A Regional Growth Strategy and Population Analysis" (PDF). The Partnership of the Manitoba Capital Region. 9 May 2016. p. 4. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Resources". Winnipeg Metropolitan Region. 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Statistics Canada. Table 36-10-0468-01 Gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices, by census metropolitan area (CMA) (x 1,000,000)". Statistics Canada.
  5. ^ a b c "Winnipeg Metropolitan Region". 2021. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  6. ^ Municipal Relations. "Welcome to Manitoba's Capital Region". Province of Manitoba. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  7. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2017-02-08). "Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census - Census metropolitan area of Winnipeg". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
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