Manitoba, Canada

Downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Cities and Sights in Manitoba on this website

Manitoba (MB) is a province of Canada in the central part of the country. Considered one of the three Prairie Provinces of Canada (with Alberta and Saskatchewan, Manitoba is bordered by Nunavut to the north, Ontario to the southeast, Saskatchewan to the west and the US states of Minnesota and North Dakota to the south. Its border intersects with that of Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories and Nunavut to the northwest. To the northeast of Manitoba is Hudson Bay. Manitoba covers 649,950 sq km (250,950 sq mi) and has a population of 1.2 million people.

Lake Athapapuskow near Flin Flon, Manitoba
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Manitoba is largely flat with many lakes - some 110,000 by some counts. The province is mostly agricultural, particularly in the southern and western part. Other industries include manufacturing, mining and forestry. The biggest city and capital is Winnipeg, the 8th largest city in the country.

The name Manitoba is said to have been derived from an indigenous language (which could be the Cree, Ojibwe or Assiniboine) and means roughly "strait of the spirit". It joined the Confederation of Canada on 15 July, 1870, becoming the 5th province of the confederation. Manitoba has 14 seats in the 308-seat Canadian House of Commons and 6 seats in the 105-seat Senate of Canada. English and French are the official languages of the legislature and courts of Manitoba. However while 89.8% of Manitoba's population speak only English, only 0.2% speak only French, while 9.1% speak both.

Manitoba landscape
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Author: Tony Hisgett


Manitoba has been inhabited by various indigenous tribes since the retreat of the last Ice Age glaciers some 10,000 years ago. In 1611 Henry Hudson became one of the first Europeans to explore the area. There was a mutiny of Hudson's ship and his crew abandoned him. A year later, Sir Thomas Button traveled upstream in an unsuccessful attempt to look for Hudson.

In 1668, the British vessel Nonsuch entered Hudson Bay to trade with the natives. The trading that materialized in the area set the stage for the founding of the Hudson's Bay Company, named after the explorer who was never seen again.

Sunset on Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Visiting Manitoba

Winnipeg has the only international airport in Manitoba. Those intending to explore the province are advised to rent a car as distances are great. There is only one passenger train service through Manitoba, the Canadian transcontinental train that makes six stops in the province.

Towns in Manitoba

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