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.

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 .

It also includes the smaller census metropolitan area (CMA) of Winnipeg, with the addition of the Brokenhead Ojibway Reserve.

History

In the late 1990s, issues such as providing Shoal Lake water to nearby municipalities and allowing exurban housing growth beyond Winnipeg became more important. At the time, Mayor Susan Thompson voiced the idea of a regional planning authority to mediate such issues.

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.

A pro-economic growth planning document was released in November 2018, called Securing Our Future: An Action Plan for Winnipeg's Metropolitan Region.

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.

The Region was originally defined in The Capital Region Partnership Act (2006) to include 16 municipalities. 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:

City of Winnipeg City of Selkirk Town of Stonewall Town of Niverville Village of Dunnottar RM of Cartier RM of East St. Paul RM of Headingley RM of Macdonald

RM of Ritchot RM of Rockwood RM of Rosser RM of Springfield RM of St. Andrews RM of St. Clements RM of St. François Xavier RM of Taché RM of West St. Paul

However, there are some municipalities that are geographically (entirely or largely) within the Region's territory that are not officially part of the Metro Region. These include the town of Teulon, the village of Garson, and the First Nation reserve of Brokenhead Ojibway Nation.

Winnipeg census metropolitan area The Winnipeg Metro Region includes the smaller Winnipeg census metropolitan area (CMA), with the addition of the Brokenhead Ojibway Reserve. The included CMA municipalities are:

Winnipeg East St. Paul Headingley Ritchot Rosser

Springfield St. Clements St. François Xavier Taché West St. Paul

Demographics Population The population of the Winnipeg Metro Region is greatly concentrated within the city of Winnipeg itself, which has 86.5% of the Region's population residing in less than 6% of its land area. On the provincial level, the city has 54.9% of the province's population, while the Region's share is 63.5%. Census area 1991 census 1996 census 2001 census 2006 census 2011 census 2016 census 2021 census City of Winnipeg 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 + Panethnic groups in Metro Winnipeg (2001−2021)Panethnicgroup20212016201120062001 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

Language The question on knowledge of languages allows for multiple responses. +Knowledge of Languages in Metro WinnipegLanguage202120112001 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 IranianPersian 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 TotalResponses 819,715 714,635 661,725 TotalPopulation 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"Charleswood--St. James--Assiniboia--Headingley (Manitoba)," Elections Canada. Retrieved 2021-08-12. Kildonan—St. Paul"Kildonan--St. Paul," Elections Canada. Retrieved 2021-08-12. Portage—Lisgar (northeastern portion)"Portage--Lisgar (Manitoba)," Elections Canada. Retrieved 2021-08-12. Provencher (northwestern portion)"Provencher (Manitoba)," Elections Canada. Retrieved 2021-08-12. Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman (southern portion)"Selkirk--Interlake--Eastman (Manitoba)," Elections Canada. Retrieved 2021-08-12.

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