Winnipeg Metropolitan Region Explained

Winnipeg Metropolitan Region
Settlement Type:Metropolitan area
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Established Title:Established
Leader Title:Co-chairs
Leader Name:Scott Gillingham and Shelley Hart
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:7,795.96
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:834,678
Population As Of:2021 Census
Population Blank1 Title:Extended area
Population Blank1:39,202
Population Blank2 Title:Combined
Population Blank2:873,880
Population Density Blank1 Km2:157.9
Demographics Type2:GDP
Demographics2 Title1:Winnipeg
Demographics2 Info1:CA$45.0billion (2020)[3]
Timezone1:CST
Utc Offset1:-6
Timezone1 Dst:CDT
Utc Offset1 Dst:-5
Area Code:204, 431
Governing Body:Board[4]

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.

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 4 Indian Reserve.[7]

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.[8]

In June 1998, former Great West Life President Kevin Kavanagh was appointed by Premier Gary Filmon to chair the Capital Region Review Committee.[9] 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.[10] 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.[11]

In October 2019, Dentons released a speech and discussion document, For the Benefit of All: Regional Competitiveness and Collaboration in the Winnipeg Metro Region,[12] 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.[13]

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.[14] 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:

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 Indian 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 4 Indian Reserve. The included CMA municipalities are:

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 area1991 census1996 census2001 census2006 census2011 census2016 census2021 census
City of Winnipeg[15] [16] 615,215618,477619,544633,451663,617705,244749,607
Winnipeg [17] [18] [19] [20] 660,450672,109676,594694,668730,018778,489834,678
Winnipeg Metropolitan Region[21] [22] [23] 696,453705,806711,455730,305771,616821,537873,880

Ethnicity

Panethnic
group! colspan="2"
2021[24] [25] 2016[26] 2011[27] 2006[28] 2001[29]
European460,240473,360495,445514,715523,405
Indigenous102,07592,81078,42068,38555,755
Southeast Asian94,70081,87563,74042,27535,125
South Asian63,80538,10023,17515,29512,290
African40,92027,37517,84014,47511,440
East Asian28,52525,27019,37516,72013,470
Middle Eastern10,4807,1104,7054,0201,955
Latin American9,1606,8256,5605,4754,550
Other/Multiracial10,5958,8105,3904,6803,735
Total responses819,715761,540714,635686,040661,725
Total population834,678778,489730,018694,668671,274

Language

The question on knowledge of languages allows for multiple responses.

Language! colspan="2"
2021[30] 20112001[31]
English805,680711,285655,360
French83,36576,76574,460
64,72545,74523,560
Punjabi40,10512,0106,130
Hindi23,6706,9003,245
Spanish16,55013,47510,655
German15,75523,48528,485
Mandarin15,2403,5901,490
Ukrainian9,72013,49020,865
Russian9,6155,4953,100
Arabic9,4704,4851,900
Portuguese8,6056,5957,965
Cantonese8,1654,3653,025
Urdu6,2402,3151,115
Polish6,1457,38011,005
Vietnamese6,0153,8253,900
Yoruba5,350
Italian4,8605,4406,740
Gujarati4,2801,310485
Tigrigna4,1001,010
Korean3,9002,660885
Hebrew3,6902,5751,625
Amharic3,3701,605
Ojibway3,2652,2603,535
Ilocano3,0151,165
Swahili2,7751,200550
Bengali2,660630275
Serbo-Croatian2,6302,0853,535
Plautdietsch2,190
Cree1,8051,5552,850
Pampangan
(Kapampangan,
Pampango)
1,635
Somali1,590735
Dutch1,5651,9352,980
Iranian
Persian
1,525
Greek1,5001,4351,655
Igbo1,400
Cebuano1,365
Japanese1,310860975
Kurdish1,170265365
Lao1,1659601,285
1,160535425
Malayalam1,09531090
Hungarian1,0351,1401,680
Chinese, 6,4305,650
Persian1,950810
Total
Responses
819,715714,635661,725
Total
Population
834,678730,018671,274

Governance

Regional partnership is led by a board of governors., board members include:[32]

In addition to those located entirely in the City of Winnipeg, the Region falls into several federal electoral districts:

See also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Partnership of the Manitoba Capital Region A Regional Growth Strategy and Population Analysis. The Partnership of the Manitoba Capital Region. 4. 9 May 2016. 29 July 2019.
  2. Web site: Resources. 2021. Winnipeg Metropolitan Region. 28 March 2021.
  3. Web site: 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.
  4. Web site: Governance.
  5. Web site: 2021. Winnipeg Metropolitan Region. August 21, 2021.
  6. Web site: Municipal Relations. Welcome to Manitoba's Capital Region. 2021-08-13. Province of Manitoba. en.
  7. Web site: Government of Canada. Statistics Canada. 2017-02-08. Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census - Census metropolitan area of Winnipeg. 2021-08-13. www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  8. News: Mayor eyes mediator in water controversy. Santin. Aldo. February 8, 1998. Winnipeg Free Press. 3.
  9. News: Hearings aim to heal relationship between city, nearby municipalities. Redekop. Bill. November 9, 1998. Winnipeg Free Press. A3.
  10. News: Capital region chiefs bury hatchet. MacKenzie. Glen. October 4, 1998. Winnipeg Free Press. A3.
  11. Book: Securing Our Future: An Action Plan for Winnipeg's Metropolitan Region. Winnipeg Metro Region. 2018.
  12. Book: Murray, Robert W.. For the Benefit of All: Regional Competitiveness and Collaboration in the Winnipeg Metro Region. Dentons. 2019.
  13. News: Province may appoint new planning authority to oversee development in Winnipeg and area. Kives. Bartley. October 31, 2019. CBC News Manitoba. October 31, 2019.
  14. Web site: The Capital Region Partnership Act. 2006. Government of Manitoba. 29 July 2019.
  15. Web site: 2001 Census Data - The City of Winnipeg. City of Winnipeg. 1 August 2019.
  16. Web site: Population of Winnipeg. City of Winnipeg. April 2021. 1 January 2022.
  17. Web site: 2001 Census Data - Winnipeg Census Metropolitan Area (CMA). City of Winnipeg. 1 August 2019.
  18. Web site: Selected trend data for Winnipeg (CMA) for Winnipeg, 1996, 2001 and 2006 censuses. Statistics Canada. 22 February 2016. 1 August 2019.
  19. Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census Winnipeg [Census metropolitan area], Manitoba and Manitoba [Province]]. Statistics Canada. 21 June 2019. 1 August 2019.
  20. Web site: Population estimates, July 1, by census metropolitan area and census agglomeration, 2016 boundaries. 14 January 2021. Statistics Canada. 1 January 2022.
  21. Web site: Partnership of the Manitoba Capital Region A Regional Growth Strategy and Population Analysis. The Partnership of the Manitoba Capital Region. 4. 9 May 2016. 29 July 2019.
  22. Web site: Resources. 2018. Winnipeg Metropolitan Region. 1 August 2019.
  23. Web site: Draft Plan20-50 - Regional Growth and Servicing Plan: WINNIPEG METROPOLITAN REGION . 11 June 2021. Winnipeg Metropolitan Region. 1 January 2022.
  24. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2022-09-21 . Indigenous identity by Registered or Treaty Indian status: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts . 2023-01-09 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  25. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2022-10-26 . Visible minority and population group by generation status: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts . 2023-01-09 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  26. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2021-10-27 . Census Profile, 2016 Census . 2023-01-09 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  27. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2015-11-27 . NHS Profile . 2023-01-09 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  28. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2019-08-20 . 2006 Community Profiles . 2023-01-09 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  29. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2019-07-02 . 2001 Community Profiles . 2023-01-09 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  30. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2022-08-17 . Knowledge of languages by age and gender: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts . 2022-10-04 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  31. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2013-12-23. Various Non-official Languages Spoken (76), Age Groups (13) and Sex (3) for Population, for Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2001 Census - 20% Sample Data . 2023-05-27 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  32. Web site: Governance.
  33. "Charleswood--St. James--Assiniboia--Headingley (Manitoba)," Elections Canada. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  34. "Kildonan--St. Paul," Elections Canada. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  35. "Portage--Lisgar (Manitoba)," Elections Canada. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  36. "Provencher (Manitoba)," Elections Canada. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  37. "Selkirk--Interlake--Eastman (Manitoba)," Elections Canada. Retrieved 2021-08-12.