Rising from the shores of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers, the capital of Manitoba is one of the more vibrant cultural centers in Canada, a dream destination for anyone interested in the arts. When the temperature drops, the best place to be is inside, enjoying a performance of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, the oldest dance company in Canada, or wandering through one of the city's many art galleries or museums.
The Winnipeg Art Gallery houses the world's largest collection of contemporary Inuit art, while the Manitoba Museum focuses on natural history and the geology of the region. Both make for an enjoyable and educational outing.
When spring and summer arrive many head outdoors to visit the zoo, go canoeing on the river or to the Forks, a nine-acre site at the junction of the two rivers, which includes ancient meeting grounds, a waterfront park and a multitude of shops and restaurants to savor.
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Cinematheque is an intimate art film theatre devoted to screening the very best in Canadian, independent, foreign and alternative film.
The world’s best jazz, blues, funk and urban artists converge on Winnipeg for the COOL Jazz Winnipeg Festival.
Manitoba Theatre for Young People has been creating and presenting professional theatre productions for children and families since 1982 and has grown to become one of the most respected professional theatre companies in Canada, for children or adults.
Experience a world of music with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and Maestro Alexander Mickelthwate.
The Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra, founded by Winnipeg’s premiere jazz musicians presents big band concerts at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Concerts cover the range of jazz standards and old favourites to new compositions.
Since 1930 The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have kept their fans captivated through the fumbles and touchdowns of the past 70 years.
Hospitals
The Victoria General Hospital is a 231 bed community hospital located in south Winnipeg.
Grace Hospital where staff, volunteers, chaplains, and physicians combine to create a culture that provides care for body, mind, and spirit.
Universities and Trade Schools
The University of Winnipeg is a compact, diverse, multicultural academic community committed to access and excellence.
University of Manitoba is the province’s largest, most comprehensive and only research-intensive post-secondary educational institution
Northwest Law Enforcement Academy Our mission is to exceed the expectations of our students.
The University of Brandon is the choice for all students who seek access to a personalized, quality education.
Alliance Française du Manitoba takes a special pride in promoting the arts and culture of French and francophone origin in Winnipeg.
CDI College of Business & Technology has many years of experience in providing high quality Diploma education in Business, Technology and Health Care specific curriculum.
Herzing College: Winnepeg Campus offers market driven programs in Networking, Health Care and Specialized Office Careers.
Top 20 things you might not have
known about Winnipeg
1. The word Winnipeg means Muddy Water in Cree.
2. French explorer La Verendrye is credited with being the earliest European to visit, in 1737 The eventual site of Winnipeg.
3. The Manitoba Theatre Centre is the oldest English –language regional theatre in Canada. It operates its Main Stage Theatre, the Warehouse Theatre and each July, the Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival, with is the second largest in the nation.
4. At the time of construction, the Winnipeg Floodway was the second largest earth-moving project in the world after the Panama Canal and can be seen by space.
5. In 1914 a WWI Winnipeg, Captain, Harry Colebourn,m took a black bear cub to England as his regiment’s mascot. When Colebourn shipped out for France, he donated the bear named “Winnipeg”, after his home town, to the London Zoo. Author A.A. Milne and his son Christopher Robin loved “Winnie” and his father later crafted stories about a a boy and his bear, “Winnie the Pooh”.
6. Winnipeg was the first city in Canada to establish a United Way charity.
7. Winnipeg has the sunniest winter season in Canada with 358 hours of sunshine.
8. The Royal Winnipeg Ballet is Canada’s oldest and North America’s second oldest dance company. It was granted the “Royal” title in 1953 by Queen Elizabeth II , the first such distinction awarded in the world.
9. Winnipeg Nellie McClung was a leader in the suffragette movement of women seeking the right to vote.
10. Winnipeg is the second largest community of French-speaking Canadians outside of Quebec.
11. The Golden Boy, a magnificently gilded four metre (13.5 Ft).figure, is probably Manitoba’s best known symbol, Embodying the spirit of enterprise and eternal youth, he is poised atop the dome of the Legislative Building He faces the north, with it mineral resources, fish, forest, furs, water power and seaport, where his province’s futures lies.
12. Great-West Life, Canada’s largest insurance company began in Winnipeg and continues to be headquarters here.
13. Winnipeg is within a few kilometers of being at the centre of Canada (east / west) and the closest major city to the centre on North America (north /south).
14. St Boniface Museum is the oldest building Winnipeg and the largest oak log structure in North America.
15. Winnipeg hockey teams have won two Olympic gold medals, three Avco cups (WHA) and two Stanley Cups (pre-NHL).
16. In 1668, the British ship “Nonsuch” was sent to Hudson’s Bay, establishing the fur trade in Manitoba. A full-size replica of this ship can be viewed today in the Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature.
17. Métis leader Louis Riel was hanged in 1885 for treason after leading a rebellion. Today, that opinion has changed and many consider Riel to be the “Father of Manitoba”.
18. Winnipeg is known as the Christmas Capital of Canada.
19. Winnipeg has over 100 kilometres of navigable waterways.
20. Opening in 1904, the Union Bank Tower, an 11 storey Chicago School Building, was Western Canada's first Skyscraper.
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