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{{Canadian City| Reference Name=City of | Header Format=Custom Flag and Coat of Arms| Flag Image=Winnipeg_flag.png| Coat Image=Winnipegcoa.gif| Motto=Unum Cum Virtute Multorum
(One With the Strength of Many)| Location Image Type=Custom| Location Image=Winnipegmanitoba.PNG| Latitude Longitude=| CCMapSource=coor br|d1=49|m1=53|d2=97|m2=09|EP=(619,544)_scale:200000| Elevation=238| Time zone=CST| Postal Code=| Population description= - City (2001)
 - Metro (2004 est)
|  - Cdn. Mun. Rank:| Population=619,544
702,400
List of the 100 largest cities in Canada| Population Density=1331.9| Area=465.16| City Mayor=Sam Katz| Governing Body=Winnipeg City Council
Canadian House of Commonss
Reg Alcock, Bill Blaikie, Steven Fletcher, Pat Martin, Anita Neville, Raymond Simard, Joy Smith, Judy Wasylycia-Leis
Legislative Assembly of Manitobas
Cris Aglugub, Nancy Allan, Rob Altemeyer, Marilyn Brick, David Walter Chomiak, Gary Doer, Myrna Driedger, Jon Gerrard, George Hickes, Kerri Irvin-Ross, Bidhu Jha, Bonnie Korzeniowski, Kevin Lamoureux, John Loewen, Gord Mackintosh, Jim Maloway, Doug Martindale, Diane McGifford, Christine Melnick, Bonnie Mitchelson, Stuart Murray, Theresa Oswald, Daryl Gary Reid, Jack Reimer, Jim Rondeau, Tim Sale (politician), Conrad Santos, Harry Schellenberg, Gregory F. Selinger, Heather Stefanson, Andy Swan
[http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=49.883333,-97.15&spn=0.2,0.2&t=k&hl=en Satellite view of the city]
[http://www.winnipeg.ca/interhom/ City of Winnipeg]| Census Year=2001| Extra references=| }} Winnipeg (, Central Standard Time) is a List of cities in Canada, and the Provinces and territories of Canada capital of Manitoba. It is prominent in Western Canada for transportation, finance, manufacturing, agriculture and education The city is located in the flood plain at the confluence of the Red River of the North and Assiniboine River rivers near the geographic centre of North America, and is protected from flooding by the Red River Floodway. It is the province's largest city, with 619,544 people (2001 Canadian Census) and 702,400 people in the metropolitan area (Statistics Canada 2004 estimate). It has the Winnipeg International Airport, railroad shops, grain elevators, stockyards, meatpacking, aircraft maintenance and bus manufacturing facilities, flour and textile mills, and bio-medical research facilities. It is one of the coldest large cities in the world with temperatures averaging below freezing from mid-November through much of March. Although, during the summer the tempurature reaches 30°C and higher, which is consistant from June through to September. ==History== In 1738, the Sieur de la Vérendrye built the first post on the site, Fort Rouge, but it was later abandoned. Other posts were built in the Red River region, which was fiercely contested by the North West Company and the Hudsons Bay Company. Fort Gibraltar, a post of the North West Company on the site of present-day Winnipeg, was renamed Fort Garry in 1822 and became the leading post in the region. In 1835, Fort Garry was rebuilt after the devastating flood of 1826 and although it played a small role in the actual trading of furs, it housed the residence of the Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company for many years. In 1869-1870, Winnipeg was the site of the Red River Rebellion, a conflict between the local Métis people (Canada) people led by Louis Riel and newcomers from eastern Canada that led directly to the entry of Manitoba into Confederation as Canada's fifth province in 1870. On November 8, 1873, Winnipeg was incorporated as a city. In 1876 the post office officially adopted the name "Winnipeg", which was three years after its incorporation. The name Winnipeg has its origin in the Cree Indian name given to the lake 40 miles north, meaning "Win", muddy, "nipee", water. Winnipeg experienced an economic boom during the 1890s through 1920s. The population rose from about 25,000 in 1891 to more than 200,000 by 1921. The Manitoba [http://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/homepage.html Provincial Legislature Building] reflects the optimism of these boom years. Built of Tyndall Stone in 1920, it is topped by the "[http://www.gov.mb.ca/goldenboy/index.html Golden Boy]", a four metre high five ton sculpture sheathed in 23.5 karat (98%) gold. The Golden Boy carries a sheaf of golden grain in his left arm, while his right hand holds high a torch. The Golden Boy's torch was illuminated in 1970, as part of Manitoba's Centennial Celebration. The lamp was removed in 2003 as part of a refurbishment of the famous statue, when it was discovered the cable supplying power to the lamp also contributed to the erosion of its internal frame. The statue is now lit at night by floodlights. The current city of Winnipeg was created by the Unicity Act of 1971. The municipalities of St. James-Assiniboia, St. Boniface, Manitoba, Transcona, Manitoba, St. Vital, West Kildonan, East Kildonan, Tuxedo, Manitoba, Old Kildonan, North Kildonan, Fort Garry, and Charleswood were amalgamated with the Old City of Winnipeg. Small portions of the city have since seceded, but the vast majority of the populated area of the city remains within one single municipality. In order to prevent urban sprawl, the city restricted development to inside an urban limit line and in most cases left several kilometres of open space between the municipal boundary and suburban developments. Surrounding municipalities have a combined population of less than 100,000. Because of its extremely flat topography and substantial snowfall, Winnipeg is subject to severe flooding. The Red River reached its highest flood stage in the last two hundred years in 1826. A large flood occurred in 1950, which prompted Duff Roblin's government to build the Red River Floodway, a 49-kilometre long diversion channel that protects the city of Winnipeg from flooding. Other related water diversion projects include the Portage Diversion (also known as the Assiniboine River Floodway) and the Shellmouth Dam. The flood-control system prevented flooding in 1974 and 1979 when water levels neared record levels. However, in 1997, flooding threatened the city's relatively unprotected southwest corner. Flood control dyke (construction) were reinforced and raised using sandbags and the threat was avoided. Winnipeg suffered very limited damage compared to cities without flood control structures, such as Grand Forks, North Dakota. The generally flat terrain and the poor drainage result in hundreds of areas of poorly drained land, leading to a seasonal explosion of insects, especially mosquitos. Winnipeg has gained a reputation as the mosquito capital of North America, resulting in the limitation of much outdoor activity during the hot and humid summer months. The fear of West Nile Virus has further exacerbated the problem. Winnipeg lies in an unprotected arctic trough which channels cold arctic air south, directly across the Canadian Shield and Canadian Prairie. This results in bone-chilling temperatures as early as October and record setting cold and winds during December, January and February. The extremity of its climate in the winter months has caused the (somewhat derisive) nickname of "Winterpeg". Summers are typically warm with average temperatures above 25°C and much sunshine is received throughout the year. [[Image:Winnipeg1907.jpg|thumb|center|560px|
Winnipeg panorama, from 1907
]] ==Demographics== The City of Winnipeg is home to 619,544 people (2001), about 55% of the total population of Manitoba. Winnipeg's population has grown by only 1067 residents from 1996 to 2001. Winnipeg's total annual growth rate has been 0.5% since 1971 with the majority of growth coming from in-migration from the surrounding rural areas, Aboriginal reservations and native communities, as well as the expansion of the city limits to annex the surrounding towns. Edmonton, Alberta and Calgary however, at one time smaller cousins, have grown 3.0% and 4.5% per year, respectively, over the same period to the point where they each have metropolitan populations of over 1.0 million. Once Canada's fourth-largest city, as the economy of the '70s and beyond began to evolve away from rural/farm based industry, Winnipeg stalled in growth and dropped to 9th by 2004. Around 19% of the population is under 14, and 13.7% are over 65. Racial make-up *White: 78.0% *Aboriginal: 8.6% *Filipino: 4.9% *South Asian: 2.0% *Black: 1.8% *Chinese: 1.8% Religious make-up *Protestant: 35.1% *Roman Catholic: 32.6% *Christian Orthodox: 1.7% *Other Christian: 3.6% *Jewish: 2.1% *No religion: 21.4% The most common languages spoken by Winnipegers are: English language (99.0%), French language (11.1%), German language (4.1%), Tagalog language (3.8%), Ukrainian language (3.1%), Spanish language (1.7%), Chinese language (1.7%), Polish language (1.7%), Portuguese language (1.3%), Italian language (1.1%), Punjabi language (1.0%), Vietnamese language (0.6%), Ojibwe language (0.6%), Hindi (0.5%), Russian language (0.5%), Cree language (0.5%), Dutch language (0.4%), Sign language (0.3%), Arabic language (0.3%), Croatian language (0.3%), Greek language (0.3%), Hungarian language (0.3%), Japanese language (0.2%), Creole language (0.1%), Danish language (0.1%), Gaelic languages (0.0%), Inuktitut language (0.0%), Mi'kmaq (0.0%). Source: Statistics Canada, see external link. === External links === * [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/profil01/Details/details1.cfm?SEARCH=BEGINS&ID=8144&PSGC=46&SGC=4611040&DataType=1&LANG=E&Province=46&PlaceName=Winnipeg&CMA=&CSDNAME=Winnipeg&A=&TypeNameE=City%20%2D%20Cit%e9&Prov= Winnipeg 2001 census data] at Statistics Canada * [http://www.winnipeg.ca/Census/2001/City%20of%20Winnipeg/City%20of%20Winnipeg/City%20of%20Winnipeg.pdf Winnipeg 2001 census summary] at the City of Winnipeg (PDF file) ==Workforce== Approximately 375,000 people are employed in Winnipeg and the surrounding area. Winnipeg's largest employers are either government or government funded institutions: The Province of Manitoba, The City of Winnipeg, The University of Manitoba, The Health Sciences Centre, The Casinos of Winnipeg, and Manitoba Hydro. As well there are several large private sector employers:Manitoba Telecom Services, Palliser Furniture, Great-West Life Assurance, Motor Coach Industries, Convergys, New Flyer Industries, Boeing Aerospace, Bristol Aerospace and Investors Group. 54,000 people or 14% of the work force are employed in the public sector. Winnipeg is also home to "[http://www.airforce.forces.ca/organization2_e.asp '1 Canadian Air Division (1CAD)']", the headquarters of the Canadian Forces "Air Command" (Canada's Air Force). This is also the command structure responsible for strategic coordination and control of North American Aerospace Defense Command operations over Canada (tactical control is in North Bay, Ontario, in a bunker reminiscent of Cheyenne Mountain). Winnipeg is home to the National Microbiology Laboratory, Canada's frontline in its response to SARS and one of only 15 Biosafety level 4 microbiology labratories in the world, the most famous being USAMRIID (U.S. Army Research institute for infectious diseases.) ==Transportation== Winnipeg has had a public transit system since the 1880s, starting with horse-drawn streetcars. It had electric streetcars from 1891 until 1955, and electric trolley buses from 1938 until 1970. Winnipeg Transit now operates entirely on diesel buses. For decades, the city has explored the idea of a rapid transit link, either bus or rail, from downtown to the University of Manitoba's suburban campus. The most recent proposal calls for several enhanced bus routes, which would extend across the city. These routes would use bus-only lanes for most of their length, with separate busway being built around congested sections. Winnipeg is home to large transit bus manufacturers, including New Flyer Industries and Motor Coach Industries. Winnipeg is unique among North American cities its size in that it does not have continuous freeways. Beginning in 1958, the primarily suburban Metropolitan council proposed a system of freeways, including one which would have bisected the downtown area. The plan culminated in the monumental ''Winnipeg area transportation study'' of 1968. The extensive freeway plan faced stiff community opposition and was deemed over-ambitious. It wasn't implemented as a concerted undertaking, but construction of major traffic corridors follows the study to this day. A modern four-lane highway (the Perimeter Highway, which is mostly an expressway around the city with interchanges and at-grade intersections) has been constructed which bypasses the city entirely, allowing travellers on the Trans Canada Highway to avoid the city and continue east or west uninterrupted. Reference: Winnipeg Streets and Transit Division, ''Winnipeg area transportation study,'' 1968. The Council of the Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Winnipeg has recently been slated to recieve a new International airport capable of servicing larger intercontenental air fare. This new airport will replace the existing one in early 2008. The existing airport will then serve partially as domestic travel, but mostly as domestic and US trade site. === External link === *[http://www.winnipegtransit.com/ Winnipeg Transit Homepage] ==Politics== Starting in 1900, in both provincial and federal elections, central Winnipeg elected politicians from the Labour Party. Winnipeg was the site of a Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 from May 15 to June 28, 1919. This strike saw violent protests, including several deaths at the hands of the Royal North-West Mounted Police, and the arrest of many of Winnipeg's future politicians. Though it was not chartered until 1932, the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation was born not only out of the depression but also out of the labour unrest of 1919. Its successor, the New Democratic Party, has enjoyed some support in Winnipeg since the early 1960s. Winnipeg's longest-serving Member of Parliaments include J.S. Woodsworth (21 years), Stanley Knowles (38 years), David Orlikow (25 years), Bill Blaikie (25 years and counting), Lloyd Axworthy (21 years). Winnipeg is represented in the Canadian House of Commons by 8 Members of Parliament. Currently 3 are from the Liberal Party of Canada, 3 from the New Democratic Party, and 2 from the Conservative Party of Canada . On June 22, 2004, businessman Sam Katz was elected mayor of Winnipeg, receiving 42.51% of the vote. ''See also:'' List of mayors of Winnipeg, Manitoba ==Sports== Winnipeg is and has historically been home to numerous professional sports franchises, some of which survive today. The Winnipeg Jets were one of the original teams of the World Hockey Association and won three league titles. The Jets entered the National Hockey League in 1979 and played in Winnipeg until 1996. The Jets featured such hall of famers as WHA Coach Rudy Pilous, players Bobby Hull, Dale Hawerchuk, and (briefly) Serge Savard, as well as potential hall of famers Teemu Selanne, Phil Housley and Keith Tkachuk. The Jets were sold to a Phoenix, AZ, USA based ownership group in 1996. There is considerable optimism that the city may once again host an NHL franchise. Since 1996, Winnipeg has been home to the minor league Manitoba Moose, currently a member of the American Hockey League. The Moose are the farm team to the National Hockey League's Vancouver Canucks. Winnipeg has produced Hall of Fame hockey players Andy Bathgate, Billy Mosienko, Art Coulter, Ching Johnson, Frank Fredrickson, Jack Ruttan, Kenny Reardon, Fred Maxwell, and Terry Sawchuk. Winnipeg also has a team in the Canadian Football League, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, who have won 10 Grey Cups, the league's championship trophy. Winnipeg has a long history of minor league baseball, including the Winnipeg Maroons of the Northern League, which existed from 1902-1942, Class A Winnipeg Goldeyes, an affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals, from 1953-1964, the AAA Whips, Montreal's farm team in 1970-1971, and since 1994, the Goldeyes, a franchise in the independent Class AA-quality Northern League. Winnipeg hosted the 1967 and 1999 Pan American Games. In addition, the University of Winnipeg's women's basketball team won 88 consecutive games during the 1990s, a college sports record. Winnipeg is also home to many of the world's best curling teams and hosted the 2003 World Championships. Other notable sports figures include Summer Olympics Taekwondo athlete and bronze-medalist Dominique Bosshart, and Toronto Blue Jays third-baseman Corey Koskie, Canadian Olympic Women's Hockey Gold Medalist Jennifer Botterill, and Philadelphia 76'ers Center Todd MacCulloch. ==Arts and culture== Winnipeg is well known for its arts and culture. Among the popular cultural institutions in the city are: the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, the Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG), the Manitoba Opera, the Manitoba Museum (formerly the Museum of Man and Nature), the Manitoba Theatre Centre, the Prairie Theatre Exchange, and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. The city is home to several large festivals. The Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival is North America's second largest Fringe Festival, held every July. Other festivals include Folklorama, the Winnipeg Jazz Festival, the Winnipeg Folk Festival, the Winnipeg Music Festival, the Red River Exhibition, and Le Festival du Voyageur. Winnipeg also has a thriving film community, which is bolstered by migrating film companies from the United States, especially in the summer. Winnipeg was the site of the recently-released Hollywood movie Shall We Dance (2004 movie), starring Jennifer Lopez and Richard Gere. The Guy Maddin film ''The Saddest Music in the World'' was set in depression-era Winnipeg. Winnipeg has a community college, Red River College. Winnipeg's three universities are the University of Manitoba (undergrad and grad, medical), College universitaire de Saint-Boniface and the University of Winnipeg (undergrad). Winnipeg is also known for its host of independent music acts. Among the most notable are Propagandhi, the Weakerthans, Venetian Snares, Greg Macpherson, Christine Fellows, Fermented Reptile, Mood Ruff, and many more. ==Architecture== The Exchange District Historical site is the original site of commerce in Winnipeg. After the railroads came to Winnipeg, this area was developed with many fine warehouses, offices and banks. Many of these remain and are unrivalled in Canada. On September 27, 1997, the original core of the city of Winnipeg, the Exchange District, was declared a National Historic Site by the federal Minister of Canadian Heritage. The Historic Sites and Monuments board recommended that Winnipeg's Exchange District be designated an historic district of national significance because it illustrates the city's key role as a centre of grain and wholesale trade, finance and manufacturing in two historically important periods in western development: between 1880 and 1900 when Winnipeg became the gateway to Canada's West; and between 1900 and 1913, when the city's growth made it the region's metropolis. Areas include Downtown/Exchange District, The Forks, Fort Rouge/Crescentwood, River Heights, Tuxedo, Charleswood, St. James/Assiniboia, The West End, Weston, Wolseley, The North End, Elmwood, East, West, and North Kildonan, St Boniface, St Vital, Fort Garry, St Norbert, and Transcona. [http://canada.archiseek.com/manitoba/winnipeg/index.html Archiseek: Winnipeg] ==Local media== ===Daily newspapers=== *the ''Winnipeg Free Press'' *the ''Winnipeg Sun'' ===Ethnic media=== *''The Jewish Post'' ===Weekly newspapers=== *''Uptown (newspaper)'' - found at various downtown locations ===Magazines=== * [http://www.winnipegwomen.net ''Winnipeg Women''] * [http://www.winnipegmen.com ''Winnipeg Men''] ===Television stations=== *CBWFT ''(Société Radio-Canada, channel 3, cable 10)'' *CBWT ''(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, channel 6, cable 2)'' *CKY-TV ''(CTV, channel 7, cable 5)'' *CKND ''(Global Television Network, channel 9, cable 12)'' *CHMI ''(A-Channel, channel 13, cable 8)'' ===Locally based national cable television channels=== *Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) *Deja Vu - classic television programming *Lone Star - western programming *Fox SportsWorld - sports *MenTV - men's programming *CoolTV - jazz music *Extreme Sports - sports programming *Mystery - crime and mystery drama All of these stations are owned by Global, except for APTN. ===Radio stations=== ====FM radio==== *CKSB 89.9 - ''Espace musique'' *CKXL 91.1 - Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface campus radio *CITI 92.1 - ''92 Citi FM'', classic rock *CKIC 92.9 - Red River College campus radio *CHIQ 94.3 - ''Q94 FM'' contemporary hit radio *CHVN 95.1 - Christian music *CKUW 95.9 - University of Winnipeg campus radio *CJKR 97.5 - ''Power 97'' classic rock *CBW 98.3 - CBC Radio Two *CJZZ 99.1 - ''Cool FM'' jazz *CFWM 99.9 - ''Bob FM'' hot adult contemporary *CHNR 100.7 - oldies *CJUM 101.5 - University of Manitoba campus radio *CKY-FM 102.3 - ''Clear FM'' adult contemporary *CKMM 103.1 - ''Hot 103'' contemporary hit radio *Native_Communications_Inc 105.5 - ''Native_Communications_Inc'' - Aboriginal Public Radio *CKVN 106.3 - tourist information *CFEQ 107.1 - ''Freq 107'' modern rock *CJWV 107.9 - ''Flava 107.9'' hip-hop/urban music ====AM radio==== *CJOB 680 - news/talk/sports *CKJS 810 - ethnic *CBW 990 - CBC Radio One *CKSB 1050 - La Première Chaîne *CFRW 1290 - oldies ==Personalities born in Winnipeg== *Izzy Asper, capitalist and philanthropist *Randy Bachman, musician *Ashleigh Banfield, TV host *Brenda Barrie, novelist & poet *Burton Cummings, musician *Len Cariou, actor *Bill Cody, actor *Deanna Durbin, actress *Ken Finkleman, director, writer and actor *Terry Fox, cancer activist and national hero *Aaron Funk, musician *Joanna Gleason, actress *Monty Hall, television game show host *Robert_Hunter_%28journalist%29, co-founder of Greenpeace *Doug Henning, magician *Terry Jacks, singer *Tom Jackson (actor), actor *Chantal Kreviazuk, musician *Mimi Kuzyk, tv actress *Gisele MacKenzie, singer *Mary MacLane, writer *Guy Maddin, director *Kyle McCulloch, writer for South Park *Todd MacCulloch, basketball player *Chris McKinstry, computer scientist *Bob Nolan, musician *Anna Paquin, actress *Fred Penner, musician *Frank Pickersgill, Special Operations Executive agent in WW II executed by the Nazis *Douglas Rain, actor *Brad Roberts, musician *Gabrielle Roy, author *Ray St. Germain, musician *John K. Samson, singer-songwriter (The Weakerthans) *Terry Sawchuk, NHL goalie *Remy Shand, musician *David Steinberg, actor, comedian *William Stephenson, spy, man on whom the character of James Bond is based *Nia Vardalos, actress and writer *Winnie the Pooh, on whom the character of Winnie-the-Pooh was based (Winnie the Pooh wasn't actually born in Winnipeg. He was purchased in White River Ontario by an officer of the Fort Garry Horse cavalry regiment who was enroute to his embarkation point destined for the front lines of World War I. The Fort Garry Horse were from Winnipeg (and still exist as a Militia Regiment) so he decided to name the bear after his home town.) *Catherine Wreford, stage actress, wife of Jeff Goldblum ==Personalities raised but not born in Winnipeg== *Chris Jericho, professional wrestler *Neil Young, Musician *Rowdy Roddy Piper, professional wrestler ==Personalities who achieved fame while living in Winnipeg== *Carol Shields, Pulitzer-Prize-winning novelist ==Neighboring communities==

 

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== See also == *List of cities in Canada *Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 *Manitoba Hydro for a brief history of electric power in Winnipeg Winnipeg la:Winnipeg nds:Winnipeg

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I plan to remove the redirect from Winnipeg and make it a disambiguation. ''Winnipeg'' is also the name of a bear on whom the Disney character Winnie the Pooh is named. User:Jay 16:18, 13 Feb 2004 (UTC) :It didn't make sense to make Winnipeg a disambig page as there are 100+ articles that link to it. It would make sense to redirect Winnipeg, Manitoba to Winnipeg. User:Jay 05:07, 4 Mar 2004 (UTC) Winnipeg the bear was named after Winnipeg the city in any case,so a disambiguation page is not really needed. A redirect from Winnipeg to Winnipeg, Manitoba would be a good idea though. -- User:Derek Ross I agree with Derek. And anyway, nobody calls the bear "Winnipeg the Pooh" --User:Munchkinguy 21:02, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC) == For the sake of political correctness... == For the sake of political correctness... Please "disambiguate" the minority groups "chink" and "indian". Since 'Native' is already mentioned, I assume East Indian is the group in question? "Chink" is just rude. Daryl S. == Golden Boy and Legislative Building == The original link to the "Golden Boy" was to a Wikipedia article about a Japanese anime series titled "Golden Boy." This has nothing to do with the statue on the top of the Manitoba Legislative Building. I changed this to an external link to Manitoba Provincial Government (Canada) page talking a bit about the Golden Boy, with pictures and information about its restoration. I also added an external link to the Manitoba Government's Legislature page so people could see a photograph of the Legislative Building. == Renaming of City == I removed the sentence that Winnipeg was named in 1835 because I am quite confident that Winnipeg was not officially used as a name in 1835, rather Fort Garry or Red River Settlement would have been used. The Post Office only officially adopted the name in 1876. --User:CWood 02:38, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC) == Architecture? == In the Architechture (sorry if I spelled it wrong) section, it says: "The City of Winnipeg is located at the junction of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers, almost at the geographic centre of North America. The name Winnipeg has its origin in the Cree Indian name given to the lake 40 miles north, meaning "Win", muddy, "nipee", water." Should this really be there? I agree - I think that this should be removed - I'm going to do this and see if I can find a new home for this info somewhere in the rest of the page. User:CWood 23:30, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC) Perhaps it should go in the introdution. --User:Munchkinguy 21:07, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC) --== Corey Koskie??? == Corey Koskie is from Anola,Manitoba not Winnipeg. If this is talking about Manitoban athletes, Carmen,Manitobas Ed Belfour and Russel,Manitobas Theoren Fleury should be included, among others. Find out who added that one, and leave a message on their talk page. --User:Munchkinguy 20:02, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC) I added it --User:Puckeater8 03:08, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC) == Mondragon et al? == The Arts and culture section seems a little odd. Why spend a whole paragraph describing the contents of 91 Albert Street? Should that be cut down? Or should we add a whole list of local businesses? : That was just plain spam for a block of businesses, not "arts and culture". I've removed it. ''—User:Mzajac  User talk:Mzajac  2005-03-25 19:54 Z'' ==Temperature== According to BBC weather data[http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/city_guides/city.shtml?ctt=TT000930], Winnipeg's annual average temperature (adding up each month's low and dividing by 12) is -5.49 Celsius. The same number[http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/city_guides/city.shtml?tt=TT004600] for Irkutsk is -6.92 C. Novosibirsk may also be colder[http://www.world66.com/europe/russia/novosibirsk/lib/climate], and there may well be others. User:Niteowlneils 19:41, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC) ------ Average daily temp. for Winnipeg over the year given by Environment Canada is 2.62 Celsius [http://www.climate.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?Province=ALL&StationName=winnipeg&SearchType=BeginsWith&LocateBy=Province&Proximity=25&ProximityFrom=City&StationNumber=&IDType=MSC&CityName=&ParkName=&LatitudeDegrees=&LatitudeMinutes=&LongitudeDegrees=&LongitudeMinutes=&NormalsClass=A&SelNormals=&StnId=3698&&autofwd=1] Average daily temp. for Irkutsk given by what looks to be a Russian website is -1.08 Celsius [http://meteo.infospace.ru/climate/html/index.ssi] I'd thought the population of Irkutsk was below 500,000. Well, actually, when I'd heard the "coldest city in the world" trope it was. I stand corrected! == Population == This article says about Winnipeg: ''It is the province's largest city, with 702,400 people (Statistics Canada, 2004 est.) in the metropolitan area.'' Unfortunatley, the "Winipeg metropolitan area" that Statistics Canada talks about includes Selkirk, Manitoba and Springfield, Manitoba, along with all sorts of other towns that are not actually in Winnipeg. I'm trying to find a better statistic, but so far, no luck. --User:Munchkinguy 22:44, 16 May 2005 (UTC) :Using "city proper" statistics dilutes the meaningfulness of the article. Yes, technically the City of Winnipeg has X number of inhabitants, but are most people outside of the area going to consider places like Selkirk anything other than neighbourhoods? One could say New York City has 8 million people, but that masks the 20-million megalopolis surrounding it. Using Metropolitan statistics gives everyone a better idea just how large of a city it is. Mincing words and using legal technicalities is the place of lawyers and public administrators. --User:Alexwcovington (User talk:Alexwcovington) 23:00, 16 May 2005 (UTC) No, this is very important. I found the statistic. Winnipeg has a population of 619,544 according to page two of [http://www.winnipeg.ca/Census/2001/City%20of%20Winnipeg/City%20of%20Winnipeg/City%20of%20Winnipeg.pdf City of Winnipeg Census Data]. That's a difference of 82,846 people. And I don't think the people of Selkirk would like to be told told that they live in Winnipeg. --User:Munchkinguy 23:07, 16 May 2005 (UTC) Compromise: We could have both statistics... --User:Munchkinguy 23:08, 16 May 2005 (UTC) Selkirk is positively not a part of Winnipeg, not a neighborhood; there's a good 20 km of rather open countryside between the two sets of city limits. People who live in Selkirk can comfortably go for weeks at a time without visiting Winnipeg, though there are also a fair number of commuters, of course. There's even a little bit of hostility between the two cities; when Selkirk was having trouble getting enough water for their municpal system, they used to pump river water...which is downstream from the outlets of the City of Winnipeg. --User:Wtshymanski 01:15, 17 May 2005 (UTC) : I agree. The larger figure from Statistics Canada is for the CMA (census metropolitan Area), which goes far beyond the city or even what you would call "bedroom communities". Selkirk is not a neighbourhood, a suburb or a even a town; it's a separate city. The CMA includes Grand Marais, on the edge of Grand Beach, about an hour's drive after you completely leave Winnipeg's city limits, the perimeter highway, and any built-up areas. By the way, Winnipeg's city limits are pretty much in open countryside. Headingley and East St Paul/West St Paul might be considered satellite communities, but they're not suburbs, and Selkirk is much farther. And I don't think the CMA is the same thing as the commonly-used term "metropolitan Winnipeg". : The figures for Census Division #11 might be a useful second figure, for considering population growth. It includes the Rural Municipality of Headingley, which used to be part of Winnipeg. But using the figure for the CMA is not a compromise; it's just plain misleading. : To see the extents of the area, select an area in the pop-up and click "map" on [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/profil01/Details/details1.cfm?SEARCH=BEGINS&ID=8144&PSGC=46&SGC=4611040&DataType=1&LANG=E&Province=46&PlaceName=Winnipeg&CMA=&CSDNAME=Winnipeg&A=&TypeNameE=City%20%2D%20Cit%E9&Prov= the StatsCan page]. You might also get an idea of the urban limit looking at the [http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=winnipeg&ll=50.274811,-96.917267&spn=1.039062,1.485806&hl=en Google map] (click "satellite" to see the farm fields). ''—User:Mzajac  User talk:Mzajac  2005-05-17 04:16 Z'' Sorry that I wasn't clear before, but the[http://www.winnipeg.ca/Census/2001/City%20of%20Winnipeg/City%20of%20Winnipeg/City%20of%20Winnipeg.pdf City of Winnipeg Census Data] sheet contains population information of ''only'' Winnipeg, so it can be used as a source for the population. For more information (including the population of the CMA) see [http://winnipeg.ca/census/2001/City%20of%20Winnipeg/ this site] --User:Munchkinguy 19:06, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

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