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.
Winnipeg Metropolitan Region | |
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Downtown Winnipeg in 2016 | |
Red areas are part of the Statistics Canada CMA while green areas show other regions included in the wider WMR. | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Manitoba |
| Established | 1998 |
| Government | |
| • Body | Board |
| • Co-chairs | Scott Gillingham and Shelley Hart |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7,795.96 km2 (3,010.04 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 834,678 |
| • Extended area | 39,202 |
| • Extended area density | 157.9/km2 (409/sq mi) |
| • Combined | 873,880 |
| GDP | |
| • Winnipeg CMA | CA$45.0 billion (2020) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code(s) | 204, 431 |
| Website | winnipegmetroregion |
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 as of 2021.
It also includes the smaller census metropolitan area (CMA) of Winnipeg, with the addition of the Brokenhead 4 Indian Reserve.