What You Need to Know About Winnipeg Canada
Winnipeg At a Glance Quick Facts and Everything You Need to Know About Winnipeg MB The city of Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the Red and Assiniboine rivers. As of 2021, Winnipeg had a city population of 749,607 and a metropolitan population of 834,678, making it the sixth-largest city, and eighth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. The city is named after the nearby Lake Winnipeg; the name comes from the Western Cree words for "muddy water". The region was a trading centre for Indigenous peoples long before the arrival of Europeans. Because of that, we've rounded up a few fun facts about the city of Winnipeg you should know! History and Etymology Winnipeg lies at the confluence of the Assiniboine and the Red River of the North, a location now known as "The Forks". Evidence provided by archaeology, petroglyphs, rock art and oral history indicates that native peoples used the area in prehisto...