Quick Facts About Manitoba

Manitoba

Province of Canada since 1870. Manitoba means “where the spirit lives” in the languages of the province’s Indigenous people.

Political Leader

Premier Brian Pallister

Area

649,947 square km/250,946 square miles (larger than Japan and twice the size of the United Kingdom)

Total Population

1,293,400

Capital City

Winnipeg (population 793,400)

Sources: Bank of Canada, Innovation, Science and Economic, Development Canada (Trade Data Online), Manitoba Bureau of Statistics and the City of Winnipeg