The city is named after the nearby Lake Winnipeg; the name comes from the Western Cree words for muddy water.
Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada.
is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America.
Winnipeg is known as the “Gateway to the West”, Winnipeg is a railway and transportation hub with a diversified economy.
Winnipeg was the first Canadian host of the Pan American Games.
The Manitoba Museum is the largest museum in the city, and depicts the history of the city and province.
English explorer Henry Kelsey may have been the first European to see the lake in 1690, and he adopted the Cree and Ojibwe name win-nipi meaning “murky water” or “muddy water”.
On November 8, 1873, Winnipeg officially became a city.
In 1914, a Canadian veterinarian named Lt Harry Colebourn bought a bear cub for $20 while serving in the First World War. He named her Winnie, after his native Winnipeg.
Over 4 million people visit The Forks every year so the area is considered one of Winnipeg’s greatest tourist attractions.
The highest temperature ever recorded in Winnipeg was 42.2 °C on 11 July 1936 while the highest daily low temperature was 28.3 °C on 12 July 1936.
The Estimated Population of Winnipeg is 749,534, as of 2017.
Métis legislator and interpreter James McKay named the city.
Saint Boniface has the largest French-speaking community west of Quebec in Canada, Saint Boniface was established in 1818.
There are officially 236 neighbourhoods in Winnipeg.
The longest skating rink in the world, that freezes naturally is found in Winnipeg, The Length of the Red and Assiniboine River is over 8.5 Kilometers in length.
The average altitude is 239 meters (784 feet) above sea level.
Winnipeg was the first city in North America to use a central emergency, 911 or 999.
In 1911 Winnipeg was Canada’s third-largest city. Winnipeg is the largest city in Manitoba and the 7th largest in Canada by Population.
The city is near the longitudinal centre of North America.
