Winnipeg Rankings
Winnipeg Rankings
Industry
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$3.7B
Winnipeg’s financial services sector contributes over $3.7 billion annually to the provincial GDP.
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2,000+
There are approximately 30 fully serviced industrial areas and parks with total acreage well over 2,000.
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$1B
Over $1B has been invested in protein processing in the Winnipeg area in 2017/18 alone.
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#1
Winnipeg-based New Flyer Industries is North America’s largest bus manufacturer, employing over 1,000 locals.
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1,100
Approximately 1,100 ICT businesses in Winnipeg employ a workforce of 18,900 people.
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5,000+
Manitoba Hydro, a provincial Crown Corporation, employs more than 5,000 people
People
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107,000
Between 2010 and 2017, approximately 107,000 working-age immigrants arrived in Manitoba.
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684,000
Manitoba's total labour force is approximately 684,000 people.
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451,507
From 2010 to 2015, Winnipeg’s total labour force grew by seven per cent to 451,507 people.
Culture
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#1
The Forks was recently selected as the best public space in Canada organized by the Canadian Institute of Planners.
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1st
Winnipeg’s French theatre company, Le Cercle Molière, is Canada’s oldest continuously running French theatre.
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#1
Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet is the nation’s premier ballet company and one of the oldest in North America.
Environment
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287
Assiniboine Forest—287 hectares of aspen parkland—is one of the largest urban forest parks in Canada.
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100
The Brady Road Landfill is expected to have an operational lifespan of 100 years.
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8.8B
Winnipeg’s four large outdoor reservoirs can hold up to 8.8 billion litres (1.9 billion gallons) of water
Developments
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400,000
With square footage totalling nearly 400,000, IKEA Winnipeg is one of Canada’s biggest-ever IKEA stores.
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$2.8B
Since 2010, over $2.8B has been invested in Winnipeg's downtown development.
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1,100,000
At 1.1 million square feet and a $500 million price tag, True North Square is the largest private mixed-use development in Winnipeg history.
