🗺️ Chapter 10: Canada's Regions
10.4.2 Manitoba
2 paragraphs · 4 questions
Manitoba earns its living from three main things: agriculture, mining and generating hydro-electric power. Winnipeg is its most populous city. In Winnipeg's Exchange District you find Portage and Main, the most famous street intersection in Canada. The city also has a French Quarter called St. Boniface. Its Francophone community numbers about 45,000, the largest in Western Canada.
Key Facts
- Economy: agriculture, mining and hydro-electric power
- Portage and Main in Winnipeg is Canada's most famous intersection
- St. Boniface is Winnipeg's French Quarter
- Western Canada's largest Francophone community (about 45,000 in 2012)
Manitoba is also an important centre of Ukrainian culture. In the 2012 figures, 14 percent of the people there reported Ukrainian origins. The province stands out in another way as well. Of all the provinces, it has the largest Aboriginal population, more than 15 percent according to those same figures. So when you think of Manitoba, picture wheat fields and mines, but also a mix of peoples, Ukrainian, French-speaking and Aboriginal, living together in one province.
Key Facts
- 14% reported Ukrainian origins (2012 figures)
- An important centre of Ukrainian culture
- Largest Aboriginal population of any province, over 15% (2012 figures)
Test yourself on this topic
4 practice questions from “Manitoba”, each with the answer explained.
- What is Manitoba's economy based on?
- Which street intersection is described as the most famous in Canada?
- What is St. Boniface, Winnipeg's French Quarter, known for?
- Which province has the largest Aboriginal population, at over 15 per cent?
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