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Winnipeg
Capital city of Manitoba, Canada

Winnipeg

Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Manitoba.

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It is centred on the confluence of 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 Canada's sixth-largest city and eighth-largest metropolitan area. In 2025, the city's estimated population reached 850,260.

Get in

Getting to Winnipeg

= = There is one major airport serving Winnipeg:

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    Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport
See

Worth seeing

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    Gallery Lacosse

    Celebrating Manitoba art and its unique place in the Canadian creative landscape.

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    Graffiti Gallery

    109 Higgins Ave (in the Exchange District),.

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    PLATFORM: Centre for Photographic and Digital Arts

    121–100 Arthur St (in the Artspace Building), info@platformgallery.org.

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    Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art

    460 Portage Ave (between the Winnipeg Art Gallery and Portage Ave), info@plugin.org.

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    Urban Shaman Contemporary Aboriginal Art

    203–290 McDermot Ave (in the Exchange District), info@urbanshaman.org.

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    Winnipeg Art Gallery

    300 Memorial Blvd (south of Portage Ave), inquiries@wag.ca.

Eat

Where to eat

Winnipeg residents love food. There is an amazing array of restaurants catering to every taste and budget. Tipping is customary in Winnipeg and is not included in the price of the food. Some restaurants may automatically add a gratuity charge for large groups. Tips typically range from 10–20% Local cuisine includes: Winnipeg goldeye, a smoked fish available at most grocery stores and fish markets.

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    Affinity Vegetarian Garden

    Chinese and vegetarian, including vegetarian imitations of shrimp and fish.

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    Burrito Del Rio Taqueria

    433 River Ave (in Osborne Village),.

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    Falafel Place

    1101 Corydon Ave (in River Heights),.

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    KG Saigon

    840 Sargent Ave (in the West End),.

How locals move

Getting around Winnipeg the local way

  • Get aroundIn springtime (March and April), melting snow can create very large puddles and potholes and render off-road trails unusable.

From Wikivoyage: Winnipeg, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see file page), Wikimedia Commons.