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Manitoba
Manitoba | |||||
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Motto: Latin: Gloriosus et Liber "Glorious and free" "Glorieux et libre" (French) | |||||
Capital | Winnipeg | ||||
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Largest city | Winnipeg | ||||
Largest metro | Winnipeg Capital Region | ||||
Official languages | English[1] | ||||
Demonym | Manitoban | ||||
Government | |||||
Type | |||||
Lieutenant Governor | Janice Filmon | ||||
Premier | Brian Pallister (Progressive Conservative) | ||||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Manitoba | ||||
Federal representation | (in Canadian Parliament) | ||||
House seats | 14 of 308 (4.5%) | ||||
Senate seats | 6 of 105 (5.7%) | ||||
Confederation | 15 July 1870 (5th) | ||||
Area | Ranked 8th | ||||
Total | 649,950 km2 (250,950 sq mi) | ||||
Land | 548,360 km2 (211,720 sq mi) | ||||
Water (%) | 101,593 km2 (39,225 sq mi) (15.6%) | ||||
Proportion of Canada | 6.5% of 9,984,670 km2 | ||||
Population | Ranked 5th | ||||
Total ({{{PopulationYear}}}) | 1,278,365 [2] | ||||
Density ({{{PopulationYear}}}) | 2.33/km2 (6.0/sq mi) | ||||
GDP | Ranked 6th | ||||
Total (2015) | C$65.862 billion[3] | ||||
Per capita | C$50,820 (9th) | ||||
Abbreviations | |||||
Postal | MB | ||||
ISO 3166-2 | CA-MB | ||||
Time zone | Central: UTC–6, (DST −5) | ||||
Postal code prefix | R | ||||
Flower | Prairie crocus | ||||
Tree | White spruce | ||||
Bird | Great grey owl | ||||
Website | https://www.manitoba.ca | ||||
Rankings include all provinces and territories |
Manitoba is a province of Canada. It lies roughly in the centre of Canada.
Manitoba is the 6th largest province with 647,797 km² area. It has the fifth largest number of people, with 1,150,000 in 2001. People from Manitoba are called "Manitobans".
Government
The capital of Manitoba is the City of Winnipeg. Other big cities in Manitoba include Steinbach and Brandon.
The people of Manitoba elected a legislature. The leader of the government, who is called the Premier, is the leader of the largest party in the legislature. There is also a Lieutenant Governor, who represents the Queen. Right now, the premier of Manitoba is Greg Selinger and the Lieutenant Governor is Philip S. Lee.
The main political parties in Manitoba are the New Democratic Party, the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba, and the Liberal Party.
History
People have been living in Manitoba for thousands of years. Both the Hudson's Bay Company from England and many people from France moved to Manitoba during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. It became part of the Northwest Territories in 1869. The Red River Rebellion, which was started by Louis Riel, began in Manitoba.
Manitoba became part of Canada on 12 May 1870. It included only the southern part which is nearest to the United States. But parts of the Northwest Territories were added to Manitoba later on.
References
- ↑ "The legal context of Canada's official languages". University of Ottawa. https://slmc.uottawa.ca/?q=english_french_legal. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
- ↑ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, 2016 and 2011 censuses". Statistics Canada. February 2, 2017. Archived from the original on 4 May 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170504080727/http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=101&S=50&O=A. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
- ↑ Statistics Canada. Gross domestic product, expenditure-based, by province and territory (2015); 9 November 2016 [archived 16 October 2012; cited 26 January 2017].
Other websites
- Manitoba at the Open Directory Project