Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Winnipeg ( / ˈwɪnɪpɛɡ / ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. As of 2021, Winnipeg had a city population of 749,607 and a metropolitan population of 834,678, making it Canada's sixth ...
Churchill is an Arctic port town in northern Manitoba, Canada, on the west shore of Hudson Bay, roughly 140 km (87 mi) from the Manitoba–Nunavut border. It is most famous for the many polar bears that move toward the shore from inland in the autumn, leading to the nickname "Polar Bear Capital of the World" and to the benefit of its burgeoning tourism industry.
This is a list of nicknames and slogans of cities in Canada. Many Canadian cities and communities are known by various aliases , slogans , sobriquets , and other nicknames to the general population at either the local, regional, national, or international scales, often due to marketing campaigns and widespread usage in the media.
Dates of operation. 1913–1918. Technical. Track gauge. 4 ft 8. +. 1⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge. The National Transcontinental Railway ( NTR) was a historic railway between Winnipeg and Moncton in Canada. Much of the line is now operated by the Canadian National Railway .
View of Downtown Winnipeg. / 49.89556°N 97.13861°W / 49.89556; -97.13861. Downtown Winnipeg is an area of Winnipeg located near the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers. It is the oldest urban area in Winnipeg, and is home to the city's commercial core, city hall, the seat of Manitoba's provincial government, and a number of ...
Heritage Railway Station (Canada) Designated. 1989. Union Station is the inter-city railway station for Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is a grand beaux-arts structure situated near The Forks in downtown Winnipeg, and was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1976. [1] The station is also a Heritage Railway Station, so designated ...
Community areas are the broader, less detailed level of areas, which allow for geographical analysis and comparisons, i.e. census data, as used by Statistics Canada. [7] [9] Community areas are composed of neighbourhood clusters, [10] which are used for planning and policy purposes by Manitoba Health and the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority ...
www .winnipegtransit .com. Inside a Winnipeg bus. Winnipeg Transit is the public transit agency, and the bus -service provider, of the City of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Established 141 years ago, it is owned by the city government and currently employs nearly 1,600 people—including approximately 1,100 bus drivers.