Category: Winnipeg

You would need around 5,572.27C$ in Winnipeg to maintain the same standard of life that you can have with 6,300.00C$ in Calgary (assuming you rent in both cities). Cost of Living Comparison Between Calgary and Winnipeg. City Cost of Living Index Winnipeg 64.9 Calgary 70.26 New York, NY 100 Prague 53.69 Is Calgary or Winnipeg […]

Winnipeg’s summers are a few degrees hotter than Edmonton or Calgary. Winnipeg’s winters are several degrees colder than Edmonton, which is a few degrees colder than Calgary – in terms of surprises, I guess I wasn’t expecting January and February to be quite so different from Alberta. Which city is colder Calgary or Winnipeg? Winnipeg, […]

Sunniest Canadian Cities o Calgary is the sunniest city in Canada in all regards. o According to worldatlas.com, on average, there are 333 sunny days and 2,396 hours of sunshine per year. o 52 per cent of daylight hours are sunny. Which Canadian city has the most sunshine? Calgary, AlbertaAlthough receiving nowhere near as many […]

Retired voyageurs, French Canadians who engaged in transporting of furs by canoe, settled on the banks of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers in southern Manitoba. Today, the core of Manitoba’s francophones are descendants of voyageurs or settlers from Québec and Europe. More than half live in the city of Winnipeg. Why is Manitoba so French? […]

The cotton we see floating in the air is the release of the seeds from black poplar and black cottonwood trees, she said, which fly off their branches when they are mature, and the pod is dried. What is the white fluff floating in the air in Winnipeg? However, this fluff isn’t, in fact, pollen, […]

Lake Winnipeg drains northward into the Nelson River at an average annual rate of 2,066 cubic metres per second (72,960 cu ft/s) and forms part of the Hudson Bay watershed, which is one of the largest drainage basins in the world. Where does the water go from Lake Winnipeg? the Nelson RiverOnly one river flows […]

Not only is the river proving to be dangerous at times for swimming, rescue crews are also being put at risk. Authorities said it’s not illegal to swim in the Red River, however, with the recent drownings taking place throughout the summer, they said it might be best to think first before jumping in. How […]

Ethnicity in Winnipeg The 41,235 Métis make up 6.3% of the Winnipeg population. There are also 29,485 people (4.6%) in Winnipeg from the First Nations. Are there Punjabis in Winnipeg? Winnipeg is also prominent in the size and ratio of its First Nations population, which plays an important part in the city’s makeup.Metro Winnipeg. Language […]

Metro Winnipeg Language 2021 Pop. % Portuguese 8,605 1.05% Spanish 16,550 2.02% Japanese 1,310 0.16% How many Portuguese are in Winnipeg? Figure 4.2 The most common non-official-language mother tongues, 1 Winnipeg, 2011 Mother tongue Number of responses Polish 6,845 Spanish 6,715 Chinese, n.o.s. 6,645 Portuguese 6,160 What is the largest ethnic group in Winnipeg? The […]

With its beautiful beaches and wide open waters, Lake Winnipeg is one of Manitoba’s greatest freshwater resources. Lake Winnipeg, the world’s 10th largest freshwater lake by surface area, plays a critical role in tourism, recreation, commercial and sport fisheries, and hydroelectric generation in Manitoba. Did Winnipeg used to be a lake? In 1812, Lord Selkirk’s […]