Manitoba

Manitoba
Manitou-wapow  (Cree)
Manidoobaa  (Ojibwe)
Motto(s): 
Latin: Gloriosus et Liber
"Glorious and free"
"Glorieux et libre"  (French)
Coordinates: 55°00′00″N 97°00′00″W / 55.00000°N 97.00000°W / 55.00000; -97.00000
CountryCanada
Confederation15 July 1870 (5th)
CapitalWinnipeg
Largest cityWinnipeg
Largest metroWinnipeg Capital Region
Government
 • Lieutenant GovernorJanice Filmon
 • PremierHeather Stefanson (Progressive Conservative)
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Manitoba
Federal representationParliament of Canada
House seats14 of 338 (4.1%)
Senate seats6 of 105 (5.7%)
Area
 • Total649,950 km2 (250,950 sq mi)
 • Land548,360 km2 (211,720 sq mi)
 • Water101,593 km2 (39,225 sq mi)  15.6%
 • RankRanked 8th
 6.5% of Canada
Population
 • Total1,278,365 [1]
 • Estimate 
(2020 Q4)
1,379,584 [2]
 • RankRanked 5th
 • Density2.33/km2 (6.0/sq mi)
DemonymManitoban
Official languagesEnglish[3]
GDP
 • Rank6th
 • Total (2015)C$65.862 billion[4]
 • Per capitaC$50,820 (9th)
Time zoneUTC-06:00 (Central)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-05:00 (Central DST)
Rankings include all provinces and territories

Manitoba is a province of Canada that is roughly in the country's centre.

Manitoba is Canada's sixth-largest province, with an area of 647,797 square kilometres (250,116 sq mi). It has the fifth-largest number of people, at 1,379,584 in 2020, and its people are called "Manitobans".

  1. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, 2016 and 2011 censuses". Statistics Canada. 2 February 2017. Archived from the original on 4 May 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  2. "Estimates of population, Canada, provinces and territories". Statistics Canada. 28 September 2016. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  3. "The legal context of Canada's official languages". University of Ottawa. Archived from the original on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  4. "Gross domestic product, expenditure-based, by province and territory (2015)". Statistics Canada. 9 November 2016. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2017.

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