Manitoba
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Coordinates: 55°00′00″N 97°00′00″W / 55.00000°N 97.00000°W | |
Country | Canada |
Confederation | 15 July 1870 (5th) |
Capital | Winnipeg |
Largest city | Winnipeg |
Largest metro | Winnipeg Capital Region |
Government | |
• Lieutenant Governor | Janice Filmon |
• Premier | Heather Stefanson (Progressive Conservative) |
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Manitoba |
Federal representation | Parliament of Canada |
House seats | 14 of 338 (4.1%) |
Senate seats | 6 of 105 (5.7%) |
Area | |
• 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% |
• Rank | Ranked 8th |
6.5% of Canada | |
Population | |
• Total | 1,278,365 [1] |
• Estimate (2020 Q4) | 1,379,584 [2] |
• Rank | Ranked 5th |
• Density | 2.33/km2 (6.0/sq mi) |
Demonym | Manitoban |
Official languages | English[3] |
GDP | |
• Rank | 6th |
• Total (2015) | C$65.862 billion[4] |
• Per capita | C$50,820 (9th) |
Time zone | UTC-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".