École Marie-Anne-Gaboury, Winnipeg

Winnipeg
City
City of Winnipeg Ville de Winnipeg
Clockwise from top: Downtown featuring the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Investors Group Field, Saint Boniface and the Esplanade Riel bridge, Wesley Hall at the University of Winnipeg, Manitoba Legislative Building.
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Nickname(s): "Gateway to the West", "Winterpeg", "The Peg"
Motto: Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One with the Strength of Many)
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Coordinates: 49°53′58″N 97°08′21″W / 49.89944°N 97.13917°W / 49.89944; -97.13917Coordinates: 49°53′58″N 97°08′21″W / 49.89944°N 97.13917°W / 49.89944; -97.13917
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Region	Winnipeg Capital
Established	1738 (Fort Rouge)
Renamed	1822 (Fort Garry)
Incorporated	1873 (City of Winnipeg)
Government
• Mayor	Brian Bowman
• Governing body	Winnipeg City Council
• MPs	List of MPs Daniel Blaikie Terry Duguid Jim Carr Doug Eyolfson Kevin Lamoureux MaryAnn Mihychuk Robert-Falcon Ouellette Dan Vandal
• MLAs	List of MLAs James Allum Rob Altemeyer Cathy Cox Nic Curry Myrna Driedger Scott Fielding Steven Fletcher Nahanni Fontaine Jon Gerrard Sarah Guillemard Scott Johnston Wab Kinew Cindy Lamoureux Jim Maloway Flor Marcelino Ted Marcelino Colleen Mayer Andrew Micklefield Janice Morley-Lecomte Brian Pallister Jon Reyes Mohinder Saran Greg Selinger Andrew Smith Bernadette Smith Rochelle Squires Heather Stefanson Andrew Swan James Teitsma Matt Wiebe Blair Yakimoski
Area
• Land	464.08 km2 (179.18 sq mi)
• Metro	5,306.79 km2 (2,048.96 sq mi)
Elevation	239 m (784 ft)
Population (2016 Census)
• City	705,244 (7th)
• Density	1,430/km2 (3,700/sq mi)
• Urban	705,244 (8th)
• Urban density	1,429/km2 (3,700/sq mi)
• Metro	811,874 (7th)
• Metro density	146.70/km2 (380.0/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Winnipegger
Time zone	CST (UTC−6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC−5)
Forward sortation area	R2C - R4A
Area code(s)	204 and 431
Website	www.winnipeg.ca/interhom/

Winnipeg (/ˈwɪnɪpɛɡ/) is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America and is 110 kilometres (68 mi) from the U.S. border. It is also the place of the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers.

The city is named after the nearby Lake Winnipeg; the name comes from the Western Cree words for muddy water. The region was a trading centre for aboriginal peoples long before the arrival of Europeans. French traders built the first fort on the site in 1738. A settlement was later founded by the Selkirk settlers of the Red River Colony in 1812, the nucleus of which was incorporated as the City of Winnipeg in 1873. As of 2011, Winnipeg is the seventh most populated municipality in Canada. Being located very far inland, the local climate is extremely seasonal even by Canadian standards with average January lows of around −21 °C (−6 °F) and average July highs of 26 °C (79 °F).

Known as the "Gateway to the West", Winnipeg is a railway and transportation hub with a diversified economy. This multicultural city hosts numerous annual festivals, including the Festival du Voyageur, the Winnipeg Folk Festival, the Jazz Winnipeg Festival, the Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival, and Folklorama. Winnipeg was the first Canadian host of the Pan American Games. It is home to several professional sports franchises, including the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (Canadian football), the Winnipeg Jets (ice hockey), Manitoba Moose (ice hockey) and the Winnipeg Goldeyes (baseball).