Winnipeg, Manitoba

Winnipeg ({{coor dm |49|53|N|97|09|W|type:city(620000)_scale:300000_region:CA-MB}}, CST) is a Canadian city and the provincial capital of the province of Manitoba. Located in Western Canada, Winnipeg plays a prominent role in transportation, finance, manufacturing, agriculture and education. It is known as the Gateway to the West.

Demographics

The City of Winnipeg is home to 619,544 people (2001), about 55% of the total population of Manitoba. Winnipeg's population grew by only 1,067 residents from 1996 to 2001. Winnipeg's total annual growth rate has been 0.5% since 1971, with the majority of growth coming from immigration from Asia and Africa and in-migration from the surrounding rural areas, Aboriginal reservations, and native communities.

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Edmonton and Calgary, however, formerly smaller cousins, have grown 3.0% and 4.5% per year, over the same period, so that each now has a metropolitan population of over 1.0 million. Winnipeg was once Canada's third-largest city (until the 1930s), but, beginning in the 1970s, as the economy evolved away from rural farm-based industry, Winnipeg stalled in growth and dropped to eighth by 2004.

Related Topics:
Edmonton - Calgary - 1970s

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Around 19% of the population is under 14, and 13.7% are over 65.

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Ethnic origin

Statistics Canada asks census respondents whether they are aboriginal and whether they belong to a visible minority ("non-caucasian in race or non-white in colour"). Published figures for 2001:

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• White: 78.0%
• Aboriginal: 8.6%
• Filipino: 4.9%
• South Asian: 2.0%
• Black: 1.8%
• Chinese: 1.8%
• Southeast Asian: 0.8%
• Latin American: 0.7%
• Japanese: 0.3%
• Korean: 0.2%
• West Asian: 0.1%
• Other minority or multiple minories: 0.6%.

Religious affiliation

• Protestant: 35.1%
• Roman Catholic: 32.6%
• Christian Orthodox: 1.7%
• Other Christian: 3.6%
• Jewish: 2.1%
• No religion: 21.4%

Religious affiliations with less than 1% are not listed here.

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Languages Spoken

The most common languages spoken by Winnipegers are: English (99.0%), French (11.1%), German (4.1%), Tagalog (3.8%), Ukrainian (3.1%), Spanish (1.7%), Chinese (1.7%), Polish (1.7%), Portuguese (1.3%), Italian (1.1%), Punjabi (1.0%), Vietnamese (0.6%), Ojibway (0.6%), Hindi (0.5%), Russian (0.5%), Cree (0.5%), Dutch (0.4%), Non verbal languages (0.3%), Arabic (0.3%), Croatian (0.3%), Greek (0.3%), Hungarian (0.3%), Japanese (0.2%), Creoles (0.1%), Danish (0.1%), Gaelic languages (0.0%), Inuktitut (0.0%), Micmac (0.0%). Source: Statistics Canada, see external link.

Related Topics:
English - French - German - Tagalog - Ukrainian - Spanish - Chinese - Polish - Portuguese - Italian - Punjabi - Vietnamese - Ojibway - Hindi - Russian - Cree - Dutch - Non verbal languages - Arabic - Croatian - Greek - Hungarian - Japanese - Creoles - Danish - Gaelic language - Inuktitut - Micmac

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External links

• Winnipeg 2001 census data at Statistics Canada
• Winnipeg 2001 census summary at the City of Winnipeg (PDF file)