Manitoba is one of the three Prairie Provinces in Canada.
It is located in the center of Canada.
East: Ontario
West: Saskatchewan
North Nunavut and Hudson Bay
South: United States
"Manitoba" may come from the Cree words "Manitou Bou" meaning "strait of the Great Spirit".
The name may also come from the Assiniboine words "Mini" and "Tobow" meaning "Lake of the Prairie".
About 60% of the people live in the capital city of Winnipeg and its suburbs.
The second largest city is Brandon.
Symbols:
Flower-Prairie Crocus
Tree-White Spruce
Bird-Great Gray Owl
Motto: "Glorious and Free"
THE PEOPLE
Manitoba is the home of 1.2 million people in 2010.
Winnipeg is the largest city with about 684,000 people (2010).
Manitoba is home to many Métis and native peoples.
The native people include Assiniboine and Saulteaux, Northern, Woodland, and Swampy Cree; Chipewyan; and Inuit.
Other ethnic backgrounds include Scottish, English, German, Ukrainian, French, Aboriginal, Dutch, and Poles.
CLIMATE
In the winter, there are often blizzards with strong winds and extreme cold temperatures.
Polar air masses bring very cold air from the Arctic Ocean.
Winnipeg has the coldest winters of any major city in Canada.
HISTORY
The first people to live in Manitoba were the Assiniboine, Cree, Saulteaux, Chipewyan, and Ojibwa.
They followed herds of bison and caribou.
Early explorers arrived through Hudson Bay in northern Manitoba.
The Hudson's Bay Company, formed in 1670, set up fur trading posts along the rivers.
The early European settlers were the British and French.
The first British settlement was Red River.
Louis Riel (1844-1885) was an influential Métis leader.
Riel and his people were concerned about the settlers taking over their land.
Manitoba became Canada's fifth province in 1870.
Red River Cart trails were the first roads.
The railway brought thousands of settlers from eastern Canada and from all over the world.
Many settlers came from Ukraine and Iceland.
LAND and WATER
Manitoba is known as the land of 100,000 lakes.
Lake Winnipeg, Lake Winnipegosis and Lake Manitoba are three large lakes.
Lake Winnipeg is the third largest lake in Canada.
The Churchill River, Nelson River and Hayes River flow into Hudson Bay in northern Manitoba.
The Assiniboine, Souris, Winnipeg, and Red Rivers in southern Manitoba drain into Lake Winnipeg.
Forests of pine, hemlock and birch cover northern Manitoba.
The prairie region is in the southern part of the province.
RESOURCES & INDUSTRIES
Mining: Manitoba lies in the area of Canada known as the Canadian Shield.
Minerals and metals, such as nickel, gold, copper, zinc, cobalt, gypsum are found in the Canadian Shield.
Manitoba is a world leader in the production of nickel.
Fishing: The large lakes are home to many species of fresh water
fish, such as whitefish, pike, walleye, pickerel, trout, and bass.
Timber: 57% of Manitoba is covered by forest and wooded areas.
Energy: Hydroelectric power is a very important industry.
Manitoba sells hydroelectric power to other provinces and to the United States.
Agriculture: There are different types of farms in southern Manitoba.
Farmland is used for growing wheat.
Farmers also grow canola, sunflowers, oats, rye, flax, buckwheat and field peas. These crops are made into cereal and oil products.
Dairy & Livestock: There are over 500 dairy farms.
There are also livestock farms.
Manufacturing: Farm equipment, buses, clothing, furniture, food processing, aerospace and transportation are other industries.
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PLACES
The Royal Canadian Mint (where coins are made) is in Winnipeg.
The Viking at Gimli is a giant statue honoring the ancestors of the Icelandic people.
The town of Churchill in northern Manitoba is called "the polar bear capital of the world". Polar bears make their dens near the town.
Wapusk National Park (Wapusk is a Cree word meaning "white bear") located in Northern Manitoba protects one of the world's largest known polar bear denning areas.
Many festivals are held in Manitoba, including the Ukrainian Festival (Dauphin) and Icelandic Festival (Gimli).
PEOPLE
Gabrielle Roy (1909-1983) - novelist
Margaret Laurence (1926-1987) – novelist
Nellie McClung (1873-1951) - fought for the rights of women
Jackson Beardy (1944-1984) - Cree artist
Louis Riel (1844–85) - Founding Father of Manitoba and leader of the Métis rebellions of 1870 and 1885
Bachman-Turner Overdrive and The Guess Who - two Canadian rock bands from Winnipeg
Fred Penner (1946 - ?) - musician, children's entertainer
Symbols & Emblems
MANITOBA FACTS [1]
- Manitoba is one of the three Prairie Provinces in Canada.
- It is located in the center of Canada.
- East: Ontario
- West: Saskatchewan
- North Nunavut and Hudson Bay
- South: United States
- "Manitoba" may come from the Cree words "Manitou Bou" meaning "strait of the Great Spirit".
- The name may also come from the Assiniboine words "Mini" and "Tobow" meaning "Lake of the Prairie".
- About 60% of the people live in the capital city of Winnipeg and its suburbs.
- The second largest city is Brandon.
- Symbols:
- Flower-Prairie Crocus
- Tree-White Spruce
- Bird-Great Gray Owl
- Motto: "Glorious and Free"
THE PEOPLE- Manitoba is the home of 1.2 million people in 2010.
- Winnipeg is the largest city with about 684,000 people (2010).
- Manitoba is home to many Métis and native peoples.
- The native people include Assiniboine and Saulteaux, Northern, Woodland, and Swampy Cree; Chipewyan; and Inuit.
- Other ethnic backgrounds include Scottish, English, German, Ukrainian, French, Aboriginal, Dutch, and Poles.
CLIMATE- In the winter, there are often blizzards with strong winds and extreme cold temperatures.
- Polar air masses bring very cold air from the Arctic Ocean.
- Winnipeg has the coldest winters of any major city in Canada.
HISTORY- The first people to live in Manitoba were the Assiniboine, Cree, Saulteaux, Chipewyan, and Ojibwa.
- They followed herds of bison and caribou.
- Early explorers arrived through Hudson Bay in northern Manitoba.
- The Hudson's Bay Company, formed in 1670, set up fur trading posts along the rivers.
- The early European settlers were the British and French.
- The first British settlement was Red River.
- Louis Riel (1844-1885) was an influential Métis leader.
- Riel and his people were concerned about the settlers taking over their land.
- Manitoba became Canada's fifth province in 1870.
- Red River Cart trails were the first roads.
- The railway brought thousands of settlers from eastern Canada and from all over the world.
- Many settlers came from Ukraine and Iceland.
LAND and WATER- Manitoba is known as the land of 100,000 lakes.
- Lake Winnipeg, Lake Winnipegosis and Lake Manitoba are three large lakes.
- Lake Winnipeg is the third largest lake in Canada.
- The Churchill River, Nelson River and Hayes River flow into Hudson Bay in northern Manitoba.
- The Assiniboine, Souris, Winnipeg, and Red Rivers in southern Manitoba drain into Lake Winnipeg.
- Forests of pine, hemlock and birch cover northern Manitoba.
- The prairie region is in the southern part of the province.
RESOURCES & INDUSTRIES- Mining: Manitoba lies in the area of Canada known as the Canadian Shield.
- Minerals and metals, such as nickel, gold, copper, zinc, cobalt, gypsum are found in the Canadian Shield.
- Manitoba is a world leader in the production of nickel.
- Fishing: The large lakes are home to many species of fresh water
fish, such as whitefish, pike, walleye, pickerel, trout, and bass.- Timber: 57% of Manitoba is covered by forest and wooded areas.
- Energy: Hydroelectric power is a very important industry.
- Manitoba sells hydroelectric power to other provinces and to the United States.
- Agriculture: There are different types of farms in southern Manitoba.
- Farmland is used for growing wheat.
- Farmers also grow canola, sunflowers, oats, rye, flax, buckwheat and field peas. These crops are made into cereal and oil products.
- Dairy & Livestock: There are over 500 dairy farms.
- There are also livestock farms.
- Manufacturing: Farm equipment, buses, clothing, furniture, food processing, aerospace and transportation are other industries.
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PLACES
- The Royal Canadian Mint (where coins are made) is in Winnipeg.
- The Viking at Gimli is a giant statue honoring the ancestors of the Icelandic people.
- The town of Churchill in northern Manitoba is called "the polar bear capital of the world". Polar bears make their dens near the town.
- Wapusk National Park (Wapusk is a Cree word meaning "white bear") located in Northern Manitoba protects one of the world's largest known polar bear denning areas.
- Many festivals are held in Manitoba, including the Ukrainian Festival (Dauphin) and Icelandic Festival (Gimli).
PEOPLE[1] http://www.aitc.sk.ca/saskschools/canada/facts/mb.html