Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Manitoba. It is centred on the confluence of the Red River of the North, Red and Assiniboine River, Assiniboine rivers. , Winnipeg h ...

, is subdivided in different ways for different purposes. The

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s and neighbourhoods of Winnipeg take their names from former

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es, and

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City wards

, the City of Winnipeg is subdivided into 15

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s, each represented by an individual member of

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. The 15 city wards are further subdivided into 230 neighbourhoods. Under the ''City of Winnipeg Charter'', the boundaries and the name of each ward of Winnipeg are to be established at least every 10 years by a report prepared by the Winnipeg Wards Boundaries Commission (WWBC). In December 2017, the WWBC published its final report on new ward boundaries for the city, to be made effective September 2018. The Commission made its recommendations in consideration of the changes in distribution of the city's population as per the 2016 census. The most significant changes were the elimination of the St. Charles ward and the creation of a new

Waverley West Waverley West is a city ward and suburb in southwest Winnipeg, Manitoba. The area was approved by the Government of Manitoba in 2005, and is scheduled to be constructed over a 20-year period. With a projected population of 40 000 in 2009, the su ...

ward. The 15 wards are categorized into one of five community committees, which deal with

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issues. This includes: * Assiniboia Community Committee ** Charleswood–

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– Whyte Ridge (Charleswood–Tuxedo before 1 March 2015) **

** St. James–Brooklands–

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(St. James–Brooklands before 1 March 2015; St. James before 1 April 2003) * East Kildonan–Transcona Community Committee ** Elmwood– East Kildonan **

North Kildonan North Kildonan is a city ward located in northern Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It was previously a separate municipality before being amalgamated into Winnipeg. As of the 2016 census, the population of North Kildonan was 44,664. History What is ...

Transcona Transcona is a ward and suburb of Winnipeg, Manitoba, located about east of the downtown area. Until 1972, it was a separate municipality, having been incorporated first as the Town of Transcona on 6 April 1912 and then as the City of Transc ...

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** Daniel McIntyre ** Fort Rouge–East Fort Garry ( Fort Rouge before April 1, 2003) ** River Heights–

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* Lord Selkirk– West Kildonan Community Committee ** Mynarski **

Old Kildonan Old Kildonan is the northernmost city ward of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Before the '' City of Winnipeg Act'' of 1972, it was an independent unincorporated municipality called the Municipality of Old Kildonan; prior to that, from 1914, it was a subdi ...

Point Douglas Point Douglas is a provincial electoral district in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is named for a part of the city that is surrounded by a bend in the Red River. The riding covers the neighbourhoods of William Whyte, Dufferin Industrial, Nor ...

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** St. Norbert–Seine River **

St. Vital St. Vital () is a ward and neighbourhood of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Located in the south-central part of the city, it is bounded on the north by Carrière Avenue; on the south by the northern limit of the Rural Municipality of Ritchot; on ...

Community areas and neighbourhood clusters

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" '' Manitoba Centre for Health Policy''. 2008 December 19. Community areas are the broader, less detailed level of areas, which allow for geographical analysis and comparisons, i.e.

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data, as used by

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.Concept: Community Centre Areas (CCAs)
" '' Manitoba Centre for Health Policy''. 2012 July 31. As of the 2016 census, Winnipeg is composed of 12 community areas. There is also a separate set of 72 community centre areas, defining the

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s of

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s. Community areas are composed of the second level of areas, neighbourhood clusters (formerly "Neighbourhood Resource Networks" or NRN), which are used for planning and policy purposes by

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and the

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(WRHA). As of the 2016 census, there are 23 neighbourhood clusters, composing the Winnipeg

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. The neighbourhood clusters are in turn subdivided into the same 230 neighbourhoods that make up the city wards of Winnipeg. Many of these clusters, community areas, and neighbourhoods share names and locations with the wards; however, ward boundaries and neighbourhood boundaries do not always perfectly align with one another (For example, the St. James-Assiniboia ''community area'' extends further west but lesser east than the St. James ''ward''). For health planning, the WRHA also includes two relatively densely-populated

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that are located outside of Winnipeg: the RM of East St. Paul is included in River East, and West St. Paul in Seven Oaks.

Downtown and Inner City

The

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was defined for planning purposes in the 1980s by the three-government Core Area Initiative. Within the Inner City, the

Downtown Winnipeg Downtown Winnipeg is an area of Winnipeg located near the confluence of the Red River of the North, Red and Assiniboine River, Assiniboine rivers. It is the oldest urban area in Winnipeg, and is home to the city's commercial core, city hall, the ...

Zoning By-Law defines an area for regulation of downtown development, significantly smaller than the Downtown community area. The

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is a

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School divisions

Winnipeg is divided into school divisions, further subdivided into wards represented by several school trustees. *

Louis Riel School Division The Louis Riel School Division (LRSD; , DSL-R) is a school division in Winnipeg, Manitoba, offering English language, English-language and French immersion, French-immersion education to its students. It was broadly formed in 1998 with the volun ...

Pembina Trails School Division Pembina Trails School Division is a school division serving the southwest communities of Winnipeg, Manitoba, with 36 schools. The Pembina Trails Teachers' Association represents approximately 1,200 professional staff employed by the Pembina Trai ...

River East Transcona School Division River East Transcona School Division (RETSD) is a school division located in Winnipeg, Manitoba. As the second largest school division in the province, it is composed of parts of what used to be two separate divisions that merged in 2002: the urb ...

* Seven Oaks School Division * St. James–Assiniboia School Division *

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Census subdivisions

The city is contained in the Winnipeg

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(CMA), including several other municipalities, and the smaller Winnipeg census division, which also includes the town of

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. The city itself is designated subdivision 11 040, further broken down into

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s and, in turn, into dissemination areas.

Unicity

Today's Winnipeg is the product of the

City of Winnipeg Act The amalgamation of Winnipeg, Manitoba (also known as Unicity) was the municipal incorporation of the old City of Winnipeg, eleven surrounding municipalities, and the Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg (Metro) into one. The amalgamat ...

of 1972, which incorporated a number of cities, towns, and rural municipalities into a single larger city (previously administered under the Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg, since 1960) into an amalgamated unicity. Residents still refer to these historical communities: * Charleswood (rural municipality) * East Kildonan (city) *

(R.M.) *

(R.M., seceded from Unicity in 1993) *

(R.M.) *

(city) * St. James–Assiniboia (city) *

(city) *

(town) * West Kildonan (city) *

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(city)

References

Bibliography

Winnipeg Neighbourhood Area Characterization Boundaries
(map)
2009 Winnipeg Wards Boundaries Commission Final Report
{{Winnipeg Neighbourhoods in Winnipeg Geography of Winnipeg