Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,6 ...

, 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 geographic features.

City wards

, the City of Winnipeg is subdivided into 15

electoral ward A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to t ...

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

local community A local community has been defined as a group of interacting people living in a common location. The word is often used to refer to a group that is organized around common values and is attributed with social cohesion within a shared geographical l ...

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 East Kildonan is a primarily residential community in northeast Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Commonly known by its initials EK, the suburb has a population of approximately 35,800 as of the 2016 Census. East Kildonan is bounded from the Red Ri ...

North Kildonan North Kildonan is a city ward in northern Winnipeg, and a former municipality in Manitoba, Canada. Its population was of 2016 was 44,664. History What is now North Kildonan was originally part of the Rural Municipality of Kildonan. In 1914, the ...

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 Tr ...

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Daniel McIntyre Daniel J. McIntyre (1852–1946) was a public official and educator in Winnipeg, Manitoba, credited with developing the city's school system. Winnipeg's Daniel McIntyre city ward and Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute are named after him. ...

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

Fort Garry Fort Garry, also known as Upper Fort Garry, was a Hudson's Bay Company trading post at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers in what is now downtown Winnipeg. It was established in 1822 on or near the site of the North West Company's ...

* Lord Selkirk–

West Kildonan West Kildonan is a residential suburb within the Old Kildonan and Mynarski city wards of Winnipeg, Manitoba, lying on the west side of the Red River, and immediately north of the old City of Winnipeg in the north-central part of the city. It ...

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 subdivis ...

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, Nort ...

Riel Riel may refer to: Places * Riel, Netherlands, a town in the Netherlands *Riel (electoral district), a provincial electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, named after Louis Riel * Riel, Winnipeg, a community committee comprising three city wards Pe ...

** St. Boniface **

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–Seine River ** St. Vital

Community areas and neighbourhood clusters

The City of Winnipeg has been subdivided into two levels of areas, or relative segments, developed by the Community Data Program of the national Canadian Community Economic Development Network, in partnership with the federal and provincial governments and local community organizations.Concept: Neighbourhood Clusters (NC)
" ''

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''. 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)
" ''

''. 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 St. James-Assiniboia is a major community area in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. As it encapsulates most of the city ward of St. James, which includes the major St. James Street, the area itself is often simply referred to "St. James." Located in th ...

''community area'' extends further west but lesser east than the St. James ''ward''). For health planning, the WRHA also includes two relatively densely-populated rural municipalities that are located outside of Winnipeg: the RM of

East St. Paul East St. Paul is a List of rural municipalities in Manitoba, rural municipality (RM) in Manitoba, Canada. It is located north-east of and adjacent to the city of Winnipeg, and is part of the Winnipeg Metropolitan Area. The municipality was forme ...

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 and Assiniboine rivers. It is the oldest urban area in Winnipeg, and is home to the city's commercial core, city hall, the seat of Manitoba's provincial government, a ...

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 *

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 urba ...

Seven Oaks School Division Seven Oaks School Division is a school division in the north-west area of Winnipeg, Manitoba in Canada. Established in July 1959, it takes in the neighbourhoods of West Kildonan, Garden City, the Maples, Riverbend, Amber Trails, West St. Paul, ...

* 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

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Unicity

Today's Winnipeg is the product of the

City of Winnipeg Act The amalgamation of Winnipeg, Manitoba, was the municipal incorporation of the old City of Winnipeg, 11 surrounding municipalities, and the Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg (Metro) into a one Unified City of Winnipeg, or Unicity. Th ...

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 Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg was a governing body that served as part of the leadership for the metropolitan area of Winnipeg. It was established by Premier Douglas Campbell after he was given a commission to do so by the Great ...

, since 1960) into an amalgamated unicity. Residents still refer to these historical communities: * Charleswood (rural municipality) *

(city) *

(R.M.) *

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

(R.M.) *

(R.M.) * St. Boniface (city) * St. James–Assiniboia (city) * St. Vital (city) *

(city) *

(town) *

(city) *

Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,6 ...

(city)

References

Bibliography

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